Reader's Digest Prize Draw

[Rodge]

Is it worth sending the Reader's Digest Prize Draw entry back? Does anyone ever win without selling their soul to Reader's Digest?

[Sammy Snake]

I don;t know but my mum and dad sent their claim forms back religiously for about 20 years, they have even got nearly a library full of Reader's Digest books and have still never won anything. This is despite being 'specially selected' and 'one of the only people in this area' for the draw!

[starmack]

Never ever heard of a main winner in any of the many areas I have lived in over past 30 years. Lots of complaints about the draw though and unsolicited mail. Maybe there is need for a UK updating of legislation re: data.

[Lonnie]

No-one ever seems to know anyone whose won a prize, but you'd have thought so, considering the amount of winners they say the've had.

[Lindylou]

Bin it! Otherwise you'll spend months saying no to stuff that's been sent on 'approval' that you haven't ordered / don't want. And its such a pain to return stuff to Readers Digest as you have to take whatever it is to a Post Office because the parcel's usually too big to fit in a postbox.

[dzug]

I don't think the odds of winning are worth a 21p stake. Back in the old days when they supplied reply paid envelopes it might have been worth it to return the NO one but not now. (Better still when they supplied actual stamps as they did for a short while - soak them off and use them...)

Not sure that knowing a major winner is a valid criterion - I don't know anyone who's won a major lottery prize but I'm sure they exist and there will be more of them than RD jackpot winners.

[xrayspecs]

Send the stuff back to the address (padding out the envelope with useless bits of paper of your own to make it heavier) and post it WITHOUT a stamp. They then get charged by the post office twice! once to send it and then to get it back. If everybody did it they'd soon get fed up of littering peoples door mats with unsolicited rubbish.

[dzug]

Doesn't necessarily work xrayspecs. They can refuse to pay in which case the PO either dump it (most likely), or find your address inside and return it to you - as the sender you legally have to pay though in reality they won't press it.

Only do it with reply paid envelopes.

[Solarjunkie]

I know someone who won a car with RD - and I've seen the photo of her being presented with the keys.

And I knew someone else who won a freezer, but in fact got a washing machine for the same value as that was what she needed.

There's just an awful lot of people in the draw - personally I'm convinced there really is a draw, with real prizes.

[blackamberma]

I will be frank, Unless you want to become a member of readers digest DO NOT send the prize draw entrys back.

The amount of mail and books sent unordered but on approval is enormous. By the way you can call and arrange a courier to collect the books, dont use the post office you can also call and restrict the mail you receive

People do win the prize draws, but it is annoying they use it as a "yes send me every thing you can send" even if you have sent the "no" envelope back

[cupboardie]

ha ha good question. i'm sure as it's so high profile it is genuine. Read The Killing Joke by Anthony Horowitz - it's sort of about just this