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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

PCH Sweepstakes,Duping folks since the 70s


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Beware of Publisher’s Clearing House!
My father has been gone since 1981
In commemoration of him
I entered Publisher’s Clearing House, $5,000 per week
For Life contest because the deadline was December 30th
His birthday
What a wide awake nightmare!
I’ve purchased only a couple publications
And a bunch of random stuff that seems great
In the moment and regrettable ten minutes later

I would love to not worry about paying my bills ever again
But now I know I will probably not win because even though
They claim you do not have to make a purchase to win-I am
Exhausted from resisting-and playing their on screen “scratch offs”
And accumulating points to buy more stuff!

I cannot take it anymore
I am going to unsubscribe and
All that happened was their marketing scheme
Worked (temporarily) on me

The truth is Pop entered for years ever hopeful
He went to his grave never winning
Come to think of it, I have never met one person
Who won the Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes-
So, I am asking, just out of curiosity, if you are a PCH winner
Or know someone who has won
Please let me know!
They claim that they’re going to drive up to my P.O. Box
With flowers and a great big check- my question is: How will they
Know when I’ll be there?


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