Publishers Clearing House

Been playing for 16 years; so far, I've won a whopping 10 dollars within that time span. I never buy anything for one so that is definitely something they may consider, even with them stating they don't consider it, I've had this account for over a decade, even played when I was in the Military, and since I don't buy anything my account access online, recently started... about a month ago July 2021, has come to a crawl to their servers. It use to be a fast connection.

This is a 100% fraudulent organization that pushes everyone who enters its sweepstakes into buying its own products and services, most of which are not worthwhile or worth the price that they're selling for. I hate criminals like these people are.

On Feb 9th of 2021, I won $100 on the $10,000 power cash drop bonus game at 9:30 am. They sent me an email congratulating me. They said it will take 3 to 5 weeks to get paid. After contacting them they say they will "reissue" the check. Well, you can't reissue something that was never issued in the first place. So as requested, I sent them the screenshot of my winning. Which is stupid because they know I won.

I've been entering & playing the Publisher's Clearing House games for more than a few years (almost daily) & have even purchased items through their mail order services since 2013. As for the products received through mail order, the items received were (for the most part) very similar to what was advertised & I really have no complaints about them. Basically, ya get what ya pay for & as for pricing, the individual prices are comparable to what ya might find on Amazon or possibly at Walmart.

I am here to report a definite scam by Publishers Clearing House. I played the game Tri Peaks Rush and was number one leading the token board up until midnight when the game ended. My name was Kris H on the token board, at the top. I should have won the $100 promised, but they won’t recognize that I won at all. They say they have no record of me even playing under my email address, even though I played for 5 hours straight. I sent them a snapshot of the board showing I was number 1 right before the time was up to play the game. It still made no difference to them. They are a scam for sure. I am so disappointed as I have played for hours on end for over a year, and for them not to acknowledge that I won the $100 is beyond comprehensible. I will not play, ever again.

PCH isn't a scam but folks need to manage their expectations. The odds of winning even small prizes are in the millions, it's aspirational and not an effective way to make money. It is basically a lottery, but instead of buying tickets with money you buy them with your personal data and time watching ads. I feel that elderly folks in particular need to be very careful and read through what they're clicking on. No purchase is necessary, you just need to keep clicking "continue" at the bottom until you're entered. Spam email can be avoided by always unchecking the boxes that say "yes, sign me up for the mailing list" and also creating a separate email account just for giveaways just in case.

I registered for the sweepstakes. When I completed, they prompted me to complete the process. It then became obvious they wanted me to purchase something. No cost or obligation, remember? I stopped the process. Now they keep harassing me with these emails to complete so I can "win". Stay away!

The number associated with my current review is **. This is the number I was called from saying I won the sweepstakes!!! I keep calling this number and they kept telling me they would call me back. The last time I talked to him he wanted some kind of card from Dollar General in the amount of $500 dollars. When I refused he hung up!!!

They said I ordered magazines from them. I don't get magazines. I never ordered anything from them. I never open mail from them so how could I owe them? I want them to stop harassing me or I will file a formal legal complaint. I am retired and on disability. Why would I waste money on magazines when I can look up anything on the internet?

I ordered a magazine subscription, which I paid for but never received. I just got off the phone with customer service because after over 40 minutes speaking to 3 different people in different departments, their end dropped the call. This happened two weeks ago. When tried to resolve it after 30+ minutes, they dropped the call that time too. This was my 6th call about this, and I just wanted my money back. This has been going on since September and they still owe me $20+ bucks. It is now January 22! I am finally going to let them keep my money not to have to deal with them ever again!

I won a tournament prize as the leader. The prize was 3 figures. They notified me via email. Their site clearly defines that these check go out 3-5 weeks later. I received it as stated. As for marketing, well it is marketing! We don’t go one day without being blasted with advertising until we sleep. PCH clearly states that ordering will increase your chances of winning. Meaning your orders have no bearing whatsoever on your chances of winning.

I ordered a gift for a friend in early November. It never arrived, but they asked for payment in an email from their site. A week ago the product arrived with no invoice. The outside of the package was labeled "your replacement order". That was the only package from them. Now, on a fixed income, I do not reply to much of their correspondence. I have not ordered from them for ten years. They forget who their loyal customers were. I called them last Friday and asked for a bill with an invoice to be sent to me in the mail. After some conversation, they acknowledged my request. Nothing has come in the mail from them yet. Now I will keep this present for a while in case I have to return it to them. They will not get another order from me.

After reaching Yellow Diamond level the Wheel spun & landed on $900.00 cash prize. Highlighted in yellow clear as day. Seconds later the box disappeared & it said I won 25k tokens. I called them & they said their info said 25k tokens not $ 900.00, sure. I know what the wheel stopped at, 900. They said they would look into it & over the next 2 days 2 different people called me back with the same nonsense about their software. They ask me if I took a screenshot, ha! In seconds the box disappears. Where's their screenshot of it landing on 25k tokens! It's a fact it landed on the $900.00. They are cheats & should not be allowed to cheat people like they do. Stay away & don't waste your time with these crooks .

I have sent two letters to PCH to remove me from their mailing list. The first was October 28, 2020 and November 4, 2020. I have the copies of each letter. I received another mailing from them yesterday on November 18. In each of the letters I asked them in a nice way but told them that I would notify Consumer Affairs and the BBB in their area to no avail. The last letter was addressed to them attention: Marketing Dept. I am requesting your help in this matter. Our customer ID with PCH is: available upon request.

I am complaining about Publishers Clearing House. I used many tokens to win giveaway #160208, $289.00 to spend on a new lawnmower. I was notified that I had won, the prize amount shown was correct, they said it would be deliver the next day by 8pm. I waited all day and it never came, I tried calling them several times, after waiting 15 to 30 minutes for a technical person, I told them the problem and even gave them my account # and giveaway number 16208. They gave me a number to the games department then I was back on the waiting list I had already been on, so I called back the next day and waited 15 minutes on hold, repeated the same problem to the person he put me on hold then hung up.

A few years ago I played around with the app of Publishers Clearing House playing the games and it would give free promotions to try a magazine for free! A magazine no a subscription of magazines! I drive a truck so last year while gone I was receiving these magazines in my mailbox three different kinds of magazines! So I tried to find a phone number and on a envelope I found they were trying to bill me but there's no number to call only a email to customer service! You send a email and they get back to you and this is how I had to communicate. I explained I did not order these and I wanted it stopped. Customer service said they would cancel this and take care of this. For about two months no magazines and then all of a sudden am getting them again. Am really tired of this and need new avenues to take!

PCH only wants you to buy stuff, you will NEVER win. It's ONE BIG SCAM! I've been doing this for over 10 years & all they want is for people to buy products just to help them out!!! You will NEVER win!!!

I cannot believe some of you people. You think you can sue them because you do not win? First no one forces you to play their games or enter the contest. Have you even looked at the odds? It is like 3 billion to one that you get chosen. They say in writing that to make a purchase will not improve your odds of winning. So if you buy anything that is on you. I play all the time, for fun! Sure if I could win would be great, but I do not get my hopes up. Get real people.

Publishers Clearing House is a scam. They send me bills for products that I have NOT ordered. These Devils will then ruin your credit over unpaid bills for junk you haven’t ordered. Call they be stopped!!!

I am going to be contacting an attorney due to the experience I have had with PCH and the $7000 a week for life. I entered the sweepstakes under the contest rules of “no purchase to win” and I have been contacted daily since with emails stating that I still need to finalize my entry by completing the last step. That last step is a purchase of junk merchandise. This is all very misleading and not what they have advertised to the public. All in all, it is fraud. I will get the advice of an attorney and see what happens. And going forward, I won’t ever deal with PCH again.

I have been a customer and sweepstakes player of PCH for 13 years now since 2007 and I am very disappointed and dissatisfied with their delivery services on getting your item or product to you after it's ordered. It has taken me almost two months to get products delivered to me. I know with covid it takes a little longer but pch has always been slower than most places I've ordered items from like up to three to four weeks more and their sweepstakes is a hassle to try to submit a entry. You have to scroll through several pages of items and products they market online to finally get to the submit button and I have entered numerous entries. I would say a good couple hundreds of thousands of entries since 2007 and never won a thing. I think it's just a way to keep you playing. You think a person would win something since that time.

This company is the definition of a scam artist in the purest sense because they have honed their craft. They push the limits of legality through deceptive and misleading emails that ultimately connive their way into convincing you to buy dollar store products at ridiculously inflated prices---they also convince you that purchase isn't necessary but keep buying to increase your chances of course. They prey on the elderly which is why I'm here. A family member nearly drained her savings for this company because they relentlessly bombard people with cleverly worded emails with "fun" illustrations that make it seem like they've already won something.

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Only after relentless emails and promotions nonstop I ordered some flower bulbs. They took forever to arrive and did not bloom. I paid my bill by check and still got put in collections. I tried to pay online. That is impossible. There is no phone number to call. It is impossible to speak with somebody. Do not do business with Publishers Clearing House. They should be taken out of the marketplace.

This compaNY IS FAKE! I registered because they said for a raffle to win something and then once I am there they made me choose some product and I looked at it, some has price, some don't so I choose the one that don't have price just to be in raffle draw because you need to pick like 2 product for your entry. If I know that it was a tricky way of them getting your money I will never get the ugly country clock and a plastic plate for about more than 30 dollars each so I have bill for over 71 dollars just for the plastic plates and plastic clock.

Hands down this is the worst website I've ever had the displeasure of visiting. It's extremely slow and has severe lag. Even after turning off ad block it constantly tries disconnecting my internet. Awful.

I ordered two items, one item started at $17.95 and ended with me owing $33. Same with another item that started at $9.95 and now I owe $22. These are items that I had been able to purchase anywhere without them tacking on all the extra money. I was also charged for two of one item, they did remove the second item but made sure to tell me that never mess up basically and I need to pay attention, somewhat bittersweet result. Do not order from them, the prices are outrageous, by the end you will have doubled your bill. Shipping is outrageous as well. I knew better. Very bad move on my part!

HaHa.. I think that PCH is nothing but a big joke and a scam. and the emails are nothing but a big lie. I got an email said that they was giving out 1 million on May 30 and 500 hundred on May 30 but they did not give anything out on May 30. It was given out on May 27 and the emails said it was guaranteed to be reward but nothing like always.. PCH is nothing but a money market and scammers and IF you go to Googles look up PCH they come up as a scam.

Their sweepstakes maybe real, but please! If you're smart don't order any merchandise. They misquote prices and and send you Dollar Store merchandise at exorbitant prices. Those ads they send w/ sweepstakes said $2 a month for 5 months for plastic measuring cups. Now trying to charge me $20 and measurements washed off 1st time. Now I have cups. Coloring books 5 5X6 and 6 regular colored pencils? Supposed to be $10? $22! Paper so thin you only get 1/2 the pics. Colors leak through if you use markers cause pencils don't color well. They are shysters in retail department. 2 cheap thin paperbacks w/ jokes on aging (terrible self-published jokes) $19! Read both in an hour. I would NEVER have ordered this junk for these prices. Inserts had reasonable prices. This is surely how they make the $$ to fund their sweepstakes. You didn't see Ed McMahon advertising this junk. Not sure what to do.

I have been with PCH for many years, even before you started the sales online. Your customer service people are terrible! The token system is a joke. I have play a lot of games and where do all my tokens go? I should be in a hundred with the tokens. I do not understand the mystery gift at all. I suppose to have won that many times. I have bought a lot of things on the internet. Last summer you had a special and you already had my card and claim I did not paid it was your offer to make it monthly. I call customer service and they were horrible and so unkind, who are these people? I got the supervisor, he was not not nice either, but he gave me twenty dollars off. Sometimes I wonder if those people you claim have, really winners? You also double the prize and we complete that and seen like it is a joke too. I would love to get some feedback from you people. I love what I have bought but you push it too much and it appears like if we don't buy we will not win. I am sick of the house thing too!