Weirdest sweep call EVER!

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sugar22

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Just received the strangest phone call involving a sweep that I've ever encountered.

I'm sitting here entering my daily sweeps when the phone rings.

"Hello"

"Hello, is this Ms. XXXXX?"

"Yes it is"

"Do you remember entering *insert sweep name here since I couldn't hear what she said* sweepstakes for $10,000 and something about windows?"

"Yes, even though I don't"

At this point I'm getting slightly excited. 10 grand will do that, even though I KNOW BETTER.

"Well, Ms. XXXXX, we need to ask a few questions before we pick a winner"

Me thinking, hmm, is this a verification before they tell me I've won something fabulous? Getting a little more excited. I know, I know...I KNOW BETTER!

She then proceeds to ask me how many windows I have, am I the owner, etc.

"Ok, Ms. XXXXX, now that we've verified you are eligible to enter, I'm putting your name in a barrel. We've had thousands of entries, and the chances of you winning is like entering the lottery. You probably won't win. Could I make an appointment to send a tech to your home and give you an estimate?"

OMG, this is a freaking sales call? I kid you not, she actually told me I probably wouldn't win!!!!

"No thank you"

She pushes a little harder.

"No thank you"

"Ok, well, I'm putting your name in the barrel."

"Thank you"

I hang up.

This is a first for me. I'm sure I gave them permission to call me when I entered, but I'm stunned at how this sales call went.

UGH!

I KNOW BETTER!
 
Sounds like the Renewal by Andersen sweep - and yes, by entering you gave them permission to call to verify your entry and keep you informed about their products and services... and this is the best part - and when they go on sale! lol... I passed on this one.
 
LOL, I'll be passing on any future sweeps from them. You know, since they already informed me I probably won't win and all...I'll take their word for it. HA!
 
I had something similar happen to me like this. I had entered one of those contest to win a silver coin. I got a call from the company and said they needed to verify my information from my entry. They got my name and email and phone number right. Then the guy asked why I'm interested in buying silver and I think I told him something like I was just curious about the contest so I entered. Then he tried to sell me those gold bullion coins or something like that. I told him I was interested and hung up. I've haven't entered anymore of those coin contests either.
 
mssc1985 - Lear Capital used to run coin sweeps & I too got a sales call after entering the 1st time, but I told him the truth - DH collects coins but I had no $$$ to buy, & he said OK.

I later won & received [2] gold coins from them & then a silver coin;

https://www.sweepstakesplus.com/for...tal-giveaway.html?highlight=Lear+Capital+coin


mssc1985 said:
I had something similar happen to me like this. I had entered one of those contest to win a silver coin. I got a call from the company and said they needed to verify my information from my entry. They got my name and email and phone number right. Then the guy asked why I'm interested in buying silver and I think I told him something like I was just curious about the contest so I entered. Then he tried to sell me those gold bullion coins or something like that. I told him I was interested and hung up. I've haven't entered anymore of those coin contests either.
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sugar22 you said "This is a first for me. I'm sure I gave them permission to call me when I entered, but I'm stunned at how this sales call went. "

Yup - We as sweepers need to read the RULES *and* the PRIVACY POLICY for *every* promotion we choose to enter

Sponsors offer sweepstakes promotions in lieu of/addition to regular advertising looking for future and/or keeping current customers happy & it is S.O.P. {Standard Operating Procedure} for [some] sponsors to require entrants to agree to contact [phone calls/emails] and/or requiring entrants to subscribe to their newsletter, and/or to allow sponsors to share an entrants info with their marketing partners/advertisers/3d parties.

The DNC {Do Not Call} List/Registry is no longer in effect if you enter a sponsors promo that you've previously blocked thru the DNC list
 
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Don't get me wrong, I had no problem with them calling, it's just the way she informed me I probably wouldn't win that surprised me. I've had sale calls from sweeps before, and I certainly receive the emails, but this one was a first. I also thought it was amusing that she said my entry was going in a barrel. lol I also know better than to get excited about any prize until it's in my hot little hands, but my heart was beating a little faster. Some very good advice I read many years ago around here was never think you've won until you receive the prize. Advice I've always tried to follow. :D
 
I got a win call a couple years back from some movie sponsored sweeps. "Hey badgercontest, do you remember entering the 'movie X' $5,000 Sweepstakes?" Me: YES. "Well, you won the second-place prize of a $25 gift card!" I expressed enthusiasm but had to work a little bit harder at it than usual. :D She was really nice about it though and probably just didn't realize how that could come off.

As for Andersen Windows... I did get a sales voicemail from them. I wrote the # down to make sure that I didn't pick up the phone from that one until after the sweepstakes concluded (Not in a position to pay for new windows at the moment). I assume my name still went in the barrel and probably won't win. :D
 
I entered a sweepstakes in the mall for a snow blower back around the beginning of December visiting in-laws. After the weekend went, I got a call from the sales person associated with the giveaway fox. Didn't pick up but it was a cell number, so texted who it was. I "won" a $25 gift card and he'll come by my house or work to drop it off and talk about the sponsor's product. I live close to 100 miles away from this mall and he'd come whenever was convenient for me (never works for me).

Red flags all over... never again entering one of those lol
 
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