Tesco Direct has partnered
with MyThings to offer customers a free
online management portfolio for their newly
purchased non-food items.
MyThings members via Tesco Direct will be able to tap into
benefits ranging from access to relevant accessories, product
information and downloads, to warranties, insurance and free
valuations.
MyThings is designed to help consumers manage and protect their
valuables so they can get the most out of what they own.
Members also have access to a web service called Trace.com,
which helps recover lost or stolen valuables. To help ensure that
items for sale have not been reported stolen, looted or missing, a
network of auction houses, second-hand dealers and consumers search
the Trace.com database before trading goods.
Should a search result in a stolen item, the searcher can alert
the appropriate authorities to facilitate recovery and return the
item to the original owner.
When Tesco Direct customers now make online purchases they are
invited to open a MyThings portfolio and have their item details -
such as the item name, description, image, model number, price,
date purchased and purchase location - automatically added.
MyThings portfolios are private and secure, and no personal
information is provided by Tesco Direct to MyThings.
In addition, Tesco customers who add items into their free,
secure portfolios will be invited to add their other valued
belongings to their new portfolios, also free of charge.
Steve Robinson, CEO of Tesco Direct, said, “The MyThings
portfolio should prove popular with our customers, while Trace
improves consumer protection in the wider community.”
Other major UK retail partners using MyThings include Halfords,
Jessops and Goldsmiths.
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