Where do I stand? 28 February 2014 at 5:45PM in Compers chat corner 7 replies 745 views

Worriedmummy

Hi Guys,

I feel very cheeky asking this but its worth a try. Yesterday I found out that I was a runner up on this comp:
http://comps.marieclaire.co.uk/competition/people_operator.php

Now the text does say 5 winners will get £100 credit, but at the bottom it says Five £100 Free PAYG SIMs x5. The winning email I received yesterday said:

Congratulations you are one of our winners and have won:

Five £100 Free PAYG Sims.

Today 1 x £100 sim has turned up. Is this worth pursuing?

mar30

No, I don't think so

Worriedmummy

May I ask why? There is a £400 difference in what I thought I'd won yesterday...

cagsd

I read it to mean that five runners up would get a £100 card, not one would get five £100 cards. I'm fairly sure that's how it was meant to read, ie. "one of five".

Worriedmummy

Yes the text at the top of the comp post does say that, but the details of the prize at the bottom doesn't - it says Five x 5. Its obviously a miss print, but an annoying one, especially after the way the email I received was worded the same... never mind, live and learn I guess.

RavenRae

I read it as 5 winners of £100, but it wouldn't hurt to write back to say you got your prize and it's 1 x £100 could they confirm this is in fact correct as the wording had you thinking it was 5 x £100 ??

mar30

It would be strange if the runner up prize was worth more than the main prize, I think it's just badly written. x

Marg2k8

I once had a similar email to say I had won 20 x £20 Poundland vouchers. Going on memory, I think the competition was for 20 prizes of £20 worth of vouchers. I didn't query it and in the end received £25 of Poundland vouchers. I reckon whoever was responsible for sending the email had simply copied and pasted the text from the competition post. Not really an accurate email, but I didn't think that it was worth arguing about, since I am sure that the original terms and conditions would have shown that I was not entitled to £400 worth.