Hi all, new here so I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere.
One of the issues that I'm sure you all have encountered is a company using your entry to try to sell you things. Essentially, telemarketing. I know that the fine print on most of these entries states that you may be contacted by them or their partners, so I'm not really alarmed by seeing my spam increase with entries. However my question is a little different.
What do you do when you are contacted stating you are a "winner of their sweepstakes", only to find out that they are only offering you a "discount on your next purchase". I went to the sweepstakes page and under the rules it has nothing whatsoever listed about any "runner-up" prizes etc. The sweepstakes entry has rules relating to one prize only--- the grand prize. This morning I was just contacted by that company saying I was a winner of their sweepstakes, only to find out they were simply offering me a discount.
What do you all make of this? Obviously this is annoying, but is this "normal" or common? Thanks all!
One of the issues that I'm sure you all have encountered is a company using your entry to try to sell you things. Essentially, telemarketing. I know that the fine print on most of these entries states that you may be contacted by them or their partners, so I'm not really alarmed by seeing my spam increase with entries. However my question is a little different.
What do you do when you are contacted stating you are a "winner of their sweepstakes", only to find out that they are only offering you a "discount on your next purchase". I went to the sweepstakes page and under the rules it has nothing whatsoever listed about any "runner-up" prizes etc. The sweepstakes entry has rules relating to one prize only--- the grand prize. This morning I was just contacted by that company saying I was a winner of their sweepstakes, only to find out they were simply offering me a discount.
What do you all make of this? Obviously this is annoying, but is this "normal" or common? Thanks all!