Won a trip to the Bahamas... Supposedly.

[Sanguine Samurai]

I barely remember, but I guess I entered a contest at the Fort Wayne gun show a few months ago and won a trip to the Bahamas from Florida and won. I am not typically the type of person to fill out submission slips to random contests like that, but a buddy of mine stopped and filled one out so I did as well for some reason. I have yet to call the number mostly because I am kinda sceptical. Is anyone familiar with the company that was at the gun show that was giving away the trip? Is it legit?

 

[hoosierdoc]

Did your buddy also "win"? Often you get free hotel but you need to pay for food/drinks/airfare and it's just a way to fill a hotel. Sometimes you actually win something nice. Call and ask!

 

[Cldedhnds]

Being skeptical is a good start. If it costs you ANYYTHING up front..run. If they want a Credit card number for any reason ..run. Do some research with all the information they give you and be wary. A lot of free trips wind up with you being stuck like a hostage in the midst of a timeshare pitch at best.

 

[wabashman]

A lot of free trips wind up with you being stuck like a hostage in the midst of a timeshare pitch at best.

Exactly. I "won" the same trip from the Kokomo Gun Show earlier this year. Only signed up because the girlfriend did it for me. After calling and talking to them about it, I would get the trip, but had to sit through a 6 hour timeshare demonstration. I quickly said hell no and hung up. I'm not wasting my time to go listen to something I'll never be interested in in order to get some vacation to a place I'll never want to go to.

 

[rhinoabe]

And don't forget you have to pay tax on the RETAIL price of the trip.

 

[Sanguine Samurai]

I had a feeling it was a ruse. Thanks for the comments. It was enough to talk me out of even bothering with it.

 

[williamsburg]

A few years back the family went to a local fair. They had a drawing for a John Deere riding mower. The kids entered so did we. Amazingly we all 'won' the same consolation prize.....twice.

We all 'won' a free trip to Branson, Mo. Then about a month later we all were notified we 'won' a trip to Myrtle Beach. Both sales pitches mentioned that we had entered a drawing at the Anderson County Fair and didn't win the grand prize but did 'win' a runner up prize.

This happens a lot. They get away with it because the small print on the entry form or the entry rules state that you agree to 'share' the information with their 'partners'.

 

[ModernGunner]

Easy enough. STOP filling out your name and address on stuff like that, LOL!