Have you ever recieved this message then comes the bad news??

[rimanda]

You are one of the 500 people chosen to win a free sample of
AHAVA’s newest skin-rejuvenating innovation Facial RenewalYou may have received an email stating that you have won a
free sample of our Facial Renewal Peel.

Unfortunately, a glitch in our mailing system sent this message
in error and you will not receive a free sample.

Please accept our deepest apologies for the confusion.
While we're unable to offer you a Facial Renewal Peel sample,
How disappointed I was sniff sniff

 

[amyleda]

Oh that kind of thing makes me mad! I also hate the emails to tell me I lost. If I didnt win that one thing but dont email me with a trite Im sorry . You lost.Ugh. Next sweepstake !

 

[arrtup3]

Sorry to hear about this. I guess you have the right approach, take it in your stride and move on. There are lots of other sweeps. At least when something went wrong, you were contacted with an explanation and apology.

Keep sweeping and you will get real wins.

Here's another post on the topic, from sweethome:

I won one of 500 samples of ATTAVA, then a few minutes later, they said I wasn't