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Promotions and discounts: reading the terms

A reference article on how to assess a promotion before you buy: dates, restrictions, the organiser and the rules. There are no live promotions here: this guide does not sell anything.

Origin of this address

New page · former content not restored

The /shares/ address used to be the "Promotions" section of a demo site for a ready-made company website solution; showcases of that solution link to it. Those promotions were demos and are not valid.

This page is a new Matildaintec reference article on how to read the terms of any promotion.

What to check in the terms of a promotion

What to look at	Why	Warning sign
Duration	To know whether the offer is valid now	No dates are given, or "today only" is renewed every day
Organiser	To know whom to contact in a dispute	No name or registration number for the organiser
Restrictions	Quantity of goods, regions, payment methods	Important restrictions in small print or only in a footnote
Original price	To understand the real size of the discount	The "pre-discount" price has never appeared anywhere before
Rules	The full terms and how to claim the offer	The rules are only available after payment

What to keep in case of a dispute

A screenshot of the promotion page showing the date and address
The full text of the rules, or a link to them
The receipt, order confirmation and correspondence with the seller

Questions and answers
Short answers: registers, certificates, promotions, company representatives.
Practical articles
A step-by-step company check before a deal, plus a catalogue of upcoming publications.
Reading lists
Reading paths: what to read first, and what to read when you need to go deeper.

Sources

Federal Law No. 38-FZ "On Advertising", Article 9
Directive 98/6/EC (as amended by Directive (EU) 2019/2161), Article 6a

Information is current as of the date it was prepared. Register addresses and rules change, so check the official websites before making important decisions.