No Purchase Necessary

[band80]

Mass. but I think that's irrelevant... I'm looking for laws on US Code or other national codes such as the FCC:

You know how on cereal boxes that have sweekstakes they have ways for people to enter without buying the product ("No Purchase Necessary to Enter")? I was wondering if this law applies to all free gifts that are given with products.

If a company is giving away free gifts (such as entry into a sweepstakes), do I have the right to request a free entry? I really would like specific references to US code. Please give me the locations of anything you find (title, section, chapter... etc.) Thanks!

 

[cur7is]

Though I'm not going to bother looking up anything in reference to this, I can tell you two things:

One) If it's something you can send away for, then by all means, you are allowed to request a free entry into the sweepstakes.

Two) If it's a free gift given to you because you purchased their product, there's nothing you can do about it, simply because it was a gift FOR PURCHASING their product.

If we're talking about cereal boxes here, you can request a free entry by looking at the box and writing down the address of where to send for a free entry form.

 

[band80]

Thanks Cur7is. Do you think these laws would be in the US code or in something else?

 

[cur7is]

I don't know. Possibly.