I won....sort of

mar30

I was chosen as a winner on the Baby Swap or Shop advent. The prize was a months supply of Little Dish meals for toddlers.
Anyway, today I had 10 vouchers for £2 off each meal, which cost £2.45 at the cheapest in Tesco, Waitrose is more.
Is it really a months supply win if you have to pay a fiver for 10 meals?

Madrabbitgirl

I agree it is a little misleading to say it's a win when you have to pay for part of it. Helpful though if it is something you would buy anyway. I think for a real win you shouldn't have to end up paying for part of the prize (unless it's travel to get to a prize etc...).

angelabbie

actually I really do think that is a bit cheeky of them to give you money off vouchers!!

galaxynicole

Maybe the recommended retail price is £2 and the supermarkets are selling it for more or maybe it was on offer when they offered the prize but it's still a good prize if you normally buy it or even wanted to try it.

cagsd

Hmm that is a bit of a misleading prize, not only are you having to fork out towards it but also 10 meals is not a month's supply is it, surely it's 10 days supply?!
Oh well - at least you're getting them very cheaply I suppose!

slbhill

That's distinctly unimpressive. I would definitely query it with them - something polite, along the lines of how excited you were to get a month's worth of meals as a prize and then how disappointed you were when it turned out to be 10 days of reduced-price meals rather than free ones. Truth in advertising applies to competition prizes too - there's a difference between talking up a prize (eg. by using RRP when the product rarely sells for that much) and saying a month of meals when they mean 10.

I take it the vouchers are one per product? Wondering if you could at least get 4 meals for 5 vouchers without it costing?

mar30

Thanks for your replies, I was worried I was being ungrateful but perhaps I should query it. Tesco have them on offer £2.45 each or 2 for £4 so that may be 5 free meals if they accept them.
It's not something I would buy to be honest, I don't have the right aged child for a start and if I did, I'd rather make my own meals. I was hoping to give them to the health visitor to pass on to someone who needed them, I'm glad I didn't tell her before hand.
It was a strange advent, only one entry at the beginning and your name could be picked out any day, so I didn't know what I was entering one day to the next. Really really wanted a pushchair

Matryoshka

mar30 wrote: »

I was hoping to give them to the health visitor to pass on to someone who needed them

When it's sorted, give the health visitor the vouchers (and not the baby food)