:wave: sarachristie
I'm of 2 minds on this.
I firmly believe policing is best left up to sponsors/JA's. However, if it was me? I'd be sorely temped to complain to the sponsor if I'd put in so much time and energy.
Sponsors hold these promos with their advertising budget to gain eyeballs, and hopefully, retain/gain customers, so while complaints *might* change the outcome in the short term, the long term damage
could result in fewer/less promos by that sponsor/other sponsors.
I've watched sweeping evolve from snail to online, with P.O. boxes being banned because of a few unscrupulous people transitioning from rebates to sweeps, to captcha codes becoming ubiquitous online because of those unscrupulous people using bots to enter themselves with numerous email addys, to the explosion in voting promos being decided by popular vote, instead of being judged by the sponsors/JA's. I watched DELL hold annual Holiday sweeps with tons of wonderful prizes to DELL restricting and focusing {few} promos to targeted demographics, which exclude the majority of sweeping hobbyists.
I predict vote promos
will continue, but the judging aspect will change to merit vs. popularity. IMHO, that's how winners should be determined!
Ultimately, you have to decide which is more important to you - playing a good, clean game, and hoping the sponsors/JA's do their job, or {possibly} creating dissension, cynicism, and doubt by reporting your suspicions to the sponsor/JA.
I do NOT envy you your dilemma!!!
