Ugh! CMT Win I had to turndown

bobhud

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I am going put this in a win column for me, but it may not be considered a win in this forum. If not, can the moderator move this the appropriate forum. Here is the circumstances of my win:
Yesterday, May 29th I received four phone calls from Nashville, TN area code according to my caller id. My wife and I were out of town yesterday.
We arrived back home late in the evening and we received no more calls. I googled the phone number it appeared to me the call was coming from a PBX exchange within CMT (County Music Television). Prior to retiring for bed around 1135pm I called the number out of curiosity and it went to a females voice mail by the name of Jordan, but did not identify working for CMT. I did not leave a message.
Since, we do not have a phone installed in our bedroom, I took my portable phone into the bedroom, just in case I got an early call in the morning.
Sure enough at 07:29CT my phone rang and I picked it up, but no one was on the other end. So I called the number back and this time she hung up on me. I was just about to call back again, when my phone rang again. This time we connect and she apologized for calling so early because she forgot about the time difference between Nashville and where we live and then she identified herself as Jordan from CMT and was calling to notify me of my win for "The Ultimate Country Music Experience" Sweepstakes.

http://www.cmt.com/community/sweepstakes/2012/ultimate-experience/rules.jhtml

She went through with me what I had won and asked if I would be able to make the trip on June 5 thru June11. I had to stammer a bit because yesterday I just finished using up my scheduled vacation week. I asked her if I could bring my wife on the line to go through the prize again and she said 'Yes' and went thru the prize again with my wife and I. My wife just looked at me and said we could not do it because we just used up our scheduled vacation week. Due to the "availability policy" that the company we work for, it was just not feasible for us to accept this prize. Had she called us two weeks ago we would have been able to adjust our weeks vacation around the sweepstakes rules and accept this prize. :cry: I only entered this sweepstakes once, then read the rules and decide not to enter anymore because of the strict rules. Goes to show you, you can enter a multiple entry sweepstakes just once and still win.

I can only hope another SA member was called in my place for this great prize.

Bob

PS...Value of this prize was $2872.00.
 
I hope something else will come your way since you were't able to use this. :cry: for you
 
Aw, what a sad story! :cry: I don't know many people who would be able to drop everything and take a trip with just one week's notice. I really hope a great win comes your way soon to make up for this disappointment.

:wave:
 
Sorry to hear about your loss...I had to turn down a last minute trip win last year to New york under similiar circumstances. Hope you have another win to make up for it! Good luck to you!
 
:nono: Well that is a shame! What a great win that would have been. I hope the timing is better on your next trip notification!
 
:cry: Oh No! That would have been an ideal win to me, but no, I wouldn't have been able to accept it right now either. Congratulations on the win anyways. Another one that you can accept will follow soon!
 
bobhud - to keep out the "congrats" posts from the skimmers {people who don't read the whole post} :crazytongue: I moved this thread from the Sweepstakes Winners Circle forum :wave:

I'd totally count entering a daily only 1x and then winning a win too!!! :headbang:

That's too bad you two can't take the time off from work, but hopefully they were able to re-award:

If a potential Grand Prize Winner cannot be reached during the 24-hour period in which he/she is called (no messages will be left on answering machines or voicemail systems) the potential Grand Prize Winner will be disqualified and an alternate Grand Prize Winner will be selected from among the remaining applicable Eligible Entries received, if time permits.

Looks like the sponsor listed this, since they didn't outline the specifics:

CMT.Com - Ultimate Country Music Experience Sweepstakes
Enter to win a trip to Nashville to attend the Grand Ole Opry, CMA Music Fest and visit the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, meet country's biggest stars and more.
Restrictions : 18+ US, DC lower 48 | Hits : 2816 | Added : 05-03-12 | Expired : 05-23-2012 | Rules

Entry Category : Daily
 
Congrats and sorry you are not getting to go! ugh :cry: Hope you get another great win! Nice to know a person can enter once and win....luck might be there!
 
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