VistaPrint users?

[yesthattom]

If you use VistaPrint, check your credit card statement to make sure they didn’t hook you into their “rewards” program that bills you monthly for services you don’t use. More about VistaPrint Rewards here.

Now that I know they do this, I’m going to consider other free business card companies. I like VistaPrint because they retain my old designs and let me edit/print more with a few clicks. I hope the others do too.

Comments

[rainbear.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, http://www.iprint.com/ has tons of good deals--very often.. usually anywhere from 20-40% off of business cards--and they do remember your designs. I got a box of 250 full color, UV-coated cards for about $20.

Yes, it's not free.. but the quality is really good.

[sweh.livejournal.com]

Things like "vistaprint rewards" are designed to catch people who don't properly check what they're doing. I used vistaprint in February for some "free" cards (huh; $5.25 for P&P isn't really free) and was very careful in what I clicked on. They've never charged me for anything else.

One of the big differences I found when moving to America from the UK is that American businesses are less consumer friendly; they want to try to sell these secondary services to you but don't necessarily make it clear what they're doing. They rely on laziness and confusion to make additional money. Caveat emptor, indeed!

[la-directora.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's been an uproar lately about these "rewards" programs. VistaPrint is by FAR not the only website using them. It's when you click on the "get $10 off on your next order" or "retrieve your free gift" kind of things at the end of an order. I just never click on those, and I have no problems.

Also, those rewards programs will all refund whatever money you've been charged if you contact them. (NPR did a big story about this recently.)

[lilbjorn.livejournal.com]

I just find it best to avoid any product with the word "vista" in the name.