Devastating emails... :(

mjm3346

Sorry you missed out---48hrs wasn't much time to reply to them but at least one of the advent comps only gave people 24 hrs to respond.

becky004

That is devastating and I can fully understand why you're upset, I would be too.
I won on the Barclaycard Advent they only gave you 5 hours to respond to the email, however they did actually phone you first to tell you had won and needed to repond to the email within the allotted time.

An £1800 prize is a big prize, and 48 hours is not really a decent timescale, hope you get something sorted xx

ricie1964

I feel your pain :mad:

In November, I missed out on a trip to see the Oxford Street lights switched on and a £500 M&S voucher. I thought at first I was the original winner, but it turned out I was a runner up as first person had not accepted/replied in time. I had 24 hours to respond and it was on one of the few days I had not read my emails. Even if I had got it in time, it would have been a struggle to arrange to get there the next day.
I phoned the PR chap to complain but he was not bothered.

WHY do companies give such short notice for wins and give you hardly any time to respond? It is so annoying :mad:

Hope something lovely comes your way soon :j

MrMrsR

ricie1964 wrote: »

I feel your pain :mad:

In November, I missed out on a trip to see the Oxford Street lights switched on and a £500 M&S voucher. I thought at first I was the original winner, but it turned out I was a runner up as first person had not accepted/replied in time. I had 24 hours to respond and it was on one of the few days I had not read my emails. Even if I had got it in time, it would have been a struggle to arrange to get there the next day.
I phoned the PR chap to complain but he was not bothered.

WHY do companies give such short notice for wins and give you hardly any time to respond? It is so annoying :mad:

Hope something lovely comes your way soon :j

I know, this is still playing on my mind now but I guess I just have to get over it now.

I just came on to post news of a win and this was bumped to the top.. Had a fab win yesterday.. Big thanks to weeowens.. my husband has won premiere tickets to tomorrow's ROYAL PREMIERE!! am so so excited... and thanks to the epic fail on behalf coast they now do not have a dress walking the red carpet Very childish and petty but I just had to tag them in my fb & twitter statuses to let them know :rotfl: am off shopping now, its black tie so Tuxedo to be bought and an evening/cocktail dress for myself.

oddies

this is such a shame and i really do feel for you. :(:( i had same thing happen to me won host your own halloween party and vouchers but i had a guest staying at the time so was deleteing stuff as fast as possible that fornight and never saw it but thankfully the woman rang me and i got my prize. my origanal email had no winner in title also, i do wish they would put this in the title of winning emails so pleased you won something nice to compansate :j:j:j well done and enjoy :D:D love oddies x x

lilrahi

After reading all these stories, I have to say I'm not gonna be click-happy in deleting my emails!! Even if it takes ages, I'm gonna be reading them before I delete!

debbie22

Just reading this post in disbelief:( There will be me and I'm sure other compers left with a low opinion of this promoter. As for you, this can only mean theres a bigger and better win just around the corner:grouphug:

ThinkingOfLinking

I've had a similarly bad experience with the same promoter...I took it to the IPM in the end and Edwin Mutton phoned me up and we had a nice chat about it....he's a truly lovely and helpful man. Sadly, I never got my prize.

DUKE

Aaaaw that's terrible. I won (a small prize in comparison to yours) a £50 Pink Sumo Goodie Bag whilst on holiday last month & missed out as I didn't reply to the email. I have since tried to beg but the prize had already gone to someone else.

rhynouk

thats a terrible shame i won an iphone 4s last november but only just because they sent me an email saying hope you got our last 2 messsages about winning it..i never receieved those emails..

i'm sure you'll make up for it with massive wins this year