To be a bit pissed off with this organisation even though I have been a bit slack?

[SolidGoldBrass]

I had a voucher to be exchanged for something. The voucher had an issue date on it and I thought it was valid for a year. Fecking thing was only valid for 10 months and the company have basically said, well, tough luck. OK I haven't really lost anything as the voucher was a prize rather than something I bought myself, but it's just thoroughly annoying,grr.

But ten months is a bit of a silly timeframe. Is it on the voucher that it's ten months? If not, then how were you supposed to know?

No yanbu, vouchers that expire should have their expiration date WRITTEN ON THEM! And 10 months is ridiculous.

Unless it did have the expiration date written on it. Then yabu.

YANBU, a ten month deadline is just silly.

YABVU. if they are valid for ten months, and you've missed it, then it's your fault.

It;s only in the very, very small print that the bloody thing is valid for 10 months not 1 - it;s basically a gift voucher to exchange for a free-entry pass, which would have been valid for a year from the date of the pass being issued.
And yes I am pissed off with myself, but still think it's silly of them.

It is so wrong that they have an expiry date, I would tell them that I won't be shopping there ever again if they don't honour it. It should be as good as money.

YANBU!

Have a word with head office.

Vouchers like this shouldn't have a dealine anyway. Money is the same money ten months ago as it is now.

I am going to return the voucher to the PR firm who sent it to me with a nice letter suggesting that as it never got used they might not have to pay for it... then they might feel sorry for me and send another one.