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 3I had a few times I won on a blog and had the sponsor never ship! I felt weird contacting the blog owner, because I know its not their fault. Most blogs were great and helped me out and I eventually received some of the prizes.
Other blog owners just gave me an auto reply that its not their responsibility to ship that it is the sponsors.
As a new blogger I have not had this promblem yet with my sponsors and I hope I never do :(!!!
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)...
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.
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.
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:)
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.
Going to this weekend!!!
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
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.
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.
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!
I have won alot of blog giveaways and most of the time I get my prize. There are several that I have never received though. It is frustrating because sometimes I get no response at all when I inquire about it.