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WendyBull · Number of posts: 2028 Age: 37 Registration date: 2006-04-04

I cash out every time I get to £10 as I only ever get amazon vouchers.

kenjohn · Number of posts: 175 Registration date: 2008-01-05

WendyBull wrote:

I cash out every time I get to £10 as I only ever get amazon vouchers.

Same here! Just in case the bubble goes bust and we all lose all our miles, as Phil indicated is a possibility in his last post. I then save the Amazon vouchers until I have enough to get something I fancy.

kenjohn · Number of posts: 175 Registration date: 2008-01-05

plipplop wrote:

The Miles can be made worthless at any time regardless of how many you have accumulated. The terms and conditions state:

"dooyoo may terminate the dooyooMILES scheme at any time. If dooyoo chooses to do so, any dooyooMILES in the dooyooMILES member's account may be invalidated by dooyoo, and the dooyooMILES member will not be entitled to any compensation of any kind for such invalidated dooyooMILES however, dooyoo may not do so until 30 days after dooyoo has posted its decision to terminate the dooyooMILES scheme on this website (or a successor website), or has otherwise notified the dooyooMILES member."

If the volume of money-grabbing increased to an unmanageable volume, rest assured that everybody would lose everything, including any members who had been posting masses of opinions.

Dooyoo will keep this in their back pocket in case things go awry.

It's hardly the point though Phil, is it?

If dooyoo hadn't made it so bloody simple to accumulate masses of miles, then there would be no danger of them finding themselves in fiscal trouble.
It all makes little sense to me, but so long as dooyoo are prepared to continue along the "quantity over quality" path, then I can't really blame anyone for cashing in on and taking full advantage of their generosity.

plipplop · Number of posts: 210 Registration date: 2006-04-25

kenjohn wrote:

It's hardly the point though Phil, is it?

If dooyoo hadn't made it so bloody simple to accumulate masses of miles, then there would be no danger of them finding themselves in fiscal trouble.
It all makes little sense to me, but so long as dooyoo are prepared to continue along the "quantity over quality" path, then I can't really blame anyone for cashing in on and taking full advantage of their generosity.

I don't imagine they will find themselves in trouble though Ken, unless things go absolutely berserk. As a reasonably competent business, I'm sure they have a business change process, which includes some kind of business case and I would assume that they considered the likely impacts on money going out the door as part of this. Comms on the site seems to indicate that they're pretty happy with what's going on, so I'm sure we can assume that they have no financial worries.

I'm always slightly puzzled by the "it's all going to go horribly wrong!" kind of comments and remarks. Perhaps I'm being very naive but I always assume that they know what they're doing. People posting lots of reviews when they started paying 50p per review was hardly a surprise, after all?

kenjohn · Number of posts: 175 Registration date: 2008-01-05

plipplop wrote:

I don't imagine they will find themselves in trouble though Ken, unless things go absolutely berserk. As a reasonably competent business, I'm sure they have a business change process, which includes some kind of business case and I would assume that they considered the likely impacts on money going out the door as part of this.

Well, I certainly hope so, as I'd hate to see the site getting into trouble and possibly having to close through getting into financial difficulties of their own making. I have to say that frankly I don't have the same confidence as you. I think the new payment scheme was ill thought out and ill advised. But hey, that's hardly news. I'll be the first to eat my words if all goes well.

plipplop wrote:

Comms on the site seems to indicate that they're pretty happy with what's going on, so I'm sure we can assume that they have no financial worries.

They'd hardly advertise the fact if they WERE in any sort of difficulties now would they? Hardly the sort of news that would inspire confidence in the members, either old or new.

plipplop wrote:

I'm always slightly puzzled by the "it's all going to go horribly wrong!" kind of comments and remarks. Perhaps I'm being very naive but I always assume that they know what they're doing. People posting lots of reviews when they started paying 50p per review was hardly a surprise, after all?

No, not a surprise Phil, but I think even dooyoo will have been surprised by the level of new posting. As for people (I'd be one of them) making "it's all going to go horribly wrong" type of comments. Sorry mate, but I think it's important to ask the "hard " questions for the overall good of the site. (Not that we ever get any answers!)

atticusuk · Subject: Re: Reads Down Mon 25 Feb 2008, 16:04

Simple answers is to cash out at £10 after all amazon vouchers are valid for 12 months.

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drewboy · Subject: Re: Reads Down Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:01

Don't forget that Dooyoo will get a discount from Amazon so the total will not be as high as you think.

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dididave · Number of posts: 637 Registration date: 2006-03-01

How many years have dooyoo been going? Without being funny I think it would be more naive to think they have not covered all the angles of the new payment system and it's ramifications than that they have.

They want new members, they want loads of reviews and they have obviously decided that they can well afford to pay the rewards to its members.

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kenjohn · Number of posts: 175 Registration date: 2008-01-05

dididave wrote:

How many years have dooyoo been going? Without being funny I think it would be more naive to think they have not covered all the angles of the new payment system and it's ramifications than that they have.

They want new members, they want loads of reviews and they have obviously decided that they can well afford to pay the rewards to its members.

Sound....IF that's the case...Let's see what happens in the next few months shall we...I very much doubt if the same payment system will be in place in say 4 months time (if that long)...But as I said earlier IF I'm wrong then I'll be the first to eat my words.

plipplop · Number of posts: 210 Registration date: 2006-04-25

dididave wrote:

How many years have dooyoo been going? Without being funny I think it would be more naive to think they have not covered all the angles of the new payment system and it's ramifications than that they have.

They want new members, they want loads of reviews and they have obviously decided that they can well afford to pay the rewards to its members.

Dave - you should know by now that these sites can't win against the naysayers.

Drop your payments = "The site's in financial difficulties - we're all going to die!"

Increase your payments = "The site will get into financial difficulties - we're all going to die!"

kenjohn · Number of posts: 175 Registration date: 2008-01-05

So were all going to die whatever happens (That's actually the simple truth...Heh, heh)

Ken (the naysayer in chief) Razz

WendyBull · Number of posts: 2028 Age: 37 Registration date: 2006-04-04

kenjohn wrote:

WendyBull wrote:

That is staggering! I even saw in his comments thread on one review - someone begging him to write a review like he used to - and his reply was somehting alog the lines of - no way!

As I said in my last post, I don't blame him, and see where he's coming from. There's simply no point spending ages and sweating blood writing good quality reviews anymore with the whole dooyoo emphasis now being on quantity over quality.

It's like dooyoo have suddenly gone communist or something. Give all the moolah to the masses. (Heh, heh)

You know the more I think about this the more I want to try it - I could earn enough to top up my part time income without stepping out the door!

Although some of said persons reviews have only had 2 reads. I know they are doing it for the 50p but not sure I could accept only getting 2 reads for a review - even if it did only take 10 mins to write.

Hard habit to break!

atticusuk · Subject: Re: Reads Down Wed 27 Feb 2008, 14:31

To be honest I rarely have the time to write any sort of review these days, let alone the inclination.

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Minnitee · Subject: Re: Reads Down Wed 27 Feb 2008, 20:15

WendyBull wrote:

kenjohn wrote:

WendyBull wrote:

That is staggering! I even saw in his comments thread on one review - someone begging him to write a review like he used to - and his reply was somehting alog the lines of - no way!

As I said in my last post, I don't blame him, and see where he's coming from. There's simply no point spending ages and sweating blood writing good quality reviews anymore with the whole dooyoo emphasis now being on quantity over quality.

It's like dooyoo have suddenly gone communist or something. Give all the moolah to the masses. (Heh, heh)

You know the more I think about this the more I want to try it - I could earn enough to top up my part time income without stepping out the door!

Although some of said persons reviews have only had 2 reads. I know they are doing it for the 50p but not sure I could accept only getting 2 reads for a review - even if it did only take 10 mins to write.

Hard habit to break!

If dooyoo really wanted to stop this kind of trend, there's a very simple solution, simply don't accept new products in those categories where this trend is obvious. As long they they actively support this nonsense then they have to live with the consequences.

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atticusuk · Subject: Re: Reads Down Thu 28 Feb 2008, 12:14

Or they coud just up the minimum word limit which would slow the churners down.

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