27 May 2019

A question about : Is there a catch atlas editions

https://www.atlaseditions.co.uk/1147/index.html
had this leaflet in my daughters toybox magazine says 99p I cannot see anything that says they will send you more or tie you in is there a catch before I sign up?

Best answers:

  • Read the terms and conditions very carefully, there are a lot of this sort of thing about, like the grolier/disney books and so on.
  • have bought indian recipe cards from atlas in past - 99p, no bother afterwards.
    now a flyer for "silver plated pocket watch" @ £2.99 & free p&p - see it and order if wanted at:
    https://www.atlaseditions.co.uk/1156/index.html
    am ordering one online today - will post opinion on receipt
  • Thank you for placing an order with Atlas Editions.
    You do not have to pay anything online.
    We remind you that there is no obligation to buy anything else.
    We are currently processing your order. This will take approximately 3 weeks and will be delivered to the address mentioned below:
    EDITED OUT
    Yours Sincerely,
    Joanne Smith
    Customer Service
    Phone : 0845 602 3168
    e-mail: customerservice@atlaseditions.co.uk
  • as long as you pay the invoice straight away and send a letter to cancel you are OK, but if you dont do it straight away they send you next lot of cards at higher price & invoice you for them.
  • Hmmmi am tempted by the maps. don't fancy the 'hand crafted decorative egg' though
  • there is no catch s such as you can only pay the 99p but you only get one part of whatever the set is. once you have recieved that one part they say you can keep that one for free and just pay 6.99 evrery other month and it costs alot in the end. i got the winnie the pooh set for my daughter and i certainly dont think it was worth the money you end up paying out for it but if you dont then you only have about 1% of the set.
  • Hi,
    I found this thread after googling "Atlas editions".
    I'm not at all happy with them.
    I took up their offer of "Duelling Fighter planes" (Spitfire & Me109) "for just Ј2.99 (free P&P)" in March 2008.
    On 26th April, I received a letter saying that there was a delay and that the items should be with me in 2-3 weeks.
    The excuse was pathetic, they claimed that the colours were not accurate and that they had had to do research in Govt archives to get the correct colour codes.............I'm sure Airfix did the correct colours for RAF & Luftwaffe aircraft back in the 70's....!
    Anyway, 3 Months later, still no sign of them, so I rang their call centre and was advised that they would definitely be sent out in early August.
    I've just rung them again (27/08/08) and they assure me that the items were sent out last week with 2-3 weeks delivery from France.
    So, I await their imminent arrival!
    OK, so maybe there is nothing dodgy about the company, but to take 5 months to deliver something is appalling!
    I also pointed out to them that throughout this period they have still been taking orders for these planes, despite knowing that they could not possibly honour their 2-3 weeks delivery.
    Bottom line for me is that this company doesn't present themselves as someone I would want to be bothered to do business with in the future.
    And I guess I have now opened myself up to being pestered by them for more "offers"............
  • I've now had 4 of these so-called quality replica watches,and have had to return 3 so far : 2 went faulty after about a month and the third was not wanted (I wrote to cancel my subscription when I returned the 2 broken ones).The 4th has worked OK so far,but I'm not confident it'll last.
    In the meantime I've stopped further payments on my credit card,which will I hope stop them sending any more.
    If i don't get a refund for the 2 broken watches I'll put a claim on my credit card company and let them sort it out.
    Best of luck with any new users !
  • I ordered the fact cards about the human body, about 1 month ago. Received nothing yet.
  • I have just ordered one of the pocket watches.I think it will be OK for my hubby as he cann't wear a wrist watch,he must be allergic to the straps,but I went on to read the other posts and it seems like I will be sent more pocket watches.I have read the terms and conditions but found nothing to say this so could someone please tell me if this is true or not.After all I,ve only got one hubby so I only want one watch.
  • Grandma,
    I hope you have better luck than me - I decided it might be nice to give one or two of these as presents , but the first couple would have been too difficult to see to be much use,so i decided to keep them.
    Unfortunately after a couple of weeks one of them decided to lose about half-an-hour a day and i couldn't get the back off to regulate it,then the other one just stopped altogether.So I returned them,asking Atlas Editions not to send any more.
    As usually happens,the 3rd one had already been sent out,so I returned that one too.
    My advice to you is to buy hubby a decent watch from a reputable shop where you can speak to the jeweller before you buy.
    Regards
    kevin
  • Thanks for your advice KEVSART4FUN I have emailed them and cancelled my order
  • I had a letter about the human body cards saying they were out of stock.
    got them 2 days later!
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