Be careful about 'discount' deals.

A reader alerted us to an Australian company called Funtastic Holidays, which sells vouchers to exclusive resorts in Australasia and the Pacific. Our reader was concerned that the company was now calling New Zealanders with offers that didn't always stack up. A Funtastic Holidays' voucher costs $99 and "entitles the bearer" to discounts of up to 50 percent at specific hotels. Our reader thought that the deal sounded too good to be true. She told us that the Funtastic Holidays' telemarketer had tried the "hard sell" and asked her to provide credit-card details over the phone, which is a no-no.