i won an adjustable bed ...BUT

teenage_Drama

so i had a woman call my house fone to tell me that the computer has chosen me and i had won an adjustable bed...she said she would call me the next day because she wanted to speak to my mother (who entered the competition but wasnt home)..since then i havent had a phone call from them :rolleyes:

is tehre any way i could find out who called me cos i dont hav any info on the competition we entered... or which company it was from

kate1976

Hi, my Grandad recieved a phone call to tell him he'd won a bed too, think it was craftmatic but not 100% sure! Anyway they said someone would call and a few days later he recieved a call to say the salesman was on his way, my mum took the phone and told them politely that they could keep the prize or just send it without the salesman calling round!! He's not heard anything since so I think it must've been one of those 'you've won, but you have to buy something to get the prize'

If you have won genuinely though, congrats!

teenage_Drama

hello
thanks for replying...does your grandad have any info on this company?

black-saturn

My boyfriends parents "won" the same thing. A rep comes round and talks about how wonderful it is for ages and then tries to get you to part with £1000. If they have won the bed fair and square try to get them to cough up without handing over any money. Otherwise just say "no thanks" and get them to leave. You might have a problem getting them to leave though. My bf's parents had them round for 4 hours!!!

Heres some links on it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/roguetraders/salesmen.shtml

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/mirrorinvestigates/tm_column_date=23122004-name_index.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/consumer/craftmatic_sales.shtml

http://archive.thisisyork.co.uk/2004/3/19/250296.html

kate1976

teenage_Drama wrote:

hello
thanks for replying...does your grandad have any info on this company?

He doesn't, no! But the lady next door to him also 'won' and like Black-saturn said she couldn't get rid of the salesman, her son had to come and tell him to leave! I'd let them keep the bed if I were you, not worth the hassle!!

Thanks for those links Black-saturn, makes interesting reading!

black-saturn

How did the OP get on with this?