Maybe the Worst Prize Ever!!!

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pszychojoe

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Most of the sweepers here remember the Kraft S'mores instant win Sweeps that we all played every day. The one with the slightly perverted guy holding the young girl on his shoulders...

I received my prize yesterday - a S'mores ingredient holder. It consists of a light plastic bucket that resembles the large popcorn tub you buy in the movie theaters. And that was all!!! Not even a Kraft discount coupon. The prize is happily sitting in my recycle bin.

Anyone else have a worse prize to post?
 
Your right. I rec'd one & my wife wouldn't even give it to Godwill. Probably cost a quarter (if that) to produce - thin plastic coated paper bucket. I think it went directly to the trash can. Hardly what I would call a win. :scratch:
 
LOL!!

I think my worst prize was a paperback romance novel, that required a signed affidavit to claim. I declined to claim it, and the prize people hounded me for months.
 
LOL I got mine in the mail today as well. Me and my husband looked at it and laughed. We just gave it to the girls to use outside with the sand. Of course I even questioned whether it was sturdy enough to hold sand. Plus the lid was cracked. Yeah he was ready to throw it in the trash right out of the box. But I figured the kids could use it outside for a few days before it breaks.
 
This reminds me of that poster and adage: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

I would drill a hole in the bottom of it or use a hammer and nail and punch a hole in the bottom of it and use it as a plantar. With all the "hope and change" this country is running over with, better get used to more grand prizes like this!
 
bdiane34 said:
LOL I got mine in the mail today as well. Me and my husband looked at it and laughed. We just gave it to the girls to use outside with the sand. Of course I even questioned whether it was sturdy enough to hold sand. Plus the lid was cracked. Yeah he was ready to throw it in the trash right out of the box. But I figured the kids could use it outside for a few days before it breaks.
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Lid? What lid? I was cheated, I didn't get a lid. :cry:
 
I have also received odd prizes. One of my prizes was a baseball cap. The cap arrived torn, shreded and with several holes in it. I looked in the rules and the prize was listed as a Baseball cap. I called th company and a rep tried to convince me the prize was a distressed Baseball cap and that is what it was suppossed to be. Odd, the prize listing did not have the word distressed in front of the baseball cap. Why would acompany you give away a prize with such poor representation of that company?
I also received a prize tshirt that was XXXL in size. I called the company and they told me that was the only size. Someone at the company made a decision to go with that size even though it would not fit most people. They must have received a really good price on those shirts. Someone wanted to get rid of them.
I will never understand why a company would spend lots of money on a sweepstakes promotion to give away poor quality prizes. Why would you want to promote a company negatively?
 
FYI, I moved this post to General Sweepstakes Talk.

When you post under "Winners Circle" the title keeps reposting to the front page. Complaints about prizes are not what we want to highlight, especially if sponsors visit our site.

That being said, I agree that it is disappointing when a prize turns out to be a bummer. Luckily, there are still plenty of fabulous prizes out there, waiting for us to win them. Good luck!
 
Well, if the sponsors saw the complaints- maybe they would understand that we would prefer coupons for a free product rather than some useless item that was a total waste of natural resources!!!!!!
 
Unfortunately, the way sweeps are going now, too many complaints may urge them to stop running sweeps all together or go the way of blogs, twitter or facebook sweeps.

Sorry about your disappointment. I hope better wins come your way soon
 
I agree, I am so thankful anyone even has sweeps anymore!
I know when I was living inOregon about 11 years ago a local bento place had a weekly draw with 7 winners.
I worked next door and won 15 times over about 6 months. They didn't mind that . ( I gave them free haircuts)
But when a "winner" complained that there was a "toenail" in their winning meal and threatened to sue,
they just quit doing it. I didn't beleive her. I cut her hair and she was always trying to get free products or something b/c I
(or one of the other girls) messed up her hair. Every time. I told her she should go somewhere else if we were that bad but she always came back. When I made asst mgr I told her she couldn't come back.
Anyway, I say don't rock the boat with sponsers, we want them to love us, not think we are annoying or ungrateful.
There is one woman out there who thinks I am annoying! :laughing: That's enough!
 
Some people say the glass is half full.
Some say the glass is half empty.
I say "Wow, what a neat glass! And look: THERE'S SOMETHING IN IT!!!"

I won the Kraft S'mores bucket. It made a great Halloween Sweepstakes candy bucket, and in the future I can put edible stuff in it, snap the lid on tightly, and be certain that bugs won't get into my food.

I enjoy every prize, even the little ones. When an unexpected box arrived from UPS or FedEx or the USPS, it's a lot like Christmas for me. Unless somebody sends me a rabid wolverine (postage due), I'm happy.
 
Lwaxana said:
Some people say the glass is half full.
Some say the glass is half empty.
I say "Wow, what a neat glass! And look: THERE'S SOMETHING IN IT!!!"

I won the Kraft S'mores bucket. It made a great Halloween candy bucket, and in the future I can put edible stuff in it, snap the lid on tightly, and be certain that bugs won't get into my food.

I enjoy every prize, even the little ones. When an unexpected box arrived from UPS or FedEx or the USPS, it's a lot like Christmas for me. Unless somebody sends me a rabid wolverine (postage due), I'm happy.
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:laughing: I like your style, thanks for my laugh today I needed it, I also love all prizes, and am like a little kid when opening them.
 
In the "when life gives you lemons,make lemonade" category, I was about to throw my S'mores bucket in the recycle bin when my wife grabbed it.
She poked a hole in the top and says it works great for dispensing yarn for crocheting! Who would have guessed?
:thewave:
 
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