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Do ITV withhold their number

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  • c5ryl
    c5ryl Posts: 644 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    I won football tickets with Barclays last week and the number was withheld
    Thanks to all those fab compers who post:j:T
  • djl
    djl Posts: 11,961 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I won a bottle of scotch and the number was withheld
    2015 wins £4.00 not mse:(
    2014 £44.00:mad:2013 £83.00 2012 £601.50
    2011 £1554.50 2010 £698.00 2009 £2793.00
    2008 £2816.00 2007 £1034.00
  • Barnabysue
    Barnabysue Posts: 9,058 Forumite
    When I won 3 netbooks from the same comp the number was witheld, you could be missing out big time by not answering.
    Luck is believing you’re lucky – Tennessee Williams

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  • cnoelj
    cnoelj Posts: 29,218 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I always give a telephone number on a line I dont answer in competitions. I always assumed they would leave a message or email me. Could I be missing out here?
    “The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.” Eckhart Tolle
  • Livewire
    Livewire Posts: 1,674 Forumite
    I wish I knew.. but not lucky enough to have been called from them YET. I shall keep dreaming in the meantime. :D
    I smile because I have absolutely no idea what's going on
    :dance:
  • blackmidnight
    blackmidnight Posts: 13,296 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    cnoelj wrote: »
    I always give a telephone number on a line I dont answer in competitions. I always assumed they would leave a message or email me. Could I be missing out here?

    you could definitely be missing out - i very rarely get any sales calls but have had quite a few winning calls and I know that not all leave messages. I won a camera from the Independant in December and they said that I was the third person they'd tried but the other two hadn't answered so they missed out.

    From what i remember Absolute Radio don't leave a message or call back either, they just move on to the next person.

    Some companies (itv for example) will phone back though :)
    2008: £783.12 - 2009: £6,401.15 - 2010: £4,230.61 - 2011: £8720 - 2012: £2,041.89
    2013: £134.96
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