Scratch cards from Magazines.....

Dr. Dre

......you know the ones that come in FHM, PC Pro, Sky Guide etc.... you always 'win', obviously !
Has anyone ever rang the phone number it gives you to see what "prize" you've won ? what I mean is, do you know of anyone who has fallen for this sort of thing ?

Gordon

I have heard of them. They are premium rate numbers in UK and cost a massive amount. The guy was sure of a win so he rang and got arsed over - he wasn't happy and tried to get his money back for the call (from us)! I think they say that you have won a cuddly bear or something sill but you have to stay on the line for ages and you have to buy something possibly, sorry I can't actually remember without my old fogeys braining aid (beer).

If anyone is thinking of phoning them - DONT!

sceptre

Seems some of them don't pay out the prize

Mr E

Yeah, they're crap. Dad did a few of them - won holiday vouchers every time. The problem is, when you get the vouchers, you're given a phone number in the UK to call (to book a holiday), but no-one ever answers the phone.

Big scam. Phone call costs 8 or 9 euro, and you get f**k all. Don't waste your money.

- Dave.

Mossy Monk

my mother rang up one of them card numbers from work and won a trip for 1 to Portugal

embraer170

Well if you look at the T&Cs carefully enough, you'll almost always notice some catch. I recently recall this one where I supposedly won a free flight to someplace, however in small print it was clearly written you had to buy x number of nights hotel accommodation. Obviously not worth it.

Jer

Ryo Hazuki

Ive often gotten two or three instaed of one and guess what! There all the same (as can be expected)

A relative of mine rang up the number to be informed she had won a photo frame, the call cost 7 pound at the time.
It never arrived.

Repli

I always found it suspicious how every single scratch card WINS and guarantees you a prize worth 10,000 quid and u don't even have to pay for the bloody things?!

The Gopher

Despite the pictures of widescreen tvs,camcorders and sports cars on the cards you are more likely to "win"an item which would cost you less in the shop that the call you made to the phoneline.For example you might win an item worth 7 euro after spending a tenner on the call.
Rang em once,hoping for something decent.All they offered was some cheaparse ladies chain or something else that your girlfriend or mother would be less than happy to recieve as a crimbo present.
Ive heard of phonelines which say 1 euro per minute but that when you get your prize claim number you`re transferred to a premium rate phoneline in Cambodia of all places which costs you about a fiver a minute.Never ring ANYTHING which displays the names Cambodia,Diego Garcia,the Pictarin Islands or any other obscure place in the Indian and Pacific oceans.They only lead to high call costs(the same goes for intenet porn-those feckin premium diallers frequently display these placenames).I remember when I was about 6 wondering why my dad wasnt exactly arsed when I told him that I won us a million quid in a scratchcard i found in a magazine.


"Its a bloody swizz!"Jim Royle