Remember That Stanley Gibbons Contest Awhile Back?

stamps of the world competition? well I didn't win the big prize but today received a 25GBP voucher for their Ringwood mail order dept.
Now I need to find out where the website is that I can look at the stamps and order up 25 GBP of stamps.

Oh no you won't.
That voucher is for £25 off the set of Stamps of the world 2011 catalogues which retails for £249.
Not such a good deal.
I also received one and called today.

damn.. well that sucks..

I'm getting a bad feeling....

We're all going to "win" a coupon for 10% off an item with a 100% markup ...

Kirk

I got mine yesterday too. Of course I got what I really wanted, a modern GB meter on an SG envelope.

hey I got one of those too!

Does anyone ever actually fall for this sort of trick? Presumably they must or SG etc wouldn't try it on - it's almost as much of a con as premium rate phone calls . . .

Well, David:

I fell for it. On their website, it looked like a real and legitimate contest. I read carefully before giving my name and address because I don't like to indiscriminately join mailing lists.

But, I didn't see anything untoward about the contest. So I entered.

KirkS

I don't mean falling for the competition, KirkS - I mean actually redeeming the voucher by buying something overpriced.

I follow David. I still feel a little duped.

On the other hand, from the SG point of view, they did give away a set for free and we didn't win, so it's nice of them to offer us a discount on a set if we wish to purchase.

I didn't see "limit one coupon" in the fine print, so maybe someone should collect 4 or 5 and get a REAL discount

KirkS

Kirks, it did say something about "not transferable"

Oops, I missed that SV.

I guess we really have no reason to feel "duped"
- they did give away a set of catalogs
- it's a commonly-used marketing technique to get new contact information
- I don't really mind receiving mail from SG (as long as they don't sell me to non-stamp companies)
- the coupon was a nice gesture; they're going to sell the catalogs at the same price whether or not I buy one.
- it benefits us all for SG to stay in business

One last bump on this thread...

Is there anyone who didn't enter the contest that would like my 25 GBP discount coupon?

I will mail it to you if you reply (here or via email) within the next 48 hours -- otherwise, it goes in the recycle bin.

By the way, I have Voucher #0011.

Is that the same number everyone else got, or does that mean I'm Loser #10

Kirk

I was #2000+