CNetwork.tv Advertising

Has anyone had any dealings with these guys? I'm just about to start a 2 year advertising campaign with them.

I've paid £520 exc vat per year for 2 yrs, to have a animated advert on the post office screen in Crownhill plymouth to advertise my website. There is also a charge of £135 exc vat that takes into account 4 design changes per year. Good for me with Summer Xmas and big promo's etc!

My deal is that i get 60 sec's of advertising every 10 mins for 2 yrs. I can also change locations but i think there is an admin fee for this! They also spread the cost by direct debit which i suppose is good. I will also get first refusal on the ad space at the end of my advertising contract.

I will keep everyone posted as i think this in theory could work out to be a good method of getting your business advertised, plus it's quite cheap compared to some newspaper ads and way better than trudging miles putting leaflets through letter boxes!

Anyone else's views on this company would be most appreciated!! Just don't tell me they are a load of crooks!!!

Looked into this myself a couple of years ago when they set it up in our area.

I joined a few post office queues and observered the average public, and if they paid any attention. Its a good idea, you have a bored captive audience, but couldn't see the benefits for our industry, ie online and expecting a granny getting her pension to remember or care about our web address.

Cost wise, for a 2 year deal, sounds pretty good, went through my notes to see who our offer was with, but obviously filed it! Never heard of CNetwork.tv but nothing obviously dodgy after a quick google search

Be very interested to hear how you get on. Do you have any expecatations? ie brand or to generate revenue, so recoup the initial cost then move into profit.

Do you have a plan to try and capture the effectiveness, ie the good old how did you hear about us?

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Hmm that sounds good to me, how many SME's still using the post office for mailing stuff? Will be keeping a close eye on this one!

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Hi guys well i'm keeping my hopes pinned on their sales pitch, that it's no longer just grandma in the queue for her pension anymore, as the post office now does foreign exchange stuff, the obvious stuff parcels, and they do loans the lot, so it's bringing a new range of ages into the place for alot more services than they ever did.

As i'm selling toys etc i'm hoping to see a big spike in sales going to the Plymouth area so i can gauge it pretty well on the ROI we'll see i suppose, i did all the checks i could think of and i couldn't find any dodgy stories on the net either!

I'll keep everyone posted!

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Hi, I had a really bad experience with them,

When the Sales people contacted me, he told me that it would be a 3 years contract. I told him that I am not interested in such a long period as i would not know how the business would be benefit from.
not to disappoint him, i told Danny Morley I am willing to give it a go if he accept 2 years.

Danny is kind enough to offered me a 2 years contract, thus he crossed the clause 9 in the Terms/cond section located at the back page.
(sadly i missed the section as he only crossed my copy but not the office copy. )

I only know about the "roll over 3 rd year" when they invoice me on the 3 year period, as i did not write to them to terminate within 12 months of signing.

I rang the office about the crossed section on my copy, they told me that their copy has not been crossed.


so I am forced to enter to the 3rd year and....during the dispute, they start sending rude letter such as legal action and collecting agency.

For Me, what is a year of Advertising Fee compare to, me writing all these
bad business experienced for them.??

By reading at their correspondence, They have all the angles covered , and of course like me, most of the customer do not realized the "Roll Over" Deal.

Sorry to upset you but they are..

Anyone else should be very careful before signing a contract with "The Community Network"

The contracts are rolling and not for a set period – this is how CNETWORK Portal make their money – every year money will leave your account until you give them a full 12 months notice to cancel.

I was approached by them via Cold calling . As i was newly in business it seemed like a good move to sign up.The Salesman came round and we did the deal.I did ask about the possiblities of termination if i sold the business and the new owner did not want the contract. The salesman told me that there were in some instances a possibilty of terminating the contract. He was not being Truthful I have discovered.They will not terminate for any reason at all.
Also the screens are blank OFTEN.They say it is due to Human Error or Technical Faults.They will credit you with time lost,but to me this is just a way of keeping you in their KEEPNET.
My advise to you or any one contemplating doing business with them is DONOT DO IT.