Is calling people and telling them they have won a prize a scam?
Author: admin | Category: I sayI am a little annoyed at Quality Vacation Club for suing Donn Edwards club as I too have been a victim of the you have won a prize and you need to attend a prize giving ceremony Scam. Yes It is a scam in my opinion. A few years ago I fell for it as I was insufficiently informed and gullible enough to believe I had won a prize despite not having entered a competition.
In my case I had won an all expenses holiday in some exotic location. I was told to bring my wife, and in my glee I even took a friend and his wife because it was a big deal. Imagine my surprise when I arrived and got told it was a draw and that I had not actually won the grand prize, even more surprising is that I had to sit through a Sales presentation for timeshare before the draw.
Further to this I had a seriously high pressure salesman that did not understand the words, “No, Fuck off, I don’t want timeshare”. At the end was the draw, My uninvited friends won a weekend for two at some obscure location that would cost as much to get to as a weekend somewhere closer would. I was also lucky enough to win a weekend at you guessed it, the same location.
My friend who was a little more flush than me took his missus away for a dirty weekend and was hounded by salesman for the whole weekend. Now if they actually gave me a prize, why do I still think its a scam. The thing is that the whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth as the prize advertised by the telesales bint was not won by anyone at the meeting.
Not one of the people I spoke to had entered a competition, The whole deal was a subterfuge to get me to listen to a sales pitch. In my book this qualifies as an underhanded technique to prey upon those that have not yet had dealings with companies like this.
Here are some words that I have learned.
Telesales: You have won a car.
Me Really, when and where did I enter this alledged competition?
Telesales: Umm err, I don’t have those details.
Me: So what are you selling. Is it perchance timeshare?
Telesales: No not at all.
Me: Heres the thing, tell your boss and all his evil minions to fuck their mummies, I don’t do timeshare prizes because its a fucking scam you lying little fuckhead.
I find it odd that I seem to get less and less telesales calls from these immoral, unethical, prize giving lying buttwipes.
PS: Go ahead and sue. This piece is an opinion piece and has been written as warning to consumers. It is in my opinion that unethical business practices need lots of exposure. I will join Edwards in defending the rights of consumers to reveal these practices.
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Tags: Donn Edwards, Quality Vacation Club, QVC
December 1st, 2008 at 11:02 am
Awesome, I have actually been wanting to blog this for a while.
Will get on it asap!
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December 1st, 2008 at 11:26 am
These guys piss me off,they’ve phoned me twice with false claims that I had one a car.
Its kind of sick actually!
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December 1st, 2008 at 11:26 am
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December 1st, 2008 at 3:44 pm
I was also conned into attending a presentation and was furious as I already owned points and this has put me off buying any more points.
The meal that they offered was not even worth taking as a take away to give someone standing at the robot.
If you need anyone to testify on your behalf, you are welcome to contact me
December 1st, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Ya man. I’m gonna eat some piece of cheese or something and tell these punks to stop calling me BIG OKE and then telling me I must bring my wife to this flippen thing. I don’t even have a wife so what’s the point? Can I get a cheeseburger per chance please? Thanks.
December 1st, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Hi Don,
I totally support you on this issue.
I am a member of QVC since 2001: all started by the misleading advertising that by attending a presentation we would be guaranteed a prize, from a list that I cannot remember now. To cut a short story long, we ended up buying timeshare, which I never wanted in the first place, but my husband convinced me that the kids were small and we would save a lot on holidays! We HAVE NEVER been able to go on holiday, where we want to go, with the kids on school holidays…there is never accommodation available!
To add insult to injury, we were approached twice after purchasing the timeshare, after been guaranteed that it was not time share and it was.
I was livid.
They phone a 3rd time and we were guaranteed a big prize ( can not remember either). I told the person that I new that it was QVC timeshare, that I already had it and to tell me the truth otherwise I would cause a scene! You guess it: it was QVC and we got the same prize as before: weekend at one of the resorts not too far from JHB which was nothing more than a mine compound near a squatter camp, which was supposed to have game drives etc. We only saw 1 bird on a fence. There was no game drive. We just slept the night as it was late and left the next day to Swaziland, as it was our 5th Wedding Anniversary!
I was furious refuse to take the prize and wrote to QVC Marketing complaining of misleading advertising and demanded that they remove my name from their telephone lists.
This has been going on for years. I get contacted by them, still denying that is QVC but tell them straight that they can keep my prize and put the phone down.
I have tried to get rid of timeshare, but they do not by it back and nobody wants it. The levies keep on going up yearly. I am now paying over R5000 a year for levies and still can not get holidays when I want to
If you need affidavits etc I will gladly feel them in to testify that I am extremely piss off with their Marketing skills and misleading advertising.
Wish you all the best.
Regards,
Nanda Redmond
Quantum Quality and Compliance Services c.c.
Cell: (+27)(0)827833023
Fax: (+ 27)(0) 866484923
e-mail address: nandaredmond@mweb.co.za
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:19 am
I love your response to their calls, think I should give it a try next time
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December 3rd, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Heya, I’ve only just picked up on being tagged today, sorry about that, I’ll have to have a proper read and see what’s up!
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December 10th, 2008 at 8:34 am
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