We hear diffrent sweepstakes stories almost everyday on Sweepstakes Advantage. They can range from unexpected wins to grand prize suprises and even sometimes a bad experiance. One of the most common stories is hearing from a member that found a winner notification email in their junk or spam email folder. Sometimes unfortunately the winner email notofocation is found too late and the next available sweepstakes winner has already been drawn.
One of my most favorite stories to read is that of the surprize prize being delivered. Some forget they even entered the sweepstakes that landed a big box on their front porch. I remember the first time it happened to me and my wife. I had come home from work and the hallway to our apartment was almost completely blocked by a huge box. We didn't realize that the box was a Sony Playstation arcade console from a Pepsi sweepstakes that we entered months before. It was worth over $1000 and I nearly walked right by and never thought to check the address label on the box.
That was our first surprise sweepstakes win and we never even received an affidavit. Most of the time these days you'll receive an affidavit ahead of time so you know a potential big prize shipment is on the way. There have also been some other times that surprize shipments have arrived. There was this one sweepstakes where there was no limit to the number of prizes you could win. We won at least 6 US Robotics modems in ths one sweepstakes. Needless to say, everyone received a new 56K modem that year for Christmas.
One of my most favorite suprize wins came when I entered a Sports Memorbilia contest for a Tom Brady autographed picture. I never thought to win and when the prize showed up I was like so delighted. I hope you'll shar one of your suprise moments either in this blog or on the sweepstakes forum!