I was in the Cambridge Center Mall boxing day.. there was a car in the aisle with ballot boxes surrounding it.. and signs that say "Win this Car!" or second prize a trip to Collingwood, Jamaica, Grand Caymen, and another destination.
I could NOT find a sponsor anywhere... no where did it say,, the mall was putting on the raffle, or give away, or a car dealer, or a store,,, so I grabbed a ballot.... while I was there, the 8 ballot boxes were lined up 2 deep to fill in the ballot entry form.... one entry per household, only fully completed entries will be eligible, First Name, Last Name, Home phone, Cell Phone, email address, marital status, #people living in household, #adults, #children, do you own or rent your home, Household income, age, gender,
then it says .. by filling out you agree to terms and conditions of privacy policy avail at booth and back of form..
The fine print it tooooo much to type.. but it says they won't sell your info, but you allow them to give your info to the sponsor, and their affiliates,, and you will allow all methods of contacting you in the future for other offers.... and includes removing you from any do not call lists you might be on so they can contact you with other offers..
WOW...
then it goes on to say , if you win the prize.. you will have to pay the money owing to revenue canada, and all charges by the dealer
so, the window sticker price of the car is $32.000 ,, I figure the winner has to pay about $5000 to $6000 to "WIN" this car..... and put up with telemarketers ...
Is the private info on this ballot actually worth the costs involved to gather it?? Wow... I was tempted to go to the mall office and inquire what "company" name has registered the booth to give away the prizes.. but I figure it is probably an offshore numbered company or something untraceable anyway..
makes me shake my head soooo many people were giving away their private information!