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Canada!! Perkins does not think you are capable!
« on: October 07, 2004, 09:31:17 pm »

From a Perkins Restaraunt Guest Experience Survey card for a $25000 drawing:

"Maximum of 1 entry per card.  Entry limit: 5 surveys per month.  Canadian residents must correctly answer a skill-testing question."

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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2004, 11:44:10 pm »

I was about to post the same thing. So they ask them, what is 2 + 2 or whatever, and then all correct entries go into the drawing.

What's the point of a rule like that? Is is supposed to make it MORE FAIR? I don't get it.
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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2004, 01:43:26 pm »

Quote from: "Asherdan"
"Free entry" give-aways have long been used as come-along scams, hence the 'test of skill' requirements to protect the public.


come-along scam?
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« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2004, 01:43:55 am »

Quote from: "Asherdan"
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"Free entry" give-aways have long been used as come-along scams, hence the 'test of skill' requirements to protect the public.


come-along scam?


"You've won a free gift!  To collect it, all you have to do is sit through our pressure packed three hour sales presentation on our real sales object!"



ah.  thankyou for the explanation.
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« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2004, 08:22:51 am »

We have a similar thing here in the Southern Hemisphere.

In South Australia the law states that you do not have to purchase items to be included in a draw/competition. So competitions that require bar codes to be sent in or an item to be opened etc will often have a special section for South Australian's saying that they have to answer a question or draw a facsimile of a label etc. Then they will be included in the draw.

I have always thought that when ever they get these SA entries they must just ditch them.
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« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2004, 12:02:15 pm »

Drawing a facsimile of the label is totally a way cooler mini-challenge though.
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