Yes, they are very persistent. You need to contact them and be very insistent that you no longer wish to play their game and they will eventually desist. Also make sure you unsubscribe to any of their marketing stuff.
I bought some of their wines last year and got similar pressures from them, although they didn't actually try and debit my card for further 'donations'. They even rang me a couple of times with the hard sell... which is the best way to put me offside. They no longer bother me.
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Cheers, Gerry Lexus LX470 2012 Traveller Sensation Pinnacle 21' Member VKS737 - mobile 3535
Purchasing things over the Internet is so easy,often cheaper,and most like us have had no trouble using our credit card,with most purchases you just give the operator the numbers and expire date over the phone,so convenient and Hassel free,one day we will be caught out,so far we have been lucky with our gut feeling on who were dealing with....
For the last 10 years I have probably gotten 90% of my wine through Cellarmasters who have good quality and prices but are persistent with their marketing. They send me brochures by snail mail, email me and then constantly ring my landline (I was smart enough not to give them my mobile number). They have never tried billing me for things I haven't ordered and are very good with their deliveries but they are bloody annoying. I have gotten so annoyed with them in the past that I threatened not to buy anymore wine if they continued calling, they agreed to stop then a couple of weeks later they started again. My advice is don't join any of the clubs where they send you wine every so many months just buy the wine as you need it, they seem to offer you things like gifts, discount cards, free delivery etc. because they want to entice you to buy from them. When you phone them with your order don't let them go through their special offers routine just give them the order and get out.
I now leave my landline on answering machine and if a caller starts leaving a message I will pick up or call them back only when it's someone that I want to talk to otherwise I just ignore it. You find that most of these unsolicited callers will hang up immediately the prompt starts as they know that it's highly unlikely that anyone is ever going to call them back. I've also heard that some people set up a separate credit card with a small limit which they only use for purchasing over the internet just in case it one day it does get ripped off. Sandsmere you have to be happy with your bank for being alert enough to contact you about a suspect purchase.
For the last 10 years I have probably gotten 90% of my wine through Cellarmasters who have good quality and prices but are persistent with their marketing. They send me brochures by snail mail, email me and then constantly ring my landline (I was smart enough not to give them my mobile number). They have never tried billing me for things I haven't ordered and are very good with their deliveries but they are bloody annoying. I have gotten so annoyed with them in the past that I threatened not to buy anymore wine if they continued calling, they agreed to stop then a couple of weeks later they started again. My advice is don't join any of the clubs where they send you wine every so many months just buy the wine as you need it, they seem to offer you things like gifts, discount cards, free delivery etc. because they want to entice you to buy from them. When you phone them with your order don't let them go through their special offers routine just give them the order and get out.
I now leave my landline on answering machine and if a caller starts leaving a message I will pick up or call them back only when it's someone that I want to talk to otherwise I just ignore it. You find that most of these unsolicited callers will hang up immediately the prompt starts as they know that it's highly unlikely that anyone is ever going to call them back. I've also heard that some people set up a separate credit card with a small limit which they only use for purchasing over the internet just in case it one day it does get ripped off. Sandsmere you have to be happy with your bank for being alert enough to contact you about a suspect purchase.
Thanks TBB.
Some good advice there.
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Nappies and Politicians should be changed often . For the same reason .
Hey Macka if your wines are tasting like sour vinegar take them straight back and demand your $1.50 back usually the typed or photocopied labels are a dead give away. I still remember growing up in Australia when trying to impress a girl meant lashing out on a bottle of Gala Spumante, Starwine or Porphyry Pearl at a restaurant. About the only wine drunk in the pubs in this area used to be port and coke or a maybe a schooner of beer with a dash of green ginger in the winter. Being from Australia's oldest wine region you can understand why we were really up there with the big wine consumers of our time. It wasn't until they started bringing out the Chateau Cardboard varieties that Aussies really got comfortable with drinking it. Now the industry is worth billions both at home and in exports and the quality of our premium Aussie wines is up there with the best in world - maybe not the ones in Macka's price range but most of the time you will get what you pay for.. just joking Macka I don't mind a good single malt either.
I once got offered a taste of a really expensive top shelf port at a cellar door on the upper Swan in WA for $5, the guy nearly fell over when I said not unless he had included the price of the coke in that $5. from his reaction I don't think port and coke must have been that popular around Perth. Don't laugh till you try this on a hot day when you just can't quench your thirst - 3/4 fill a tall glass with ice, add a nip of port (not your real expensive stuff), fill with coke, stir, sip slowly while sucking on the ice.
