I remember seeing old commercials on TV where a van would pull up to somebody’s house…usually somebody old…and Ed McMahon would pop out with a bunch of balloons and an oversized check for the latest “lucky winner”.
Recently I recalled these commercials and then went on to see that they still do this stuff, albeit in online form.
“WIN MONEY FOR LIFE!” with a free entry…yeah, okay, I might consider entering if I wasn’t already set for life thanks to a chance encounter with a Nigerian Prince recently.
But really, what is the story with this thing? Scam? Something else?
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> I might consider entering if I wasn’t already set for life thanks to a chance encounter with a Nigerian Prince recently.
You are welcome, sir
god blesses ,
Nigerian Prince
Publishers Clearing House is a company that started selling magazine subscriptions, now also sells other merchandise. In order to increase magazine sales, that started a sweepstake. Those who bought subscriptions would have a chance to win money. This money came from selling magazine subscriptions.
There has been some controversy with this sweepstakes, such as accusations of promoting false odds.
The magazine company pays for the contest prize out of the magazine subscriptions sold by the mailing.
The prize money was a marketing expense — just like other businesses might spend on Super Bowl ads, or distribute lots of promo codes, or any other marketing spend. Get lots of press/publicity surrounding a huge sweepstakes and get people to use your service to subscribe to magazines — that was their business was selling magazine subscriptions to virtually all major magazines.
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