your REAL age?

theflameburns

Sorry me again asking stupid questions....:undecided

When all of you compers out there fill in a form do you put your real date of birth or stick to another.

I use my wifes date of birth as it's reasonably easy to remember and then my digital data is safe..... it wouldn't take much to hack you as they got your name address email dob and phone number...

Answers on a [STRIKE]postcard[/STRIKE] below please.

Thankyou.:D

elsien

I've made up another which I always use for competitions and surveys- I'm now a year younger , different date and month as well, but as I always use the same one it's gone on autopilot. I now struggle to remember my real dob when I actually need it.

coocoo51

Oscar Wilde said that one should never trust a woman who reveals her true age...

sassy165

elsien wrote: »

I've made up another which I always use for competitions and surveys- I'm now a year younger , different date and month as well, but as I always use the same one it's gone on autopilot. I now struggle to remember my real dob when I actually need it.

That is what I do - however one day I won a competition for a sum of money to be paid into my Paypal account.

They contacted me by phone to say they had checked out my details and couldn't pay the money because they could not trace me, using the date of birth I had given :rotfl:

I explained to them that I never used the correct date for comping because I am paranoid about identity theft at which point the gent on the phone had a good laugh. After I gave them the correct details they paid the money no problem.

GL everyone :A

zombieslayer25

Ive never thought about giving a false age or DOB. Isnt that giving false information which could disqualify you? Not that anybody has asked me to prove it, but I have seen some posts where proof has been required to accept a win (esp alcohol)

LadyMorticia

zombieslayer25 wrote: »

Ive never thought about giving a false age or DOB. Isnt that giving false information which could disqualify you? Not that anybody has asked me to prove it, but I have seen some posts where proof has been required to accept a win (esp alcohol)

I'm the same as you.:o

I've never really given it much thought and as you say, some comps require ID to accept the prize.

elsien

Never been asked, but then again they only have to look at me to see I'm well over 18.:rotfl:

Geezawem

ive always given my true details when entering comps, i can understand why some people see it as being risky but ive trusted the comps to be legitimate enough to enter on here so have thought it was worth the risk! i was initially always wary about entering my phone number too thinking i`d be bombarded with crap calls but in 2 years entering comps ive never had a wtc or much in the way of marketing calls etc.

fire**fly

in all the years i've been comping (since the early 70's)
i've always given my correct name/d.o.b./tele:no/ etc
& majority of comp sites nowdays can check up on your details,
to me there's no sense in using false details, what if you win a large amount of money ? it would be in your name but they could refuse to pay you as your details weren't correct or you gave
the wrong information asked in the t&c's when you entered

tinktinktinkerbell

same as firefly

i dont want to chance not being able to get the prize should i win

littleladybird

It's never entered my head to use anything other than my correct date of birth - perhaps that makes me ridiculously naive?? :eek:

llb