The requirement of Fylketditt.no is not an invoice – DinSide

The requirement of Fylketditt.no is not an invoice – DinSide

Your page DinSide has on several occasions discussed deals from DinOpplysning.no, since the marketing of the service resembles more of an invoice than to an offer.

Half n Half Media, which is behind the service DinOpplysning.no , is now back with new offerings in the same style, and this time for the product “Fylketditt.no.”

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Will grab attention

Safe Trading has recently received several inquiries about what at first glance looks like invoices from Half n Half Media AS, but on the other hand is offering to pay 4.950 million for the service Fylketditt.no.

We have asked the general manager of Half n Half media via mail, Thomas Hellenes, why they choose to send out offers that looks like an invoice.

– We do not do active telemarketing and want to compensate for this by sending out offers that attract attention to the myriad of advertising. Our experience is that many appreciate dropping as much as possible by telephone, it interferes much during a work week, writes Hellenes.

– Do you understand that the appearance of the offer may be confused with an invoice, which can lead to people paying by mistake?

– No, I have absolutely no understanding of. Does not contain provision word invoice, not customer or invoice number, and that it is written in CAPITAL letters that it is a promotional, says Hellenes.

In the picture to the right, marked with red ring, see text in large letters Hellenes refers.

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Critical to the shape of the offer

Safe Trading’m not impressed with the company’s way of promoting products and believe unlike Hellenes that it was not going well enough forward that this is not a payment.

On their website says this:

“We are a very critical view of the method used, and we believe that it should not be lawful under the Marketing Act to send out such ambiguous offer with a pre giro form. There is no doubt about the misunderstandings and that more confuse this with an invoice, but that’s probably what is the whole purpose of mailers “.

Furthermore, ask the question that Half n Half Media emits virtually identical offers, but now with a new name:

“We would argue that FylketDitt.no have entered the market as a direct consequence of DinOpplysning is so hard criticism online and in media. This new product has not yet incurred as much criticism and it will therefore be a greater chance that someone make a payment on the wrong premises, “writes thus Safe Trade.

DinSide have asked Half n Half Media why they now come with similar offerings, the new name when they previously received criticism for this type of provision in connection with Dinopplysning. The inquiry has not been answered.

Outputs “settlement”

SETTLEMENT: Businesses who are not customers already experiencing receiving requirements the renewal of the service from Dinopplysning.no. (Photo: PER Ervland / Illustration)

At the time of promotion of Fylketditt.no, has several firms also received a new type of requirement from DinOpplysning lately, marked “settlement.”

But none of these companies will charge for the service earlier, according to Safe Trade.

– There are strong indications that mailings marked “settlement” should be regarded as pure scam, as it does not meet the requirements to would be a valid invoice or a quote. It may therefore be difficult for Half N Half Media AS having to impose a requirement for renewal. That’s the impression we are left with after getting taken part in several complaints, says Øyvind Waardal in Safe Trading to DinSide.

We have again asked for a comment from Half n Half Media, unsuccessfully .