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My prize from a company has not came in the mail yet! What should I do? - A person - 09-30-2012 01:34 AM
On around February 20th, I saw a tweet on Twitter for a company, the company said that the first 5 people to send in a photo of a famous person would win a signed product by that famous person. I was the 5th person to do so, a few days went by and I emailed them and asked for confirmation that I was a winner, they did not get back to me by email, but rather on Twitter (they said "Hey, you won an autographed < companies product>! DM back your full name and shipping address and we'll send it. Thanks for participating!).
I sent my info to them right away. It's now March 19 and I've still not got my prize. I've messaged them 3 times (one message on Twitter and two on email) and they have not got back to me at all.
What should I do? Should I call them? Are they allowed to not give me the prize for some reason?
BTW, their Twitter account is verified, which means for sure it's their company account, so it's not someone making a fake prank account or something.
- Pearl L - 09-30-2012 01:42 AM
theyre probably not honest
- panda - 09-30-2012 01:42 AM
Umm... I personally would never give out my name and address like that. It may be a scam, even if the company account is verified. You never know. Just be on the look out for suspicious packages.
- CoCo Puff - 09-30-2012 01:42 AM
honestly look over the official rules on it, if it doesn't have official rules then u werent under any real winning thing
Usually they do personal emails for the winners, or they send a letter. saying hey you won could have been a lie. Looking at what you said it doesnt seem real. They dont tweet things (i won a prize through a tweeter companion and alot of rules said they will contact you privately)
i would call fur sure and ask them about it. Provide a image of the message you got that way you have proof of winning. All winning thing llegally have to have offical rules ( so they dont get sued and have another complantions) if the product host is out of the country then they can do what they want freely. Good luck buddy
- simply_unique79 - 09-30-2012 01:42 AM
I think that you should give them a few more weeks. Most sponsors send out prizes closer to the 6-8 week mark. I host alot of giveaways and that's almost the standard time after that I would email them to see what the hold up is.
btw most twitter giveaways ARE legit! I won my iPad last year from one!!