rocktrials Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 (edited) well, my dad got like a 99 thing yesterday, a cadburys flask with caramel one out of a box and opened the wrapper and it had no cone! (will upload pic later) and i was wondering could we complain to them and get anything like in compensation? anyone else done this before? edit: here it is Edited May 25, 2005 by rocktrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sameer Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Yeah they used to do (stiggy) stuff like that all the time on that 'Short Change' program, back when it was on. Just write to Cadbury's and tell them that you've sent a letter to Watchdog as well. They'll probably give you a free box of chocolates at the most. Pennies to them, afterall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 (edited) well, my dad got like a 99 thing yesterday, a cadburys flask with caramel one out of a box and opened the wrapper and it had no cone! (will upload pic later) and i was wondering could we complain to them and get anything like in compensation? anyone else done this before? ← I have heard of people doing stuff like this before and getting stuff (chocy bars, crisps and stuff). Try it what have you got to lose Mike Edited May 25, 2005 by leedstrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicH_87 Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 yeh, someone once complained cos their tube of smarties had no orange ones or something equally lame. They got a years supply of smarties/nestle goodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 A different company, but once I bought a large box of kitkats and none of them had the biscuit in them, so I sent one of and get my money back and a free crate! :S Also my mum found a ball of sellotape in her Baxtors soup and she get a free tour round their factory, in northern Scotland! Needless to say, we didn't go. (Y) Got some vouchers aswell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 A different company, but once I bought a large box of kitkats and none of them had the biscuit in them, so I sent one of and get my money back and a free crate! ;) Also my mum found a ball of sellotape in her Baxtors soup and she get a free tour round their factory, in northern Scotland! Needless to say, we didn't go. :S Got some vouchers aswell... ← I also had a kit-kat which 'lacked its crispy wafer backbone', so I wrote a very sarcastic letter telling them that 'even at the bargain price of 99p for 12, being a student I cannot afford to purchace inferior goods' - got 3 quid for that one. Also in my earlier years I bought a maverick (remember them?) which had a bit of grape stalk or something in it, and after complaining that 'there was no mention of little bits of stick in the ingredients' I got myself 8 quid. (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Yeh we got loads of Nestle Bueons (Y) My bro bought one and it only had half a stick but the wrapper was still intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatmike Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 (edited) God, if you want free chocolate, just go to a pizza hut, get an "icecream factory", and help yourself to buttons, smarties and dolly mix. Got a good plastic bag full. (Y) I'm yet to hear a responce from Gu, when one of my hot chocolate souffles came without a lid! Bastards. They do make nice puddings though. :"> Mike. Edited May 25, 2005 by Fatmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardman Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 My mum got a £3.50 voucher for Caburys products, going to spend it tomorra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sameer Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Y'know, I once read that it costs Mars (or Masterfoods, whichever way you look at it) on average less than 2p to fully produce a bar of Mars chocolate. That includes the wrapping packet, as well as the obvious chocolate production. So when they sell them for 40p (or 55p if you go to my school...!), you can imagine how deep Mr. Mars's's'z'zz pockets must be. (Y)" So yeah, what I was getting at is that Cabdury's (and all these other companies) will just dosh you a load of goodies if you keep it from investigative bodies (like Watchdog). Well, I guess they'd dosh you a load either way really. I dunno. Let us know how it goes anyway. If you do anything that is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 So when they sell them for 40p (or 55p if you go to my school...!), you can imagine how deep Mr. Mars's's'z'zz pockets must be. (Y)" ← That's not taking into account distribution, shops' profits and tax though. I imagine the tax on Mars bars is quite a lot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trials Tom Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 (edited) No biscuit in kitkats? The ones where the machines or what ever mess up without the biscuit 'backbone' are the best! Something out of the usual..... Now, the Mars Delight is theeeee chocolate of the moment, its so nice! The cheapest I've found it is from Tescos Express at 38p and the most was 45p, yes 45p, I think it was from a post office, Mars, Coca Cola or similar corner shop. Do a servey like on Short Change and find out wheres the cheapest and most expensive for Mars Delights, sorry no prizes for winners...... Edited May 25, 2005 by Trials Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Ages ago my mate found a small piece of wood in his haribo mix, so he wrote them a letter. Turned out the piece of wood came off the little moulding things, and he got about 5 huge bags of haribo free! (Y) :S worth writing to them i say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 God, if you want free chocolate, just go to a pizza hut, get an "icecream factory", and help yourself to buttons, smarties and dolly mix. Got a good plastic bag full. ;) ← Yeah but they are cheap shite. (Y) Do a letter, with the pic. You will get vouchers sent back you, done it a few times. :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Yeah but they are cheap shite. (Y) Do a letter, with the pic. You will get vouchers sent back you, done it a few times. ;) ← JT's a scammer :S "There was no Mars in my wrapper" "Did you eat it sir?" "No.... honest *BURP*" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanPoet Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Yeah but they are cheap shite. (Y) ← I beg to differ. The chocolate buttons, dolly mixtures and 'Smarties' are of the highest quality, direct from the Whitbread distribution centre. I know, I do alot of 'product testing' on quiet shifts... :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 I beg to differ. The chocolate buttons, dolly mixtures and 'Smarties' are of the highest quality, direct from the Whitbread distribution centre. I know, I do alot of 'product testing' on quiet shifts... :S ← Haha, and no one will know as it's a 'take as much as you want system'. I haven't had an 'ice-cream factory' for years, maby they have changed. We own an ice-cream factory anyway. (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 (edited) my dad found a dried spider in his cuppa soup the worse thing is it was half a dead dried spider after he'd crunched it. nice!!!!! i dont think he complained to knows or whoever do cuppasoup but he went back to sumerfields and got 2 free packs. scooore!! Edited May 26, 2005 by mathuds0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 God, if you want free chocolate, just go to a pizza hut, get an "icecream factory", and help yourself to buttons, smarties and dolly mix. Got a good plastic bag full. :- I'm yet to hear a responce from Gu, when one of my hot chocolate souffles came without a lid! Bastards. They do make nice puddings though. :"> Mike. ← Or even better live with someone who works in pizza hut and get them to bring home a 5kg bag of smarties (Y) Lasted a couple of weeks :( But as someone else said, theyre not up to the same standard as proper smarties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatsink Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 We bought some Malteasers that turned out to be gone off. I wrote the following cheeky letter: Dear Mars, Today I bought the enclosed packet of “Maltesers” from our company canteen. I am unsatisfied with the condition of the chocolatey balls. As you can see for yourselves, the chocolate surrounding the honeycomb treats is discoloured and fears for my health stopped me from consuming them. I would be very pleased if you could remedy this by sending me some replacement chocolate. And please do this swiftly because I’m getting hungry. Yours, Steve Spurgeon They sent me a £1 voucher for their products. In hindsite I could have got more if I'd adopted a more threatening tone e.g. "I'm not happy and have written to Watchdog. I'll be passing on all the details including the more worrying incident a while ago where I found glass shards in a Malteasers packet"! (Bit of creative licence there!) Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towler Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 God, if you want free chocolate, just go to a pizza hut, get an "icecream factory", and help yourself to buttons, smarties and dolly mix. Got a good plastic bag full. (Y) I'm yet to hear a responce from Gu, when one of my hot chocolate souffles came without a lid! Bastards. They do make nice puddings though. :"> Mike. ← LMAO, you truly are a legend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusional Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 It's often worth doing the opposite and writing to praise products. My Mum told me a story about getting very stoned once and writing a letter to McVities, or a similar company, I forget exactly which ("I love your biscuits, they're so munchy. Mmmm, munchy." [note: it may have been a little more eloquent than this]). Apparantly it went down rather well, and they sent a letter back thanking her for her praise, along with a whole pile of free biscuits! I'm not sure if that'd work anymore (companies are somewhat more cynical these days), but it's certainly more fun than writing to complain :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 A different company, but once I bought a large box of kitkats and none of them had the biscuit in them ← You lucky b*****d! The biscuit is the worst bit :- (Y)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocktrials Posted May 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 woooooo, another one the same from a different box!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 I bought some salt and vinegar walkers crisps from our school canteen once. but they weren't salt and vinegar, they were barbeque beef! I wrote walkers a letter and recieved a free vouxher for a big multipack bag. lasted 30mins? (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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