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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm
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Location: Getting there
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Just received a couple of letters from Reader's Digest telling me I'm in the running to win £100,000 etc...
Never seen one of these before and from briefly reading it it looks like I don't have to actually buy anything. They "invite" me to sample a book for 7 days but that's only if I reply in the envelope marked "YES".
Does anyone have any experience of these? Are they worth sending off or am I signing up for a lifetime of pestering letters asking for money etc...
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| Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:16 pm |
 
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm
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Location: Here, but not all there.
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Yes. Step away from the prize draw. Burn it, whatever, but do not enter anything. They are the Antichrist, Satan incarnate. You'll be plagued for ever by pestering letters. They'll want to subscribe to their bloody magazine. And then they get all uppity if you deign to not renew, threatening you with all kinds of stuff. Once they have you in their grip, it is very hard to get away from the Reader's Digest. I can say that with bitter experience. _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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They hounded my maternal Grandmother. Towards the end of her life, she perhaps wasn't as sharp as most of us, and was ever so pleased to be receiving letters from a nice man called 'Tom Champagne' at the Reader's Digest. I shudder to think how much money she spent with them as a result.
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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+1 for the burning/shredding. Reader's digest are evil.
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| Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:02 pm |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
Posts: 5071
Location: Manchester
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You won't win the money, so it's just unecessary hassle, recycle the paper.
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| Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:09 pm |
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm
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Totally right. They keep you stringing along for ages with the promise of the prize but you'll probably die of old age waiting to see anything of it. I think I stayed in one of these prize draws for months on end and in the end just gave up on it.
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E. F. Benson
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:42 am
Posts: 798
Location: land of the free, Bexhill-on-Sea
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a bit like dialling an 0900 to enter a draw on the tv, just don't.
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| Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:16 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
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Location: behind the sofa
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I bet they still get them addressed to me at the flat I left 15 years ago  I used to do them when the postage was free. I stopped when it was only free on the "yes" envelope. I wouldn't bother now even with free postage, because they make one draw last about 10 years and I don't have that much free time to stay in it! I actually really like a lot of their stuff though  _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
Posts: 10691
Location: Bramsche
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I used to get about 2 or 3 a week from the RD at one point!
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