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CSflim · 10-06-2003, 12:50 PM

Did you ever get one of those leaflets/scratch cards through the mail/in a mag, urging you to PHONE THIS NUMBER NOW (calls cost$2.50 per min)
to claim your prize.
It tricks you into thinking that you have won some amazing prize...maybe its a new car....a multimedia p.c.....$20,000 cash...etc etc.
But in reality, you know that you have probably won the smallest prize available.
There are some pretty crappy prizes...you've probably one one of those...a pen set...a keyring etc.

But you check...nope YOU have not won one of these prizes, you have won one of the prizes from the "Big Win" group.
You check out the "Big Win" group, and among the car etc, you see that the smallest prize is worth at least $300!!!

This is a sure thing!
After all SOME of the scratch cards have to be winners...this one says that you are a "Big Win" winner....you can't lose!

So you ring up, to get your prize worth at least $300.
Turns out thet yep...it is indeed "worth" $300. It is a book of money off coupons...which all add up to $300.

You've been ripped off.
But its perfectly legal...why...because they never once told a single lie.
You were mislead...but never lied to.

What difference is there between this and winning a "Toy Yoda"?

10-06-2003, 12:50 PM	#23 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	Did you ever get one of those leaflets/scratch cards through the mail/in a mag, urging you to PHONE THIS NUMBER NOW (calls cost$2.50 per min) to claim your prize. It tricks you into thinking that you have won some amazing prize...maybe its a new car....a multimedia p.c.....$20,000 cash...etc etc. But in reality, you know that you have probably won the smallest prize available. There are some pretty crappy prizes...you've probably one one of those...a pen set...a keyring etc. But you check...nope YOU have not won one of these prizes, you have won one of the prizes from the "Big Win" group. You check out the "Big Win" group, and among the car etc, you see that the smallest prize is worth at least $300!!! This is a sure thing! After all SOME of the scratch cards have to be winners...this one says that you are a "Big Win" winner....you can't lose! So you ring up, to get your prize worth at least $300. Turns out thet yep...it is indeed "worth" $300. It is a book of money off coupons...which all add up to $300. You've been ripped off. But its perfectly legal...why...because they never once told a single lie. You were mislead...but never lied to. What difference is there between this and winning a "Toy Yoda"? __________________ Last edited by CSflim; 10-06-2003 at 12:54 PM..