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Clear Channel - Mix 106.5 contest rip-off, fraudulent practice San Antonio Texas
In June of 2004 I entered a Clear Channel contest through a website for Mix 106.5 out of Cleveland, Ohio.
The contest was for a $250,000 home makeover. A few days before the winner was to be announced I e-mailed 106.5 to find out when they would announcing the winner.
Approximately, 2 days later a friend of my husband's called and said "you won the home makeover contest, look at the Mix 106.5 website."
I logged on and went into their nationwide website and on the home page it read "Congratulations to Lori Malames, the winner of our $250,000 home makeover.
I called everyone that I knew and they logged into the computer as well and saw that I had one. I proceeded to print the web page off for a keepsake.
My husband and I started making plans for the makeover and we celebrated we called all our friends.
I called the radio station, Mix 106.5 to claim my prize. They told me they were still verifying that I was the right Lori Malames.
An hour later, they called back and said that I was not the winner, that there was a computer glitch and someone else had won the prize.
I went back on the website to find that they had removed my name and replaced with another. Her name is Erin Williams. I will never forget that name as long as I live.
I contacted Clear Channel, since they own Mix 106.5 radio station. They again told me that there was a computer glitch and I was not the winner.
A week later I recieved a package from them with dinner coupons and amuzement park tickets. I have never used them nor will I ever.
I was sick for 2 weeks. I finally contacted an attorney who worked on the case for about 1 year and told me that Clear Channel had too many lawyers to fight.
I believe if it would of went to court and I would have had a jury trial, they would have found in my favor.
I feel cheated and decieved and do not believe they should be able to get away with doing this to people.
They tried to tell me that I was not announced on the radio station for people to hear so they would not honor my prize.
However, my name was posted on their Web-site for a day and 1/2 showing that I was the winner. In my opinion, things in writing should be considered more powerful then the spoken word.
I think I should be awarded the prize since I was announced as the winner.
I have all the documents from that day in my possession as well as all the correspondence from the attorney's and the dinner passes and amuzement park tickets, unused.
I would greatly appreciate any help you can give me. To this day, this situation still haunts me. I believe they deserve to pay up when they run a contest and announce a winner.
Lori
Lakewood, Ohio
U.S.A.
The contest was for a $250,000 home makeover. A few days before the winner was to be announced I e-mailed 106.5 to find out when they would announcing the winner.
Approximately, 2 days later a friend of my husband's called and said "you won the home makeover contest, look at the Mix 106.5 website."
I logged on and went into their nationwide website and on the home page it read "Congratulations to Lori Malames, the winner of our $250,000 home makeover.
I called everyone that I knew and they logged into the computer as well and saw that I had one. I proceeded to print the web page off for a keepsake.
My husband and I started making plans for the makeover and we celebrated we called all our friends.
I called the radio station, Mix 106.5 to claim my prize. They told me they were still verifying that I was the right Lori Malames.
An hour later, they called back and said that I was not the winner, that there was a computer glitch and someone else had won the prize.
I went back on the website to find that they had removed my name and replaced with another. Her name is Erin Williams. I will never forget that name as long as I live.
I contacted Clear Channel, since they own Mix 106.5 radio station. They again told me that there was a computer glitch and I was not the winner.
A week later I recieved a package from them with dinner coupons and amuzement park tickets. I have never used them nor will I ever.
I was sick for 2 weeks. I finally contacted an attorney who worked on the case for about 1 year and told me that Clear Channel had too many lawyers to fight.
I believe if it would of went to court and I would have had a jury trial, they would have found in my favor.
I feel cheated and decieved and do not believe they should be able to get away with doing this to people.
They tried to tell me that I was not announced on the radio station for people to hear so they would not honor my prize.
However, my name was posted on their Web-site for a day and 1/2 showing that I was the winner. In my opinion, things in writing should be considered more powerful then the spoken word.
I think I should be awarded the prize since I was announced as the winner.
I have all the documents from that day in my possession as well as all the correspondence from the attorney's and the dinner passes and amuzement park tickets, unused.
I would greatly appreciate any help you can give me. To this day, this situation still haunts me. I believe they deserve to pay up when they run a contest and announce a winner.
Lori
Lakewood, Ohio
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
DPPK
Connecticut,United States of America
Peter must have never been excited without an official document giving him permission to be
#2Consumer Comment
Mon, March 01, 2010
This is an old post, but I feel this needs to be said. Dear Peter, I hope you get very excited about something you believe is true, you see signs i.e. your name on an official website, claiming that what you believe is true is actually true. I hope your heart feels up with joy and you feel the need to gush about your incredible news to the people you love, as well as your friends, and then I hope it is all ripped away from you.
Peter
Pony,Alabama,
U.S.A.
I don't see how this is "fraudulent"
#3Consumer Comment
Fri, June 23, 2006
You saw your name on a website and immediately called everyone you knew and began to celebrate ... however, you did not receive official notification directly for a representative of the radio station that you, in fact, had won. Obviously there was some kind of a computer glitch -- again, which is why they did not personally contact YOU that YOU had won. That is not fraud -- but rather, a mistake. To constitute as fraud, a representative would have had to contact you personally, offer you the $250,000 makeover, and then rescind the offer. That did not happen. Taking the issue to court will get you nowhere. Again, since no one TOLD you that you won, you have no case. Also, your printed copy of the website does you no good, as you can't prove that you did not alter the document to include your name before printing it. From your report, it is difficult to tell if you are more distressed over not winning the makeover, or over the embarrassment you caused yourself by organizing such a premature celebration. May I suggest that in the future you take the time to go through the proper channels and VERIFY life's events (especially those that seem too good to be true), rather than jumping off the deep end without enough information.
