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Is Testers Keepers a Scam?
Once they get your written review, you get to keep the product free of charge. This is the sales pitch but what is the truth?
Testers Keepers sounds like it is right up my street. I get to blog and get something for nothing. The problem is, I have heard that Testers Keepers just want your email address which they pass on, or possibly sell. You then get inundated with large amounts of spam. I want to know what the truth is but I don’t want the spam. I already get enough of that.
To find the truth, I set up an email account which I will only use for Testers Keeper. If that email account does get inundated then I will close that account and not bother with Testers Keepers any more.
TopCashBack were offering 75p for registering with Testers Keepers. 75p is not a great amount but every little helps. I have received over £400 from TopCashBack. It’s a great site for free money. You can read my review at: https://arthurd111.blogspot.com/2023/06/why-is-topcashback-so-popular.html. I was told that the 75p would be in my TopCashBack account within an hour.
TopCashBack did not take me through to Testers Keepers as I had expected. It took me to took me to myoffers.co.uk. There was the usual "accept cookies" buttons but I chose to customise. They say that they use cookies essential for the running of the site. They claim that they are only used by myoffers.co.uk and Google for analytical purposes.
I was welcomed with “Apply today to become a Product Tester for the products and offers below”.
Test and Keep the Ipad Pro. Sounds like a good product to review and keep. I clicked on the icon and was taken to the iPad page. Not a member? Join now”.
I entered my name, address, email address and date of birth.
I was told what information was to be collected, who they share the data with, and was informed that this may be to other countries.
Test and keep an iPad pro
To enter a draw to enable me to test and keep an iPad Pro I would have to fill in a “questionnaire”. Each “questionnaire” that I fill in will give me one free entry in to a prize draw. I was asked to complete 2 questionnaires, one for Scottish Power; the other for Virgin Media. The “questionnaire” basically asks two questions; who is my current provider and what is my phone number so that I can receive a no obligation call to buy their services.
I tried filling in just one “questionnaire” but it insisted that I fill in both. At best, to receive a draw entry to test an iPad Pro, I will have to receive two sales pitch phone calls from companies that I do not want to buy from.
Over to the emails
I received one email which ended up in my junk mail. It was a welcome email which told me that I could be their next product tester. As a special welcome to new members I was given the chance to win £1,000 golden number draw and was given a number. I pressed the “Enter my number button” and was taken to the myoffer.co.uk website. The website informed me “unfortunately the prize you are trying to enter has expired. Please choose another prize from the list below.” There was one prize on the list. I could win family travel insurance for 12 months. Not quite the £1,000 prize draw that I thought that I was to be entered into. I don’t really need or want family travel insurance for 12 months because I already have it. I clicked to enter the travel insurance draw anyway. I was informed that to enter the draw I would have to complete another “questionnaire”. Don’t think I will bother.
In the months since I signed up to Testers Keepers / myoffers, I have received a number of emails but they have all been offers to "test and keep" different items. I have not received spam from other companies so I assume that they have not passed on my email address.
Conclusion
Is Testers Keepers a scam? I suppose that depends on your definition of what a scam is. Some people have said that they just want your email address to sell on. That has not been my experience. Do Testers Keepers give products? Some people genuinely appear to have received and kept products.
My issue with Testers Keepers is that it is advertised as applying for a product to test and review when this is not the reality. It is a prize draw in exchange for information which may or may not lead to phone calls.
If you want to enter a prize draw, and are prepared to give your details so that companies can phone you to try to sell their products, then I would say give Testers Keepers a try. It is just that Testers Keepers is not for me.
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