Pigsback.com

dayshah · 07-05-2010 01:13PM

I have been with them since about 2003. At the end of the day they are a business, and the environment is bad at the moment, so I can forgive the piggy point inflation.

However, I ordered the laptop jacket for 1700 points, only to find out when I got it that it was a crappy sticker for a laptop. I felt that was dishonest and misleading.
In fairness to them though they did offer to take it back when I complained, and it seem they discontinued that reward.

Also remember £30 Amazon voucher is worth about €35.50, so its not as bad as you might think.

shinny · 07-05-2010 02:44PM

http://www.pigsback.com/pages/3/5/269.aspx?pbq=5066,5066,VOVFB

Only · 19-05-2010 11:24AM

Would anyone have any spare Pedigree Chum dry dog food vouchers printed off that are still in date by any chance?
Just went t print a few out and they're gone and need to get a few bags ... would pay postage to anyone willing to send me any:o
Thanks

ordinary_girl · 21-05-2010 05:55PM

Meant to ask, I used an Ambrosia voucher the other day so will I be able to print out another Ambrosia voucher and use it again?

JP Liz V1 · 25-05-2010 03:31PM

Topshop €20 voucher
Treat yourself to the latest look at Topshop with this €20 voucher. 2400

Dorothy Perkins` €20 voucher
Enjoy spending a €20 voucher on Dorothy Perkin’s latest trends. 2400

Wallis €20 voucher
Take a walk on the chic side with a €20 voucher to spend at Wallis. 2400

Burton €20 voucher
Get the latest men’s fashion with this €20 voucher to spend at your local Burton. 2400

Miss Selfridge €20 voucher
The number one destination for young, feminine, flirty fashion. 2400

http://www.pigsback.com/pages/3/240/1395.aspx?pbq=2125%2c2125%2cVOVSP

some new fashion rewards for 2400 piggypoints

ordinary_girl · 25-05-2010 11:52PM

YAY! €20 A Wear voucher aswell, missed the aul A Wear voucher, glad they brought it back!

Paul Tergat · 26-05-2010 12:59AM

JP Liz wrote:

some new fashion rewards for 2400 piggypoints

Thanks for that.

Makes it a bit of a joke though when you look at those with the price of the phone credit. Admin costs cant be that high to charge 3000 points!

dayshah · 27-05-2010 03:10PM

The Vodafone voucher is cheaper too now

If only I had someone to call

robo · 27-05-2010 03:21PM

This is kind of related to Pigsback - Hughes & Hughes is back open in Dundrum. I was in there today and the upstairs part is closed, but they are open downstairs with new book titles and all. Other stores opening soon - Santry, St Stephens Green etc.

So the part that relates to Pigsback is the vouchers we all got as part of our piggy points - I went in with some of my cards, and they will take them back and get you to fill in a form and will reissue new vouchers to you. So all is not lost. And it is good to see that they are open again.

The notice on the website says the following -

Hughes & Hughes

A New Chapter

Sivota Ltd have recently purchased some of the assets of the former Hughes & Hughes Ltd.

Trading will commence under the Hughes & Hughes banner over the coming weeks.

A new website will be launched in the coming months.

steve 0 · 28-05-2010 10:09PM

Regular link doesn't work right for me at the moment, the text only does does though http://www.examiner.ie/text/business/kfcwausneyql/

ONLINE marketing firm Pigsback.com has raised €1.25 million in fundraising with the company saying it is positive about the future and is trading profitably.
The fundraising is made up of new funds and conversion of shareholder loans.
Chief executive Michael Dwyer said: "This funding has been an important tidy up and enables us to keep moving forward with confidence. All of our business units are operating profitably and having endured two years of financial challenge we are now guardedly optimistic about our growth and profit prospects.
"Thankfully our business model has endured very well and we’ll keep evolving to maximise our relevance for a very active user base."
Dublin-based Pigsback, which offers discounts to consumers has more than 310,000 active users. It also has 12,000 followers on Facebook and Twitter.
"We’ve been through the dotcom bubble and now this credit crunch. All in our first decade. Who said business was easy? I’m proud of our reaction and very confident in our ability to grow again profitably.
"It’s been a veritable rollercoaster – for the most part very positive, but there have been some white knuckle moments too."
Mr Dwyer said the company had a particularly tough year in 2008, when it downsized its operations in Britain and suspended its North America plans.
"In 2009 we stabilised the ship and managed to show a marginal EBITDA (operating) profit which compared to an EBITDA loss of €1.7m in 2008. It was a critical turnaround," said Mr Dwyer.
He added that Britain is showing "modest growth" and said in hindsight the company over-invested in Britain and its timing was unfortunate.

4davis7 · 29-05-2010 11:46AM

steve 0 wrote: »

Regular link doesn't work right for me at the moment, the text only does does though http://www.examiner.ie/text/business/kfcwausneyql/

does this mean better things for less piggypoints

Kevvv · 29-05-2010 03:04PM

4davis7 wrote: »

does this mean better things for less piggypoints

If their making 1.25 million the way things are I wouldn't imagine so.

dayshah · 29-05-2010 03:05PM

There seems to be more companies that you can buy stuff from now.

dStSb · 29-05-2010 05:53PM

All phone credit is 2700 now.

deeaunty · 29-05-2010 09:35PM

robo wrote: »

This is kind of related to Pigsback - Hughes & Hughes is back open in Dundrum. I was in there today and the upstairs part is closed, but they are open downstairs with new book titles and all. Other stores opening soon - Santry, St Stephens Green etc.

So the part that relates to Pigsback is the vouchers we all got as part of our piggy points - I went in with some of my cards, and they will take them back and get you to fill in a form and will reissue new vouchers to you. So all is not lost. And it is good to see that they are open again.

The notice on the website says the following -

Do they re-issue the vochers there and then?

robo · 29-05-2010 11:33PM

I have been told that they will send them back out to me - I will let you all know if I get them back

deeaunty · 29-05-2010 11:51PM

robo wrote: »

I have been told that they will send them back out to me - I will let you all know if I get them back

Thanks.:)

4davis7 · 03-06-2010 10:03PM

whats the best way to earn piggypoints??

glanman · 03-06-2010 10:05PM

4davis7 wrote: »

whats the best way to earn piggypoints??

get a Pigsback credit card, get a mortgage through AIB and get points...

davehey79 · 11-08-2010 04:42PM

does phhone credit come in an email ???

JP Liz V1 · 11-08-2010 04:45PM

Most things are only 5 piggypoints

muffler · 11-08-2010 05:36PM

davehey79 wrote: »

does phhone credit come in an email ???

Nope. I cant recall if you still get an email notification or not but in any event you have to log into your account ("my rewards" I think) and get the code there.

11-08-2010 06:02PM

muffler wrote: »

Nope. I cant recall if you still get an email notification or not but in any event you have to log into your account ("my rewards" I think) and get the code there.

Yep that's right. The last time I got some it was there in the Rewards section for about a week before I got an email about it.

16-08-2010 03:00PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Most things are only 5 piggypoints

I think all are 5 points now, must be the recession.

BluesBerry · 16-08-2010 10:34PM

Pigsback has gone to the dogs I used to use it regularly now I just cba

They changed the 10 piggy points to 5 and I cant find the shop and earn 10 point question (have they taken this away)

It was bad enough waiting the 10 secs for 10 piggy points now its not even worth it

And the "rewards" are crap

Im just going to use up my piggy points and not log back in :mad::mad::mad::mad:

17-08-2010 12:35PM

BluesBerry wrote: »

now I just cba

What's cba?

nice1franko · 17-08-2010 12:40PM

Deleted User wrote: »

What's cba?

http://www.acronymfinder.com/Slang/CBA.html

kn · 17-08-2010 01:06PM

I read recently that they lost £5million in the last financial year (UK anyway). Probably has a lot to do with it.

ejmaztec · 23-08-2010 02:47PM

kn wrote: »

I read recently that they lost £5million in the last financial year (UK anyway). Probably has a lot to do with it.

They lost that amount in 2008, did they do it again in 2009?

eimearcmh · 23-08-2010 10:22PM

Its really annoying, now the points have shifted from 10 down to 5. I logged on today and there was no 10 points to be collected at the coupon, movies and shop and earn section! When did this change?!?!

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