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Warning about Earny! (and others like it)

April 18th, 2018 at 03:35 pm

I saw that a few of my friends use Earny, so I got on their website to take a look.

The premise is that they pay you the difference in what you paid for an item if the price drops.

Here's the thing, though: when you go to sign up, it gives you this message:
"Earny wants to access your Google Account
This will allow Earny to:
Read, send, delete, and manage your email"

Whaaaaaaat? Read, send, delete and manage my email???!!!!!

I didn't sign up. It seems slightly insane. Wondering if anyone here has experience with Earny?

Posted in Frugal Shopping | 9 Comments »

9 Responses to “Warning about Earny! (and others like it)”

  1. Debtfreeme Says:
    April 18th, 2018 at 04:16 pm 1524068165
    1524068165

    Here is an article about that Earny sending emails out:
    https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/08/earny-a-retail-app-can-save-you-money--if-you-let-it-control-your-email.html

    NO WAY would I agree to this. There are other companies who do the same thing.

  2. Buendia Says:
    April 18th, 2018 at 04:56 pm 1524070585
    1524070585

    Thanks for that link! I agree with the article and with you - not worth it, no way!

  3. rob62521 Says:
    April 18th, 2018 at 06:30 pm 1524076238
    1524076238

    Now that is scary. Not worth it in my book.

  4. jp Says:
    April 18th, 2018 at 06:57 pm 1524077840
    1524077840

    It is A) scary that a company would request that, but B) even scarier that people don't read these disclaimers and allow companies access to these things. And people wonder how/why their information is sold! Facebook/Cambridge Analytical anyone? These companies need to make money (that's what a company does!) and they make their money selling your information, and YOU give them your information. That's just so crazy insane!

    Good on you for bringing this so, SO specific example to light!
    And yeah, NO WAY!

  5. Buendia Says:
    April 18th, 2018 at 06:59 pm 1524077957
    1524077957

    I should edit the title of this post to be "Warning about Earny!"

  6. Buendia Says:
    April 18th, 2018 at 07:05 pm 1524078311
    1524078311

    Ok, I seriously did change the title! Hope this helps someone!

  7. creditcardfree Says:
    April 18th, 2018 at 08:09 pm 1524082161
    1524082161

    Never heard of it, but wise to skip in my opinion.

  8. PatientSaver Says:
    April 18th, 2018 at 11:30 pm 1524094258
    1524094258

    Wow, that's outrageous

  9. FrugalTexan75 Says:
    April 21st, 2018 at 01:32 am 1524274374
    1524274374

    That is bizarre.

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