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SamSpade

SamSpade

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Has anyone followed through on entering this? I thought I'd give it a try, but it seems that once you enter, you're barraged with emails suggesting but never outright claiming that you STILL HAVE ONE MORE STEP to complete - or - if you don't do this one more step, your entry isn't valid.

How much easier it was when you just sent the thing in the mail and forgot about it.
 
Spitfire

Spitfire

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Greetings:

Well yea - the entire point is to make you jump through hoops and show you endless ads for products. I mean, that’s how these “prizes” are funded.

I didn’t know there were people who still did this.
 
GregV814

GregV814

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well, its an oldie but still relevant...."I got a notification from PCH today...yeah, it says I may already be a loser"....(drum roll badda boom) I dont get no respect....
 
SamSpade

SamSpade

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I remember as a kid, the commercial just said "go ahead - send it in". Because what were they going to do. bombard you with MAIL?

I figured, why not, SOMEBODY wins. I had a buddy as a kid who knew my dad in his younger days - and he won contests all the freaking time.
Nothing big, but he was always winning something. I figured, what could it hurt? I could name my son, and he'd be set for life - I needn't worry about him after I am gone.
 
Spitfire

Spitfire

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SamSpade said:
I remember as a kid, the commercial just said "go ahead - send it in". Because what were they going to do. bombard you with MAIL?

I figured, why not, SOMEBODY wins. I had a buddy as a kid who knew my dad in his younger days - and he won contests all the freaking time.
Nothing big, but he was always winning something. I figured, what could it hurt? I could name my son, and he'd be set for life - I needn't worry about him after I am gone.
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Greetings:

Note that the language in your PCH winner’s contract allows for assigning your winnings to
someone, but there is a limit. When you win, they really do mean “for life” but there are limits to heirs. I forget what the limits are, but they exist. It may very well help your son considerably, but not likely to set him up for life.

This is assuming you do actually take the weekly or monthly payout and not the lump-sum. I’d always recommend a lump-sum for this and other reasons.
 
Ken King

Ken King

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Spitfire said:
Greetings:

Note that the language in your PCH winner’s contract allows for assigning your winnings to
someone, but there is a limit. When you win, they really do mean “for life” but there are limits to heirs. I forget what the limits are, but they exist. It may very well help your son considerably, but not likely to set him up for life.

This is assuming you do actually take the weekly or monthly payout and not the lump-sum. I’d always recommend a lump-sum for this and other reasons.
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Pretty sure the current "contest" is $5,000 a week for life and you get to name another person to take over for the rest of their life.
 
SamSpade

SamSpade

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Spitfire said:
Greetings:

Note that the language in your PCH winner’s contract allows for assigning your winnings to
someone, but there is a limit. When you win, they really do mean “for life” but there are limits to heirs. I forget what the limits are, but they exist. It may very well help your son considerably, but not likely to set him up for life.

This is assuming you do actually take the weekly or monthly payout and not the lump-sum. I’d always recommend a lump-sum for this and other reasons.
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I've seen fine print that "for life" just means twenty years. It's easier to set up that way.

Oh I have always assumed there's at least the proviso - "for as long as we're in business". That's why I would ALWAYS take the payout if available.
While they might not be in business for life, I can bet a good financial institution will outlive my grandkids.

Still planning for my son - he has rather extreme disabilities and will always need care. It worries me. Have you ever seen an OLD mentally disabled person? Not a lot of them. They die way too young.
 
LightRoasted

LightRoasted

If I may ...
If I may ...

SamSpade said:
Has anyone followed through on entering this? I thought I'd give it a try, but it seems that once you enter, you're barraged with emails suggesting but never outright claiming that you STILL HAVE ONE MORE STEP to complete - or - if you don't do this one more step, your entry isn't valid.
How much easier it was when you just sent the thing in the mail and forgot about it.
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Well sure, go for it. Only if you want to have your information, name, address, phone number, email address, etc., sold to every third party marketer out there. Have at it.
 
GWguy

GWguy

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It's all a crock. My dad was POSITIVE he would win, and kept doing that crap for YEARS, even sending in MONEY!! 10-15 emails A DAY! I hated to do it, but when he relocated to AR, I went into his mail server account and put PCH on the spam list. It finally all disappeared. He thinks it went away because they can't find him in AR.
 
mitzi

mitzi

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SamSpade said:
Has anyone followed through on entering this? I thought I'd give it a try, but it seems that once you enter, you're barraged with emails suggesting but never outright claiming that you STILL HAVE ONE MORE STEP to complete - or - if you don't do this one more step, your entry isn't valid.

How much easier it was when you just sent the thing in the mail and forgot about it.
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I had to unsubscribe after 3 days. Endless emails is right, I could deal with one a day but it's 5 or more.
 
kwillia

kwillia

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Nothing is free. Same goes for all of those 'contest' you run into at open houses, conventions, health fairs, craft fairs, etc.

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly folks give over their personal information with the hope of being that one slip of paper pulled out of a box.
 
spr1975wshs

spr1975wshs

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Some states have a definition in law of what "For Life" means in that jurisdiction.
When we lived in Nebraska, the limit was 50 years.
 
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