Ok, so the more I research into custom made banners, the more false marketing information I see. Even with giffgaff's banners, the information provided is very limited, I think this needs to change. We can't go advertising information that's not true, and as such, saying that SIMs come with £5 free credit is misleading to a new customer, I know If I saw such information, it would lead me to different conclusions.
My proposal, is to have the idea of custom banners reviewed, not abolished, people like Joshaw make fantastic banners, getting rid of them would be a terrible thing to do, but we need some kind of rules on what we can and can't have. The community guidelines were recently updated, but, I think, that to be fair, the banners need some rules on what they can and can't have on them.
I also think that reinterpreting the £5 free credit for something it's not shouldn't be allowed, one member I saw in the past, converted the £5 into the equivalent of minutes and texts preloaded. The word preloaded shouldn't be permitted with these banners, £5 free is not preloaded, and requires money to get that.
Rules are to educate, we need this, if not, we waste giffgaff's money on wasted SIM orders, where people have been mislead. OK, it's not my strongest Idea, it was never meant to be that, but more a strong point that needs a review.
