Anyone got letter "Readers Digest Sweepstakes"?
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I got it, read it and replied them. they will usually tie in some purchases which will increase your chance of winnings/prize value. but if u dont make the purchase you still get to take part in it. just read and follow the instructions, you dont have to pay a single cent to enter the sweepstakes. well, just trying my luck. haha!
ninelives
Senior Member
"was" ====> because you are no longer a subscriber they will send you that to make you subscribe again. marketing gimmick.
i also received maybe 10 times already...but never subscribe once, hence also never kanna the lucky draw.
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just ignore them lah... it's a marketing ploy to get you to buy their stuff. they always entice you with additional prizes to be won... like a brand-new car.
for example;
1st letter/offer - to have a chance to win the car, you need to buy something. so you buy it and you are supposedly in for the car draw.
2nd letter/offer - to have a chance to win the same car, you need to buy something again.
so... does it mean that if i don't buy anything from the 2nd letter/offer, my chance to win the car in the 1st letter/offer is voided? don't know if i will call this a scam since Reader's Digest is a legit company. but the way they operate smells like a scam.
for example;
1st letter/offer - to have a chance to win the car, you need to buy something. so you buy it and you are supposedly in for the car draw.
2nd letter/offer - to have a chance to win the same car, you need to buy something again.
so... does it mean that if i don't buy anything from the 2nd letter/offer, my chance to win the car in the 1st letter/offer is voided? don't know if i will call this a scam since Reader's Digest is a legit company. but the way they operate smells like a scam.
Muckafutha
Member
i love to receive these stuff from reader's digest. They sometimes come with a car key which i will give my son to play. the rest just throw in the bin.
roadrunner_552
Senior Member
Received 1 month ago, straight go into the nearest bin after i open the letterbox. :bsmilie:
i also love those scratch-and-win thing... am still trying to see if i can scratch and stand a chance to win the lowest priced item. after a while, i gave up and into the bin everything went :bsmilie:
kriegsketten
New Member
I've never subscribed one... but they sent me a few times anyway (in the past)... the proper place for this package is the bin...but these days I'd recycle...:angel:
commonjunks
Senior Member
I was never a subscriber but still receiving junk from sometime :dunno:.
After reading first time all other mails directly went to trash :sweatsm:.
After reading first time all other mails directly went to trash :sweatsm:.
shiltontan
New Member
I've been getting those letters for a couple of years... I just throw them away whenever I get them...
surrephoto
Senior Member
Yeah, received this stuff back in primary sch... and I always thought as a kid whether It was a scam or legitimate (I rmb in P5/P6 the teachers were already encouraging us to read RD, I thought that was abit too quick).
I did respond and received a "free" copy of readers digest which apparently came with a bill later on. And when we simply didn't pay for the copy, they sent a couple of other letters. :sweat:
I did respond and received a "free" copy of readers digest which apparently came with a bill later on. And when we simply didn't pay for the copy, they sent a couple of other letters. :sweat:
wildcat
Senior Member
Yeah, and if you opt for no, the letters will just come for many months until you say yes. And then they send you bill in black, then bill in red and finally... quiet. :thumbsup:
snowspeeder
Senior Member
That's the classic mass marketing strategy for Readers' Digest. Think they are wasting a lot of paper since most people hardly read their mails, as it ends up in the trash within seconds from the mailbox.
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