I am throwing this out there to anyone who has won a blog giveaway and has had trouble or has never seen their product? I know that I have sponsored a couple giveaways and one time my shipping company did not ship it and as soon as I found out I reshipped. I get that happens sometimes. But what I want to collect is information on anyone that has not received or had to beg to receiver their prize. Here is why
I am getting ready to post about a sponsor that has made my life a living he&% for the last 3 days and has actually charged me for shipping and then recharged my card for merchandise I won in a blog giveaway. I want to know if there are others out there? Please post, share with a friend who has had this issue and let’s see how many there are out there.
I know as a blogger who often hosts giveaways I want to avoid the companies that do not follow through. I know it’s not the bloggers fault, unless they are the sponsor. This sucks because we as bloggers depend on companies to sponsor and follow through and then it makes us look bad when the sponsors fail. That is why I am not posting the blog that I won from because I know for a fact that this blogger runs successful giveaways all the time.
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August 10, 2012 at 2:40 pm
On june I won a giveaway at The Adventures of J-Man and Miller bug and I am still waiting for this prize, she didn’t have to send it directly, but she gave my address to the company…
I wrote her an e-mail and a contact form on her blog but I still didn’t receive any answer from her
I don’t know if I can directly contact the company that provided the prize…
August 12, 2012 at 11:21 am
I would definitely contact the company and I would be very upset that the blogger has not responded. She may not be able to fullfill their prize but itleast the blogger could answer you back and say I am sorry!
August 14, 2012 at 8:08 am
I e-mailed the company and they told me it was the first time they received my mailing address and that they would be very happy to send me my prize! °__°
I put the link to the giveaway to prove I was telling the truth, I hope this prize won’t cost a thing (shipping) I’ll tell you how it goes…
August 14, 2012 at 8:57 am
Good luck!!!
August 18, 2012 at 10:24 am
right after three days I mailed the company… I received my prize with NO shipping costs or other.
I am very happy because I really loved my prize, but right now I deleted my subscription to the blog where I won it, it doesn’t seem to me professional the way she ignored my mails.
August 10, 2012 at 2:38 pm
I have been entering blog giveaways for about a year and have won quite a few with great results but I have had a handful that I never received. Luckily they were the smaller wins. I do completely understand when a sponsor falls through and would never hold that against the blogger. On the other hand there are 2 that didn’t even try to communicate with me or help with contacting ths sponsor. One win was a $20 Wal-Mart GC which was sponsored by the blogger and they up and disappeared. No posts to their FB page or anything so I hope everything was ok with them! Another one was for a towel set and the sponsor disappeared! Another was a mascara and for some reason the blogger said she had no way to communicate with the sponsor. Yet another I didn’t receive was a toy but the blogger was nice and helpful and I understood the sponsor was at fault. No big deal! All in all I have won some wonderful things and I love entering and reading the posts on the blogs I follow. There was a post on a blog not too long ago about a sponsor who flaked and I thought it was great!! I think (I could be mistaken) that it was on Living the Life of Riley’s blog. I loved that they had the guts to post it right there for everyone to see rather than sweeping the flaky business sponsor under the rug!
August 12, 2012 at 11:22 am
Thanks for sharing. I think it is important to expose them as well as give credit for those that do follow through. Thanks!
August 10, 2012 at 2:22 pm
won some stuff, got it in 2 or 3 days. others 6 or 7 weeks. others, ,,, well i had one blogger basically say i not part of that group any more sorry. another was a “set” of 2 items from 2 different sponsors. didn’t get either contacted blogger she was like, oh that is so weird. been a few weeks. nada. i should say for some strange reason i won several in late may early june was weird 5 in one day. about 3 weeks ago i sent out emails asking about stuff i hadn’t received, there is one blog where i won about 2 weeks apart didn’t get stuff can’t contact even posted on their blog. the only company i will mention by name was not a blog giveaway. i won one of the cases of wonka candy given away a while back. was notified in may said would arrive in 6 to 8 weeks. it did arrive after 8 weeks. 2 weeks after the expiration date. i mean really, a big company like wonka sending out expired candy. i have had very good experiences but i’m about done . the disappointment’s not worth it.
August 10, 2012 at 2:28 pm
After all that…expired candy. How rude is that. Jerks!
August 10, 2012 at 2:18 pm
I have not won many giveaways but I have had no trouble receiving them. I consider this to be great since I am in Canada and prizes have been shipped here from the US and overseas with no problem.
In every aspect of life it seems that some people just don’t know how to play fair.
August 10, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Glad you have not had problems:) I have sent af ew prizes to Canada myself…I am a fellow Canadian BTW! Just in the states now but born and rais for 13 years there. Southern AB but born in Prince George
August 10, 2012 at 2:04 pm
I’ve won tons of giveaways and know that with so many bloggers, sponsors, & shipping companies involved, mishaps are bound to happen. For the most part though, I’ve always received my prizes. There have been a handful of instances that I never received the prize, and again, it’s usually rectified. However, there have been a few times that no matter how many emails I’ve sent to the blogger or sponsor, it just doesn’t happen. There are now a few bloggers I don’t get involved with, and a few companies that I refuse to purchase from.
August 10, 2012 at 2:14 pm
Ya and the companies seem to not care but our blogging community is growing and growing. It only takes one negative post for somone to lose tons of customers. you think that those few times those companies would care. I am glad you have received most of them!
August 10, 2012 at 1:56 pm
The only prize I didn’t receive was a self-sponsored giveaway from a book blogger. After the first month, I emailed her & she said she hadn’t had the money to send it. Ok, I understand that. Another month went by, and I emailed again. No response. I wrote a reply on the giveaway post on her blog (which are moderated), and needless to say, she never published my comment. A couple more weeks went by and I emailed again. No response. I sent one final email. And, again, no response.
I completely understand when self sponsored giveaways don’t get shipped right away-things happen. I had 2 bloggers that I waited about 2 months to get my prizes from them. The difference? They kept in contact with me. They answered every email I sent them. They emailed me updates, on their own, without me asking for one. Their attention to the situation meant more than the time frame or the prize did.
August 10, 2012 at 2:15 pm
Wow I am surprised that she never sent it…how awful. I never self sponsor a giveaway if AI can’t afford to send it. I always plan them to end right before or right no Payday LOL
August 10, 2012 at 1:48 pm
I have several prizes in the past that I never received, sucks!!
August 10, 2012 at 2:16 pm
Lori that does suck!
August 10, 2012 at 1:19 pm
I’ve won before and not received the prize until I kept emailing the company who sponsored the giveaway (I waited a month without any word). Then when they sent me the “invoice” it was the wrong item. When I received the item it looked like it had been tossed into the box without any form of cushioning.
August 10, 2012 at 2:17 pm
That is just plain horrible customer service. You already paid your dues entering the giveaway with your time and now you have to spend even more time begging for the prize…rude!
August 10, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Have won a lot of giveaways and received the prizes quickly but…I have won prizes in January and February and still have not received the prize and some will not even reply to my emails
August 10, 2012 at 2:17 pm
I don’t understand why they don’t reply. They sponsor to get people to be customers…but they are losing them faster by not sending the prize.
August 10, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Oh… I ment to mention. Good for you for wanting to post about this company. Let me know when you tweet the post so I can retweet it too.
August 10, 2012 at 2:18 pm
Going to this weekend!!!
August 10, 2012 at 1:16 pm
Remember the Bac Sac? They did not ship to the winner. I had to bug the heck out of them, then they said I didn’t send in the winners name. She ended up getting it but it does suck when you have to fight to get a prize.
August 10, 2012 at 2:18 pm
You know, I never heard if my winner got hers. I am thinking she did since I never heard otherwise. I guess I should be better about checking with my winners. Lately I have been sponsoring my own and I know I send it:)
August 10, 2012 at 11:15 am
I’ve won a couple giveaways and the experience was very pleasant! Some bloggers go above and beyond and that is very much appreciated — they don’t have to do it in the first place and the fact that they want to make sure everything is taken care of is nice! However, I have had two problem wins. One, I had to follow up for *months* to get the prize.. The other one, never received my prize (from Harmony Aromatherapy)…
August 10, 2012 at 11:24 am
Jen:
I hear ya. I have not had a sponsor yet let me down and if they did I probably would offer my winner something from my store or a gift card to try to make things right. I have won giveaways too with great results. It is just such a bummer when you come across a crappy sponsor. Doesn’t happen a lot but it only takes one time to put a sour taste in someones mouth for sure. Sorry you had one bummer too but it seems that there are definitley more positive giveaways then duds so that is good.