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Hmm, not sure about this win

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Congratulations! You have won laser eye treatment worth £655
for treatment in August 2007.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]You entered the Optimax laser eye treatment competition and are a lucky winner![/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Your Prize Details:[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Consultation £60 and One Epi-LASEK treatment worth £595 available August 2007 only."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]That is just half the Epi-LASEK standard cost if you decide to have both eyes treated.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]At Optimax your consultation is with your treating doctor (At other companies you do not see a doctor at consultation). You will appreciate that doctors' time is very expensive and to avoid people not attending we require a £60 deposit to secure your appointment. This is fully refundable on attendance.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]You can transfer your £595 prize as a discount if you choose to have another type of laser treatment.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Treatment can take place at anytime up until the end of August 2007.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Please call us today on 0845 to find out if you are suitable, ask further questions or claim your free treatment. Please quote ref: [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To learn more about treatments visit our web site optimax.co.uk[/FONT]

Will look into this a bit, but sounds dodgy, anyone know anything?

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  • Nippey_2
    Nippey_2 Posts: 112 Forumite
    Sounds like you get one eye free.....obviously you couldn't just have one done so you would pay for the other! Not sure, googled it but didnt come up with much...sorry!
    Wins since May 2007
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  • happyshopper
    happyshopper Posts: 346 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    Is this you?
    Optimax Prize Draw Winners

    http://www.optimax.co.uk/default.aspx?page=7384


    hs
    ...nothing to see here...
  • kimmywal
    kimmywal Posts: 11,288 Forumite
    There is another post on the forum, Have I won laser eye surgery,
    lots of people have commented, you may find it useful ;)
    What we see depends mainly on what we look for

    "This will be mine in 2009" member 50
  • Snow_Bunny
    Snow_Bunny Posts: 720 Forumite
    I received 2 emails from them today. First saying I haven't won unfortunately but they are happy to offer me £200 discount. The second one was exactly the same as you got.
    I love this forum and thank everybody who contributes to it!
  • hjb123
    hjb123 Posts: 32,002 Forumite
    I wouldnt botehr with this to be honest, I bet there are hidden clauses and costs in it somewhere
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