Captain Ahab
Well-known member
In July, 2007 I won the New Jersey Angler Magazine's Fishing Photo contest for that moth. The contest is sponsored by Matzou America and i was supposed to get a prize pack worth around $70.00, shirts, hats tackle and stuff. They run my picture in the magazine in a Matzou Advertisement
They contact me to get my address (Although since they mail me the magazine each month you woudl think they already have that) and I respond with a nice letter thanking them.
I wait 60 days (2 months) and then send an email saying, hey never got the prize, did you send it to the correct address? I hear nothing so about two weeks later I send a second email with the same questions. A few days letter i get an email in response saying that they have not sent the stuff yet but should within a month. I wait about a month and a half and send another email asking what is up. I hear nothing.
It is now December, and i send yet another email on December 1, 2007 and again, no response.
It is over seven months since the contest (I actually won in June, 2007 and was published in July, 2007 and I am starting to feel very bitter. I allowed them to use my pretty face and big fish for the advertisement but got the shaft so far!
I am considering send Matzou America a letter complaining about the NJ Angler and how they run the contest. Evidently Matzou pays for this advertisement and supplies the prize, but the magazine staff fails to do their part.
I hate to complain about a "free" prize, but I did win and was promised the prize.
Should I start getting nasty or just let it drop? What do you think?
They contact me to get my address (Although since they mail me the magazine each month you woudl think they already have that) and I respond with a nice letter thanking them.
I wait 60 days (2 months) and then send an email saying, hey never got the prize, did you send it to the correct address? I hear nothing so about two weeks later I send a second email with the same questions. A few days letter i get an email in response saying that they have not sent the stuff yet but should within a month. I wait about a month and a half and send another email asking what is up. I hear nothing.
It is now December, and i send yet another email on December 1, 2007 and again, no response.
It is over seven months since the contest (I actually won in June, 2007 and was published in July, 2007 and I am starting to feel very bitter. I allowed them to use my pretty face and big fish for the advertisement but got the shaft so far!
I am considering send Matzou America a letter complaining about the NJ Angler and how they run the contest. Evidently Matzou pays for this advertisement and supplies the prize, but the magazine staff fails to do their part.
I hate to complain about a "free" prize, but I did win and was promised the prize.
Should I start getting nasty or just let it drop? What do you think?