Ever sent off for a list of winners?

andrew71

Anybody ever wrote to a company asking for a full list of winners to a competition they were running?

Quick spur of the moment question this :j:)

custardcream1000

No, but I also wonder about this and the reasons why people would.

The only reason I can think of for requesting a list is if cheating is suspected.

I will be interested to see the replies to this thread

andrew71

custardcream1000 wrote: »

No, but I also wonder about this and the reasons why people would.

The only reason I can think of for requesting a list is if cheating is suspected.

I will be interested to see the replies to this thread

I agree but I would of thought they couldn't give details out to anybody due to data protection?
I mean if I asked for a list of the winners of a competition that I hadn't won then why would I need to see the details of those who have won?

hamsterfan1

andrew71 wrote: »

I agree but I would of thought they couldn't give details out to anybody due to data protection?
I mean if I asked for a list of the winners of a competition that I hadn't won then why would I need to see the details of those who have won?

It would probably only give you a list of names so data protection wouldn't be an issue

mjm3346

andrew71 wrote: »

I agree but I would of thought they couldn't give details out to anybody due to data protection?
I mean if I asked for a list of the winners of a competition that I hadn't won then why would I need to see the details of those who have won?

Usually covered in the T&C's which are agreed to on entry but might only be surname and county, when they are on-line there is often more info given ("good to know" have a pic plus details, some of the mags have name and town, itv give full name and usually town or county and FB/TW winners are often linked/traceable to their homepages.)

The_3rd_Zebu

Some winners' lists are posted up on the ISP website:

http://www.winnersgallery.co.uk/public/latest.php

nelie

Yes, when the winners were not announced I asked to see the list.

Never got back to me on that one.

blackmidnight

I can't remember why but I've emailed to ask for winner's lists from Elle and Cosmopolitan before. I think it was when they ran a daily comp one month (I know Cosmo do one all the time now but this was in 2009 before they usually did this). It just contained first name and surname.

desel

I did request it for the Budget/Lonely Planet luxury roadtrip competition because the competition page disappeared shortly after the end date... they never responded

eyeballpaul

I requested a winner's list quite some years ago for a postal competition where I had made a lot of effort to win, and there were multiple prizes which were worth having.
I received a list of about 25 names and full addresses, one of which was my name and address! I thought this looks good, so I contacted promoter to say I hadn't received any prize. I had a very apologetic letter to say that I hadn't won anything, and the list they had sent me was a list of people who had asked for a winner's list! As a gesture of goodwill they sent me to consolation prizes (designer jackets)

Eyeball Paul