E: 26/09 - Win an iPad 2

SarajevoSimmo

PostCode Lottery

Answer - £2 Million

A few of the guys have mentioned that these guys can be quite persistant with the hard sell so bear this in mind if entering.

Personally I have had no calls from them, not even the one that I would want that tells me I have won the prize!!;)

saxmanjc

SarajevoSimmo wrote: »

A few of the guys have mentioned that these guys can be quite persistant with the hard sell so bear this in mind if entering.

Personally I have had no calls from them, not even the one that I would want that tells me I have won the prize!!;)

I can confirm I had a call from them last time I entered a similar competition with them. Something starting out like "hi, you entered our competition to win an Ipad............well you haven't won anything but why not enter our lottery, buy some tickets........"

I am going to enter this comp but this time I am ticking "I already play the People's Postcode Lottery" even though I've never bought a ticket. Maybe that will prevent the sales call.

weeowens

Thanks for the comp but worth noting that Postcode Lottery is in the comping guide:

11 Are there any sites, from experience, which are likely to generate lots of spam?
There are a few which have come to our collective attention as sites that, when used for comps, seem to generate lots of unwanted postal, email & phone call attention. These are listed below for your information, however, please do remember that this is only the collective opinion of other MSE Compers & does not necessarily reflect upon the sites themselves.

2minutedraw
4FreeUK
ABCWins
ActiveYou
Clash Club/Clash media
Club La Costa
Consumer Lifestyles
Consumer Opinions
Craftomatic Beds (Comps appear to be just a way to get a salesman into your home, especially if vulnerable/alone)
Emailinform
EZ Prize Giveaway
Fair Exchange
FindAPrize (questions raised if prizes awarded, slight spam, non existant company address, dodgy? Info here & here)
GetMeATicket
GetYourBillsPaid
GreatUKsurveys
Guide2Win
InstantPrizeDraw
Just-Rewards
Lingscars
MyConsumer
MyFamilyUK
MyOffers
NoizeMakesEnemies (Care - your profile with name, address, phone number & email appear to be on show with no way to make it private!!)
Nuts (comps.nuts.co.uk - comps are now run by the data collecting company Data Media & Research Ltd.)
OffersClick
OfferX
Opinioniser
Optimax (phone calls, letters & emails!)
PenicuUK.com (linked to Weatherseal below)
PickUpThe Prizes
Planet49 (please read here, here, here & here for more information)
PlayAndWin (beware emails received, see this thread for info)
Plum Offers
PostcodeLottery (see here, here, here & here - don't confuse with FreePostcodeLottery who are fine)
Premier Christian Radio (lots of postal junk mail even when you opt out of future contact)
Prize4U
Prizes.UK
PrizePunch
PrizeStore
RewardsToday
Simple2Win
SupremeOGlaze (linked to Weatherseal below)
Space Kitchens (see thread here)
Tickbox
Topfox
Toyhound
UkPrize
UK-PrizeDraw
VoiceInACrowd
Vouch4me
WatchMyWallet
Weatherseal
Weather Wherever
Whats On TV (now 'powered by Instant Win 4 Now')
Willowbrook (chairs) (have pestered with phone calls quite badly on some comps - see here and also here)
Win 4 Now
Win24
Zenith Windows (linked to Weatherseal above)
Ziinga (beware emails received, see this thread for info)

Abbafan1972

From the T&C's.

People's Postcode Lottery collects personal information when you enter our competitions. We will use this information to send you marketing information and may contact you to discuss possible subscription to the lottery. People's Postcode Lottery is committed to protecting all such personal information. Please see our Privacy Policy for further details.

I got a sales call the last time I entered a comp. Can't remember if I ticked the box that time, but am going to do it this time and will see what happens.

Abbafan1972

Just to confirm that ticking the box makes no difference.

I got a call this afternoon, but I cut him off before he had chance to finish. They with-hold the number.

I think I will leave these comps in future and it makes me wonder if they do actually exist!

Stu@rt

These people are a proper pain - continue to ring and ring and ring. It is my advice that you stay clear.

firawla

I entered this before and they did call but I just said no, I never enter the competitions where you have to pay or have gambling element, cos we are muslim and its not allowed. he accepted it and didnt push it, and didnt call back after that.

createbeauty

These people are hard sellers and are very very rude. I won't be giving them my details again.

joegw

I'm avoiding this one.

twinklenicci

If you click through to their privacy policy it says...
You have legal rights of access to personal information that we hold about you and may review or update any personal information that is provided to us or collected through this website on written request to us. You can also inform us that you do not want us to send you written communications as discussed in "What type of information we collect and how it is used", above. If you want to exercise these rights or have any queries regarding this policy please e-mail [EMAIL="info@postcodelottery.co.uk"]info@postcodelottery.co.uk[/EMAIL]
it might be worth emailing them to ask to remove your phone number , ive just done it but dont know if it will make any difference lol

twinklenicci

if you go to their privacy terms they have an email ... i emailed them today and got this reply ...


Dear Sir/Madam, Please find below the agent's reply to your request xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Dear Nicci,

Thank you for your email.

I do apologise that you have been bothered by these calls. I have sent your number to be removed from the call list.

Kind Regards
Roslynn Learmont
Customer Experience Team