Sunsilk competition

[CathJ]

Has anyone entered a Sunsilk competition recently? I sms'd my barcode and immediately received a reply saying I won a prize, and to phone an 0861 number to claim it... this makes me a bit sceptical about the whole thing.

Has anyone else 'won' anything, and is it a real prize?

 

[killadoob]

Cath how did this SMS cost? Ever thought you are feeding the machine?

 

[CathJ]

Cath how did this SMS cost? Ever thought you are feeding the machine?

Believe me, I don't send premium rate sms's without weighing up the costs and benefits. And checking the cost of the sms at smscode.co.za as well.

 

[killadoob]

So how much was it?

 

[CathJ]

R1.50

 

[The_Pumpkin_King]

the prize was R1.50!!

 

[Picard]

I'm afraid you've been conned.

 

[The_Pumpkin_King]

I'm afraid you've been coined.

fixed

*snickers*

 

[Picard]

fixed

*sickers*

Shouldn't you be in bed already?

 

[The_Pumpkin_King]

Shouldn't you be in bed already?

thats comes after the pron, nothing good released between last night and today i'm afraid

 

[CathJ]

Okay, after that fascinating derailment by the pumpkin king... does anyone have an actual answer to my question? Picard, why do you say I was conned?

 

[killadoob]

All the comps are cons and they make so much money, 1.50 seems cheap but has anyone here ever met anyone who has won a comp on a cellphone?

It is kinda like scratch cards, 99% of them are not winning tickets but they make millions every month.

 

[JK8]

Has anyone entered a Sunsilk competition recently? I sms'd my barcode and immediately received a reply saying I won a prize, and to phone an 0861 number to claim it... this makes me a bit sceptical about the whole thing.

Has anyone else 'won' anything, and is it a real prize?

Did you phone the number?

 

[CathJ]

Did you phone the number?

No, not yet. I wanted to find out (a) whether it's a real prize, or one of those Edgars "mini makeover" type prizes, and (b) how much it costs per minute (don't want to phone a premium rate phoneline and pay a fortune per minute for a crappy prize).

And BTW, this is a proper competition - it's run by Sunsilk, a well-known brand. It's not like it's one of those dodgy TV/sms competitions

 

[killadoob]

Yes, like coca-cola? Simba? Willards? i could go on for a page.

Come on now cath, these are money making scams and people entering these comps are feeding the machine.

 

[Kilgore_Trout_Redux]

There is a good chance the prize won't be interesting and that this is an identity harvesting exercise for a future mass mailing/sms campaign but if you're willing to take the chance and possibly lose a few bucks then I'd say go for it.

 

[CathJ]

Okay. Could we cut all the judgements and whether it's a scam or not, please? Not everything has to be a debate and an argument.

It's a simple question: has anyone entered the sunsilk competition, did you win anything, and what did you win?

 

[Sackboy]

It is possible you won a prize. On the premium cellphone rates, expect to listen to a loooong intro before they tell you what you won.

 

[BDL]

I don't use Sunsilk, I use Cowdung...

Anyway, don't you all just HATE those sms-"crap"-to-34567 TV ads? They're all sick scams and they're every 2nd ad on TV. It's seriously annoying.

 

[blunomore]

Cath, I recently entered a Nivea competition and won a prize.

After much drama, it was delivered. It was a pair of sunglasses - I ended up giving it away, because it is not my style