ricochet3212
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Oklahoma
Hello,
I have a question about the sweepstakes flyers that some car dealerships send out.
We obtained one in the mail that has a "Pull tab" Card that when you pull it, numbers are displayed. We revealed two 2500's in on the tab.
To verify that I had won what looked like $2500, I checked the fine print to check the annotation that defines the rules of the pull tab, only to find that they haven't defined it at all, even though it's annotated with a *.
The * is not found in any of the fine print stated on the back of the flyer (I have the flyer still, and can show pictures and the such).
My Fiance went up to the dealership hoping we had won money to pay off some backed up bills and the such, only to find out that the "Winning number" in the address block was what determined the prize, which isn't mentioned at all in the Official Rules block of fine print. She came back with a $5 Target gift card.
I proceeded to give them a visit to figure out this whole mess, and found out that they couldn't help me whatsoever, and they began to get hostile, whilst I was just looking for information, and wanting them to explain to me where the "Pull tab" and "Winning Number" were defined in the official rules, only to be constantly told that I won, but that the rules are set. They immediately kicked me out once I said the word lawyer, saying that by law they had to ask me to leave, and sent me off, very rudely, without answering any of my questions about the rules, which I thought, by law, had to be explained when asked about at the source of the sweepstakes.
I want to see if I can do anything about this, from false advertisement or anything of the sort.
We feel severely cheated, and we were really hoping this would work out for us in the end, which it didn't, but hopefully I can get some information off of here.
Thank you for any help you can give in advance.
We will speak to a lawyer as soon as I believe I have a legitimate case.
Hello,
I have a question about the sweepstakes flyers that some car dealerships send out.
We obtained one in the mail that has a "Pull tab" Card that when you pull it, numbers are displayed. We revealed two 2500's in on the tab.
To verify that I had won what looked like $2500, I checked the fine print to check the annotation that defines the rules of the pull tab, only to find that they haven't defined it at all, even though it's annotated with a *.
The * is not found in any of the fine print stated on the back of the flyer (I have the flyer still, and can show pictures and the such).
My Fiance went up to the dealership hoping we had won money to pay off some backed up bills and the such, only to find out that the "Winning number" in the address block was what determined the prize, which isn't mentioned at all in the Official Rules block of fine print. She came back with a $5 Target gift card.
I proceeded to give them a visit to figure out this whole mess, and found out that they couldn't help me whatsoever, and they began to get hostile, whilst I was just looking for information, and wanting them to explain to me where the "Pull tab" and "Winning Number" were defined in the official rules, only to be constantly told that I won, but that the rules are set. They immediately kicked me out once I said the word lawyer, saying that by law they had to ask me to leave, and sent me off, very rudely, without answering any of my questions about the rules, which I thought, by law, had to be explained when asked about at the source of the sweepstakes.
I want to see if I can do anything about this, from false advertisement or anything of the sort.
We feel severely cheated, and we were really hoping this would work out for us in the end, which it didn't, but hopefully I can get some information off of here.
Thank you for any help you can give in advance.
We will speak to a lawyer as soon as I believe I have a legitimate case.
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