[QUOTE]Originally posted by freakygirl
Hey all, I wanted to ask for your advice...
Twice in the last little while I won contests & the prize was not exactly what it should have been, should I mention it or keep quiet?
It is so personal whether you choose to put your energy into following up, I too have been disappointed at times with either not getting prize (they blamed it on postoffice) or not at all what I expected or had so many restrictions contrary to rules. But I am glad I never bothered to followup, I now just pay more attention to who offers the contest and am much more selective in which ones I enter. That being said, I never got a cd last year from a magazine company win and gave up on them after a couple of emails to address the problem, and yet this year from same magazine won a wonderful trip and found them to be really efficient, flexible and helpful in arranging for the prize! I have also found quite often that companies will upgrade or extend prize if you don`t use part of the prize such as one of the persons not being able to go on trip. Once I couldn`t go on trip as quick as they wanted so contrary to rules saying trip would have to be forfeited they checked with their lawyers and issued a cheque for $10,000 although technically they could have given it to someone else, and i actually enjoyed the money tax free much better than any trip!
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