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		<title>By: The lessons from QVC vs Donn Edwards &#124; Guy McLaren</title>
		<link>http://guymclaren.com/is-calling-people-and-telling-them-they-have-won-a-prize-a-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-368</link>
		<dc:creator>The lessons from QVC vs Donn Edwards &#124; Guy McLaren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Author: GuyMcLaren &#160;&#124; &#160;Category: I say   I wrote about this recently You can read &#8220;Is calling people and telling them they have won a prize a scam?&#8221; to see what I had to say about the QVC scam. Today I don&#8217;t want to talk about the [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Author: GuyMcLaren &nbsp;| &nbsp;Category: I say   I wrote about this recently You can read &#8220;Is calling people and telling them they have won a prize a scam?&#8221; to see what I had to say about the QVC scam. Today I don&#8217;t want to talk about the [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Chris M</title>
		<link>http://guymclaren.com/is-calling-people-and-telling-them-they-have-won-a-prize-a-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-367</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Heya, I&#039;ve only just picked up on being tagged today, sorry about that, I&#039;ll have to have a proper read and see what&#039;s up!

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chris Ms last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://imod.co.za/index.php/2008/12/03/who-should-be-listed-on-amatomu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Who should be listed on Amatomu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Heya, I&#8217;ve only just picked up on being tagged today, sorry about that, I&#8217;ll have to have a proper read and see what&#8217;s up!</p>
<p><abbr><em><abbr><em>Chris Ms last blog post..<a href="http://imod.co.za/index.php/2008/12/03/who-should-be-listed-on-amatomu/">Who should be listed on Amatomu?</a></em></abbr></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: StevenMcD</title>
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		<dc:creator>StevenMcD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love your response to their calls, think I should give it a try next time ;)

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;StevenMcDs last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stevenmcd.net/2008/11/google-notebook-is-spying-on-me/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Google Notebook is spying on me!!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love your response to their calls, think I should give it a try next time <img src='http://guymclaren.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><abbr><em><abbr><em>StevenMcDs last blog post..<a href="http://www.stevenmcd.net/2008/11/google-notebook-is-spying-on-me/">Google Notebook is spying on me!!!</a></em></abbr></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Nanda Redmond</title>
		<link>http://guymclaren.com/is-calling-people-and-telling-them-they-have-won-a-prize-a-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-365</link>
		<dc:creator>Nanda Redmond</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Don,

I totally support you on this issue.
I am a member of QVC since 2001: all started by the misleading advertising that by attending a presentation we would be guaranteed a prize, from a list that I cannot remember now. To cut a short story long, we ended up buying timeshare, which I never wanted in the first place, but my husband convinced me that the kids were small and we would save a lot on holidays! We HAVE NEVER been able to go on holiday, where we want to go, with the kids on school holidays...there is never accommodation available!
To add insult to injury, we were approached twice after purchasing the timeshare, after been guaranteed that it was not time share and it was.
I was livid.
They phone a 3rd time and we were guaranteed a big prize ( can not remember either). I told the person that I new that it was QVC timeshare, that I already had it and to tell me the truth otherwise I would cause a scene! You guess it: it was QVC and we got the same prize as before: weekend at one of the resorts not too far from JHB which was nothing more than a mine compound near a squatter camp, which was supposed to have game drives etc. We only saw 1 bird on a fence. There was no game drive. We just slept the night as it was late and left the next day to Swaziland, as it was our 5th Wedding Anniversary!
I was furious refuse to take the prize and wrote to QVC Marketing complaining of misleading advertising and demanded that they remove my name from their telephone lists.
This has been going on for years. I get contacted by them, still denying that is QVC but tell them straight that they can keep my prize and put the phone down.
I have tried to get rid of timeshare, but they do not by it back and nobody wants it. The levies keep on going up yearly. I am now paying over R5000 a year for levies and still can not get holidays when I want to

If you need affidavits etc I will gladly feel them in to testify that I am extremely piss off with their Marketing skills and misleading advertising.

Wish you all the best.

Regards,

Nanda Redmond
Quantum Quality and Compliance Services c.c.
Cell: (+27)(0)827833023
Fax: (+ 27)(0) 866484923
e-mail address: nandaredmond@mweb.co.za</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Don,</p>
<p>I totally support you on this issue.<br />
I am a member of QVC since 2001: all started by the misleading advertising that by attending a presentation we would be guaranteed a prize, from a list that I cannot remember now. To cut a short story long, we ended up buying timeshare, which I never wanted in the first place, but my husband convinced me that the kids were small and we would save a lot on holidays! We HAVE NEVER been able to go on holiday, where we want to go, with the kids on school holidays&#8230;there is never accommodation available!<br />
To add insult to injury, we were approached twice after purchasing the timeshare, after been guaranteed that it was not time share and it was.<br />
I was livid.<br />
They phone a 3rd time and we were guaranteed a big prize ( can not remember either). I told the person that I new that it was QVC timeshare, that I already had it and to tell me the truth otherwise I would cause a scene! You guess it: it was QVC and we got the same prize as before: weekend at one of the resorts not too far from JHB which was nothing more than a mine compound near a squatter camp, which was supposed to have game drives etc. We only saw 1 bird on a fence. There was no game drive. We just slept the night as it was late and left the next day to Swaziland, as it was our 5th Wedding Anniversary!<br />
I was furious refuse to take the prize and wrote to QVC Marketing complaining of misleading advertising and demanded that they remove my name from their telephone lists.<br />
This has been going on for years. I get contacted by them, still denying that is QVC but tell them straight that they can keep my prize and put the phone down.<br />
I have tried to get rid of timeshare, but they do not by it back and nobody wants it. The levies keep on going up yearly. I am now paying over R5000 a year for levies and still can not get holidays when I want to</p>
<p>If you need affidavits etc I will gladly feel them in to testify that I am extremely piss off with their Marketing skills and misleading advertising.</p>
<p>Wish you all the best.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Nanda Redmond<br />
Quantum Quality and Compliance Services c.c.<br />
Cell: (+27)(0)827833023<br />
Fax: (+ 27)(0) 866484923<br />
e-mail address: <a href="mailto:nandaredmond@mweb.co.za">nandaredmond@mweb.co.za</a></p>
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		<title>By: big oke</title>
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		<dc:creator>big oke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ya man. I&#039;m gonna eat some piece of cheese or something and tell these punks to stop calling me BIG OKE and then telling me I must bring my wife to this flippen thing. I don&#039;t even have a wife so what&#039;s the point? Can I get a cheeseburger per chance please? Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ya man. I&#8217;m gonna eat some piece of cheese or something and tell these punks to stop calling me BIG OKE and then telling me I must bring my wife to this flippen thing. I don&#8217;t even have a wife so what&#8217;s the point? Can I get a cheeseburger per chance please? Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Leon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was also conned into attending a presentation and was furious as I already owned points and this has put me off buying any more points.

The meal that they offered was not even worth taking as a take away to give someone standing at the robot.

If you need anyone to testify on your behalf, you are welcome to contact me</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was also conned into attending a presentation and was furious as I already owned points and this has put me off buying any more points.</p>
<p>The meal that they offered was not even worth taking as a take away to give someone standing at the robot.</p>
<p>If you need anyone to testify on your behalf, you are welcome to contact me</p>
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		<title>By: Roxilla &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Timeshares, annoying phone calls &#38; lawsuits</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roxilla &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Timeshares, annoying phone calls &#38; lawsuits</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] discuss it, the better. There are a number of ways you can help Donn in his case, including doing this tag, clicking here to read more about the case and social networking it to hell and [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Roxilla &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Timeshares, annoying phone calls &#38; lawsuits</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roxilla &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Timeshares, annoying phone calls &#38; lawsuits</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] discuss it, the better. There are a number of ways you can help Donn in his case, including doing this tag, clicking here to read more about the case and social networking it to hell and [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Shane</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These guys piss me off,they&#039;ve phoned me twice with false claims that I had one a car.

Its kind of sick actually!

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shanes last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thehouseofmarketing.co.za/?p=442&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;HIV/AIDS has Won the Battle But Not the War&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These guys piss me off,they&#8217;ve phoned me twice with false claims that I had one a car.</p>
<p>Its kind of sick actually!</p>
<p><abbr><em><abbr><em>Shanes last blog post..<a href="http://www.thehouseofmarketing.co.za/?p=442">HIV/AIDS has Won the Battle But Not the War</a></em></abbr></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Rox</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Awesome, I have actually been wanting to blog this for a while.

Will get on it asap!

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Roxs last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.roxilla.co.za/2008/11/30/happy-birthday-gael-garcia-bernal/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Happy Birthday Gael Garcia Bernal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awesome, I have actually been wanting to blog this for a while.</p>
<p>Will get on it asap!</p>
<p><abbr><em><abbr><em>Roxs last blog post..<a href="http://www.roxilla.co.za/2008/11/30/happy-birthday-gael-garcia-bernal/">Happy Birthday Gael Garcia Bernal</a></em></abbr></em></abbr></p>
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