Publishers Clearing House Reviews

I've been cards for the last several months and have responded. Now, you send me a warning card to go to this website to register a prize access code. The site doesn't exist. I don't know what to do about it now. Any help would be appreciated. I've wasted quite a bit of money on stamps, it is emotionally draining.

I mailed them a check on September 15 for merchandise (sewing caddy) in the amount of $19.96. The check has been cashed, and the sewing caddy has not been received.

I received post card for failure to respond will forfeit your eligibility from this notice last week. Finally, I went online to do the entry and not able to log in to certificate screen. Very unhappy and frustrated beyond belief. Hope someone can help resolve this internet scam. I still have the postcard, too.

I received a post card from the Contest Department which states, "PCH is trying to contact you!" It tells you to go to the website for additional $1 million prize. The website does not exist!

I received a post card with a warning "failure to respond will forfeit eligibility." I went on the site on the card and found nothing. Is this a scam?

Bonus card asks you to go to an non-existent site.

My last name is misspelled. Will someone please correct it? I am to a point that I will not be ordering from the Publishers Clearinghouse until this is corrected.

My true last name is **. I have corrected the wrong spelling of D on Official entry order form so many times that I'm getting so frustrated that I feel not ordering anymore merchandise. Will someone in that great big company correct my name?

I also received a post card saying, "Pch.com is trying to contact you. Claim Prize Access Enter Today. You are eligible for an additional $1,000,000 prize opportunity plus and bonus you don't want to miss out." This web site does not exist. This is false advertisement. They should not be allowed to do this. I was expecting to receive a prize.

I kept getting mail stating that I was close to win a prize and they will contact me. I kept sending back all the forms and others with my postage. Last year, they pulled the same gimmick and now seeing all other complaints, I realize they are not truthful and they just want to sell you books and other junk. No real clue on how you win anything even though they claim no purchase needed to win. Last year, they claimed we won a computer prize of $400.00 and you just had to add $400.00 to claim the prize. These people are con artists and should be banned from sending out this garbage mail. If they are selling stuff, so be it but don't lie and say you are surely a prize winner. No damage done but don't raise people's hope if the intention isn't real.

They say you don't need to buy anything but they make you go though all of them and then if you don't, you don't see the prize you won. I've won a lot and I haven't see any of the prizes. I've won three iPods and haven't seen one of them. It's not fun if you don't get the prizes at the end. I'm enjoying the contest but if I don't get the winnings that means that I needed to buy something first. I had a call that I had won and when she asked me if I used Visa, I said no. She said bye and that was the end and I haven't seen a thing. I don't know if you live in this world but some people won't have jobs and their living hand to mouth, just like my husband and me. So if you tell us we won and it was money or even a n iPod, that's big. I am not too unhappy but I sure could use some good news. But I'll leave it up to the Lord to grace me with what I need and hope you pick my name in the big one. Thank you for listening.

I received your card regarding the special online bonus opportunity. I have tried all the ways you have indicated to enter my bonus number, but have not been able to do so. Your card states that you have been trying to contact me, however I have no message from you in my voicemail. Thank you for your card.

I was sent a warning card with a prize access code to go online to www.pch.com/bonus. There doesn't seem to be a site online to access. I am frustrated with PCH and all their many demands to enter their million dollar contest over a year's span. I wonder if actual people do win these contests. I suspect that since I cannot access the above site, that I am now ineligible to win any amount with PCH.

I too received a card telling me to contact you ** for an additional $1,000,000 prize opportunity with a prize access code. It was even signed by Todd Sloane just to find out you're not really there. I knew it was too good to be true. I never won anything. Who sent this to me and why? That was mean.

I was playing a scratch off game and supposedly won a laptop computer. I filled out a form then had to order 2 offers. Afterwards, I found out that I had to do a total of 13 orders, one was for Video Professor. Now I am having trouble cancelling the order. Possible excess charges on credit card.

Got a postcard in the mail from them telling us to go to pch.com/bonus. This was a bogus non-existent site. It told us they were trying to contact us about an additional chance at 1,000,000 bonus. The web address did not exist and when you go to the PCH web site you cannot find a number to contact them about it. I also ordered something that I didn't receive.

I received several entries in the mail. Sent them all in with no ordering of any products. It said no purchase necessary. Then I received post card wanting to go into email and using prize access code. It would not let me do it. This is a very time consuming scam.

I have receiving from PCH sweepstake in my email. I was invited to enter and access search win. I have made several efforts to get through but failed. I feel deceived and frustrated. I have false expectation since they indicated the prize is coming to my address with flowers and a wild cash prize.

Publishers Clearinghouse sent me an email, stating to enter a contest using internet. They stated that no purchase is necessary to enter, so I entered. Now, they are billing $27.49 for something I did not order, and they continue to bill, even though I spoke to someone who told me to disregard the notice. And they still send me letters with fake dates of the time they are gonna come to my house to award me the $10,000,000.

I have received notification by mail concerning a prize opportunity with a call immediately after. I was given a code concerning bonus, etc. or name would be excluded. No response online, only one mail address they provided.

I received an invitation to claim Prize Access Enter Today. I immediately went online. I was invited to enter Prize Access code. I regret that the Access info that I entered did not help. I made several efforts to get through, but I failed. Thanks for the offer. I regret that it didn't come up and let me enter.

They sent me a card to go to a special website, which I did, and there's no website at the address they sent me. I cannot claim any prize. It's all a scam to get you to buy stuff.

I have been receiving sweepstakes in the mail, in which I filled out their forms and mailed them. Today, I received a warning card and urged to go online and use the special prize access code printed on the back of the card in a black box on the bottom right corner. I went online and there was no place to put the access code, just asking for my name, address, email address and phone number and at the bottom asked to press "next" and a numerous bunch of advertisements for ordering from. So I gave up without ordering anything and cancelled out of the site. I feel scammed. Valuable time spent worthlessly, frustration and headache.

I was thanked for an order, which to my knowledge, I never ordered. I sent an email saying I did not order a plastic shoe tree, but it was sent to me. Don't you think someone could have confirmed the order instead of just ignoring the email? If I was going to order anything, it certainly would not be a shoe tree. I had to re-tape the package, take it to the post office and it cost me $7.33 plus $.80, total $8.13, to send it back, which I think is very unfair.

I bought the merchandise from PCH and paid it in full. Now I received the bill that I have a balance of $284.44. I have cancelled checks and mailed it to them, but PCH still said that they did not receive my payment. Stress and madness.

I received a message on my answering machine from someone saying it was for Connie and his name was David ** from Publishers Clearing House. He stated that my name had been drawn for a $1,000,000.00 prize and that I need to call 876- right away. I was hesitant to return the call but after talking with my husband decided to call and see what the guy wanted.

I was receiving mail at my home. Then, when I moved, I did a form with the post office for my mail to start being sent to, but you stopped sending me any mail. I am interested in the sweepstakes and I don't understand why my mail stopped. Please send me my mail to my home or re-enroll me in the sweepstakes.

Back in May of this year (2009), my wife and I received a phone call from Publishes Clearing House and they left a message on our answering machine asking us to call them. Well, that got us excited because we thought we had won a prize or something. But that wasn't the case at all. They proceeded to inform me that money was due on several things that we had ordered. To say the least, I said, "We didn't order any of the things you are describing here," and she said we had already made a partial payment of $12.48 and another one for $23.96. We never made payments on any of this stuff because we never ordered any of this stuff. Our bank account reflects nothing coming out for anything like this. Yet they say we ordered it and made partial payments on it.

On Thursday, September 10, 2009, I received a phone call at 8 am telling me that I had won $500,000 in a Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes. I was told to expect a courier to come to my home on Saturday, September 12, 2009. He told the courier would come between 9 am and 12:00 pm. I waited until 12:30 pm and no one showed up. I feel like I was scammed. The person calling me had an accent so thick that I could not understand most of what he said. He said he was representing some law firm, but when I asked him to say it again and again I still could not understand the name. I do not believe that this man represented anybody. The only thing I got was a big let-down. I was very excited and was very disappointed when no one showed up with a check. I was told I had won $500,000. Imagine feeling like an idiot for believing that I had actually won a huge amount of money.

I received a postcard with warning across top, a prize access code and directions to go to pch.com/bonus. I went there and followed instructions to complete my "bonus" entry form. I was never able to "submit" the form; however, because it appeared to be on an infinite loop that eventually always took me to a page that had in huge letters “important alert, please don't say no again,” and of course from that page there was no forward progress. Using the back arrow simply took me to all the offers again. The same thing happened when I went to the main pch.com website and attempted to complete an online entry form without ordering anything. I finally was able to contact them, told them about the problem, and that the reason I didn't order anything was because I've already ordered what I wanted to and saw no need to order anything else.

ASUS Financial Publisher's Clearinghouse check over $3,000.00 for taxes on win. Deposited to bank account and I wired to Mr. **. 3 days later, check bounced. Now I have to go to court. I saved all paperwork, but I don't know what to do. I am scared. I have no money for a lawyer.

I had put a computer on layaway for our son before we move to TX. About a month after receiving it, we started experiencing problems. We called the help desk, and after an hour, the problem seemed to be resolved. Well, much to my displeasure, we needed to call again and again. In July, we had the same problem, and again I called the help desk and was informed that my warranty had expired. I asked where was that written, and when told where to look, I found it in extremely small print.

I ordered 3 mesh baskets for $15.96. Then you charge me $6.99 S&H. I am to receive a free gift and you charge me $4.99 S&H for some plastic that weighs only 4 oz. This is why I quit ordering. Now I will send these back. Yes, I do not want the free gift and you tell me that you can not pay me back the S&H and I have to pay to return it and track it so that you cannot say you didn't get it. How scam is that? Give your gifts to someone else. Thanks for not caring for anything but the dollar scam! I will return your goods tomorrow and I am not paying for them.

I didn't get all my order from Publishers Clearinghouse.

I don't remember the info of address, city, zip but I received a carwash kit from PCH which I did not order so it was sent back. I wrote on the box, “I did not order this, return to sender”. My mailman took the package and back it went. Even though they got their product back, they continue to email me a bill. The package was sent back to them a week after it was sent to me which was five months ago.

I was told I was a winner of $1000 at Walmart. I never got it.

Publishers Clearinghouse sent me a statement saying it was a collections place for PCH and that I needed to pay the bill right away. I did not order what every thing they are saying I ordered and I am not paying the bill. Why in the world can PCH keep doing this to a lot of older and get away with it? I have ordered other things from them and paid for it right away so they can not come back and say I need to pay the bill. Please, can someone stop this place from doing this? It is wrong that they are allowed to keep doing this and not paying the price. I am a disabled person and what they have done is on my credit report and I want it off and I want them to pay the price for having this done to me and others.

Well, I have been a friend of PCH since 1980 (29 years). I have entered all of their contests and have never won a prize of any kind. They continuously change the date they say it started. They have been taken to court and lost their case, with judge telling them that it was illegal to make people buy items from them to be able to enter contests. If you do not buy from them, then they say they cannot award the prizes they are offering. So I believe they just ignore your entry. But if you buy items from them, then they tell you that you just weren't picked to win. I cannot believe in good conscious that I have not been one time in 29 years ever picked to win a prize from them. I have watched people whom I knew over the years win checks from them for under 100 dollars, people who never even entered their contests. There is not that many people in this country to win that many prizes when they have new contests every 3 months.

I received a phone call today from a Leah **, claiming to be a Senior Customs agent at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. Her contact number was 866-. She said that a FedEx package from Costa Rica was in her office and because of the insured value of the package being so high, she had to open it and search through it. I asked her how she got my number and she said it was on the outside of the box. She said it contained a check in my name for $495,000 from Publishers Clearing House.

I received a phone call at 10:41 AM on July 29, 2009 from Karen at **, which is a Nevada area code. She claimed to represent Publishers Clearing House (PCH) and proceeded to state that I had won $1.5 million from PCH. She then told me that I needed to pay $399 in order to receive the money. I informed her that I didn't have the $399 so they said that I could give them the first $200 through a Western Union money transfer to Garfield. I was told that I could then give them the balance of $199 when I received the check for $1.5 million. I was also told that someone was supposed to come along with FedEx to deliver the check, then take me to Bank of America to cash it. I sent them the first $200, then they said that I was supposed to receive my money at 1:00 PM. Now, Karen is saying that I have to pay them the entire remaining balance before I can get the money, claiming that her manager told her that I have to send the full amount first.

I sent the payment for the product back when I ordered the silicone baking cups. I have told several people at PCH this same thing, but apparently, there is no one there who is capable of understanding English or they just don't care. I have been a good customer over the years, but because I have been treated like this, I will never do business with them again! I will not pay twice for the same product and never again will I ever order anything from Publishers Clearing House!

This company has continually been sending me emails, mailings and so forth about sweepstakes writing them in ways as if I won or am definitely going to win. They are stating that they are doing a drawing on television on such date and time. They have not and I have not seen the drawings at all any time they have stated they were going to have them.

They've called several times and said that for a delivery fee of anywhere from $1200 to $3500, they would deliver a $2 million dollar prize that I won from Publishers Clearing House. It's obviously a scam. I just thought it should be reported.

I received a notice of collection for a PCH magazine--$66.36 for a magazine I never ordered or received. I am not sure what PCH magazine even is. I am trying to find someone who will listen, but so far to no avail. It will go my credit report soon. I am unhappy to say the least.

I actually kept winning on the Scratchers! But when it came to claiming or seeing the prize, my computer locks up, obviously, a glitch. They keep you waiting and lie about winning. This has caused me emotional depression.

A scam letter with enclosed check for $4,820.90 says to contact before depositing. No return address on mailing envelope, the check is from Bristol West Insurance Group. The only bank name on the check is BNY Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. It said that I won $86,455.00. It has a Canada stamp on it for postage.

I was receiving a lot of mailings from Publishers Clearinghouse in the past. It started to get real bad when they started sending me a lot of things that I did not order and then sent me the bills for it after. I tried to call them to cancel and looked on their website to inform them but they keep acting like they can't understand. I got so upset that I requested to be taken off their mailing list and told them to never send me anymore sweepstakes offers ever again. I paid a lot of money for products I did not order and paid over and over for it.

I ordered Rachael Rae magazine and paid by two separate checks. 10 issues cost $48.00. The checks cleared my account at Arizona Federal Savings Bank. I have yet to receive the magazine. I would like $48.00 or the subscription honored.

I received a mailing for their sweepstakes addressed to Elizabeth **, my 10-year-old daughter. Inside were their usual flyers to purchase things, not terrible however, there were two different flyers trying to sell sexual position tapes and enhance your lovers pleasure DVDs. Did I mention that this came addressed to my 10-year-old daughter. To me this is soliciting ** to a minor.

I entered the Sweepstakes online, and a week later, I got a confirmation email saying thank you for your order. There's no order number, no phone number, nothing for me to respond to, except the run-around on a website. I finally got to a point where I emailed them and got a response saying return the merchandise (which takes 2 weeks to arrive) and I would have to pay for the shipping to return it, which is probably more than the product. I still don't know how much the alleged purchase is. This is the biggest scam. I promise you, I did not order Knee Hi's and wouldn't there be some confirmation button to submit if I accidentally hit a key? No price, no nothing. I'm so upset I can't stand it! I appreciate anything you can do to help in this matter. Thank you!

This is regarding a magazine that I ordered but instead was sent a magazine in Spanish. I do not speak in Spanish so how can I understand it? I am trying to contact them to replace it in English. Can you imagine receiving subscription in 2 years? There's no number to call.

I received a binocular that will not focus, both sides are the same. The parallax will not converge so that you only see one image. They’re pretty much worthless the way they are. There were no instructions on how to return the item. I'm going to go ahead and pay for them. They are only $19 plus S/H. That looks like the simplest way to get rid of the problem. No real hard ship, I’m just very disappointed. They were made in China, of course.

I have been ordering from PCH since "forever." They have me ordering since 2002, but that is only our newest address. They have sent orders through the mail on a daily basis. Sometimes, there are 2 or 3 a day, and that does not include the daily e-mails. There are the orders, the lotto, and Search and Win. I am always receiving notification that someone in this rural little town I live in with the exact same initials is going to be the next winner. The town has very, very few occupants and everyone knows one another. We sit on the front porch and wave as the cars go by. So far, I have not met anyone with my initials. So where is my $5,000 to $10,000 each week?

I ordered two mags, National Enquirer and Home Business Entrepreneur. I had surgery, so I owed them; and they sent notice. I paid in full and have made several attempts to get my mags. They told me when I called that my address was changed? Hello? Who are they kidding? They are overseas, ripping off the people. They told me four to eight weeks every time I call. I will never order from them again. They are crooked.

I ordered a money machine in April from them and never received it or a bill, and they e-mailed me and said I was delinquent on my payment and they were sending me a second bill. I used to live in Cadillac, Michigan and I keep changing my address on their e-mails to my present address, so I don't know if they screwed up and sent it to Cadillac instead of my present address. I don't want it now as I ordered it to give to my daughter for her birthday on June 22. It's too late now!

I received an email from Publishers Clearinghouse asking me for my payment alternative decision. I had to choose how I would want my payment, if I was the lucky winner of the 10 million dollars. It had to be submitted by July 2nd. So I put in my information, then I was to enter by clicking below, except that there were 4 pages of products they were trying to sell me. I didn't order anything on any of the pages, because as they stated on this email, and everyone before that, placing an order would not increase my chances of winning. Well guess what, I couldn't submit my entry, without purchasing something. I'm not kidding! When I got to the summary page, there was no option but to click on, to submit my entry. So out of curiosity, I went to page 4, and ordered the dragon. After I did that, then the submit entry and order button finally showed up, so I could submit my entry. That is fraud!

I started falling for their mailings back in 2005. I ordered a laptop from them that turned out to be of no worth. I spent almost 300 dollars (one time payment) for a laptop that on eBay wouldn't sell for 90 dollars. I fell for their joke. Someone with your initials is going to win big! Hmm. I have won nothing, and invested in worthless crap. Nice incentive PCH, keep giving people false hope that someday their name will be drawn and you are going to show up on their front step with flowers and a nice big fat check!

I order a paint pad; I received only half of the order. I did not receive the handle or the replacement pads as what was in the ad. My husband and I are disabled. We were able to reach high places. As a result, we were unable to paint my bathroom walls.

I ordered 3 times and the items were of poor quality. I made the 1st payment in full. They mailed it back saying I was due a refund (weird), I sent them a money order. The second order, I split it in 2 payments. I sent it back in March, it was returned as a refund. I sent the other portion and both of them were returned as refunds. In a few days, I received a letter saying it would go to collections so I got a cashier’s check and mailed $43.37 on 5/22, and today, 6/20, I received another letter saying payment is late and they are adding $2.50 late charge. I have not been able to reach anyone to help me and they are threatening to send it to collections.

This has caused me a lot of stress. I am trying to fix my credit but as a single mom, going to school and having a minimal fixed income, there is no way it will ever get better if these rich people keep getting richer by ripping off the poorest people they can find.

I got a bill from you for a package I had paid for. You took that check and applied it to one you said I didn't pay for. In 7 to 10 days, I will have a copy of the check, you didn't get, front and back and will send it to you. Therefore, you will have to wait for the copy to arrive. Should this not be the check in question for that product, then I'll check again with the bank. When all else fails, I'll send another check and that will be the end of our business.

Promises, promises, promises, it is all a fake! They do their utmost to get you to buy junk you do not want or need. This is a lying, stealing bunch. Promise that you have been selected a winner, your not! Trash, junk, awful stuff. No one to contact to return the items to. No phone #, no department to take back returns (illegal). Enter me in your group action law suite, go after the **. I can't keep up with the volume of mailings I have received daily. I ordered one item recently from them and have boxed it up. Now, I am going to send the thing back at my expense. Bad, bad business practice. They lie like rugs. Bold face lies "You've won... you've won." In 5 years, I have not won, they lie and get away with it. Why?

I started ordering from PCH because I could get things on a payment basis. And from knowing that shipping and handling cost from past mail ordering, I would order now more then 2 items at a time, but with each and every order I placed with PCH, over the last year they shipped each thing claiming (that due to high volume of orders for the item) other product would be sent when back in stock. So the S&H charge of at least $7.00 on all my orders even though I ordered things together, they still charged me for their out of stock problems, S&H for the back orders. At first, I thought nothing of this until after about the 4th order. Never did I receive any items ordered at same time together. Every item I received separately and every time I paid another S&H charge as they send my order one bye one to me. The last time I called and was told sorry, but yes they can and do make the customers pay these outrageous fees of $7.00, even if it is their out of stock fault, not the customer’s. So, all my orders after that was sent back with me paying to send them back. But never again will I order from PCH, and I will tell everyone the way they work and rip off people in an underhand way. And the deal you think you’re getting through them is knowing the deal once you've paid the S&H charges per item!

It appears that an awful lot of people complain about items received that were not ordered. Include my wife and myself in this group. It seems the complainants did not receive a threatening bill from PCH. We did. We were told that a collection agency would be contacted, if we did not pay for the item we never ordered. They also tacked on a late payment charge.This was all on an account that I had never asked for. The item in question was sent back by me, and it cost four dollars to do so. When my oldest daughter called the company, the girl checked and found they had gotten the item back, and had cleared our so called account, but because of cross mailing between departments, we received this threatening notice. It smacks of a scam in my opinion. They created a lot of anxiety for my wife and myself. She has enough physical problems, and did not need this inconsideration. Like everything else in this world, it seems deceit can go on unhindered. Corporations rule, not governments.

I was sent a package that I did not order. I am not working and am on a fixed income. I had to return the item and it cost me $7.33 to have it sent back. I can't afford to do this. I would like my $7.33 sent back. This was not mistake, it was Publisher's Clearing House's mistake.

PCH is a scam to me. I bought magazines from them for many years, and have been doing this email stuff. I have never won anything.

Publishers Clearing House has me concerned about releasing any info whatsoever, regarding myself or my family. This company has sent me multiple emails daily, billed me for items I have not received, and chronically sends me postal mail to buy junk. It's out of control. My junk email has escalated to the point that I spend 30 minutes daily, deleting or unsubscribing to it. How do you make them stop?

They tell me that I won $350,000 but in order to get it, I have to deposit $4,937 in my account. I told him I don't have an account; he told me that the only way I would get the money is if I open one up. When I talked to the lady at the bank, they told me that it was a scam. Now I have to find a way to pay for this scam because it's on my credit.

I entered in trying to win and all I've gotten is over 200 emails in my spam box every day that I didn't have before. They sell your e-mail to other companies and try to force you to buy their stuff in order to enter their drawings. Every time they say I've won, I go to confirm only to be kicked out to something they want me to buy! Publishers Clearing House is nothing but a scam!

I signed up long ago to receive daily emails to get on PCH site. I received them regularly until approximately 1 week ago. Therefore, I kept my old email from them to get on their site to play the sweepstakes and games. Today, May 23, 2009, it said I had already entered the sweepstakes which I have not! I just want PCH to start sending me my email to play everyday like they used to do.

At 12 noon on 5/23/09 a man, David **, representing Publishers Clearing House called my wife saying that she won $495K last October 2008. He asked her to claim her prize. He detailed codes; Lloyd's Bank out of San Jose, Costa Rica; FedEx instructions; his number (888-389-4435 ext **); and wanted to ask a bunch of biographical questions to claim the prize. There has been no negative impact as of yet besides the intrusion into our home. We did not give them much information, but go get them.

Publishers Clearing House sent me a check for $2,440.00 saying that I won, but they wanted me to match the amount.

I have ordered several small items from PCH, and for the most part been satisfied. This time, I ordered lavender climbing roses. The box they arrived in says the order is for lavender climbing roses; however, the product inside is Day Lilies! Don't get me wrong, Day Lilies are an okay flower - but it's not what I wanted! What to do now? How do I get what I ordered? I'm not paying for something I can't use! I guess I'll return them with a letter and see if I get my roses.

I have purchased many items with satisfaction from P.C.H. and have entered their giveaways. However, they have gotten them so difficult to go through now that (according to them) I lose my chance at the prize because I am unable to complete the necessary requirements. It will take you to a page during the process that will not let you in or through and when you try to click back, a pop-up will occur telling you that if you leave this page, you will forfeit your chance at winning. Further, I have been trying to make contact with P.C.H. to tell them of the situation, but am unable to do so since no contact information exists on any of the Web sites I have been able to look at.

I received an "important notice" in the mail from Publisher's Clearing House, which contained an Insta-Match Quick Cash Giveaway scratcher. I scratched the ticket, won $50 and submitted my claim ticket via mail on April 8th. I have not received a check for my instant winnings.

I have about 200 Holland bulbs and only 18 have grown up - only green, no flowers. I tried to call but only got voice mail. If you can give me a real phone number to talk with a person, I will appreciate it. Thanks.

I ordered 16 of the "Giant Colorful Lilies" on March 16th, got a bill and sent a check for $28.65 on April 29th. The bill said they would be shipped the last week of April. I have not received the flowers yet. It's time to get these planted. Thanks.

I've been receiving emails from PCH for quite sometime. I enter daily trying to increase my chance of winning. I was told I would receive a thousand dollars with the initial for the Tyler/Longview, TX. area. I never received the money. Then I was told that I would receive $5 thousand a week for life for the drawing on Thanksgiving Day. I stayed at home all that day because I didn't want to miss them, no show. I have played the PCH Lotto where they say I would win $250,000. All my numbers matched their number; that page would go off into another game site.

I have experienced difficulty in searching using the PCH search engine, and the warning frequently comes up that something is wrong but doesn't tell me what it is or why it is occurring. Please figure this out and let me know. Thanks.

I have ordered a number of things from Publishers Clearing House and haven't had any trouble until the last four months. I have sent back six items that I did not order, some I did not receive. I have called their 1800 number and talked to several different people on the phone about this. A young man told me to forget it and my account was not charged anyway. My question was then why did you send me a bill? Then I started receiving several items (8) that I have sent back and paid the postage to send it back but now I have two more packages that I did not order. I'm tired of this costing me to send these things back! I will not order anything else from Publishers Clearing House. Please call to tell me what to do with the two packages I have now.

I ordered the SteamBuddy through the Publisher's Clearinghouse. It does not work. It steams but the wrinkles do not come out enough. The light on the unit goes off, almost right after you plug it in. I have no address or anyway to return this item for a refund.

I got an email in early April from PCH saying the three items I ordered were on the way. I responded by telling them to cancel the order. There was no way I would order such crap: a CD, a CZ ring and some other piece of junk. I sent the same email three different times and got no response. Today, I received the box which I took back to the post office and marked refused on the box and that will be that. They will not get a dime from me. I'm sure I will hear from them now.

This morning I was playing the scratch offs for PCH. It said to scratch off and get three in a row. For the first time, I scratched off 3 cows together. It said that I was not a winner and to try again. It went in to register my name. I did win that scratch off. I have another complaint about PCH. Over the past few years, I have ordered a few things. I even sent the forms in before the deadline was due. I have never gotten any kind of winnings for that. Personally, I think that Publishers Clearing House is a scam. Something should be done about their company. I am not a bitter person or wish any harm come to them, but they need to be put out of business. May God be with you.

Publisher Clearing House keeps sending mail that I have won their big prize. In the last ten years to my knowledge have they ever paid off. In the last ten years, they said I won every time. If so, I would be trillionaire by now. I believe they scam people to sell other products for profit.

I have been ordering products through PCH. On a recent order, I noticed the package looked as if something had been ripped off. Generally, you do get invoices with the packages, but I had three packages and no invoice was on there. I then get a payment in full notice because I have not made a payment. How can you make a payment on something you don't know the total of? When I called PCH to tell them that I hadn't received a bill that I assumed it would be with my final portion of my order, I was informed that I no longer had payment options available and was treated very rudely. I find this amazing, that I am the first customer that has ever not received an invoice, that the possibility of human error is not there. My complaint is that I have always paid them, and on time. So wouldn't a company assume that it was human error in some way instead of treating a customer so shabbily?

I received an email from PCH on their instant win. I did not win, but that is not my concern. I then went to PCH home page and entered their latest contest. This time, I ordered a couple of magazines so I hit the button to process my order. It went to all of these different offers so when I turned them all down, a McDonald's add came up and said I will win a 100 gift certificate and just tell us where to send it. Then more ads. I declined until the last one. When I said no to all, it would not let me go any further. I had to choose at least one item and thus, my complaint. I had to choose one item and pay for it to win. I could not get back to finish my order with PCH, so I closed out the window. Now I am telling you about this. Maybe it is an oversight on PCH's side, but I really did not want those offers. Thank you.

I received a bill in the amount of $20.40 for a bougainvillea plant that I never ordered. My supposed ID # is ** (Order # **). This is not the first time I have had trouble with Publishers Clearing House. Last time, I ordered Rachel Ray cookbook and paid for it, and they said they never received it. I could not find my receipt, so I finally got tired of them hounding me and paid for it twice. I told them then I would never order anything else from them, and now this has happened. Why would I pay $15.96 plus $4.44 for shipping for a bougainvillea plant when I can go to Wal-Mart and buy it for half that price? What can I do about this? There is no telephone number on the bill to call them back.

Publishers Clearing House has put up for collection $39.95 for Men's Health. They claim my wife or I ordered this magazine or something from them. We did not. We called them twice about this collection (by Allied Interstate). There was no satisfaction. My chicken wife has paid this bill (alias robbery). Here is what I'm going to do. I will refuse anything sent from Publisher's Clearing House by Postal Service or email. I will tell everyone I can about your lousy service. I will never buy another magazine that associates itself with a company that I consider a thief. Enjoy the $39.95, if you can. I hope you choke on it. You and your kind are exactly what's wrong with this country right now. Government and big business has the gold so they make all the rules. But someday God who made heaven and earth will remember all unjustness and the debt will be paid. Vengeance is not mine, but His. Nevertheless, I will make every effort to ensure that I carry out exactly what I have said above.

I sent for a wallet, order number **. I received the order, but no wallet. The box was empty. The bill is $17.95 and I have zero. I have written to you before and you said you would get back to me within 48 hours. Well, that has come and gone. Please respond. Thanks.

Over a year ago, I ordered 2 cans of Bridge Mix 32 oz. and paid for them. Four months ago, I received another 2 cans of the same stuff, of which I did not order. I did not pay for them and two months later, I was turned over to a collection agency for non-payment. I finally sent them the money! Things like this can mess up credit, if you know what I mean. Anyway, just last month, I got another can of the Bridge Mix and I sent it back. Just yesterday (1 April 2009), I received another can of the same stuff. Again I did not order any more of this stuff but it keeps on coming. Do I just keep doing this forever or what?

I received a letter that said it was from Publishers Clearing House, saying I won $135,000. There was a check inside for $3,985. I called Publishers Clearing House and they said that it was not from them. There was no damage because I called Publishers Clearing House before anything.

Unfortunately it was made out to a Phyllis ** in Batavia IL. I still require a refund check from you or should I contact the BBB?

I started receiving magazines that I didn't order. I am disabled from bipolar disease. I did not order these magazines. Please stop sending these and do not send any more bills. I am giving this to the Better Business Bureau. I have a very limited budget, and I can't afford these magazines.

They sent me a letter from Publishers Clearing House and a check from L.I. Insurance Company of America for the amount of 4,965.00 and told me to deposit the check in my account and it was for the taxes to pay in Canada for my winning of 250,000.00. I took the check to the bank and ask them to investigate this and see if it was a scam and it turned out to be! It is a good thing I did not send them a check out of my account.

They sent me email confirming order. I immediately (all within a few hours) replied that I did not order anything and to cancel. They wrote back. The order was already processed and couldn't be cancelled. I intend to refuse packages when they arrive.

Claimed I won $450,000 tax free, from Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes and it would be delivered 10:30 am the next day. All I have to do is give him a credit card # or a checking acct. number to ensure delivery by courier. He claimed delivery could not made until money was received or my winnings would be sent to the next name on the list. I HAVE SINCE HAD 4 more calls.

I mailed you a check on 2-1-09 ck. # ** for the Opal necklace and earring set. The ck. was for $6.74. I sent the jewelry back, (I am a good customer) but the ch. hasn't been cashed so I can't clear my ch. book for Feb. I have ordered since and paid off the purchase. Will you please either send me the ch. or cash it, so I can't stop being aggravated about it. I have a little O.C.D. Thank you.

They keep sending my grandfather letters telling him he is one of the top members and he is going to win.... and persuade him to buy things he does not need and does not have the money for to increase his chances of winning. How do we stop this? My grandmother died about 18 months ago and he has gone through all of insurance money, buying thing he does not need, believing he is going to be the next winner... He even stays at home on days there is a giveaway because he believes he is going to win.

PCH has asserted that I still owe them money for a DVD that I ordered on 06/23/08. This DVD was part of a larger order of which some of the items were back-ordered. After I received all of the items that I ordered, I issued a check on 8/12/09 to pay for the complete order. I have a bank-originated copy of my cancelled check which was paid on 8/19/08 with the posting reference number attached. I presented my supporting documentation to PCH on 10/08/08 I received a reply from PCH on 11/07/08 indicating that my payment was applied to another order.... To date PCH has refused to present a detailed statement indicating to me HOW and WHEN my purchases/payments have been applied.

I received a letter from Publisher Clearing House with a check for $5937 stated that I win a million dollars to call before depositing the check for further information. So on Monday March 9 I call Miss ** at the number listed on the letter. She scheduled me for an appointment on Wednesday March 11 for the prize to be delivered between 12-3pm and she advised me to deposit the check and send part of it to cover for brinks security to deliver the prize. She made it very clear that I must deposit the check and send the money otherwise she can not schedule the delivery. Dumb as I was, I send the money like I have told to do so.

I have ordered purses. 1st I ordered probably lasted a week or so. So I called. Reported it straps broke, snap tore up, and lining tore in side seams. Then I called. They sent another to me. Like the first one hadn’t had it maybe a week. Friday, not even a week, I had the second purse they sent. Its back strap broke on the backside on one end where the leather was sewed, not. It’s no good - all that happen to that. Please clear my account. Must be defects in these purses so I’m not gonna get another that will do the same. Sorry for this but purses just aren’t what they are suppose to be. Please clear me off the account. I will not pay for something that tears up on me like these has.

You NEVER see them at any poor persons home. You NEVER see PCH at any shabby broken homes. You never see them with some toothless person that is obviously poor. Always - Always it's some middle class person that wins. So, I have to Ask - HOW can this be a random selection?????? HOW???? My parents entered PCH sweepstakes for over 20 years.

Has been calling my phone numbers up to 14 times this morning. 6 times on another number. This person has been -- is being -- a pest and harassing my family. We ARE on the NO CALL LIST. FIX THE PROBLEM OR I WILL HAVE THE POLICE OR AGENCY DO IT.

On February 26th I won the lotto. The second game of 4 games. I matched all 8 numbers for $250000. I called PCH and they told me that this was not their game. They gave me a number to call. I called and was told that I would hear from them within 2 weeks. I checked my numbers again on Sunday and guess what the numbers aren't winners anymore. PCH is suppose to be a up standing game, well I want everybody to know that they are a RIP OFF.

DITTO FOR ME!!!! William of Phelan CA (03/01/09). "Received Lifetime Prize Award Entry - order form for $5000.00/week lifetime prize and special award. Award to be announced February 29th on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Problem is that the year 2009 doesn't have a February 29th! This date is stated several times in the documentation and is totally false advertising."

On 26 Feb 2009 I entered the pchlotto.com. You have four chances to win different amounts of money. I entered all four lotto cards and the lotto card for $250,000. I selected my eight numbers. The next day I checked the numbers and all eight numbers blinked supposedly meaning I had won the $250,000. I showed the lotto card to a family member who could not believe I had all eight numbers. I wrote the numbers down and e-mail pchlotto.com and asked them since I have all eight numbers what next. The next day the numbers for lotto card two changed and I had only two numbers. I am far from stupid. I know what I saw. I would never have e-mailed them if I hadn't felt certain I had won.

PCH sent me an email that requires me to click and respond to the Super Prize Entry Pass link to be eligible for the sweepstakes. Yet the link has not worked in their past 3 emails and there is no way to contact them.

I liked playing the Quiz game. Occasionally they route you through several pages. I normally just click the "not interested" button and go on. At one point, I could not proceed unless I selected something so I picked free information, filled out the page and proceeded. This month a charge of 19.95 appeared on my telephone bill! It was for the free information that I never even received any information on. Fortunately, they had my email address completed wrong so I was able to remove the charges.

Since my wife (a senior citizen) entered the sweepstakes, she has bought junk products, magazines, etc. hoping this would increase her chances of winning. In about 6 weeks, she has received 47 letters she is almost ready to win, etc. We want off their list. Aggravation, anxiety and false expectations are products of this scam. When are they going to be stopped?

I just want to know why I am not receiving my emails online to enter as I have for a long time. I have not received any for days now. Most generally got at least one a day. Please advise. Thanks.

My husband is getting all of these sweepstakes letters, that make it sound like he is going the win the next sweepstakes prize. He has Alzheimer's Disease and I can't reason with him anymore. Yesterday he got 6 letters stating that he had not paid for all the things he has ordered, when in fact he has paid when money orders. I need to get him off of their mailings lists. When I try to explain to him that he has not already won or will not win he gets violent with me. How can I get him removed from these mailing lists.

I emailed Publishers Clearing House and asked that they remove all my email addresses from their email list. They still email me inspite of that request and this is getting old. I get at least 15 offers a day from them but even when I have entered I never win anything. Stressful to keep emailing them and they ignore my emails.

Received Lifetime Prize Award Entry - order form for $5000.00/week lifetime prize and special award. Award to be announced February 29th on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Problem is that the year 2009 doesn't have a February 29th! This date is stated several times in the documentation and is totally false advertising.

I have been playing the PCH Lotto for about a week now. After I choose my numbers (8 of them) the next day I get an email to check to see if I am a winner. When I do, none of my numbers are there. The same numbers appear from them. It is the same for their scratch off ticket. I have a folder with all the PCH information I have submitted. SCAM or what. I tried to email them... several times and I have gotten no response.

I was lead to believe I was going to be a winner in the 5,000 a week sweepstakes that was given out the 26th 2009. I have the paper I printed off the computer saying the initial J. ** would definitely be a winner, and a stamp on it with my initials. I also have other proof of their lies. These people need to be stopped. Please add me to your suit against them.

I have documents of Affadavit of Elibility, how winner wants to collect, documents, certificates of winner info and all kinds of other documents and releases. I was so anxious. Luckily I did Not have a heart attack. I received an a very heavy emotional breakdown, of crying because I was using the money to get an attorney to bring my baby back home that dCF aka CPS had no right to take my Only Miracle Premature baby from me and have grounds for iAC on the attorney and judge. Starting our inventions to save children and the universe & families will be able to work awesome.

I entered online for the PCH $1million prize and $5000 a week for life prize. I get about 1 or 2 emails from PCH a day about entering more contests, but nothing more than that. I got a call from a Magazine Rep claiming to have a $300 gas card for me if I just bought some magazines for $4.95 per week on my credit card. I declined and hung up. I reported the incident to PCH's 1800 number that can be found online (where they list other scams that have been reported). They were very nice, took my information, and reminded me that PCH would NEVER require money or purchases of ANY KIND to win their prizes. So, for those of you claiming to have been ripped off by PCH, it was an imposter. PCH is not involved. You need to be more careful and remember the #1 rule for any contests or job opportunities NEVER GIVE THEM MONEY. IF THEY ASK FOR MONEY, THEY ARE NOT LEGITIMATE AND ARE TRYING TO SCAM YOU!

My mother, who is in her 70's, receives several mailings from Publishers Clearing House every month. She is spending $300 to $400 a month on junk hoping to win the big prize. She is on a fixed income and cannot afford to continue doing this. I can not find a number to request them to stop mailing her. If she doesn't stop this she will not even be able to pay her house payment. Please help...

Tried several times - please help me to get the PCH mail stopped to this address. Elderly people no longer able to participate.

Ordered a CD which I never got. Was suppose to $26?? I was taught that when you don't receive some thing that you don't pay for it, but because they can play with your credit history I am now being billed $29.45. What a rip off, but more than that I hate their scam ethics. I have not seen or heard of anybody winning any thing. PCH, you are nothing but a big joke!!

I placed an order ** Money bag, and I was overcharged for the item. I paid the amount that they asked for. Then on 2/10/09, I was sent a refund check drawn on Wachovia Bank. I went to the bank and found that the refund check is no good. I am not sure what is going on with your company, but it appears that PCH is a total SCAM. I will pass this information on to everyone that I know.

The problem is detailed in the letter below that I sent to Publishers Clearing House on Jan. 23. I sent a second copy of the letter via email about three weeks ago. I have received no response, and I hate to be ignored.

I have been playing Publishers Clearing House games and responding before their deadline (for way too many days/years) for a chance to win. I have not purchased anything. NO PURCHASE TO ENTER WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR ODDS. I feel Publishers Clearing House is a scam, because no one ever wins. When was the last time any one heard or seen on TV when they go to someone's house with a check & flowers. The games are free to play - that is the only time I play any more. To get my mind off of things after a hard day at work. It's a scam for those who believe someone does win or someone who needs money. The lottery has better odds than Publishers Clearing House. Publishers Clearing House needs to quit defrauding the American people. People have enough to deal with beside dealing with scam artists.

I have tried to pay a bill for an item that came too late to give as a Christmas gift. You will not accept a Canadian credit card. I find that insulting and archaic. Please let me know that you are going to accept Canadian payments by credit card.

Did not receive heater we ordered 11 /29/08.

I received a collection letter from this agency stating that I have a delinquent status from Publisher Clearing House in the amount of $24.97! And I never placed an order from them! I am not even receiving any product from them. I called the collection agency and no one answered me but a automated answering machine.

I entered the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes and now my phone rings off the hook with telemarketers such as (202)683-1441 at 1:28 pm on 2-13-09 and another before it on and on and learned online that Publishers Clearing House is the cause of it. I called the number above with no results. I'm not stopping there though.

I do not have a complaint about a product - it's about identity theft and registering for your sweepstakes - this has not happened to me but I am concerned that requiring a person's full birth date to register for a sweepstakes can open the door for this type of disaster. I know your site is supposed to be secure but we cannot assume in this day of technology it can't be hacked.

I was told I would get a laptop computer for ordering so many items. Well, when I was done ordering, I was cut off the laptop page, and no further word was given to me about the laptop I wanted for my granddaughter. Also, there was to be a contest giving away money that I never got to finish playing. I was tricked into buying a bunch of junk I did not need. I am out a bunch of money on my credit card, for junk. I cannot trust anyone else on the internet. I want my money back, as I did not receive what was offered to me.

I submitted my contest entry and there was a stamp enabling me to order a purse for 4 payments of $3.99. I received the purse and it was damaged and terribly moldy smelling. Since the package was opened, I could not return it REFUSED & no contact phone was given to ask for return labels (companies usually send customers for damaged items)...and would therefore have to pay postage & return receipt, etc. This would be costly and then I would have nothing. The charge for the purse also included shipping and handling. I tried emailing the company several times (they do not post any Customer Service No. on their website or on their statements) to get feedback on how to return the damaged mdse.

I entered the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes contest every day for the last 2 maybe 3 weeks for the 1 million dollar prize and the sweepstakes for the 5 thousand dollars a week for life. I was told I did not have to order anything from them to enter. Well tonight, I got a call from the magazine rep. It was a female. I just listened to her for a few minutes trying to get me to say I would order which I did not say. I just ask her some questions. She then put some man on the phone and I told him I didn't want to order. He kept asking me why.

I have been receiving invoices for magazine subscriptions that I never ordered. My parents actually have been getting them at their house and giving them to me. I have not lived with my parents for six years. Don't you think if I had ordered them they would have my correct address to send them? They just sent one stating that there will be legal consequences and such and that it will appear on my credit report if I don't pay, but I am not paying for something that I never ordered.

I received a call on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 stating that I had won one of the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes for $2.5 million dollars. I am to send $275.00 Western Union to your office in Jamaica. I am going through with it so that I can give you more names, telephone numbers, and addresses. Then you can send out information about the scammers using your company's name.

I ordered and received an Obama coin collection. The case was damaged when it arrived. Do I return it? And what is the procedure? Your prompt reply would be appreciated.

I received a "cashier's check" in the amount of $5,935.00 on the Bank of America in Hialeah, FL with a Publisher's Clearing House certificate showing me as a second place sweepstakes winner of One Million Dollars (1st place won $7,000,000) and instructing me to call Barbara ** before depositing the certified check. I called the number given and was told Ms. ** would return my call later. Of course she did not return my call. Oddly enough, the switchboard operator answered my call by saying "Publisher's Clearing House" so for a moment I thought the thing might be legitimate!!

I also have been trying to win at PCH.com and have now come to the reality that it's just a scam.

Well, here I am on football day and no PCH or Ed McMann!! This is the 12th year in a row they got my hopes up!! Darn it!!! If it's too good to be true, it must be another game loss and I didn't get anything again this year!!!!

I returned by UPS #**, shipment ID #** two sets of Christmas lights on Nov. 21, 2008. It was received by Hills at the dock on Nov. 21, 2008. I have not received my refund. Can you help? Lost money.

Received 2nd email notifying me that I was past due in paying. It sounded familiar so I looked back in my saved emails and sure enough I had already paid them via credit card online. I seem to recall some other emails saying I ordered this or that and couldn't remember doing so but thought it was just me. Now having read the other complaints I think PCH is a big scam artist that should be investigated.

Was sent a sweepstakes offer, stating no purchase was necessary. On the right hand side of form was places (4) to put selection of magazines desired. I did not place any stickers there. Below this area was a place that stated that for future help in satisfying customers' needs, to place a sticker that might help them track the popularity of said magazine. I placed a Reader's Digest sticker there, having reread that this was just for future reference and not to be ordered. I have since received an issue of the Digest with an accompanying bill for almost $17 for a 1-yr. subscription, to be sent by 1/29. This is sheer fraud. Now I am in the process of dealing with Reader's Digest because I actually have an original subscription with them that I purchased for $15 for a 2-year plan.

with no results. PCH sent me this winning notice out of the blue signed by Maryann ** the Contest Manager. They also stopped sending me any other contest information. I have copies of the original paper-Attorney Welcome!

I 'Tried' to enter the PCH contest online, and after what seemed eternity, it dumped me. Every category, I chose not to receive info or buy anything. I wasn't even sure if the form went through. Now, I'm being bombarded with junk email and I KNOW that they sold me out. I never got junk email until I went to their website. I'm being so tortured by these emails, that I'm going to be forced to change my address and subsequently inform everyone of my personal contacts of this change. It's just a MAJOR inconvenience! PCH needs a dope slap.

Publisher's Clearing House mailed a solicitation stating that someone in Jacksonville, FL would definitely be a winner of their grand prize. Well, no one in Jacksonville has won. I purchased two products from them and paid for them both and the products were not as advertised. Furthermore, I started to receive emails to play PCH Lotto. The PCH website lists the names of winners of their free lottery game. I searched the people and their state and none of the people exist. They are claiming that these people have won when, in fact, they've not won anything. They are leading you to think you have a chance to win the PCH Lotto because those people have won when they're not even real people.

I have been a member of Publishers Clearing House since 1980. I have bought their products and entered their contests in good faith. I have also seen people get small checks from them that never even entered their contests. Every time I contact them, they keep telling me that because of odds of winning, my name has never been drawn to win a contest. Yet they have new people entering their contests that have never entered before and winning their big prizes from every contest. I cannot believe that in 29 years of entering contests that I have never been chosen to win a prize. I believe that Publishers Clearing House is discriminating against me because I live below the standards they set for their winners and because I cannot always buy their products.

I received a Pet Nail Trimmer I did not order. I am sending it back. I don't know how this happened and the device was broken (the head of the trimmer). I don't want to be billed over and over again. The item number is 5448A4, order #**. Thank you for your help.

They keep sending me stuff through the mail that I did not order. I keep sending the items back and they "STILL" keep sending more.

He called to say, "You won $2 million." He said I did not have to pay any taxes but that I had to send $450 to Rodney **, **, St. James, Jamaica, West Indies before I get the money.

Go to the PCH.com website. When you fill out the form to submit, it does not allow you to enter your date of birth and keeps preventing you from submitting. There are no boxes to enter your year yet when you try to submit, it keeps saying you must enter DOB. WHERE???

For weeks, I have been playing on the Publishers Clearinghouse Quiz 4 Cash website where you take trivia quizzes for points and after a certain amount of points are acquired, you can spin the wheel for chances at winning the jackpot. After winning the jackpot, I then put in a check request. After waiting from 11-13-08 until 12-31-08, I saw that a check had been cut under my account status. The rules state that you will receive your check within 6-8 weeks after a check request. It is now 1-13-09, and surprise, surprise, I still have not received my check.

I just want my address changed. They keep sending me all of these e-mails saying I could be the winner. I have hundreds of e-mails, letter of intents, all this stuff getting my hopes up. Will ** be the address Prize Patrol will be arriving to?? It's the 2nd year in a row they got my address wrong. They have no address to contact them or to send the correct address to. It seems like a scam or something. At least if you are going to get my hopes up, have the right address.