Receiving prizes with no notification?

tony290984

Hi everyone,

This is the first time that I've posted in this section.

I have ordered nothing online and yet today received a card from Royal Mail saying that they are holding a parcel for me that I owe £11 on. It says that the sender either didn't pay enough postage or hasn't paid any. The only thing that I can think of is that I've won something but had no notification. Has this happened to anyone else? I'm getting a lift to collect it later but just thought I'd ask. If I was a winner, wouldn't I be informed somehow? It's a shame that it's going to cost me £11 on something that could potentially be worth less :rotfl:

Thank you

Nice to meet you all too. I love it here, although don't post much

fermi

I've had stuff just turn up at the door with no notification I'd won.

tony290984

Thanks fermi

sleepyjones

Occasionally you'll have something just turn up with no notice, sometimes they'll put a note in the parcel saying "Well done for winning the blah blah competition" or something like that ... sometimes they won't even put a note in so you have no idea where it came from.

£11 sounds like a lot to miss on the postage, I'd probably be more inclined to think it's a customs charge? ... let us know what it is

and well done! hope it's something good ( and worth more than the £11 you have to pay!)

glennamy

I've won before without being notified... and I have had postage costs of a £1 or so once or twice, once not being a prize... but £11 seems a bit steep to me, unless the postage fell off or it is a massive item. Good luck!

jamielmdjs

I read a LOT about prizes just turning up. I DRREAM of that day - so exciting. Have never had it...

fermi

jamielmdjs wrote: »

I read a LOT about prizes just turning up. I DRREAM of that day - so exciting. Have never had it...

The surprise was 10 X more exciting that the actual prize.

weeowens

Much the same happened to me.
I informed the promotor re the postage issue.It was not as much as yours though.
I emailed a pic of the Royal Mail slip & the franking slip.
In return they asked me to select another prize to go with the first one.It was worth about £25.

Blueyez

The second prize I won turned up unexpected, glad all postage was paid though as it was in a huge box....dread to think what the postage would have been on that.

dadsgoneshopping

I have had two or three small prizes turn up unheralded, and without any idea what they are. I won some books for my daughter and only found out where they had come from when I googled my name with "Book competition winner". I also had an empty, large package arrive that had clearly been opened and the contents filched. I contacted the publisher but got no reply.

LadyMorticia

So, what was it?