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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« Previous 1 2 3 Next »I have won a few giveaways and never recieved the prize. I even wrote to the blog who was hosting the giveaways and they never got back to me. There are some from December, March, April and May and never heard a word. I don't get to excited anymore if I win something because there is a 75% chance I am not going to get it.
A couple of times I've won a prize on two different blogs and the sponsor will only ship the prize once because you can only win their prize once in so many months, but they don't tell the blogger that when they are posting the giveaway.
I won numerous prizes that were not fulfilled! I have been lied to by some bloggers who said that the prize was sent when it was not! If someone is having a giveaway, and the person wins-why is the prize not fulfilled! Why have a giveaway and when the winner asks where is my prize and the person that had the giveaway acts like you are asking them something that they do not like! I have names of some bloggers that have treated me unkind! I should not have to keep asking for my prize! I have been told that it must have been lost in the mail, when this is not true!!
I have several prizes in the past that I never received, sucks!!
Lori that does suck!
I would say for the most part, I have been lucky with my winnings and have received the majority of what I have won. There were a couple of prizes that I know it was the blogger's responsibilty to send out the prize, and when I wrote weeks later, was told that they never got it in the mail and that the coupon was expired now or something similar. When I find blogs like that I simply discontinue foloowing them. We put so much time into doing all of the entries correctly and often we share these giveaways on our social network pages. When they don't follow through, it reflects badly on us for referring their giveaways.
When it is the sponsor's issue, I will ask the blogger for the contact information to the sponsor and try to handle it myself, since I am sure my prize is not his/her only concern that day and the blogger has already put in a ton of time just hosting the giveaway. I've found being persistent pays off and sometimes it will get kicked up the chain of command and the company will do more to make it right. Luckily, that is very rarely something I have to do. Good luck getting your issue resolved!
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
After all that...expired candy. How rude is that. Jerks!
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!
Thanks for sharing. I think it is important to expose them as well as give credit for those that do follow through. Thanks!