Publisher's Clearing House Part 3 The final chapter

I told you all I entered last month the PCH sweepstakes to win a million dollars. This was the first time I did this. Naturally I bought 2 items, just got the bill, wait till you see this:

Item 1 was $11.96 S&H 4.28, Total $16.24

Item 2 was $15.96 S&H $5.71, Total $21.67

Tax $3.27

Grand Total $41.18!!!!!!!

What a fucking rip off. They never mention Shipping and Handling when you are purchasing the items, I could have bought the same products in wal-mart for more than half that price. I was going to send them back but decided to let this play out. When they send you the bill, they also send you another little coupon to send back to them, this one is entering you into winning $10,000 all you have to do is stick the little gold label on your envelope.

They also now were offering some kind of cream for your face at a reduced special offer. So this is how they get you with the S&H and trying to lure you into buying stuff at a reduced price but with a whopping S&H charge.

I remember BMG music used to do this with their CD's, they had CD Box sets for say $15.00 then you had to pay $10.98 Shipping and Handling and tax on top of that.

Lets see what happens with all of this, do I believe I am going to win anything?

Yeah, that's craziness. Hey, you never know though. I've won cruises, twice, by just dropping my name in the little box at the Chinese restaurant. That was a rip-off two. They wanted me to pay to go on the cruise.

So you won the chance to buy a cruise? At least you didn't have to pay to enter.

Nystyle709 wrote:

Wonderful isn't it?

Yeah. The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.

Nystyle709 wrote:

Not so fast. There wasn't any "small print" that stated that you would have to pay for the deportation taxes and other fees when I entered. It's only explained to you when they draw your name and call you. And much like in Tony's situations, that's when you get hit with the surprise.

It was just an expression. How about, anything free is worth what you pay for it?

Part 3

So 2 weeks ago I get a letter from PCH telling me to expect another chance to win money in 5 days. I get that letter and you have to affix these stamps to the envelope, affix your lucky number to the entry form and right below, is a place to affix the products you want to buy! I threw that in the trash right away.

So Yesterday I get another letter from PCH this time its called a Judging sheet, asking if your name is correct, you are over 18 and you are not an employee of the Award Notification Committee. Then they want you to check off your payout option if you win. $66, 667.00 for 30 years (total $2,000,000.00) or one lump sum of $1,250.000.00. Right below that is what they call a Premium Offer Acquisition fee of $11.89! WTF???????????????????? Do you know how many $11.89's they are going to get from naive people that will actually send it to them! This is also going to find its way to the trash and so ends my chances of winning a million from Publisher's clearing house, cost me over 40 bucks but I will not spend another dime on this farce.