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the gourmet society works because it brings genuine new business to restaurants. 84% of gourmet society members have visited a restaurant for the first time, simply because it was a gourmet society partner restaurant .
gourmet society have left the nectar programme as of 25 / 12 / 17 .
o each gourmet society card is valid for up to 4 people, although multiple cards can be used per table (therefore 8 people dining would require 2 gourmet society cards .
o to speed up payment please show your gourmet society card when asking for the bill .
yes! new restaurants are joining the gourmet society every day. we’ll send you regular updates .
- the gourmet society restaurant discount will be available throughout december, though bank holidays are excluded .
everyone loves eating out in restaurants and by becoming a gourmet society member you can eat out for less. the gourmet society is a proven winner with its unique dining promotion at top class restaurants .
it is on this basis that i would not recommend gourmet society - they are capitalising on people making silly mistakes .
get up to 40% off cinema when you book with gourmet society. any film, any day, any time !
yes! 50, 000 gourmet society members make a huge difference to a restaurant’s bottom line. the restaurants want you !
remember: your discounts will not be accepted if you simply present your gourmet society card at your chosen cinema. you must purchase your discounted e - codes from the gourmet society platform in advance. * savings vary based on screening, location and movie selection
o you do not need to book in advance, although please mention when being seated that you intend to use your gourmet society card .
important note: these restaurant discounts are only available to nus extra cardholders that have opted to add the gourmet society bolt - on. to check whether you have access to these fantastic bonus deals, look out for the gourmet society logo on the back of your nus extra card .
very disappointed to be refused a refund for the £39. 95 membership i do not want and did not authorise. and i don' t even have a valid gourmet society card to show fo it! very difficult company to get in touch with. please avoid gourmet society at all costs .
gourmet collection members enjoy 25% off total dining bill. terms & conditions apply .
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here you' ll find the answers to some commonly asked questions about the gourmet society. if you can' t find the answer to your question, please visit our contact page .
you can now enjoy 2 for 1 afternoon tea at a variety of uk locations with your gourmet society card. just choose a location and check any requirements for booking specific to that venue .
18. neither telegraph media group limited or simard limited trading as gourmet society are responsible for the failure of any participating restaurant to provide a dining experience consistent with a member of the services’ expectations .
we’ve teamed up with the gourmet society to offer readers a great discount off membership which gets you top deals at restaurants throughout hampshire, plus thousands more across the uk - all with a single card .
annual gourmet society membership typically gives you deals like' 2 for 1' or 25% off food and drink at over 6, 000 participating restaurants including national chains, award winners and local favourites .
i was sent an email from railcard offering me a 3 month complimentary gourmet membership for £1. 00. subsequently i was bombarded with promotional emails from gourmet, which i deleted. i now find that gourmet society have taken almost £40. 00 out of my account. i contacted them saying i did not want a full years membership and they replied more or less
tough
you should have read the terms and conditions .
* this blog was written in october 2009 to run alongside a this is money promotion for the gourmet society card. please note that the promotion is now closed and details within the blog may now be out of date .
i foolishly accepted a 3 month' free' trial with the gourmet society. i soon realised that all the offers seem to only apply to weekdays in my area and not weekends which is when i would use them .
you can tell the reviews posted by employees of gourmet society by the amount of exclamation marks they use. look on review sites for the card and you will see how' amazing! !! !' it is .
please note: this bolt - on is separate from the gourmet society membership at urltoken and available venues may differ. if you are unable to view the list of restaurants below, please contact us for information on available venues .
by joining gourmet society, i understand that this gift membership can be cancelled at any time in accordance with the terms and conditions. i agree to inform tastecard if any of my contact details change. gift memberships do not renew .
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indulge in 25% off the total bill – including drinks, 50% off the food bill or 2 - for - 1 meals, by simply showing your gourmet society nus extra card in one of 7, 000 + selected restaurants .
the vegan society said gbk appeared to be unaware of the legal status of veganism as a protected belief under equality laws .
the gourmet society dining card offers discounts ranging from 50% off your food bill to 25% off the total bill and 2 for 1 on one, two or three courses. and you can get money off a card through this is money .
it' s absolutely free! as a dining club, we do not make any money from restaurants. instead, we charge individuals and companies who join the gourmet society for a 12 months period. we therefore cover all printing and advertising costs .
even better, you can use these discounts as many times as you like, making saving even easier! plus, gourmet society offers don’t disappear, so if you find a new favourite, you know it won’t be a one - hit wonder .
your gourmet society dining cards entitles you to 2 - for - 1 meals or 25% off your bill at a wide variety of participating establishments, from michelin - starred establishments like jsw in petersfield to award - winning independents and big brand chains .
with so many restaurants to choose from you' ll be able to dine out as often as you want *, whenever you want! if you dine out just a few times a year, you could save £££s with a gourmet society dining card .
gourmet society members get great savings at a huge variety of participating restaurants, from michelin - starred fine dining establishments to national chains and local family favourites. just show your plastic or digital in - app membership card, and receive one of the following offers :
absolutely not! the gourmet society offer applies to the full à la carte menu, so you can choose any dish from the restaurant' s normal menu. please note the offer cannot typically be used in conjunction with any special set menu or other offer .
hese are the terms and conditions which govern your use of the telegraph dining rewards scheme (“service”) and its website. our general website terms and conditions also apply to your use of this site, these can be found here. if you do not accept these terms, please do not use the service. the service is run on telegraph media group limited’s behalf by simard ltd trading as gourmet society, whose registered address is gourmet society, 63 lower hillgate, stockport, sk1 3aw and company number is 6655278 .
gourmet burger kitchen, the restaurant chain, has apologised after sparking a deluge of complaints about its outdoor ad campaign which mocked vegetarians .
maybe the gourmet society didn' t make the conditions clear enough or maybe they did - i don' t know. but i do think the criticism levied at them here sounds highly unreasonable. and ross i know the card scheme i' m with offer partial refunds - so i' d ring up gourmet society and ask them if they would refund you at least some of the card cost if you return the card. they can only say no which is pretty much the position you' re in now afterall .
13. the service is provided by the gourmet society who is responsible for the management of the service. if you have any queries in regards to the service please phone 0845 257 4477 between the hours of 9 and 5 or click here to send an email .
some of the positive contributions have been stated by others to be from gourmet society employees. i am not a gourmet society employee. i was introduced to this scheme through the senior railcard offer. i read the info. about it and decided it was fair. obviously it is not a two for one meals deal and that is clear from the start. i have saved hundreds of pounds through this card. all our favourite restaurants are not participants, but we knew which ones were before we joined. i will be happy to renew in due course .
gourmet burger kitchen targeted commuters with a series of posters on the london underground encouraging them to give up their herbivorous ways and try their burgers .
we have an app available for smartphones which lets you search for restaurants, check the offers and it even gives you directions! plus, it doubles as a digital dining card which you can use to get the discount in restaurants! head to your app store and search for ‘gourmet society' .
i signed up for a free trial through quidco last september and my trial card expired on 31 / 12 / 2014 and was unaware of a renewal. i' ve just noticed i' ve had £39. 95 taken out of my account without any contact, notification or warning of a renewal from gourmet society and without my permission, as if i had known they were going to do this, i would have cancelled given the opportunity. and i haven' t even got a membership, any login details to use to cancel, or a even a new gourmet society card from them .
by joining gourmet society, i understand that my membership is an ongoing subscription service and will automatically renew on my expiry date. the first payment of £69. 99 will be taken at the end of the membership period. it can be cancelled at any time in accordance with the terms and conditions of membership
to log in to our website and view offer details, you must be a member of the gourmet society. if you are a member but are unable to log in, please click the
log in here
button at the top right of the page, enter your membership number, and follow the instructions .
1. choose the restaurant you wish to dine at by looking through our directory, website or smartphone app. 2. book a table in advance, mentioning your gourmet society card. 3. enjoy your meal, present the card or digital dining card on the app when you come to pay and get the discount !
we would love to have you as part of the society! to join up, fill in your details at urltoken or call us on 0845 257 4477 .
however, the professor of economic sociology, said there is still an “inverted snobbery” surrounding high - end restaurants, which are still considered by many as the preserve of society’s elite .
i set up the gourmet society membership in august and have yet to actually receive a card. i have contacted them to let them know i have not received a card and have received no feedback. i wondered if the app can be used to present a virtual card, but if it can be, then it certainly is not obvious, not only that when i search for a town in the app, it shows in the results, i click the results and it comes back with an error stating the format is incorrect. what? ... the format presented to me by the app? what a complete waste of my time. unless my experience is entirely unique, i would say this gourmet society is complete and utter rubbish .
joint accounts will receive two membership cards. you’ll have access to the member’s area on the gourmet society website. you can use your membership as much as you like during the year. participating restaurants may change at any time and discounts and availability may vary. advance booking may be required. you can’t use the card with any set menus or in conjunction with any other offers .
katz, the owner of gourmet advisory, wasn’t always so careful about her valuables. for years, she traveled back and forth to italy, lugging them in a safety deposit box across the atlantic ocean .
the housing society had originally looked at five sites – including one on hong kong island – but selected just two, as they were deemed less ecologically sensitive and seldom used by hikers or for recreation purposes .
enjoy massive savings at 7, 000 + top uk restaurants with the gourmet society bolt - on! for only £7 for a 12 month membership, £12 for 2 year membership or £15 for a 3 year membership, you can get 25% off the total bill – including drinks at big name chains including café rouge, vintage inns, strada, bella italia, la tasca and prezzo, plus thousands of local favourites .
but when compared for example with diners i spoke to in germany, there are certain sections of society who are now more willing to engage with new ideas and the brits are less puritan about their food .
hi, got my gourmet society card for £1 from a railcard offer that was for 3 months complimentary membership. i went for it as it was so cheap but after downloading the app and searching through for restaurants nearby i could see that i wasn' t going to use it very much. i read the terms and conditions and saw they would automatically debit me for a full membership once the trial expired. pretty much decided to cancel the next day .
just received a gourmet society card as part of a promotion by lloyds bank. as we are in north yorkshire this week, we thought we' d use it for the first time. the first place i tried from their list of restaurants (appletree country inn) closed in may 2013. the second (drovers rest @ the fleece) told me they hadn' t been accepting the card for over a year. is it actually possible to use this card? i think lloyds bank have been conned .
jasmijn de boo, ceo of the vegan society, said:' what a wonderful example of the power of the people to change things. they spotted an injustice, and made their voices heard. gbk had no choice but to listen and react .
“we are not saying we are going to build flats in country parks now, ” housing society ceo wong kit - loong said. “but the study will facilitate public discussion. we hope to also understand why people disagree [ with the proposal ]. ”
the not - for - profit housing society has been tasked to conduct an 18 - month study into the feasibility of building public flats and homes for the elderly on two 20 - hectare sites on the edges of the tai lam and ma on shan country parks .
jasmijn de boo, the chief executive of the vegan society, said :
what a wonderful example of the power of the people to change things. they spotted an injustice, and made their voices heard. gbk had no choice but to listen and react .
i was given this card as a gift and use it often. about half a dozen pubs local to me accept it, as well as lots of restaurants, often at 25% off total bill ie incl drinks. malmaison is great food at 2 mains for 1; and if anyone is in the lakes, lodore hotel is amazing - at 2 for 1 on their whole menu, great food and a saving of £40 +. i have just bought one as a gift for a friend. i will most definitely renew, it saves me lots. thank you gourmet society .
' if they wanted to bring in new custom to boost a slow january, they ought to have embraced veganuary rather than alienate a growing section of society and offered some more vegan options. that' s what their competitors, handmade burger co, have done this month with enormous success .
i ask myself why take out money when there was a 3 month gap between the trial and june. you can never get hold of the gourmet people they said they would contact me within 10 days as to date i have just received a phone call today saying i have to pay admin charges .
established in 1985, tandoor, the 80 seater award winning restaurant, takes diners on a journey with authentic north indian dishes that pay homage to india' s rich culinary heritage. each dish in the gourmet menu is carefully handcrafted by a team of talented chefs using classic recipes and time honoured methods .
this is money’s tara evans gives her verdict: i was going to the theatre in islington with a friend and we were planning to have dinner before hand. she didn’t want anything too heavy and i don’t really like italian food so i searched the gourmet society’s website for a place that would provide a happy medium. it seemed that the only restaurants with offers that they had listed in the area were italian or vietnamese, neither of us really wanted to eat that type of food, so i looked a little further afield and settled on the real greek in hoxton. this was a little further away from the theatre than we’d have wanted but the discount was 50% off the food bill (for up to 6 people) and neither of us had ever been to one before, so we thought we’d try it out. the website advises you to call up before hand, firstly to make sure that you get a table and secondly, to inform the restaurant that you want to use your gourmet society card. we had no problem booking a table and they knew about the discount as soon as i mentioned it. if you’ve never been to ‘the real greek’ it is a chain restaurant which serves greek tapas. the bill should have cost us £46. 10 but with our 50% food discount it came to £31. 80 (without a tip). i thought that £15 a head was quite reasonable as we had plenty to eat and that included a £17. 50 bottle of wine .
recently i took a friend with only a high school degree to lunch. insensitively, i led her into a gourmet sandwich shop. suddenly i saw her face freeze up as she was confronted with sandwiches named “padrino” and “pomodoro” and ingredients like soppressata, capicollo and a striata baguette. i quickly asked her if she wanted to go somewhere else and she anxiously nodded yes and we ate mexican .
i' m ashamed to say that i am one of those oap' s who have fallen for this instant renewal thing. after the trial i destroyed my card and paperwork as i realised i would not use it. i have now been debited £39. 95... . i actually don' t believe i gave my credit card details to the gourmet society but the card was used to buy my senior railcard which the trial came with. i don' t expect to get my £39. 95 back this year and i am dreading them chasing me next year as i have cancelled my credit card now to avoid being debited again. do not take out a trial of this unless you realise they will automatically debit your account when the trial has expired ,
the comments on here range from the sublime to the ridiculous. as posted below, it' s quite clear which ones have been written by gourmet society employees. here are some' facts' about the card: it isn' t a 50% off card, or 2 - 4 - 1 card as they claim it is. most restaurants are 2 for 1 on 1 course, which i wouldn' t consider to be 2 - 4 - 1. many are also much less a discount. exclusions are plentiful. friday, saturday, sunday, bank holidays, december, valentine' s, mother' s day, father' s day, thursdays, all lunchtimes for one brand. so, if you want to eat on a monday night for 2 for 1 on main courses great, but let' s be honest you could get a great deal anywhere that' s open on a monday night. except the fat duck, which obviously isn' t on gourmet anyway. the' free' trial. isn' t free. they take your money and then you have to pay for postage and packing and send it back recorded delivery .
the piece, titled “how we are ruining america, ” is brooks’ account of how upper - middle - class americans have a step up in society. his initial discussion of residential zoning restrictions and the college admissions process being limiting to those who are not wealthy or privileged is somewhat sound. the absurdity emerges when brooks shifts his focus to the “informal social barriers” that are “segregat [ ing ] the lower 80 percent. ”
“recently i took a friend with only a high school degree to lunch, ” brooks writes in the story published tuesday morning. “insensitively, i led her into a gourmet sandwich shop. suddenly i saw her face freeze up as she was confronted with sandwiches named ‘padrino’ and ‘pomodoro’ and ingredients like soppressata, capicollo and a striata baguette. i quickly asked her if she wanted to go somewhere else and she anxiously nodded yes and we ate mexican. ”
i have had a gourmet society card on and off for several years. as we do meet up with friends at a mutually convenient vintage inn, about once a month. that in itself makes it worthwhile. i have had a renewal email, that tells mr amongst other things that if i don' t not wish to renew, i have to get a cancellation number from them. otherwise renewal will be automatic, using the previously used debit card. who the hell do they think they are? how dare they if i don' t want to rejoin then i just don' t. as long as this system is in place, they can stick their card and we will meet with friends elsewhere! !! i am aware that many insurance companies are using similar tactics but do offer the choice to opt out of auto renewal at inception, which i always do .
in a new york times op - ed titled “how we are ruining america”, columnist david brooks wrote about income inequality in the u. s. and the inherent advantage that upper - middle - class citizens have in our society. while he began the piece with some concrete statistics about class structure, his point got derailed when he told the story of a meal he had with a friend with a lower level of education than himself .
i got my gourmet card for £10 worth of nectar points which means you pretty much get your money back after one meal out and anything else is a bonus. granted i wouldn' t pay £70 for it! this is the second year i' ve had the card and it does encourage me to try different places. yes there are restrictions but they make them pretty clear. i' d recommend it if you eat out on a regular basis anyway .
i ticked a check box online for a free trial of this card and unfortunately did not read the t & cs too closely. i only had the opportunity to use the card once and was therefore not a fan and had decided in my head not to renew. i was shocked to receive a new card in the post advising me if i wished to cancel to send it back by a certain date otherwise i would be charged for the full year. i telephoned to cancel and advise i was not happy at the way they deal with renewals and was given my cancellation code and address to post it back. fast forward to today and i have discovered i have been charged for the card i returned but as i have no proof of postage they won' t return my cash. i should have realised that you never get anything for nothing but i am guessing that gourmet society are literally banking on people not reading the small print. what troubles me is that there are probably thousands of oaps that have fallen foul to their' free trial' .
we have had the gourmet dining card for almost a year. i gave it to my husband for christmas last year. all the restaurants we like in our town are in the scheme and we have saved a lot of money. we have the card with us at all times and keep the accompanying book in our car so we never pay full price. the only problem is a lot of places won' t accept it in december so we won' t be eating out this month. we are getting next year' s card from the tescos clubcard reward scheme (£10 in tokens) .
do yourself a favour and steer well clear! these people are a bunch of charlatans. they claim to have sent me a' renewal email' advising me of the imminent renewal date, but when asked to present that email they repeatedly could not, or refused to do so. the membership pack and new card that were promised (in the lost email) never arrived. they have my money and i have nothing. do not be tempted by any free trials of this card. apart from anything else the restaurants that participate in the scheme are anything but' gourmet'. complete rubbish! ! !
this fall, one of the most powerful institutions in the field of philosophy in this country began to collapse. in 1989, the philosopher brian leiter put together a ranked list of what he saw as the top twenty - five philosophy departments. punning off the name of the gourman report – which ranked academic programs at universities and colleges, leiter called his list the philosophical gourmet report. over the next several years, leiter’s list became more elaborate and significant. although leiter retained editorial control over the pgr, the lists for the field as a whole and the various subfields were assembled with the help of panels of other philosophers. by the end of the 1990s ,
this site is also where the brothers bought some of their first equipment, as the founder, john nanci, has confirmed to quartz. in march 2009, on a tour of the first williamsburg factory site, george gensler—a co - founder of the manhattan chocolate society and member of the grand jury for the international chocolate awards—saw and photographed the “crankandstein cocoa mill, ” developed in collaboration with nanci specifically for the purpose of cracking cacao shells. nanci has confirmed to quartz that he sold the machine to michael mast on march 13, 2008. the note from mast included in the order read, “we can’t thank you enough for all you have done. your site is amazing. ” mast also separately ordered a 70kg bag of organic cocoa beans from the dominican republic with the note “thanks for all of your incredible work and information. we could never have done this without you. ”
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thanks to all the philosophers showing up here, especially catherine, whose comment along with those of martin and john mccumber, suggests something of the deeper historical condition that has contributed to the current crisis. as an outsider, i was under the impression that the analytic / continental divide had been eroded (at least to some extent) over the past thirty years, in the sense that practitioners were not forced into one camp or the other. the return of pragmatism, and a more expansive understanding of american philosophy (which i have seen in the conference programs for the society for the advancement of american philosophy), as well as the rise of feminist philosophy, seemed to point to a rejection of the idea that the technical and ahistorical concerns of analytic philosophy provided a sufficient way to conceptualize the dominant practice of philosophy as a discipline. so, i thought, philosophy is headed in a direction of greater intellectual expansion. but instead of pluralism and a respect for diversity of method and type, we get the “return of the repressed” in the form of a system of ranking in which “quality”and “reputation” get to stand in for other forms of exclusion .
been scammed too for a subscription by an email which went into spam the day before xmas day. i didn' t know until a new card arrived in january which perplexed me as i had a gourmet card from on offer which was in date. then my credit card statement turned up which showed £40 had been removed. i rang to get a refund but was told it wasn' t their fault the email had gone into spam. i was told to write to customer relations. as soon as i sent the email a renewal arrived for the card which i had on the offer which had not run it. i rang again to ask how they could renew a subscription for a new card and number when i already had a trial card that was due to expire which they latest email confirmed. they tried to say the renewal was against a previous offer which i had from senior railcard which ran out last june but that didn' t make sense as it wasn' t on a rolling contract. they said i had it all wrong and that my renewal was against the current offer but that had a different number to the renewal subscription and as there follow on email said was due to expire. it transited the emails i sent detailing my complaints hadn' t been received and was told to resend them. i did but they we' re bounced as a failure. the email address is not on their site. i was told it was customerrelations @ urltoken will have to use the post. this is an organisation that needs investigation. most of the offers you can get the same or better from the standard chain or vouchers so the card only suits the profile for the offers on individual restaurants which can be out of the way if you don' t live in london or a major city .
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although, i had thought the discount included alcohol and after checking the website again i’ve realised that the only one of the card' s various discounts that covers alcohol is 25% off the total bill. for this reason, i would say that it is imperative that you read all the small print !
in conclusion, this card could save you a lot of money if you dine out on a regular basis. however, it is similar to printing out vouchers as you have to find a restaurant that takes part and work out what kind of discount it offers – also most the restaurants suggest that you book in advance. one advantage that it has over printing off a discount voucher is that you can carry the card in your wallet and then if you’re out and fancy eating you already have the discount with you, unlike vouchers which always have to be printed out before hand. of course, you' ll need to find a nearby restaurant that takes it though .
i joined in dec 2014, for £30 and got a' free afternoon tea' voucher, valid until end of june 2015. they supply you with a webpage link off their website of all places offering the free afternoon tea offer. having waited until the' decent' weather, i e - mailed a hotel in derbyshire for a booking. they replied that they did not accept the voucher, although they were clearly on the gs web page. i queried it with the gs and can only state how underwhelmed i have been with their response. the initial responses came within the promised (from automated e - mail reply) time span of up to 7 working days, but they then referred it to their restaurant team for investigation, with a promise of response within 7 - 10 working days. i eventually had a response after 16' working days' which was basically a bunch of downright lies. they said they apologised as the hotel concerned had been withdrawn from their website in march 2015 after failing to honour the afternoon tea offer. this is untrue as i had applied in april 2015, having seen the hotel details on the gs website (and which is still on the website on 22nd june 2015 !). i retain all original e - mails which proves these lies, and also a screenshot of the web page. i did not complain with a view to make a gain of any kind - i just did not want another of their customers to be embarrassed as i was when being refused the offer to which i thought i was allowed. i can only state that the gs customer care is severely lacking if they are happy to lie to a customer, when it can so easily be proved to be a lie. on the basis of this, i will not renew when my membership expires .
completely useless customer service... refused to refund me, when i actually managed to get through to them... after calling and emailing for days !
i totally agree with those who think this is a rip - off. i too got caught out signing up for £1 so that they could take all my data and then bombard me with spammy marketing emails before charging me a ridiculous amount to renew. i missed the cancellation date by a day and they refused to refund me in spite of me explaining that i' d only received a renewal email from them two days before. i' ve never used the card as the list of participating restaurants is pretty disappointing to say the least. their customer service is completely unhelpful and their approach totally short - sighted as they' re obviously upsetting a lot of people. i wouldn' t touch them with a barge pole .
i purchased a 3 month trial for a £1 didnt realise there was an automatic renewal within 3 months! they automatically try and take the £40 renewal fee and say you can' t change this after a certain date! ! sureley there is a legal standing on this? ? does anyone know? as it happens my card details have changed so they can' t take the money from me, but are they entitled to that money? they have given me a discount to pay half of it as i didn' t know about the renewal, but on principal i' m not paying it. anyone have any ideas ?
i too had a £1 membership and never used it because no - where wanted the card or wanted to honour the offers. i never had any reminders about membership being due and they have now charged just under £40 to my credit card - they say they sent two reminders and a membership pack - funny, i didn' t receive either email reminder or the membership pack! stay away from them - they are also enormously rude on the telephone when you have found their telephone number - that took ages because they didn' t reply to my email. they refused to let me speak to a manager and i have now involved my credit card company. they are sharks .
13. 1 you have the right to cancel your initial term of membership with us within 14 days of joining (
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they were pretty good with acknowledging the letter and request for cancellation. i didn' t get my £1 back but they said i could keep the card for the trial period duration. i kept an eye out for a chance to use it and never got a chance in 3 months! so it was the right decision for me to cancel .
received the email informing me that my membership was nearing the end. it said to login and use the' account information' page to cancel my membership - the page that doesn' t actually exist! !! !
as i couldn' t cancel online, i was then forced to call their customer services, but guess what, they' re only open monday to friday (monday being after the date i had to cancel by). by the time i called they had already tried to take the payment, but the account had no funds .
they customer service advisor informed me that i was unable to cancel the membership or stop the payment from coming out, but he could reduce the fee to £19. 99 instead of £39. 99. feeling that i had no choice, i reluctantly accepted and he then informed me that the £39. 99 would no longer be taken from my account - as if by magic. seems very strange that they couldn' t cancel the £39. 99 demand, but could reduce it, then cancel it after i had paid. when quizzed on this the advisor had no answer .
i' ve been given the customerrelations @ urltoken address and emailed them, doubt i' ll get anywhere .
i hadn' t used the card at all, as it' s only valid during the week and at early times and cannot be used in conjunction with set menus for examples - so very often the resturants themselves offer better deals and therefore i never ended up using my trial card. so it' s a complete waste of time having it .
well i have had two gs cards so far. think one was for 3 months and the other 6 months - each cost about a £1. one was through nationwide and cant remember who the other one was through. i' ve found it a great scheme and have saved quite a lot of money for my friends and myself. however, i did remind myself to cancel it before i had to pay the renewal fee. i would like to get another one, but dont want to pay full price. does anyone know if anyone is doing any special offers at the moment to get a cheap card ?
i had £40 - 00 taken out of my account that i did not have and had no idea was coming out. i have telephoned and been told i could have a refund and was sent a refund form, but after filling it out i have had some very rude emails from all giving incorrect dates, and all contradicting each other. i fiully intend to take this further
i previously reported that i' d fallen for this, but after a fight i managed to get my money refunded. if the restaurants had michelin stars it might have been worthwhile .
i purchased a 3 month trial card and spoke to 2 people and told them i didnt want to renew after the 3 months this conversation was recorded and as far as i was concerned this was cancelled / the 3 months was up in march / apri l and to my suprise they said they sent me an email in june when i was on holiday so no email was received also they took out of my account the money for the years subscription which i had cancelled .
they should pay me i am a pensioner who has been made ill by these going ons the customer service lady cara o' brian talks to you like you are stupid and mr lenard not sure if that is the right spelling is not available. i am going to the daily mail with this and also watch dog as they should be closed down and if any body wants to contact me about this please feel free to do so. i sent the new card back which they said they havent received which is a lie again why dont they just cancel the card number what would i want to keep a rubbish card if in the 3 months i used it once .
posted by: m. coulter | june 19, 2014 at 02: 59 pm
do not get one of these cards. we have had a similar experience to others, my husband was never sent an email for renewal then the documents arrived at too late a time for us to actually cancel. so far we have been through the customer services department and spoken to a manager and they have been totally unhelpful. we wont even be in the country to use it and they still will not budge. apparently it is all our fault for not receiving an email. appalling. we will be taking this as far as possible they should be shut down .
unfortunately i agree with all of you. just had a letter from them renewing my membership after they apparently sent me an e - mail! never got this e - mail, and i' ve just had a blazing row with some girl in' customer services'! who kept talking over me and ended up slamming the phone down! as far as i' m concerned, my current trial membership doesn' t run out until tomorrow but they' ve already taken the money - from my husband' s credit card as he paid for the trial but hasn' t agreed to this payment! i' m not going to give up on this, their service is absolutely appalling !
do not register in any kind of free trial for this! the benefits you get sucks and for any free trial, it' s not worth it. the only way to contact them is by their member services, no email or nothing and it takes ages !
my experience has been similar to the others reported on this site. i got a free trial via t - mobile for £1. i decided that it was not for me as i did not use the temporary membership once. i was therefore shocked to find that i had automatically been charged for membership for the remainder of the year. they said that they had sent me an email giving the option to cancel but this was not received by me. no contract exists and i expect a refund which they have so far refused. fortunately i have the time and resources to fight this and will go to court if need be. this is just like ppi !
it is a joke to cancel the' auto renewal' after the trial period! !! you have to call an 0845 number to get a cancellation code which should be posted back to them along with the card i received (that i had not asked for). of course, it needs to be sent by' recorded post', otherwise they will take my money if they do not get the card back! !!
the gourmet society is a uk-based dining club . each member holds a gourmet society restaurant discount card , which entitles them to savings at uk restaurants . initially developed in the midlands in 2003 , the gourmet society was the uk 's first national diners ' club . members pay an annual subscription , and receive discounts at participating restaurants . members receive a discount card , and many members also receive a copy of the printed restaurant directory . in october 2013 , there were over 6,500 participating restaurants in the uk and ireland . gourmet society members get either 2-for-1 meals ; 50 % off food ; or 25 % off their food and drink bill . members also get access to discounted tickets at uk cinemas , as well as access to discounts at uk retailers . membership is purchased through the website , and costs £ 69.95 for a year , although there are shorter trials available . the gourmet society also works with other companies ( including the aa , barclays and nectar ) to provide users of their services with discounted memberships . 
the gourmet society is a uk-based dining club. each member holds a gourmet society restaurant discount card, which entitles them to savings at uk restaurants. initially developed in the midlands in 2003, the gourmet society was the uk's first national diners' club. members pay an annual subscription, and receive discounts at participating restaurants. members receive a discount card, and many members also receive a copy of the printed restaurant directory. in october 2013, there were over 6,500 participating restaurants in the uk and ireland. gourmet society members get either 2-for-1 meals; 50% off food; or 25% off their food and drink bill. members also get access to discounted tickets at uk cinemas, as well as access to discounts at uk retailers. membership is purchased through the website, and costs £ 69.95 for a year, although there are shorter trials available. the gourmet society also works with other companies (including the aa, barclays and nectar) to provide users of their services with discounted memberships.
the gourmet society is a uk-based dining club. each member holds a gourmet society restaurant discount card, which entitles them to savings at uk restaurants. initially developed in the midlands in 2003, the gourmet society was the uk's first national diners' club. members pay an annual subscription, and receive discounts at participating restaurants. members receive a discount card, and many members also receive a copy of the printed restaurant directory. in october 2013, there were over 6,500 participating restaurants in the uk and ireland. gourmet society members get either 2-for-1 meals; 50% off food; or 25% off their food and drink bill. members also get access to discounted tickets at uk cinemas, as well as access to discounts at uk retailers. membership is purchased through the website, and costs £ 69.95 for a year, although there are shorter trials available. the gourmet society also works with other companies (including the aa, barclays and nectar) to provide users of their services with discounted memberships.