Mail Rewards Club Numbers & The AnswerBank

[AB Editor]

Recently it has come to our attention that some members are regularly asking for spare Mail Rewards Club numbers. While the terms and conditions from the Daily Mail say that purchase is required, we also don't like to see anything go to waste. So we're asking members of The AnswerBank:

Mail Rewards Club Number & The AnswerBank

This poll is closed.

Should we allow the sharing of Mail Rewards Club numbers between AnswerBank members?

• No - 219 votes
• 57%
• Yes - 166 votes
• 43%

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[julia-mag]

I think the situation has almost solved itself, for after such a 'flurry' of requests a few weeks ago it all seems to be calming down, presumably because readers are now entering for themselves. Must confess I gave my numbers away for quite a while but now use them myself.

[reddog1]

It is easy to get a number - phone help line with paper handy and they will ask you identify a content item on a particular page. They allow this 3 times person.
Problem about giving numbers on answer bank is that they are frequently ,nicked, before the original Enquirer gets them.
Red dog

[FoxLee2]

I think you're missing the point reddog 1 - there are some genuine requests for numbers when the card has been missing etc. but in the main, the people who ask for numbers every week, don't buy the paper so can't phone up, they just want to scrounge the numbers and get something for nothing.

[boxtops]

If that's the case, there have been enough suggestions on here showing them how they can get a copy number without buying!

[FoxLee2]

But when you phone up, and I also believe when asking for a number online, you are asked questions about something in the magazine so need to have it in front of you.

[mickman]

I buy the mail on saturday and sunday every week and i register those numbers with mail rewards but in the last three weeks two of the days no card was in the paper i contacted mail rewards and was asked three questions that proved i had the paper in question i was then given the numbers but you are only allowed this concession twice in eight weeks,it seemed fair to try and find the numbers on answer bank as i alway buy the paper not everybody are con artists !

[FoxLee2]

That was unlucky mickman although sometimes people come on here with two or three spare numbers so there seems to be a problem in the distribution of the cards. On a Saturday, you can check that there is a card in the magazine but on a Sunday, all the mags. are in a plastic cover.

[val391]

no

[denak1]

no

[pauljennifer]

local shop has run out and its too far to town just for a paper

[pauljennifer]

anyone got a spare ?

[sir.prize]

Oh yeah!

http://www.theanswerb...members/pauljennifer/

[FoxLee2]

Surely it would be a simple matter to pre-order your papers so your local newsagent always had one for you.

[factor-fiction]

Can I change my vote, Ed?

[sir.prize]

It's gone quiet in here . . . .

[margie-h]

I find it invaluable as the weekend section is often missing from Sunday Mails in the shops I go to. I only ask for the numbers when I've been unable to purchase the whole paper, and I would think that's the situation with other AnswerBank users too.

[Psybbo]

I have today's numbers, I won't use them, so if anyone wants them they can have them

[Coldicote]

I don't take the Daily Mail and have never heard of Mail Rewards Club numbers. What actually are they?

[FoxLee2]

In the Saturday and Sunday Mails, there is normally a little card with 12 numbers on. (apparently in Scotland, these numbers are printed on the back page of the newspapers). You register with the Mail and each weekend you enter your numbers - they can only be used once - and on Saturday you acquire 100 points, on Sunday 150. When you have built up to 1500 points, you can claim various gift vouchers e.g. £5 to spend in various supermarkets, stores, DVDs and so on or you can bank your points and keep saving. Obviously if you don't normally buy the Mail, it's not worth spending 90p and £1.50 just to save up for £5. This is where it becomes irritating when people who don't buy the papers, come on here to cadge numbers for free so they can claim the rewards. Sometimes it happens that the card is missing and you can phone up for a set of numbers or go online to claim but only two claims are allowable in 8 weeks. And that's about it.

[Coldicote]

Thank you FoxLee. It looks like a very elaborate reward system for buying a newspaper regularly and I'm not tempted to joing the Club. I amazes me the lengths advertisers will go to to persuade people to buy their products. I take your point about it being irritating when people who don't buy the papers try to cadge numbers for free so they can claim the rewards. 'Irritating' is putting it mildly. My vote is 'No'.