Would you enter this competition (moral)

vikki_louise

Hi, I saw a competition and wasn't sure if it would be ethical to enter or not. It was a pregnancy competition but the prize is something anyone would like not just Mums to be. It didnt ask for a due date and I couldn't see anything saying you couldn't enter if you weren't pregnant. Would you still enter it or is it taking it away from someone who is expecting?

weeowens

vikki_louise wrote: »

Hi, I saw a competition and wasn't sure if it would be ethical to enter or not. It was a pregnancy competition but the prize is something anyone would like not just Mums to be. It didnt ask for a due date and I couldn't see anything saying you couldn't enter if you weren't pregnant. Would you still enter it or is it taking it away from someone who is expecting?

Hi,most on here would probably enter to win an empty envelope or to see one being opened,at a premiere of course :-)
Ethics & rapid comping are distant bedfellows it seems.
Some would pass the envelope on to a "comping buddy" & some would keep the win for themselves.

Seriously if you want to enter just do it.If want to sell it do that.If you want to pass it to a needy person or charity please do that.

Personally I enter for baby comps etc even though I have no baby as any wins make great gifts.

I won two full School football strips & the receiving schools were very pleased to receive them,even though one of them was not attended by anyone connected with me.The second win came well after the first so I knew the main school was sorted but I still entered :-)

All the best :-)

cagsd

I certainly would, if it wasn't particularly pregnancy related. I've entered comps from wedding magazines, to win jewellery or hotel stays, even though I've already been married 15 years!!

becski

I'm always interested in the moral dilemma of comping.

I think it's a matter of whatever you feel comfortable with, everyone has a different idea on the rights and wrongs with this kind of thing.

Personally I enter a lot of comps from websites aimed at parents/grandparents etc... I have 3 nieces and other family members with small children so enter things that they may like.

My own rule is that I don't pretend I have kids, so if the competition/ when registering on a website if I have to enter I have children I don't enter (same with surveys where I'm expected to have read/used the product the survey is about). I think the Hipp website you have to say you have children to register so I don't enter any on there. I also only enter comps that I or someone I know could use the product as I don't comp to sell.

Having said that I have no problem with those who do 'lie' and say that they do have kids etc... because it's each to their own.

Basically my rule is follow your own moral compass and you can't go far wrong with that.

ellemm

weeowens wrote: »

Hi,most on here would probably enter to win an empty envelope or to see one being opened,at a premiere of course :-)
Ethics & rapid comping are distant bedfellows it seems.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

EMMAP

I have a niece and second cousins who I enter prizes for. I don't feel bad about it. As long as someone can benefit from it.

The only time I don't is if its say a wedding comp and it says 'when are you getting married?'. I'm not gonna outright lie about it!

Blulu

Aw Weeowens, I don't agree with ya when you say, "Ethics & rapid comping are distant bedfellows it seems."

I think most compers have strong morals and ethics, they just don't always agree about what is/isn't moral and ethical.

OP, this is an interesting one. Personally, I rarely enter for comps in that type of situation. I have occasionally when it felt 'right', I can't really explain why sometimes it feels right where mostly it doesn't. It isn't to do with the value of the prize, it's more to do with the comp itself and how it's worded.

For example, if it's a wedding prize that I could use, I usually won't enter, because clearly they want the prize to go to someone to help them with their wedding. However, if it's from a wedding magazine and they present it like any other comp - i.e. no emphasis on a wedding, then I might enter.

As EMMAP said, I would definitely not lie to enter a comp.

I did win a lovely bottle of hooch in a Father's day comp, even though neither of us have parents anymore. Sometimes, I feel like, why should I have to sacrifice soooooo many competitions just because my parents have died and I can't have children. Part of me thinks I should have extra entries for what I've lost, rather than lose out again.

Still, the bottom line is that we should follow our own conscience about these things - but it's interesting to debate them

Blu X

kit34

yep id definatly enter use what i could and sell the rest !
trying to get somne wedding money together so im not really to fussed about the " morals" ... nowt thats meant for you passes you by "

starrybee

I would enter if it was something everyone would want, non-pregnant people like ipads just as much as pregnant people! (For example.)

paadzer

As a man I don't think I could get away with entering

robbies_gal

id enter it if it wasnt even pregnancy related and if it says u can then why not

i dont enter wedding prizes pr honeymoon comps though