Oy.

[neadods]

It's been all so very thrilling to have people call me and tell me about how I've won things from entry cards at the home show. And I even did fill out a couple for a lark.

However, I don't care how reputable you say your company is or how many big names it drops as part of the fabulous vacation and cruise I've just "won," I am not whipping out the Visa and handing you a "low, low" payment of "just" $300 in order to claim my fabulous prize. Prizes involve you giving things to me, not the other way around.

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[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

how stupid do they think people are? well, obviously some people DO meet their expectation or they wouldn't still be pulling that crap.

sigh. I weep for humanity

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Two in one week is a bit much to deal with. And the second pitch was so good, I was almost all "You should have heard the idiot who tried to rip me off earlier!"... and then he mentioned the "low payment of two ninety-nine" that somehow couldn't wait until I had anything official in my hands.

I wonder how many people don't promptly ask where the decimal is in the "two ninety nine."

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of the Neilsen-Hayden dictum: "Money flows from the publisher to the author, not the other way around." And really, it's the same sort of scam, isn't it?

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly!

[moropus.livejournal.com]

Fabulous prizes should not have to involve sitting through a sales pitch where they just about force you to stay whether you take the tiny prize you actually get either.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

The first pitch was both, if you'd believe it - they wanted $70 over the phone that would (supposedly) be refunded when I showed up for a 90-minute pitch and *then* they'd discuss how I could cash in my vacation!