A contest I entered changed the rules. :(

[glitzybabes]

A contest that I was entering everyday to win a short trip to Disney World changed their rules after 9 days of the start date. Everyone could go and vote 2 times a day per facebook but when I had 100 votes more than the 2nd place person they seemed to want to go and change the voting process. They took all the votes away and I was only left with 20 votes when I had 210 for my picture " Meeting Jack and Sally. Now it is only one vote per facebook account. I was so sad. I wanted to plan a short trip around my birthday in November to celebrate my birthday and being cancer free for 9 years. The company RV World of GA is the company running the contest and I think their whole purpose for running this contest was to get likes on their Facebook page but I think that they should have just left it alone.

 

[timmac]

Have you complained to them? Were there "official" terms and conditions?

 

[1Mouse2RulethemAll]

That screams scam to me.


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[1Mouse2RulethemAll]

Sorry can't edit from phone. The promotion doesn't seem legit.


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[HM]

Apparently they changed the rules for some Legal reason according to an answer to a question on their page.

The new rules fit with other contests I've seen recently on Facebook. One "Like" per Facebook page. You'll need to come up with a bunch of friends and acquaintances to get more votes. So sorry.

 

[Tinker'n'Fun]

Facebook is very specific re: voting. You may want to delete the contest and name of your pic (or one or the other) because it is against the "Dis" rules to ask for votes. Well you really are not, but it is very easy to find it. Don't want you to be disappointed again today.

 

[Candleinthewind]

I would report them to Facebook if you have a record of their changing of the rules. Facebook has very specific rules for contests and they could end up getting their page turned off by Facebook!

 

[bedogged]

A contest that I was entering everyday to win a short trip to Disney World changed their rules after 9 days of the start date. Everyone could go and vote 2 times a day per facebook but when I had 100 votes more than the 2nd place person they seemed to want to go and change the voting process. They took all the votes away and I was only left with 20 votes when I had 210 for my picture " Meeting Jack and Sally. Now it is only one vote per facebook account. I was so sad. I wanted to plan a short trip around my birthday in November to celebrate my birthday and being cancer free for 9 years. The company RV World of GA is the company running the contest and I think their whole purpose for running this contest was to get likes on their Facebook page but I think that they should have just left it alone.

Just a FYI, most people who regularly enter contests or sweepstakes will not enter those that involve any kind of voting. Those types are notorious for being unfair. From your description of what occurred, it sounds like the sponsor became aware of something he felt was against the rules and that was his method of trying to correct the problem. I'm sorry that happened to you.

 

[wiigirl]

That screams scam to me.


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Me too.