Social-Media Participation

Which platforms count, the three-posts-a-day rule, approval before release, help opening accounts, and the content-conduct rule every participant agrees to.

Posting approved Car4Less content is the Post & Share requirement of the plan, and participants also join the prescribed groups. The prescribed quantity is three approved posts a day on each platform — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn — every day of the week. Every post is submitted to Car4Less for approval before it is published (by email for now), so that nothing defamatory, incorrect or misleading goes out under the Car4Less name, and only approved, published posts count. No social media accounts yet? The Car4Less call centre will help you open them and get posting.

This topic covers the practical questions: which platforms count, who approves your posts, what happens when a post is edited or deleted, whether duplicates count, and what you may not publish about Car4Less. Posting is a requirement, not a payment on its own, and it does not have to produce a sale.

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The fundamental PSP principle

Meet the Payment Saver Plan's qualifying requirements, remain subject to the plan's terms and conditions and Car4Less's final determination, and you may receive an ex gratia payment of up to R3 000 a month, which effectively reduces your monthly vehicle instalment.

Guaranteed funding. Conditional participation. Discretionary payment. The R3 000 funding provision is guaranteed by Car4Less's performance guarantee, a contingency policy that Car4Less holds with its underwriters, according to its policy terms. Your cash-back is conditional on your participation and discretionary: Car4Less makes the final ex gratia decision. Guaranteed funding does not mean automatic cash-back. You pay no premium, are not a party to the policy and have no claim under it, and the Payment Saver Plan itself is most definitely not a policy.

The qualifying requirements must be met in full: three approved posts a day on each platform — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn — every day of the week, using approved Car4Less content; joining the prescribed groups; and completing the Shop & Save verified-shopping requirements. Every post is submitted to Car4Less for approval before it is released, and only approved, published posts count. You do not have to produce, demonstrate or be credited with a vehicle sale resulting from your posts, shares or shopping.

“Ex gratia” means a voluntary payment by Car4Less, not one arising from a contractual or legal obligation. Car4Less decides, in its sole discretion, whether to pay or not to pay, and the participant has no recourse. The PSP cost, which differs from deal to deal as determined by Car4Less, is incorporated into the vehicle's financeable retail price, and your instalment continues to be paid by debit order to the bank in the usual way. Any cash-back is paid into your Mastercard rewards card.

The plan comes with the Programme Car: a brand-new car at the Car4Less price plus the plan, set out in a separate offer to purchase, financed exclusively through the Car4Less finance application and submitted to the major banks. Cash purchases are not permitted and private finance is not accepted. Over a full finance term, what you could potentially receive back far exceeds the cost of the plan.

Social-Media Participation — questions

The questions people ask about social-media participation, answered plainly.

What is required when participating on social media?

Posting approved Car4Less content is one of the PSP's qualifying requirements: three approved posts a day on each of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn, every day of the week. Each post is submitted to Car4Less for approval before it is released, and you must also join the prescribed groups. Your written PSP agreement and the Terms & Conditions set out the rules in full, as amended from time to time.

Can I post anything I want?

No. Every post is approved by Car4Less before it is released, and only approved content counts. The written PSP agreement also prohibits defamatory, deliberately misleading or maliciously negative content about Car4Less, its people, products or services. Content that does not satisfy the requirements may not qualify.

Does every social-media platform qualify?

No. The platforms that count are Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn, and the requirement is three approved posts a day on each of them, every day. Activity on other platforms does not count towards your participation. No social media accounts yet? The Car4Less call centre will help you open them and get posting.

How is my participation verified, and what if I delete a post?

Where verification is required, you may be asked for evidence that the qualifying activity was completed as prescribed. Deleting, editing or hiding qualifying content, or making it private, may mean the participation cannot be verified, which may affect whether you are considered for the cash-back. Duplicate or repeated submissions do not create additional entitlements.

What happens if I post incorrect or negative information about Car4Less?

Participants may not create or publish defamatory, deliberately misleading or maliciously negative content about Car4Less, its people, products or services. A deliberate breach disqualifies the participant from any further PSP benefits for the remainder of their vehicle agreement. Genuine positive content about your own experience is encouraged.

Does social-media participation itself count as income?

No. Social-media participation is a qualifying requirement within the PSP, not employment and not a source of earnings. Any payment under the plan is ex gratia: a voluntary payment by Car4Less, subject to the plan's terms and its final determination, with no recourse for the participant.

The Car4Less Payment Saver Plan (PSP) is a non-insurance product and most definitely not a policy: you buy no policy, hold no policy and pay no premium. It is not an investment, bank deposit, interest-bearing product, dividend programme or a programme that promises income, and it does not change your finance agreement with the bank. Finance for a Programme Car is arranged exclusively through the Car4Less finance application; cash purchases are not permitted and private finance is not accepted. Any payment referred to in connection with the PSP is an ex gratia payment of up to R3 000 a month, made subject to the written Payment Saver Plan agreement, the current PSP Terms & Conditions and the final determination of Car4Less in its sole discretion; the participant has no recourse. Any cash-back is paid into the participant's Mastercard rewards card, issued and administered by a regulated provider. Examples are provided for explanatory purposes only and do not create or extend any entitlement. The R3 000 funding provision is guaranteed by a performance guarantee (a contingency policy) that Car4Less holds with its underwriters, according to its policy terms; participants pay no premium, are not party to it and have no claim under it. Guaranteed funding does not mean automatic cash-back: any cash-back remains conditional on the participant's participation and discretionary. The current Terms & Conditions remain the controlling document and prevail in the event of any inconsistency with this knowledge centre. Read the Terms & Conditions →

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