"Purely Creative" magazine scratch card. How to claim
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1. Whats my prize?
So you've got 3 matching sybols (of course!), it says you might have won a million, a hundred thousand, twenty thousand... blah blah blah! Look at the small print, usually on the front. It will say quantities, only 1 or 2 big prizes, at the end of the list of prizes it will say "£10 x 5000+" that means most people win a tenner, assume thats all you've got.
YEAH I CAN AGREE WITH ALL THAT I once (like now) have won a holiday and you text or ring and it costs you £3 a go, if you text you get lots of replies all costing £3 a go. They ask you to send the "winning ticket off" and you do and then.... nothing. When I queried it I was asked... so where is your ticket because we don’t have it! There you go you have no proof even when you send it recorded as I did because they say there was not a winning ticket in it. Why can’t someone stop this kind of thing?0 -
Martin Lewis do something about this! they are making millions from this scam.0
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ive won a cash prize and a top treat with my sky mag this morning so will give this ago! Im on maternity leave untill November so it will be something to keep my occupied!Had my amazing little girlie 08/12/2007 - 11 days late! 9lbs 3oz
My second little girl entered the world 20/03/2010 - 11 days late! 8lbs 4oz
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And lots of other challenges!
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1. Whats my prize?
So you've got 3 matching sybols (of course!), it says you might have won a million, a hundred thousand, twenty thousand... blah blah blah! Look at the small print, usually on the front. It will say quantities, only 1 or 2 big prizes, at the end of the list of prizes it will say "£10 x 5000+" that means most people win a tenner, assume thats all you've got.
YEAH I CAN AGREE WITH ALL THAT I once (like now) have won a holiday and you text or ring and it costs you £3 a go, if you text you get lots of replies all costing £3 a go. They ask you to send the "winning ticket off" and you do and then.... nothing. When I queried it I was asked... so where is your ticket because we don’t have it! There you go you have no proof even when you send it recorded as I did because they say there was not a winning ticket in it. Why can’t someone stop this kind of thing?
I also reccomended ignoring the holiday wins, just claim the tenner.Julie0 -
Found one of these scratchcards today and got 3 symbols and realised I could prob claim a tenner by post, but thought I'd have a look on the net first, and turned up this thread! Thanks for all the advice JJ0
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I actually did this last year and received a £100 giftcard which I can only use on a particular site. I was really chuffed until I registered on the site and found a load of crap which they valued pretty high. Told myself I'm not going to bother doing it at all but if your sister does get a tenner out of it regularly, then I'll start doing it!
Thanks for this info!0 -
Thanks for this info, I've just sent off 2 scratchcards so fingers crossed!LBM Jan 2011, Debt Free Sept 2017 - best feeling ever0
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I actually did this last year and received a £100 giftcard which I can only use on a particular site. I was really chuffed until I registered on the site and found a load of crap which they valued pretty high. Told myself I'm not going to bother doing it at all but if your sister does get a tenner out of it regularly, then I'll start doing it!
Thanks for this info!
It is a simple wise scam.
You will never win more than what you put in. simply BIN it.0 -
jamesamike wrote: »It is a simple wise scam.
You will never win more than what you put in. simply BIN it.
I noticed this is your first post - did you sign up just to tell me that? If so, thank you! I don't mind spending a couple of stamps, an envelope and maybe a piece of paper though...0 -
A quick interweb search shows what happens to your contact details if you don't follow up the opt-out.
From a listing company this is their description of the resulting list of details. My emphasis on certain points (apologies if it doesn't show up properly)Profilefinancial services, fashion, music and book clubs.
This file consists of responders to premium rate promotions in the UK & ROI
distributed through over 300 million inserts via consumer magazines and national and
regional press every year.
This list provides a great opportunity to target impulsive mail order responsive and
telephone friendly consumers with proven willingness to spend money via these
mediums.
The promotions offer entrants the chance to win a range of quality prizes with values
of up to £1,000,000. In order to encourage participation, design formats and game
mechanics are changed on a frequent basis.
Approximately 25,000 names are added to the consumer databases per month.
Individuals' hobbies include entering competitions, crosswords, gardening and cooking
and entrants also take package holidays and enjoy reading, DIY and gardening.
Promotional respondent's data works well for most mail order offers and especially
i might still try and claim my £10 now I know the best way to avoid ending up on the marketing list - it'd be nice if MPS and TPS blocked it
Graeme
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