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I've Just Won What I Think is a Con

tesuhoha
tesuhoha Posts: 17,971 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
in I won! I won! I won!
I've just come home to find a recorded delivery letter from seasons holidays to say I've won a prize to the value of £3,750. I rang but it was a recorded message and they haven't rung back yet. I think its the prize draw at the bottom of the screen here:

http://www.seasonsholidays.com/cheltenham/

My excitement soon faded when I realised you have to pay an annual fee of £367 and for your own travel. By the time I pay for expensive flights I don't think I'll be much better off. What does everyone else think before I commit myself to £367 a year?
The forest would be very silent if no birds sang except for the birds that sang the best






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  • tesuhoha
    tesuhoha Posts: 17,971 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Looked on the site. The accomodation for 4 people in most cases is just a one bed apartment that sleeps 4 people, okay if you've got small children I suppose.
    The forest would be very silent if no birds sang except for the birds that sang the best






  • Ms_Chocaholic
    Ms_Chocaholic Posts: 12,761 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    This is a scam, there's several other posts on this site re this if you search
    Thrifty Till 50 Then Spend Till the End
    You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time but you can never please all of the people all of the time
  • tesuhoha
    tesuhoha Posts: 17,971 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Yesterday, i won a Heinz competition - £50 off a Thomas Cook holiday, but I can't afford to go on a Thomas Cook Holiday. The only prize I've won since I started comping that I like is a Ruth Rendell book for £6.99. I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself. Am not going to accept the timeshare prize as can't afford flights and £367 a year.
    The forest would be very silent if no birds sang except for the birds that sang the best






  • tesuhoha
    tesuhoha Posts: 17,971 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »
    This is a scam, there's several other posts on this site re this if you search

    Thanks, I think what fooled me was the recorded delivery letter.
    The forest would be very silent if no birds sang except for the birds that sang the best






  • Mips
    Mips Posts: 19,796 Forumite
    It isn't a scam - it's a bargain. They will send you a letter offering you it for half price.

    We would have gone for it BUT they demanded money that night or no discount. :mad:

    BUT it is NOT a prize... that's where they are conning people :(
    :cool:
  • liuhut
    liuhut Posts: 1,269 Forumite
    I got one the other day as well, was v. pleased until I looked through it, want straight in the bin.
    Dont feel sorry for yourself, keep at it and you will get something XXX
    WIN £2008 in 2008 £1836.31 2009 wins - £91!!! 2010 wins in Oz $ 6170.... wins 2011 aprox $2000
    MFIT - number 37. Reduce my mortgage from £63,500 to £48,000. now at 54,000...
  • hayleyw1
    hayleyw1 Posts: 20,911 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    yip its a con ,
    R.I.P TO THE MOST AMAZING MAN PUT ON THIS EARTH! MY DAD XX 13/03/2010 love and miss you so much xxjan wins, uki goodies,necklace, case wkd, thomas goodies, sterilizer, 2 pairs boot, earings
  • kittyfire976
    kittyfire976 Posts: 4 Newbie
    I have just recieved the exact same letter in the post today.....all excited but had a gut feeling that this might not be as good as it first seemed!
    Thanks for this thread it saved me a whole lot of disapointment!
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