pmsumner

It's about legalese, and I suspect this legalese is very poorly worded.

When you complete a transaction through the Quidco links you are eligible for the cash back amount specified on the relevant article. Although we do our best to make sure that the depicted cash back amounts are accurate Quidco can not guarantee that they will be accurate at the time of your transaction. Cashback will only be tracked when a member is logged into their account and follows the merchant link from the Quidco site.

All transactions are with the individual merchants and not with Quidco. Quidco has no responsibility or obligation for the merchant transaction.

All transactions are electronically traced through a third-party network and reported back to Quidco by the merchant and network. Quidco will make every effort to make sure the network and merchant report accurate transactions, however Quidco will not be held responsible for errors in transaction tracking or any form of failed tracking. If there is an error in tracking your transaction, Quidco will attempt to recover your cashback directly from the relevant merchant but the merchant's decision is final.

There's several reasons I suspect this.

Firstly is para. 1 - if they advertise something are they not legally bound to provide it, or a service equivalent to it? They're saying that they advertise it as an '£x if you buy from this merchant' sweetener, but don't actually promise that you'll get £x.

Para 2: As a middle man, isn't there some inherent liability? But then again, look at eBay as a perfect example of a middle man who has no liability to anyone.

Para 3: Just sloppy. Again saying "we promise nothing". A promised service may not be delivered.

Anyone got any comments?