I got a letter on Saturday. It's a letter from a company to inform me that I am guaranteed to win some prize. The photo below is a snapshot of the letter. I've blurred the Company's name. To that company, "Sorry, no free advertisement in my blog".
Prizes listed include a Toyota Corolla, 42" Plasma TV, Notebook and an Eleganet Diamond Watch. It even listed a few names of people invited to receive one of the prizes, my name included.
But what's funny is that the top right hand corner of the letter says "3rd and Final Notice". I remembered I received the first letter which should be in some recycled bin or in some incinerator somewhere by now. But where's the 2nd notice? Nevermind that. I don't care.
Well there must be some catch right? I turned over the letter over and it showed the Terms and Conditions. Terms that will scare you. Here are some of them:
- Participants must arrive with their spouse or parnter, without children, friends or relatives, and take part in an approximately 2 hours introduction at the sponsoring company's office.
- Winners of the big awards agree to have their names and picures use in our public relations and advertisements.
- Recipients of the plasma tv will be required to pay $49 for shipping, handling and insurance.
- Recipients of the world vcation will be required to pay...
- Recipients of the $1000 lfights voucher will be required to pay...
- Recipients of the note book will be required to pay...
- Recipients of the elegant diamond watch will be required to pay...
- Recipients of the digital camera will be required to pay...
Well it says "We would like to confirm that the introduction does not feature timeshare holidays or point's holidays..."
Sigh...now I get all these in my mailbox.
*lancerlord throws letter into bin*
i think those kind which require you to bring people, to hear them 'babble' bout some product or service....
ReplyDeletethe people accompanying you are probably to make up numbers so they can say "look! we are popular thats why so many people"...scum. haha
i never trusted those things...somehow there are always people who will fall for it...dun understand why...even when the advertising they do for their product/service is not very convincing or sound dubious. :P
Is that from reader's digest?
ReplyDeleteHa ha ! I got that in my mailbox yesterday !!
ReplyDeleteYou still got time to read the tyerms man !! I thrown it in th ebin juz beside the letterbox :p
ah 9: They have some attracting powers to lure people to them. I figure why also.
ReplyDeleteclaris: No. The name is in title of the photo
shion: I also don't know why I was reading that crap. Super boh liao.
Yep got that before too.
ReplyDeleteoh, and I read ALL the terms and conditions too. And I don't qualify.
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