20 x points back on everything and no cap

RA..KU..TEN...

BOSE = Buy Other Sound Equipment

I cannot believe how many people have fallen for their marketing as their products are crap and overpriced.

Buy Yamaha if you want a soundbar

20 x points back on everything and no cap

Pah! Never did get my points from the last time they ran this promotion before Xmas.

Or you pay full price for the Wii U premium pack and get potentially £42 off your next purchase?

Yeah get in early as all sellers immediately start increasing prices when they start selling.

Cant wait for the hundreds of potential XB1 or PS4 posts :smile:

So would a pair of dr dre beats headphones costing £99.99 give £19.80 worth of points?

That bose speaker is an older model I think. The latest one, the solo 5 is only slightly more expensive.

BOSE = Buy Other Sound Equipment

I cannot believe how many people have fallen for their marketing as their products are crap and overpriced.

Buy Yamaha if you want a soundbar

Bit off topic with this deal - but I can't believe how poor this retailer website has gotten since the former Play.com days. Received an e-mail yesterday with a limited offer of 200 points (essentially £2 off) that had to be spent before midnight-assume I'm still registered. Even with free money on offer I gave up after 10 minutes - really awful browsing experience and it seems like they're just pimping out the site to third party sellers these days. Voted Hot for spamming the post though!

I got my points and spent them without issue in December when it was 15x points back.

You do need to be careful with Rakuten. There was a shop selling TVs that I reported that had an email address that was like [email protected] and googling the mobile phone number referred to a website that was suspended as they hadn't paid their bills.

Having said that, I have got some great bargains by mixing voucher codes, points and cashback so heat added. Just treat it like ordering from ebay and research the retailer

Having used Expansys many times, both directly and via Rakuten; I have had no issues at all. Everything as described, perfectly packaged. Sent by next day delivery even though I paid for standard delivery. Had an issue with one the items within warranty and they sorted pick up, repair and return. I would call them an excellent retailer.

Will need longer than that to prepare the Armarda of deals :smiley:

Is my maths right? Would this make the New 3ds xl £116??

Do Expansys sell only UK stock?

£580 for a UK Galaxy S6 Edge Plus with £120 off my next purchase....

No, generally EU stock. My G Flex's have been fine though.

EU would be fine, its just ones outside of the UK that don't have a valid warranty.

Just be careful as points do expire, so don't assume youll be in credit forever, or even until the next promotion.

Whats the cheapest this would work out a 3ds at? (not bothered about the new one or not, i dont think theres much changes, but preferably XL)

Any 10% or 20% codes for cameras? ?

But Rakuten are soooo overpriced in the first place :disappointed:

Notice the TVs with PRC direct do not show any 5 years warranty (LG) yet the PRC site does as its via LG (I think)
Think I'd rather have the warranty.

I found them to be great too. I bought a Sony Z4 4G tablet and PS4 off them in the 25% points offers a couple of months back. I used discount codes and cashback at the same time and got both items for pretty much half RRP which is a pretty awesome deal. You do need to have other purchases lined up to use the points though or they'll expire and be wasted.

Z5 Tablet? Wow, that is impressive! It isn't even released yet.

Haha I meant Z4. I have just picked up a Z5 compact in white for £369 with £73 in points and 3.5% cashback, so I kind of had Z5 on my mind! :smirk:

Thanks for the share OP

Just bought a £5 USB microphone for Guitar Hero. How could I resist when there's 20x points back :stuck_out_tongue: (definitely wasn't using up old points...)

thanks op - just ordered xenoblade chronicles x (wii u) for £34.75 with 680 points (£6.80) - not a bad price considering it's out of stock at quite a few places

it's a good game for someone to pick up with their points if they order the wii u bundle too

too bad majority of the products on the site are insanely overpriced!

Well I did have 9,250 pts to spend that were awarded on 24/12 but just had a look and they have now expired. So I had 3 weeks or less to spend them in it appears. :disappointed:

Sonos
£33 points for play 1 £136
£110 points for playbar £440

Using one of the OP's examples, the BOSE system is not £135 after points, however you dress it up you're still spending £169 then getting credit to spend on something else. You don't end up with only £135 coming out of your pocket (unless you can now cash in your credits?).

That said, still a good deal for those wanting to buy multiple items and gain credit from purchase 1.

Excuse my ignorance, but is the LG 55" tv in OP a good set to start off with using 4K ultra HD ?
I've been trying my best to research, but it's a minefield out there. I will mostly be using it for gaming and Sky. Thanks in advance

as much as I love Rakuten's point system, a lot of the vendors tend to have their prices slightly inflated to take into account people using points from previous purchases. Still, have some heat

Can you really trust a company that dropped the name play.com for some dodgy sounding domain?

No ps4 in stock , then back in stock tomorrow lets see

Also play.com were struggling in the recession and were in danger of collapse. That's why they ditched first party selling in favour of becoming a marketplace and claiming a small percentage per sale for hosting.

Ratuken has got to the point of being too frustrating to use. There are so many suppliers listing goods at 3-4X the real value that you cannot find anything worth buying in certain catagories

Does UK Deals know that their URL redirects don't work on Android? I should post this in a relevant section I know.

Any good PS4 Deals please?

Ok but I thought u couldn't use points against what ur buying for the points in the 1st place

You can't but you usually need a game or two and a 2nd controller.

RA..KU..TEN...

Well any time I have called their customer services department they have been absolutely clueless and made false promises. So either you've been lucky or I've been unlucky.

Ok , just confused because u put ur points workings into the console and not the games , currently £259 for the White 500gb latest chassis tempted and 3.5% cashback £10 making it £249 and £51 worth points .

Arkham Knight is £21 PS4 with £4 back in points. Might bite.

I rarely use them as their prices in general are not great, but they do have the odd cracking offer. I know the third party sellers set the price, but if you're price isn't as low or close to Amazon's, they are surely wasting their time.

Has anyone spotted any good Wii U game buys?

You're telling me I can spend £210 and get a Wii U with Bayonetta, Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon? I... I, uh... My wallet is tingling

I see they have a Battlefront PS4 bundle for 289 and has 5780 points

How much is this points worth and can I buy a game with the points?

Super points have a specific time frame to use

The last time I got £7 worth,, I checked every few days for a month and hadnt recevied them,, logged in a week later and it said id recevied them on the tuesday and theyd expired on the Friday.

No points

The nomral points last for a much longer period although read the T&Cs

that deal you thought youd got might not be so good
Unless you log in everyday you have no way of knowing if theyve credited your account

For me I was told I would be credited my points after delivery

http://www.rakuten.co.uk/shop/expansys/product/284520/

Went for a Surface Dock. £139.99 is cheaper then MS anyway.

I'm confused...

I though for each 1£ we would get 5 points back (0.05£), so 20x points would mean that we would get 100 points (1£ for each 1£ spent)...

Another thing that is confusing me is the following:
Lets take the Wii U that costs £ 215.00 and below the price is written 20X 4,300 Points.
Does this mean I'll get 4300 points / 43£ total (according to my thoughts above it should be 21500 points /215£ ) or 20x4300=86000 points (860£ back for 215£ spent :P)?

Regards

Do they do any other golf supplies ? :man:

Nope, I emailed them about it 3 weeks after my purchase (to give the points a reasonable time to appear) and it took 4 weeks for them to respond but I never got the points. They blamed the run up to Xmas but 7 weeks is a bit excessive?

Call my lazy, but how much is a point worth? Is there a simple system like you earn 1 point per £1 (normally). And 1 point is 1p.

Or is it more complicated?

Be sure to use your points as they expire after a while.

I had a few from the last time they did 20x and when I went to use them a couple month later they were gone.

It's worth noting that the points do not discount the price of the first purchase to obtain the points. They are used against the next purchase when they have been credited to you.

I see. The problem is that I was in their FAQ where they mention 5 points for each pound not 1 point per pound as you clarify...

That will be in the terms and conditions but from other comments here it seems there's no cap.

Spend them before they expire :wink:

Gutted, used a 20% off code with Very last night for a ue55ju6400 tv for £686 and PRC Direct with Rakuten would have been £640.

Could have put that extra £45 towards another GTX 980.

Arrrgggghhhhh.............

And you cannot spend them straight away - they take about a week (after delivery) to appear in your account

The more relevant terms from the T&C:

4. There is a minimum spend of £1 per item in order to qualify for this Super Points promotion and customers will earn 20 Super Points for every £1 spent on all purchases completed on the Site during the Promotional Period.

5. The Super Points earned during the Promotional Period will only be valid until 29th February 2016 and after this date they can no longer be redeemed.

8. The Super Points will be allocated to the customer’s account 8 days after the merchant shipped the item.

Full T&Cs for this promotion here.

Thanks for the replies folks. Still seems too good to her true - nearly £70 off the iPad and £147 back too. Must be my lucky day ;-)

xbox one elite £375 plus 7500 back on points, thats a decent deal ?

Never had any issues getting or using my points from Rakuten.

Just be very careful who you buy off from there. I had a really bad experience with "thecableplace". Rakuten do not do sufficient checks on retailers on their site (alot have fake reviews, you can tell because 1 in 50 says SCAM!).

Good if you get decent retailers but check before you buy!!!

I personally will not be using Rakuten again as they are sloppy with poor customer service if anything goes wrong

it's a meh deal at best.
you cannot use the points for your first purchase.
so the "potential" nonsense example in case of Wii U is nonsense.it will cost you £210.and they give you £42 worth of points for the next purchase..also their games are extremely and un-reasonably over priced...ike £52 for a copy of Mario 3D World...:confused:

my payment never procsesses, always says error

**** - didn't realise points expired so quickly, bought something on 17th December, got 5,670 points, just saw this deal so logged back in and they've expired :disappointed:

Agree with the comments. There are some very good retailers on the site (Forefront Cases, Frosty Cow, Fynbuy, SmartParts) but I have had poor customer service from Smart Choice 786 who completely ignored emails, ignored a refund request and don't answer their phone. Their stock was sent from Amazon so I imagine they are just a middle man.Goods are over-priced in most cases but there can be good deals.

Such a flawed concept. Reward points back when purchasing from a seller, who can alter their prices in an instant (everything's prices rocket). Then when you get your points they have an expiry date, meaning after that date everyone puts their prices back down. Then a new 20x points promotion comes back.... The cycle. Way of making you think you're saving more than you actually are at the same time as getting publicity.

However, fair play to them it seems to work!

So when do the super points expire?

Ocarina of Time for 3DS is £24.85 with 480 back in points, Cheapest price around.

Here's the important legal bits...

The Super Points earned during the Promotional Period will only be valid until 29th February 2016 and after this date they can no longer be redeemed.

The Super Points will be allocated to the customer’s account 8 days after the merchant shipped the item.

The products in Health and Beauty are absolutely not worth it. Benefit They're Real! Mascara is £40 here but £20 everywhere else. Same with Olay Regenerist Night Renewal Elixir (50ml), £60 here vs £30 in Boots/Superdrug/etc. And that's the first two products I looked at and I am already put off...

Just what I needed to know thanks!

What I want to know though... is what do points mean?

https://www.avforums.com/threads/sony-ht-rt5-any-reviews-or-does-anyone-have.1976283/

The sony needs 4 plugs it's also got 2 surround sound speakers and a seperate sub. It's not a fair comparison.

If your looking at the sony then your better off getting an amp and speaker setup. I managed to get 2 monitor audio bx6's (£650 a pair when launched) and a centre speaker for £220 second hand that's about 1/4 of the price they were brand new. I then managed to get a Yamaha 677 AVR for £170 delivered (4 months old and was around £550 when launched the original owner paid £250 on a clearance sale then upgraded 4 months later). So £390 got me a 3.0 setup which I can expand up to 7.2 at anytime which will blow a soundbar setup out the water.

If you want a single bar then buy a yamaha. If you want a real surround sound setup then buy one don't buy something in between.

Also second hand market has really great bargains. People on here don't like buying second hand for some reason but I would like them to show me a better setup than mine for triple the money I paid brand new. Obviously some things you don't buy second hand but speakers and amps are fine. Last time I made the second hand argument a moron came along and asked if I bought second hand underwear for example.

Has anybody received their super points yet from the 20x promotion?

Mine have been added but still no sign of the motherboard. Will hopefully get a refund on that.

Why has this been bumped back up?

This should be made a new deal not a recycle of an old thread...keep things fresh :smiley:

So I get roughly £200 on next purchase if I buy a £1069 lens? :O

I ordered something from one of the sellers in October and they said they didn't have the item in stock and would have to refund, I had to ring up nearly a dozen times and got quite a few emails promising a points refund from rakuten that never happened. Rakuten also said I might not get the points back even though it wasn't my fault and it is only in the last few days after 3 months of badgering that they have refunded them.

when does it go live

2 week late pal, I also received mine

Anything I want is vastly over priced to start with. :disappointed:

Not really much of a deal when everything is overpriced to begin with.

Yep, seems so

quidco @ 3.5% too

that seems to be prett **** way to mae T&C, for example, what if i bought it a week before 29th, say 20th or later and it took 3 day to ship?, that mean by the time you get the points, the point is already expired.It would be much simpler to say point must be used within 1 week of being awarded.

Looking to buy animal crossing happy home designer for our daughter's birthday...

Just be aware you might not get your points honoured. I missed out on a big amount. Won't use them again. But hot if you get them.

Hi just to confirm will it work for the g flex 2?

Silent Hills still available for pre-order :disappointed:

Will the 20x points be credited if I order the Far Cry Primal game which is released on the 23rd of this month?

Tried to order something but my credit card was rejected despite using the same card yesterday to buy something successfully from them. Will probably try again in the morning. Seem to remember problems last time I used rakuten when there was a promotion on.

Thats from a super points offer a few weeks ago. The points earned today are valid until 31st March 2016 according to the t's and c's.

http://www.rakuten.co.uk/policy/terms_conditions/coupons/20160212/?l-id=gb_event_target-day_null_

Gutted... Just spent £460~ on a new computer yesterday... If it wasn't for the fact that the points take 1-3 weeks to be confirmed and spendable, I'd genuinely think about sending my stuff back for a £50ish saving!

Just bought Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer for £22.78 after using 207 points that I already had and will be getting 480 points back for today's promo...so the game more or less cost £17.98

I bought a game with my points last time, it didn't arrive, points never got refunded, despite numerous emails and phone calls. Points refunds have to be authorised by European head office apparently, but they never materialised.

In short, i'll never use rakuten again. There's plenty of other warnings about them and the website is awful.

Happy shopping.

I bought a 3ds which worked out a good deal with the points back. It wasn't a good deal on its own.

I didn't get the points so I emailed them, about 5 days later no response, emailed again. A few days after that again no response.

So I returned the 3ds as a change of mind (it was still unopened). I got a refund no problem from the seller.

A few weeks later rakuten replied to my email and gave me the points. Free money!

I had a text from one of my friends last week saying he just bought a Bose Solo 5 and he was really pleased with the sound of it. I didn't have the heart to dissuade his love of his purchase but wished he would have let me know he was ready to buy so I could have advised him otherwise, he has been going on for ages about buying a soundbar and his £180 could have bought or been put towards something much better.

Don't forget 3.5% Quidco as well.

I would agree that many times things can be cheaper elsewhere but if you can combine it with a code (eg TOYS15) then the deals can be hard to beat when you take into account discount code/points/quidco.

TOYS15 not working for me. It highlights the amount off but when pressing pay it says invalid code - go back to basket. i wonder if all the codes are used up as it did say they were limited.

Grrr trying to order an item but getting An Error Occured During Payment :disappointed: I assume its just me...

i had the same issue but it worked when i used a different card for payment

If it is anything like me, you will have very few days to redeem the Superpoints. They apply them after 8 days or so and then expect you to use them within a week typically, without reminding you that you have been credited them or when they will expire. I had to go overseas and so missed all my superpoints late last year, and there has been absolutely no compromise from Rakuten, and they have refused to share any complaints procedure with me to escalate it anywhere other than through there anonymous web help handlers. I then asked for a Deadlock Letter and they have clammed up without a response whatsoever. I feel very upset by this and think it is very unfair. So be warned. Review the T&Cs and don't expect any come back from them. They don't give a monkeys. Superpoints are a gimmick AFAIAC

Not like me to be so upset, but I am really aggrieved on this one occasion with them because I have used Play/Rakuten for years without any problems prior to this superpoints expiry issue.

Tried 3 cards. Oh well :disappointed:

This is great but it seems as though the price of a lot of games has gone up compared to recent lows.

Stay away from these super points deal! It's a rip-off.
They do not tell you that you have to wait up to 16 days before you would get your points. So there is a good chance that you are going to forget about it and your points are going to be expired before you would use them.
And you end up with a pricey item.
Even if you don't forget it and you check your Rakuten account daily, you still pay extra price in your first purchase and you pay extra price again in your next one as well.
So eventually you pay just the regular price with the super points.

Just copped Street Fighter 5 with this, cheers.

So... this isn't a deal because you're forgetful?

It's a shame cashback is excluded.

great deal got a ps4 last time and got £16 back in points.. wasnt 20x then... then used the £16 on a pack of 5 32gb usb sticks which were £25... so got 5 32gb sticks for £9

It's a deal, just a dodgy one.
Anyway my advise was for people who has a life and don't have time to check their website in every hour hoping that they credited their accounts with the super points.
But probably you have lots of time. So congratulation mate, this deal is for you.

Indeed, I won't ever get back those five seconds I spent writing "Spend SuperPoints" next to March 1st on my calendar. You are clearly worthier than I.

Good luck to find another good deal then because as everyone knows they over price everything and you gonna have only few days to spend your super points.