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From: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Question about Sweepstakes
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Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 19:13:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 19:13:00 1986
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Reply-To: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
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> You know how those $10M magazine sweepstakes always come with some
> bank's gearantee of "sufficient funds on deposit"? Most of those
> sweepstakes are also $X per year for 20 years, so "sufficient funds
> on deposit" is nowhere near $10M.

Furthermore, the big swwepers like Publisher's Clearing House
keep the big prizes in the pot for many mailings so the get to
crow about them for a long time before they have to give them
out.  Next time you get one of those envelopes try to find
anywhere that tells just *when* the winners will be notified!
Furthermore, although it may be a couple years between the time
you mail in your sweat-dampened entry and the time they decide
that you should get a prize, if their notification is returned
by the post office you're outta luck.