Juliet
Birmingham,#2Consumer Comment
Mon, November 13, 2006
OP writes: They players may be receiceved a Facimile Check which state on the top: The check is non-negotiable and represents a prize that you are eligible to win. When players asked staff of plasmanet, they said that is advertising check. So, first a player may receive a piece of paper that SAYS Facsimile, meaning COPY, not an actual check. And OP seems to further state that on the Facsimile it SAYS it is non-negotiable, meaning not worth a dime, and represents a prize the recipient may be ELIGIBLE to win. NOT you are the winner, but eligible meaning are qualified by virtue of being alive, and on our mailing list for the most part. Then the OP complains that Plasmanet is violating U.S. laws because while the piece of paper received SAYS Facsimile, and SAYS it is non-negotiable, and when Plasmanet employees are asked, they state it is an ADVERTISING CHECK, somehow it is illegal, and evidently a guaranteed promise of payment because Plasmanetbroke and violence the US ferderal law. For advertising, they must write a clear and no mis-understanding statement: The facsimile check is non-negotiable and has no cash value. So writing on the document Facsimile Check, The check is non-negotiable, stating represents a PRIZE you are ELIGIBLE to win, and having their own employees state that the document is ADVERTISING, this still somehow renders this piece of paper a guaranteed promise of payment because it DOESN'T SAY The facsimile check is non-negotiable and has no cash value, in those EXACT WORDS. How are the very words the OP stated are written on the document NOT clear and no mis-understanding statements? While I find it hard to believe, I have actually read stories about people receiving the Readers Digest type notifications of being eligible to win a million dollars, and somehow construing it to mean they DID win, and going out on spending sprees, only to be rather disillusioned when they find they were wrong. I'm not making this up, and if the people in the stories DIDN'T do what it's purporting they did - wow, someone must've paid them a lot of money to look that stupid. Maybe it's an urban legend, but following the OP's complaint here, seems to have some merit. OP also writes: Plasmanet must pay compensations for someone which received ' check release stautus nofitication'' , because of players's belief , losing time Because a company sent out a FAKE check, and the player doesn't know the meaning of the word facsimile, doesn't have any interest in finding out WHAT facsimile may mean, and has seriously misplaced faith in the odds of winning free money, Plasmanet must compensate every person for sending out tantalizing advertising that plays on a persons greed??? Wow, a lot of companies are going to be in BIG TROUBLE! Check release status notification aside, if companies are going to start paying compensation for wasting a player's belief in winning, and their time in pursuing it, I have a few casinos I'd like to get some money from!!! Not to mention government sponsored lotteries, and so on! Being that the OP is from New Zealand, why is he even invoking U.S. law?