Publishers Clearing House Reviews

I played the games both via the cell phone app and via the main website - nothing but a bunch of useless tokens. I seriously doubt anybody ever wins any prizes from this, and I see that I'm not the only one who has experienced this (It also eats up your data usage and you get a bunch of emails you don't want, and the emails keep coming even after you have unsubscribed).

Seems like the only people that do win are people that are already well-off and homeowners. There was a giveaway today. I looked it up and saw the winner on the news but I've never saw a person that lives in an apartment or anyone younger win the prizes. It always looks like older retired people or people who already have money.

I have read most of the reviews, I too have played for a long time since 1988. I've never win anything as of yet, but happened to playing just for fun. I play for therapy to get my mind off the daily stress. Enjoy the games not the Chase of money!

I received an email. From PCH. Saying I won 10000.00 then next day said they. Made a mistake. Apologized and continue on with new winner. I HAVE BEEN PLAYING THIS GAME SINCE I WAS 7. TO SCAM MY BABY'S FEELINGS. WHY WE WERE HOMELESS, REALLY HURT THEM. See I believe in God and I still play everyday. Someone. Must make this right.

Their accounting is very bad. Warning do not use the partial payment. Pay off full amount or you will receive tons of past due bills. Make copies of your checks. They ACH their checks so your bank does not have a copy. All you get is the ACH # on your bank statement. PCH demands that you send a copy of your check front and back for them to correct your order payment. LOVE the FREE Gifts that you pay shipping and handling. The stuff they send is making CHINA Rich. As soon as I pay off PCH Never Again!

I've been playing these supposed instant win games they have online for a while now. First of all, the scratch offs are a load of BS, no one ever wins. The other games you're never going to win, no matter what, they got them rigged. For one example, I choose the same car in that car race game every time and it always comes in either last or second to last. The same thing with that horse race game. The bean bag (I always choose the blue one) never hits the hole in cornhole. The game with the ring toss always hits the same pin. So anyway, after noticing all these things, I just decided to check their winners list and out of curiosity I took a bunch of names at random and searched for them on Facebook, sure enough, NONE of them came up. Now I am well aware not everyone has a Facebook page, but you would think at least one out of the 50 or so names I chose would come up, but no. These games are fake.

I have entered numerous PCH contests online for various amounts of prizes. Since 2015 I haven't one dime. Not even $50.00. I truly believe these scams collect your personal info and play on your hopes and dreams. Shame on PCH if they are affiliated with this.

I made the mistake of filling out the entry. I have been bombarded by emails ever since from them and other scams and possible virus links. Everyday I would get an email saying one more step. The feds should look into this sorry company and fine them $1000 a day to pay restitution to all those they scammed.

I have returned at least 5 or more of these envelopes literally the day after receiving them. The last one I returned said that that they noticed I hadn't ordered anything and wanted to know if I wanted to change my mind and I marked NO and of course they tell you "no purchase is necessary to win" not to mention the envelope said "final step". I received yet another one yesterday saying "final step". This is ridiculous. How they play on people's emotions and time. If it's "no purchase necessary to win" stop harassing me to purchase. I personally don't believe anyone wins. I would like to know who has one that has NEVER ordered anything and what year was it?

I wrote you last night letting you know how I feel about your company, but today after talking with a girl in your company, I found I now have a solid different opinion... See today I called to correct a mistake I made on the sweepstakes, that Johny thing for the name instead of mine. I asked the girl a couple of questions and now I don't want to ever enter again... See since I have been doing your sweepstakes, junk I would never want has been getting into my e-mail. I also received calls claiming they work for PCH and that I won. Let me tell you. This is why people are even writing off chances to win. They can't trust anything at all. All kinds of garbage comes with all of you... Like those gay sites, claims to order a free prize associated with PCH and it is all garbage crap... Thing my moral life would never want. If anyone has a problem with me being MORAL and they don't like it too damn bad. I have a right to be moral no matter what.

I get every so often a flyer from PCH, and I just can't help but order something from them. I have moved a lot due to family and health. So believe it or not I always start over. I do love how the payments get set up for me. I think the quality is perfect for the price. I also enter in their sweepstakes and I find it to be a blast. I dream of all that money and it lifts me up just knowing what I would with it, if it came to me. Good luck to all of you. I hope it all makes you as happy as it makes me...

I purchased 3 items car repair color and a cordless screwdriver, which would not screw anything into warm butter. Rather than being bothered with sending them back, I kept the junk. I sent payment in two increments because I live on my Soc Sec which is barely enough to eat on. For some reason they say they did not receive the second payment. They sent me a letter that the entire amount was in arrears. When I tried to contact them they wanted to add extra charges and also charge me for paying my balance. I talked with customer service (they had no authority). I tried to pay online, and again, they wanted the full original amount plus late fee and payment fee.

Since I have read all the reviews I know now I'm (not) singled out! Games are awful to play! Either won't load, or so slow you can't play to win! Most of the time they don't work!!! This is awful and I'm so disappointed in PCH I will not play anymore. Now I know there's NO chance of winning! I can't believe after all the games I have played NOT ONE WINNER! I see I'm not the only one. This really needs to be investigated! I see names of winners but NO big to do on TV or advertising on it! I see very few names as winners and most come from N.Y., N.M. A handful MO and Illinois. A lot from Cal. Az.

When PCH says that its customers' satisfaction is their priority, they (unlike many companies I have dealt with) mean it. Yes, I do enter their sweepstakes, but I am not looking for a miracle win. Since you do not have to order from them to enter the drawings, I don't see the downside to their offers. I do order from them when something catches my eye and their prices are competitive. I recently had to contact their customer service regarding an item I had not received along with an item I did receive but had not ordered. With a smile in her voice and no hassle whatsoever, the representative credited my account for the item I had not ordered (she also told me it was not necessary to return it when I offered to send it back!) and told me that she was resending the item that I did not receive. No questions, no hassles, FANTASTIC!

Been playing for 34 years and still not one dime. I just threw out 20 PCH entries. I'll be saving the 10 dollars (or more) monthly to treat myself to something nice from now on. Over and out PCH. Good luck in your future endeavors as scam artists.

I ordered from PCH for the first time and was promised a $30 free gift. The bowls were so small you couldn't even eat a bowl of cereal out of them. They are useless. The free gift that cost me 6.98 was small gift bags and a few cards that I wouldn't give to anyone. It was a joke, but they looked good in my trashcan. When I called them they were rude and unhelpful. I will never do business with them again and hope this helps saves someone else the aggravation that I had.

The only thing that PCH is interested in is the players watching those video ads. The latest game, Keno, is set up so that the player has no chance of playing all 5 cards. After the ads, technical issues, and down right stalling, the best a player can do is 4 cards. It is set up to fail from the start. I must have made them mad because as of this date (Sept. 13, 2017) I do not receive any more email from them. It might be the searches I entered like "Final Step for the 10 time" or "Does anyone ever win the grand prize" and the ever popular "VIP status for the 30th time". I guess it will cut down on the amount of spam I get.

For years, I found it more prudent not to order from Publishers Clearing House, finding it more useful to shop for merchandise personally. But recently, I decided to give it a try. In fact, I've ordered quite a few items from them in the last several weeks. What I found out is, you can only order the amount of items they deem appropriate for you personally, no matter how promptly you pay the bill. In fact, they will suspend your ordering privileges despite a bill being paid in full even before the items are shipped. (The company sends a follow-up billing email that makes a Writ of Habeas Corpus sound more friendly.)

These people are so full of crap. They are just playing games with other people's head. They send stuff to your home and want you to pay for something that you never order. I been playing this game since 2010 and never once have I won anything from them at all and they always doing something to slow down your game even to a point where the game will stop. And whenever you contact them about they tell you that it's been resolved but yet it haven't. I think that PCH need to be investigated or be made to be shut down. I've been playing their games since 2010 not 2017.

I have been a member for thirteen long years. I have never even won a nickel. I have hit on those instant win games like the bean bag throw and the foot ball kick where he kicks the ball over the goal. I have hit that several times and the bean bag toss. I never received anything. I wrote them about it and ask why I didn't win the instant 5000 dollars. They never did answer me. They have never answered any of my questions. But like a fool I keep playing. I guess cause I see those people winning when the prize patrol goes to their house. But then again look at their houses. All really nice houses. Never see anyone poor winning. I guess I am going to give up after thirteen years.

Today is August 31, 2017 and PCH was supposed to give out a $15 million prize. As usual, the winning number didn't come in and they handed out the "Second Chance" prize of $1 million. This happens EVERY SINGLE TIME. They are now advertising their new contest of $1,000 per week for life, which will be issued in October. Guess what? No one will win the $1,000 per week because they'll claim that the winning number wasn't handed in. I find it hard to believe that with millions and millions of people entering that the winning number is never handed in. Also, what's with all the technical issues with the website that are NEVER corrected? I think they're crooks and liars. I've been entering their contests for over 42 years and now I've finally gotten it through my head that I'll never win anything. I've had it with them and will never enter another contest and will never buy a single thing from them ever again.

It never fails. Whenever I get an email from PCH with their varied alerts etc. and I go to their website to enter into the latest sweepstakes, I soon start getting spam calls, texts and emails. After several weeks of non-stop spammers trying to contact me it starts to let up. The moment I enter a PCH sweepstakes once again it starts up full force again. I click on NO Thanks!! on the sponsor pages but they do not seem to like to take no for an answer. I start getting calls for house insurance, car insurance, extended car warranty. You name it I get it!!!

I'm writing to let everybody know that Publishers Clearing House is not who they say they are nor do they stand behind their name & the people you see on their TV commercials are paid actors or employees because I've been playing this game ever since 2008 & here it is 2017 going into 2018 & I still haven't won anything from them & I never missed a date or payment for the things I ordered which I never got, but I still paid them so that way I don't have bill collectors calling me saying I owe Publishers Clearing House for items I purchased. And if you don't order any of the crap they are promoting they take you off of their mailing list which is cool with me because I got tired of them telling me I'm in the running to win this amount of money which is a bunch of bull. So they need to have their license pulled & put out of business for good & they should be ashamed of themselves & I just wish it was a way I could sue them for emotional distress & clinical depression because that's what I'm suffering with ever since I started playing this scam/ripoff of a game.

Hoping to win at PCH and other giveaways (Powerball, Lotto...) and nothing yet. BUT I can confirm prizes really do happen. My cousin's Parish Priest in Iowa won $1 million dollars from PCH and was featured in a big promotion with Joan Lunden. Also saw a segment on Lifetime TV regarding a recent $1 million dollar winner who was featured this week on news report about her life: ** Still, I am not counting on it but always have fingers crossed!

I began following PCH Sweepstakes and consequently, the characters of the imagination that follow. I too was sent emails that strongly "suggested" my name was on the winning ticket. Right! They even suggested I reply to this magic email and tell them how excited I was to be a "WINNER!" What a sucker to think I could win against full-time players that were there from the start. Do the math, you can never catch up. Let me see, where did I place that book, "The Laws of Attraction?"

I don't quite understand how a business can behave this way and stay in business. I remember my mother having the same phone calls with this company, years ago, for sending stuff not ordered. And trying to make me responsible for returning their mess up? HELLO? THEY ARE CRAZY!!! Contacting BBB is not even a threat to them it seems. I will continue to fight!!!

I have to ask myself why I continue visiting this site, although it offers me almost nothing in return. I have reached the exalted status of "Sapphire Player" recently, after playing literally millions of games over the last five or six years. What does this mean? Well, it just means that I have accumulated over 5 million tokens, and that I *might* -- one chance in 10,000 -- one day win $300 or $400 on the "leader board," if I accumulate more points than anyone else. Since there are probably millions of other players, this possibility is very remote. So far, I've never even made to 100th place on this board.

Now I realize none of this would be relevant if I didn't take my time to participate. They don't owe me anything, other than what they sell, their stuff is free to do, other stuff is a pay w/ tokens participation, and I don't do those. So far, about the only more serious issues I've had are with the endless repetitive commercials I sat through between EACH AND EVERY point in an entry, i.e. EVERY scratch off, EVERY lotto, EVERY sweepstakes entry, etc. Not in the big scheme of things, but it was painful to sit through! And some are VERY long and some of the people in the commercials were very annoying. Also, had some customer service issues (on certain things) and their form letters they send back to you, not addressing all the issues in my email, and routinely asking for a screen shot, etc. (just learned how to do that!), but sometimes the screen changes quicker than my screen shot can capture it.

Recently, I had started receiving items that I didn't order, or confirmation emails for magazine subscriptions that I never ordered. Plus, their shipping policies are out of the 1980's. In many emails, I expressed my disappointment, and requested they cancel all orders they may have listed for me. I have been receiving at least 2 packages from them every day for the past week. I do NOT open them, and simply write "Please return to sender. Did not order".

This ad (COSENTYX) is too long. It is 5-6 minutes long so I'm waiting the ad to finish before I can continue to win either money or tokens. Once is enough but to run this sequentially is too frigging long. You are asking me to sit for 30 on ad time before I can play. I find this quite discouraging and put a damper to want to continue with PCH games. Also your Mercedes Benz is long too. I'm sure you got a lucrative contract out of this but how about us, this is cost us valuable time!

A few years ago I won a small prize on the old PCH games - about $600. A form popped up on the screen and I filled it out, and soon another form came FedEx. I had to sign the affidavit in front of a notary and send it back, which I did, and they sent me the check by mail. People, watch those screens when you're entering. I would bet that some of you have won a game prize and haven't noticed because you clicked right past the form. To those who complain about PCH ads and merchandise, come on - where do you think they get the money they award? Think about it, you silly goofs! I see ads every day from lots of places, I'm happy that seeing the ads on PCH give me a chance to win. I will keep entering and hoping for the "big one", just as I have for over 30 years. Someday it will be my turn! I believe because I actually did win and receive a small prize once.

After many years of entering sweepstakes and the lotto, I am convinced that this is all bollocks. I gave up playing the online scratch off cards because after nearly a decade of doing so, I have not been able to win ten lousy dollars. Who cares about tokens and the "yippie skippy" comments?

I entered the online Sweepstakes with PCH. They make you go through a variety of screens with items to purchase. At the bottom, you click "Continue" to go to the next page. One day, instead of just saying "Continue," it said "Place order and continue." I accidentally clicked on that but I did not click on any of the products. I then received an email that my order had been "Confirmed". I called them and said I had not intended to order anything and wanted my order canceled. They said it would be. I then received an email saying my order had been "Processed." I emailed them and they said the order was "Canceled." Then I received an email saying my order had "Shipped" and it included a tracking number.

I played PCH for 2 years non-stop. Earned over 4 Million "tokens". Then gave up for a short time. Someone in my area won... Just a few miles from me. Then, I was shut off. I tried to re-enter PCH and I would last a day or two and they would shut down my account and I would have to start all over again. I have now tried 5 times to start the game again... To no avail. Someone there finds I'm back and shuts me down. I simply do not believe that PCH is on the up and up. They "choose" the winners and it's almost always a minority or poor ** person. They also avoid, on purpose, anyone they suspect is a conservative.

This company is very questionable to say the least! Orders that my mother has placed are almost always incorrect and overpriced! Their shipping & handling is outrageous! Furthermore, it's near impossible to contact them directly, purposely of course. They don't want to talk to you! And I suspect their claims of "BIG WINNERS"!!! Think about it! The only place we ever hear of the winners is FROM THEIR OWN ADS! Could it be there are not truly any winners at all!? I'm referring to the big $5,000. A week winners - who and where are they!!! Uh-hmmm!!! That's what I thought. They show us TV ads that they produce! There's never anything on any other news source. I do not trust this company, AT ALL.

I mailed off for the two flashlights for one price. The price was 4 payments of $2.99 which would come out to $11.96. When I received the flashlight (only one) it was $19.96 plus $7.99 s/h. Then when I called to get it straight I got India customer service where she put me on hold for 18 mins to talk with her supervisor. At which time she came back and said she can send me another for $9.99 plus $7.99 s/h. Not as advertised. This is how you get cheated by this Publishers Clearing House. Now I have to return it which is going to cost me for a return shipping receipt. Not good folks. Bad bad bad business. I wish I could mark this with zero stars. One is too high.

Up until about 2 months ago I played these sweepstakes every day. I even had VIP Status and had earned almost 25 million tokens. I also enjoyed playing several of the games and played those almost every day. The reason I was able to enter these sweepstakes and play these games is that I used an adblocker to filter out the malware that comes with the ads. I would just turn off the popup that would come on asking me to turn off the adblocker and go on to enter the sweeps or play the games. But about two months ago that all changed. One day my system worked fine and I could enter the contests and play the games with no problem. The next day I could not because PCH changed the way their popup system works. Now, if you turn off their popup, the page just keeps refreshing and you can't enter any sweepstakes or play any games unless you actually turn off your adblocker. So I did.

I have been playing PCH lotto for 5 yrs, I have 21 million tokens. Every time they email me that it's getting close nothing happens, then they called and said I had a balance of 45 dollars. I did not order anything, it's a big farce, they say a lot of people have won in Michigan. It's never been on TV.

I have read the complaints about the Publishers Clearing House and have had most of the same problems with them. I have tried to unsubscribe but with no luck. I have been getting many random emails every day all of sudden and couldn't figure out why. I have had this same email for 7 years and have never had this problem before. These emails are coming from random companies and I am also getting inappropriate emails also. It seems like PCH might be selling our emails to random people and companies. After reading many complaints about PCH I feel that they act very aggressive and almost desperate to get consumers to buy their products therefore I wouldn't doubt they could sell our emails to make more money. I'm not sure what is going on with my email since PCH. Has anyone else had this problem?

I've been playing PCH.com games for only a couple of days and DID win $5 from the "Thank You" wheel spins. I was kind of upset at first because I clicked on the link to confirm and it said it had already been claimed and I thought I lost the rest of my spins. However, immediately they sent me an email with a code and it turned out to be $5 Amazon gift card and the code worked and was applied to my account. Everything else, you have to be realistic about. Your chances of winning are minuscule, especially if you look at their homepage where it says "325 Million given away!" or whatever. Think of the split up on that vs. all their games, sweepstakes, lottos, etc. Just use your tokens on entries to win gift cards and that's probably your best bet. Pro tip: never buy anything from the internet if it's not a trusted site with reliable customer service and guarantees. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

I accidentally ordered a product once while entering sweepstakes on a tablet. I received the item in a few weeks, paid the bill and have never ordered again or been billed again. The product was as advertised. So I have no issues as far as that is concerned. I have read many reviews claiming the items were defective and they sent them back. I would suggest to keep in mind that many of these products are cheap 'as seen on tv' type items that are almost always garbage. I do not buy these types of products from infomercials and instead wait to see them in a Walgreens or Ace Hardware or somewhere like that so I can ask about them. I have bought several of these types of products at stores locally and they usually turn out to be junk. The good thing about buying locally is that it makes returning easier. Keep that in mind. Otherwise, if you do order from PCH, I expect it will be fine. It worked out OK for me anyway.

We had received an email telling us we had won the $850,00.00 drawing. When I inquired about it they said it was a scam. This is not right. We are 65 and 72 yrs of age and now they are saying it's a scam. We need help. I am attempting to attach the e-mail I received. The **. We have been playing for 40 yrs and to finally win and then be told it's a scam. Shame on PCH. PS. Can't send e-mail. Don't know how to do it.

I received a phone call today from "Tony **" who told me I had won $2 million plus a Mercedes Benz. He was very detailed and then asked me to deposit $299 cash to a special account to get me in the system... Go to WalMart for the transaction. I've never heard of a PCH sweepstakes requiring a payment of money before being awarded prize money. Am I wrong? He is calling me back tomorrow (Thur., 5/4) and is expecting me to follow through, which I am not going to do. Do you want other information? Would appreciate your response asap.

I have received numerous emails from PCH, supposedly to keep me in a sweepstakes. They require scrolling through cheap-looking products and doing online searches. I have never ordered from these emails but was shocked to receive an unsolicited product and then today, an email requesting payment. I did not order this!!! (Some kind of flashlight.) Unless they have some kind of deceitful mechanism that puts in an order if my finger brushes an invisible order button, then I have no idea how this could happen. I have stopped looking at these ads and certainly have no intention of paying for something I don't want and never ordered. Annoying to say the least to be dunned for this.

I've been playing this stupid site for almost 2-years. Never won a thing! The advertising is incredibly effective and well done to draw in suckers, but TOTAL BS!!!! I have almost 25-Million points that I've played and haven't won a thing! Congress should put a stop to PCH's BS! Never buy into this BS!

I buy items from PCH at times and I send back the junk but PCH has now started a new trend, at least it is new to me. My purchase was a cast iron grill pan. It was a little on the expensive side to begin with but when I got the bill it had a $12.00 S&H processing fee. Shipping is one thing but a handling fee is another because they are making an additional profit by saying they boxed the item, to me that is a real cheap shot. Most of the PCH items are junk anyway but my reasoning is that I want this item and I don't mind paying a little extra for it but $12.00 tacked on to a product that was overpriced in the first place really made me feel like a fool. I will not buy anything more from PCH.

I keep reading about scams. Well I WON $1000 playing Lotto at the above company, so I know they are a very responsible legitimate company! I can show you the proof because I had to report it on my 2015 income tax. The reason I am writing is because I am tired of people accusing PCH of being a scam organization; even today I still play all of their contests!

I have been playing for 3 years straight and have not won anything but I still play to win. I do not believe that this is a scam. Fit to the fact that the company has been established since before I was born and is still going. We all want to win and do better in our lives. For everyone that received an email saying they won something over a 1000 please read the fine print when playing these games. Large prizes are not notified. They are surprised at your door. Who would send a 10000 grand prize by email. Those are scams to collect your personal information. I read about them all the time. How people are notified through mail of email that they won or have to pay to get the money. That's just unreal. Also does it matter where the money comes from? As long as it is legal, I'm playing! I don't have to pay to enter and I don't have to buy products either so I'm all in. I hope you all don't give up on your dream of wanting something more due to a few scams.

PCH has been dinged enough by well, everybody from customers to the feds but they still fight even while retreating. I receive those 'YOU'VE BEEN SELECTED!!!!' things because I'm disabled and this is a way to window shop without having to walk. I, like many, usually search anything I want online for the lower price, because it's NOT PCH. I order when I can't find it anywhere else. This last invoice I wanted to pay in the installments. GOOD LUCK FINDING A WAY. After a GOOD 20 minutes searching their site, I finally found a little note down in the FAQ that says if you get your bill and want to pay in 'quarters' as they call it, you have to CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE DURING THEIR REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS. Some user-friendly attitude.

I was happy to make my first purchase and pleased with the item I bought. When I sent in my payment in full, there were ads with more special deals if I was interested. All you do is place the sticker on the payment form and they'll send you the item. Well, I never did. A month later I get a letter stating 3rd and final notice for payment past due. I was confused, I paid in full for the item I purchased and notice the amount was higher. Then I noticed the item "Retinol Cream". It dawn to me that was one of the offer that came with my statement. I called PCH customer service, and they explained that they received my order and that it was shipped out to me and received at my home. I said, "NO I never received such a thing nor have I ordered this item." I also recalled seeing ad for the same item thru via email I received, clicked on the link and had put the item into the basket. But I did not finalized anything and closed the website.

For just over the past year, I have responded to their search with our email and the buy from our email every day. It doesn't take long and I'm on the computer all the time. Their Super discounted prices are generally 20% higher (and $5 shipping) than elsewhere on the web, even when you are getting the extra special 50% off. Generally I will zoom through the pages and if I like something I go find it elsewhere and get it cheaper and free shipping. Their Emails are sent out by an automated system that doesn't know more about you than your email address, insert generic form 1,000.001 paste customer number 10,000,998 data file in. SEND!!! I have attempted to contact them about their email practices and well "we will look into it" is about as far as I got. Dead end.

I am a sometimes participant with the PCH sweepstakes. I always hope I'll win, but haven't yet. I know some people who have thought they won. If you do win, you will receive a real, honest-to-goodness message from PCH. They will NOT ask you to send them any money, or anything else for that matter. If someone asks for money from you, it is a SCAM! Now, in regards to the products offered... I have purchased several things through PCH, and I've received good things and bad. I've bought bowls that broke the first time they went through the dishwasher, but still have some dish towels I bought years ago. Just like when you buy things you see on TV, you're playing the lottery when you order. It is only through comments like these that PCH truly knows about the products they sell. I doubt their reps actually try the items.

Just received a packet from PCH and in this one they advise me if I don't make a selection for one of the products they will pass my number(s) on to someone else. They indicated this was done before to someone else and the person to whom it was passed on to won. I don't know how much. I felt as though they were putting me under pressure to make a purchase which I will not allow to happen so, PCH, goodbye, I'm done.

It is really SAD to see this many lazy and/or uneducated and blame PCH. By simply reading their rules and giveaway guidelines they would NEVER blame PCH. Buying/subscribing to any ads does NOT increase your chances to win and PCH clearly states they are NOT liable for any issues you have with that other company. PCH gets cents per advertisement and they accumulate so that they can give free prizes but those are OTHER companies so... simply look up their reviews and experiences. Look up their policy. If it is Best Buy then I guarantee you that you will be treated fairly. If it is some small company from Thailand, then you are taking a risk. Be a grown adult and take responsibility if you fail to do your research.

While I question if anyone actually has won a large prize, such as the $5000 a week for life, I actually did win and received a check for $5 from search and win. Very small winnings but it did show me that they actually do pay small winnings. I have ordered products they offered, not to increase my chances, but wanted what seemed like cute items. The items weren't too bad, but what I wasn't told was the outrageous shipping costs which aren't disclosed when order is placed. For that reason I will never order products from PCH again. But the winnings are real, but highly unlikely that the actual winning pre-picked number will ever be drawn. Can happen, but not probable.

They keep telling me that I've won something and then they send me to another survey to fill out. I think it's all a scam. They want you to think you have won BIG and then they send you to another damn survey to fill out. All we are doing is filling out surveys and not even getting paid for them. If you have not won anything don't make the consumer think they have won big time. You are deceiving us with promising us that we have won. I'm VERY DISAPPOINTED ALSO! I'm not your biggest fan right now. I bet nobody's ever won anything. THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO TREAT PEOPLE!

I remember sometime in the 70's I was told that I won a 20 inch TV. In order to get it I had to pay shipping which amounted to more than I would have paid for the same TV in the first place. These people are SCAMMERS and nobody wins the top prize or probably any other prize. If anybody won the 7 million a week for life, wouldn't it be on the news on TV? For one thing, how would this crap company be able to afford to pay out this amount every year or many times per year? Come now, would you believe this? Not even a drug cartel could afford to do that.

Very disappointed that my elderly mother got roped into numerous purchases from your company. Over $800+ magazines that the woman will never read or have an interested in - no refund. We were told just keep getting magazines. REALLY??? 80+ year old woman reads Rolling Stones... Other magazines never even heard of before more magazines than ever US, Good Housekeeping, Shape, Money, Forbes... Too many to list. She needs the $ for health issues not useless magazines or items. Other items she supposedly order - she's not even sure how she did that. Have been returned unopened once us children saw what was coming to her.

I believe that PCH is a legitimate company. However, it preys on the gullible and easily swayed by advertising. My complaint deals with the fact that my brother has fallen prey to the idea the he is going to be the winner of these huge sweepstakes that PCH has. This has happened several times and then it's up to me to contact PCH and have him taken off their mailing list. A word to the wise - if the person's name is spelled a bit wrong or the address is a bit off, then the whole cycle starts over again. My brother has a very limited income, and I am his POA, so it is up to me to keep his finances in order, as he doesn't take care of it himself. I am also on his bank account so I have the ability to do that. I don't like being the "bad cop" here, but I just hate to see him being taken advantage of just because he believes all of the mail that he reads or sees things on TV. Just be cautious of about this company.

I've been entering the PCH contests for years, both through mail and online, every day, through their site and all the e-mails they send me. I'm still hoping I will win one day, but what I am really wondering about, and can find no information on, is this: I have recently been redeeming my tokens for the prize drawings. I had accumulated over 60 million tokens over the years and thought what the heck. But I have done this several times over the past few months and have noticed NO tokens were taken out of my total. I still have over 60 million tokens!!! And some of the drawings I "entered" I put in over 2 or 3 million tokens. Seems to me this particular contest just might be a scam. Anyone else notice this?

I entered the contest because after all who doesn't want to win $5,000.00 a month for life; even if you got your finances in order. After playing Publishers Clearing House games for a few days I stayed getting calls and calls and borderline driving me insane with have all this calls. They have my phone number, my address, my emails. Is there a way to get rid of them? I don't know. I wished I never got to play the stupid game. Please help. They have been calling at all times of the day. I can't have a peaceful moment eating dinner with my family or at work, because they call and text, and send emails at all times of the day. Consumer Affairs I beg for help!!!

I must say they ask you for your information and I keep receiving teller marketers. I'm so tired of these calls. They do make it very easy for them to get your info. I'm a women that is on a machine and they call all day every day. I'm sick of it. My info should be protected and it shouldn't be an easy target...

I entered the $5000 WK with PCH, after I PURCHASED 2 PRODUCTS. I was NOT GIVEN my entry NUMBERS but only led to MORE ITEMS TO PURCHASE. I tried several times after that but STILL NO WAY TO GET MY ENTRY NUMBERS. Still I keep getting notices from PCH to be sure NOT TO MISS the CLOSING DEADLINE. What is more alarming is: After I entered my information, I started getting tons of emails illegally using my email ID at the front of each message. These emails were PRODUCT OFFERINGS. I BLOCKED THE SITE even though I have NO IDEA where this SPAM is coming from. It is MY OPINION that PCH is a SCAM and should be reported to their LOCAL ATTORNEY GENERAL to be investigated. I'm to blame for believing there was such a PCH drawing.

I have ordered from PCH for years their products are OK. But decided not to order many more from them. So I have an order from them in years and all of a sudden I start getting bills for things that I paid for 234 years before so I called them up they say they don't have my money orders. I know I paid for them this isn't the first time it happened to me. It's happening but the first couple times I paid for them thinking OK maybe I didn't. This is the third time I paid for merchandise that they have billed me for again so I did call Penn Credit explaining to them that I did pay for it. I called PCH they say they don't have copies of my own money orders. I know I paid for them I told them I will not be paying for them. I have had it paying for things to her three times before when I know I paid for them and of course it's this two and three for years later so I don't have my copy of my money orders but I know I was all caught up with them so I'm not paying for it again.

I played the PCH Instant Win Slot Games all day every day for 2 months. I paid particular attention to the Instant Win Icons. While the wheels were spinning I noticed that in each game that 1 wheel didn't have an Instant Win Icon. Therefore making it impossible for anyone to win. This site is one of the biggest scams I have ever seen.

Every day I would get 6-7 emails and each one said, you are almost there or you must do something more? I thought when you entered a contest that was it? Each day a string of 4 pages of items they are selling, with subtle pressure to order something. Then a lotto with more of the same. Then several emails that said in order to complete, or don't lose your chance or other emails that lead you to think that if you do not complete this one, all your recent purchases, responses were for nothing.

I've researched and have confirmed the "$5,000 a week forever" prize is real, with odds of winning being like 505,000,000 (over FIVE HUNDRED MILLION) to 1 odds, which is astronomical. Your odds are better if you play your state lottery, but PCH is free to enter, so I do. That's where the "realness" on their website ends. Firstly, every 2 games, instant win, scratch-off, sweepstakes, etc requires you to turn OFF your Internet Explorer Tracking Protection as well as turning ON your Flash Player, both of which install tracker cookies and registry entries on your computer. If you don't do this, the game, scratch-off, etc will not even load AT ALL so you can't play. Slick. Upon exiting PCH's website, I always have to clean out all of PCH's tracking cookies as well as several registry entries PCH keeps installing on my laptop. Not exactly FREE huh? Luckily I have software that deletes all of them quickly and easily without even having to reboot my laptop.

A few weeks ago I received yet another mail from Publishers Clearing House. I filled it out and mailed it in. In the mailing there was a sheet that said the results of the drawing would be broadcast on NBC Nightly News on February 24th. Since I did not know if I would be home or not to watch this broadcast I decided to record the program. I also recorded the program before and after the broadcast. As it happened I was home and watched the broadcast live. I also watched the program before and after the broadcast. I did not see the information about who won the prizes. The next day I watched the programs again. I still did not see ANYTHING about Publishers Clearing House. I still have the recording and will show it to ANYONE interested.

Several years ago, I ordered with this company but then I canceled it and I had it confirmed that it was canceled. I have no use or interest in magazines. Without warning, I received a letter that I was sent to collections for almost $1000 for money that I owe to the company! I NEVER received any mail/email/call to say that I was in default for payments. Even after calling the collections company, they Confirmed that the MAJORITY of people are unaware that they owe money. This company WANTS you to get sent to collection. They purposely DO NOT give you any notice. DO NOT TRUST THEM.

I've been playing for 17 yrs won 10.00$. Wow. Every time they make me they make me think I am gonna win next time. They have destroyed me emotionally. Why do they do that to people? Seriously they need to be ashamed after all them orders I placed I could have a high rise, or the newest Mercedes, or maybe 10 houses. Something needs to be changed here and then they send me emails like making me believe I am the next winner if I enter and I always fall for it. It's like they have a grip on me and won't let go till they drain the last drop of blood out of my body.

Ordered mortar and pedestal, pedestal broken, couldn't get credit. They shipped me another one as "free" replacement. Then double billed me and turned me over to collection agency for only paying for usable set. Save your money. PCH is another mail order ripoff company full of promises!!!

Cons: I don't think anybody really ever win those big prizes. I seen it on TV again and again but it's just a commercial, it's not really a winner. I joined them, I purchased something of like $20.00. The payments are supposed to be splitted but if you go online you don't have that option. I been participating for around 11 years and haven't ever got nothing worth a penny. I had one of their famous gifts that is worth a dime in China. 90% of what they have is from China and they are junk that you can find at the dollar store for a dollar. WE see the commercials and offers again and again and the date goes from February to next May, from there several months after. The one from December 23rd is now deadline for February. Again, very suspicious.

I played this for a year and half and never won anything ever. What a joke. The things I ordered was cheap and not worth the money. Never did get my money back from shipping it back. I would not recommend anyone playing this. Never again.......

I've been playing PCH since 1976. I've ordered a lot thru PCH and always paid full bill when it was delivered. The items have always been what it showed online. I get frustrated when I get home from work and they've sent me 4 emails saying forfeit if I don't respond. I play every evening so I get pretty frustrated and annoyed with them that way. But it's free so of course I try. NEVER won even $5 which is kinda sad. But I just retired now so for 40 years that I've played it is a little questionable that I've never won a dime, ya know? But I believe they are real and it's luck. I'll continue till I die to play I guess. You never know right?

After ordering a good many products I have been disappointed each time. The products are not worth the inflated price as it is but adding postage & handling makes it ridiculous. The shipping is inexpensive which leaves a remainer for handling a great profit. Products at The Dollar Store are of better quality & cheaper by $12 at least. My final order from PCH was a stainless steel container to store bacon grease; how could I be disappointed? The lid doesn't stay on, slides off at a touch. With shipping & handling I paid $26 for it. Then recently found a much larger, nicer 1 at Walmart for under $10!! As for winning anything... NEVER. They've sent notices saying that someone in my city has the winning # so I got excited considering the chance would then be 1 in 200,000. But if that were true it was certainly never publicized. I say IF it were true b/c around our area if you win big money in the lottery it is publicized that there has been a winner.

This Publishers Clearing House has been around for a long time. I remember many years ago receiving paperwork from them. I would immediately chuck it in the garbage. THIS IS BOGUS. The only $5k they have ever probably given out is to the idiots acting in their commercials. All they want is to entice you into buying magazines. Do not fall for this trap!!!!!

For 8 years I did the PCH games, searches, instant winner games. Twice I won a dice game instant winner and was given "sorry we are having technical issues." I contacted by email and never got a response back. And the tokens are a joke. If my token were cash I would have $ 2,284,535.00. Needless to PCH needs to revamp how they conduct their businesses.

I've been with your ordering company for years because you let me to believe each time that I could be the next winner. Or you send these checks as runner up but I still have to pay a lot. Or just recently you asked me to send $9.00 for I'm a runner up. Wow that's a joke. I believe now that's how you all make that money from people like me. And people are right. I don't even order some items but I send it back and I still get charge for it takes a long time for them to locate it. I give up finally for 2017.

I enter the sweepstakes and every 2 seconds I am now getting intrusions on my phone from Publishers Clearing House where there are pop-ups. I am seriously thinking of taking them to court for invasion of privacy.

I've been playing the Publishers Clearing House app for a long while now. They have this game called the wheel & whatever it lands on you wins twice amount, coins or $. I hit the $500 & stayed for a while but I guess it recognized that it hit the amount I stated earlier then started to spin after it done stopped on the $500 which would be 1,000 because it's twice the amount that it lands on. I always thought they were legit but found out totally different. What a joke & I will no longer play again & advise everyone else the same. Thanks for your time & now you've been warned.

Month after month, week after week and day after, emails about winning, I finally thought who actually wins all this money week, no one? It is so much money, where would they get it? It is like the lottery without the donations. It has to be a scam, there is nowhere to check out who actually wins, Just a way to give false hope to those who hope and a way to take up a lot of time every day with their stupid games.

After entering their contest I purchased some items. Figuratively speaking, 1 out of 10 products were either defective, not as advertised, or just overall a bad product. Kept getting bills after sending products back. I had to pay the postage to send the defective products back. Some that were clearing not worth the postage I paid. Now, go figure. I am in the credit department again with these guys. I know this is a scam, including you guys, because even you are trying to get more information from me. We will just see, when I start getting more crap in the mail. Not even the Better Business Bureau will do anything about the complaints. Let's see what you do...

I have been playing PCH for a number of years now, whether is the Search or the Lotto games, I have played almost all of them and of course have never won anything. I find it quite ludicrous to expect to win when after they send you a PCH sweepstakes to your email telling you that you must enter ASAP or you will forfeit the winning numbers, when before they actually draw the lucky numbers they are already sending you a different PCH contest to win which of course tells you that you did not win the previous one no matter how many times you have played the game.

I won $10.00 dollars twice and a useless $5.00 dollar Amazon card. They notified me but a couple days ago I won a $1000.00 dollars on one of the games. Now they're playing dumb. It's nothing but a scam.

PCH is a scam. I recently contacted them online after seeing very negative views, questioning their legitimacy and they responded, stating that everyone has the same likelihood of winning and then the message rambled on that. However, I questioned them to please ease my mind and to possibly give me a citation of how their money prizes work. What organization supplies this $5000.00 a week for life or why none of the "winners" are seen outside of their commercials and they closed my message.

On September 17th, I was also one that received notice of winning 10,000.00. When I contacted them they said it was in error and apologized, and I was not happy. Also stated that I am seeking an attorney and would not hesitate to let any social media know. It is wrong to do that to people. They did offer me 50,000 tokens and 5 extra chances in another drawing in which I declined. I do feel they owe me the $10,000.00 that it said I won. It may have been an error on their part but in life when you make an error you own up to it. For days I sent them emails regarding this. They would send me the same reply every time regarding the issue being resolved.

I really was looking forward to using my Robo Twist as I am old and can't open jars. It does not work. I tried several batteries but it still doesn't work. Would you send me another, asap. I didn't keep the order number but my CUSTOMER ID IS **. Thanks.

I get my orders just fine and I pay my bills but I put a hold on my payments on the other stuff because they keep sending me bills with everything I already paid, on and trying to double and triple payments for a while. I keep paying them until I pulled out my money order receipts and found out I was paying double and triple on the same bills I already paid, and this has been happening since the day I first started and I've told them until they got my bill straightened out I wasn't paying another dime so they sent the bill to the a collection Agency.

PCH does send out a lot of marketing items to try to entice you to buy. THAT is what their company does - It is a CLEARING house. They can't give away money if they don't make any! Other companies pay PCH to advertise and sell items for them. It is FREE to enter, but, yes, you have to scroll through the products - that's just the cost of entering. They never say you have to buy to enter - I've bought some things because I wanted to, I did not consider it to be a way to increase my chances of winning. However, you have to be aware of scammers pretending to be PCH. On October 31, 2016 I received a phone call at work from "Dave **" saying that I had won 2.5 million dollars! It took me by surprise, and I said, "Shut up, it is not!" And the odd sounding voice said, "Yes, Donna, you have won 2.5 million dollars." And I said "Shut up, I did not!" And then it dawned on me, I said, "Besides, PCH doesn't call people!"

I am constantly being billed for something I never received. Or maybe I am being billed for something I paid for previously. I ordered jewelry once. Paid for it even though, it turned my granddaughters neck green and rash appeared. Now they are saying I ordered more jewelry and owe $32.00. They should check their records. I never ordered anything else after the first incident.

I have been playing with PCH every day for over 3 years from Mexico. As of now nothing works. I have to go to hola vpn for the US to make it work. They say the rules state no international transaction allowed?

Ordered some batteries. Received notice from PCH ordered had shipped but FedEx shows a request for number but not shipped as of today 11/29/2016. Extremely poor service. They are requesting payment long before receiving order.

PCH is FREE. No one has to enter or play it. Like any company, their computer system can mess up. I play it constantly and have for years. And I've never won a dime. But c'mon! Its FREE. People are complaining about not winning. It's like the state lotto. It's luck of the draw. And people do win. My daughter won $40k on one scratch off. She played for years. If anyone should complain, complain to the US government. They withheld $13k of it.

PCH, once you click on any link, forces you into a long cycle of buying options, from cheap consumer products to magazines. They rely on people making a purchase, even though they prominently advertise "no purchase required". They know you will think you need to buy anything to 'win.' They NEVER send anything you order... nothing, ever! For that reason alone, they are a true SCAM and do not deserve to be allowed to solicit, pester, annoy respondents who know no better. STAY CLEAR OF ANY AND ALL PCH emails, especially the ones that try to get you to download a PCH LOTTO game. They re-sell your email and will hound you for life; eventually making you feel you're so special, only to trick you back into buying and getting NOTHING!

Extreme mental harassment online and in mail. Never won anything despite claim after claim that I have!! I suffer from extreme depression and this b.s. about winning money is very enticing and alluring to me as I live day-to-day financially. It is an extreme come-on baited with false delusions only to get you to buy some of the crap that they sell. I don't believe anyone has ever won anything ever and am extremely sick and tired of their selling a sick poor old man false hope for a better life for me. Please leave me alone!!

They try and trick people to buy something. I entered their sweepstakes and kept getting emails saying I had to do more. All those emails contained items they wanted me to purchase. I NEVER even indicated I was going to buy anything yet I get an email saying my order for pearls was confirmed. They can take their pearls and shove ‘em. I never ordered anything!

On Sept 17th I also entered when it came up saying I won $10,000 dollars. I showed my husband who also was excited when I received a email saying it was a mistake and that I was the only one to see my name, that it belonged to some guy in california. I still have the email and want my money which is the law. Not put in a drawing, how would we know if they actually did. Which I bet no one won.

I replied to PCH in response to a post card I received. Went to the actnow site, followed instructions, looked at 3 pages of junk merchandise and 2 pages of magazines I had no interest in. Click on submit only to receive a notice that the site did not exist. It seems PCH managed to leave a W off the WWW. How convenient.

On September 17 I received a message from Publishers Clearing Sweepstakes saying that I had won 10,000 Dollars!! Couple of hours later they said it was a mistake!! $10,000 mistake really?? Anybody involved in any kinda lawsuit or class action please email me I would like to be involved because I have been damaged!!

I was sent a postcard in the mail 3 days ago. I have tried to go to this web site for 3 days and it says this web site has been closed or is outdated. How can I get in this drawing if I can't put my activation code in?

They say that when you buy something that it is 4 payments of ______ whatever you buy but they don't do 4 payments of. They send you a bill for full payment. They have charged me late fees. As for giving away all that money every month isn't true. I think that it is time that the BBB investigates them. It is false advertisement on what they say on the TV and in their booklets that they send you.

On September 16, 2016 I got a notice from PCH on their website stating that I won $10,000.00. The next day I received an email informing me that they made an error. Then 3 days ago I got another notice stating that I was the VIP $30,000.00 winner. They again apologized for their error, informed me that this never happens and gave me a complimentary entry and 50,000 tokens. I have taken action, what PCH does is not okay. Email me if you want to be ADDED to my CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST PCH, **.

I also received notice of the $10,000.00 win and then was told it was not true, I was not a winner!!! But someone else was and I found this to be a disgusting human error... PCH should have owned up to their mistake and just paid everyone off!!! I've played for years and have watched every single ad faithfully that they tack on to each played game!!! What a fool I have been!!! What a fool we have all been for falling for their scams!

Someone needs to investigate the PCH Token Leaderboard scam. It says you can win by being the high token earner for the day. I've played every possible game you can to earn tokens for this, but I never get close to the top. Take today, Oct 18 2016 for example. My token total for the day is 132,400. The leader so far today is 237,350. There's something wrong there.

I was playing games. It came across the screen "you just won 10,000 dollars". 5 hours later they sent an email saying I was the only one who seen my name. I was extremely excited. I was planning on getting a truck, but unfortunately I am not the only one that was lied to. I do Have the email they sent me.

On September 17th I was on PCH website playing games and my name came onscreen as a 10,000 dollar VIP winner. I was thrilled and couldn't believe I had won. Sure as I shouldn't have because PCH lied and have not and will not give me my prize money. I got the email offering 50,000 tokens. Ooooooh can they spare it? I want my $10,000. I want to start a class action against them. Anyone want to come in with me?

On or around Sept 17th Publishers Clearing House announced to me over the internet "congratulations to our newest $10,000 dollar winner Mickey ** of McCloud California". I couldn't believe my eyes. I was so excited I read the email over and over and over. Sure enough it was really from PCH Clearing House. This I told myself is a real and authentic PCH message and it was real from PCH. It was not from a scamming company but from PCH. Now you can just imagine how excited I became. I ran into my 33 yr old bedroom and woke her up with my excitement. I was so happy. I was crying cause this is a prayer answered. I could now catch up on my delinquent bills.

This company called Publishers Clearing House has frauded me out of $100.00 or more of dollars. The customers services dept. sends you packages and orders that are wrong but yet in still they keep billing you for payment, and they put the payments on orders that you don't even ask for and not only that they charge your payment to a different order.

Scam alert!! These people ask for money!! I was contacted by a person from phone # 876-434-4830. They say you have won a large amount of money and a car. They want you to pay 1% of the taxes by going to the nearest Walmart and sending cash to pay taxes and then you will get your check. They actually wait for you to get in your car and drive there. When you tell them you are there they proceed to talk to you as if you were a prostitute. Absolutely nasty!!! I hung up and called the sheriff. Fortunately I faked all of the driving, and didn't tell them where I lived. I hope others become aware of this.

I was so excited to find out I was a $10,000 winner on 9/17/16, only to have the winnings retracted 10 minutes later. I have played PCH faithfully and it was a great disappointment to find that your company chose someone else in an instant. I can only surmise from the error that I was lacking in some way. I no longer wish to associate with PCH or its affiliates. I am a disabled person who is going blind and the $10,000 prize would have been a great blessing to me and my family. Unfortunately, I have lost faith in other people because of this.

Publishers Clearing House notified me that I had won $10,000. The message popped up on their website when I opened up an e-mail from them and clicked on the link. I thought to myself "Don't get too excited. You never win anything". I was right. I later received an apology e-mail stating that some guy in San Jose was the winner and that I would be put into a special drawing for $10,000 and that steps to prevent this from happening again were in place. I am thinking of calling a lawyer. It's not right!

I'm wondering if anyone REAL has ever won one of their sweepstakes. I got 4 notices to confirm my personal info, asked for my ss number and all so I could get my winnings and I've not gotten them yet. They said I won $850,000. Sent them all the info and nothing yet. It's just bull right?

I got a phone call from folks claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House. Their phone number **. Look, this was probably not PCH - they told me I was getting a car and a big certified check. All I needed to do was give them my address. Sure. :) What these morons are doing is seeing who is stupid and will fall for stuff. No coincidence I just settled a medical claim and they probably sold my phone number. So do not give out any - any information to these fraud people, call back if you want to from an office phone, and tell them they are stinking fraud folks. They want to meet you somewhere, tell them 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington DC at 11:30 on Friday. Sure they will be there, never at your house. Got time, call John at 1-876-845-2082 and ask for cash! Freaking jerks, sorry if your elderly parents were messed with.

Was told, I and many VIP players with PCH received notice that we had won 10,000.00, only to be told the following day, that they had a computer glitch, and I and none of the others had won. PCH then did a drawing for 5 people for the $10,000.00 each. Not fair and this company should be investigated. How can you tell someone they won and the next day say sorry?

Last Saturday morning, September 17th I opened up an email from PCH FrontPage and before I could do a search a winner's box popped up stating my name and where I live and that I won $10,000. I was so happy because it couldn't have came at a better time. I continued on for a chance to win 3x the amount per instructions. I waited for a confirmation email but, all I received was an email from their Customer Service person stating that they are sorry but my name and information was accidentally inserted in the notice and someone else had actually won the $10,000.

On September 17, 2016 I received a notice from PCH on my VIP Elite site congratulating me personally on winning $10,000. I was ecstatic - who wouldn't be - even more so when I realized that the award would be doubled by the VIP Elite site notice that any prize won up until 10/5 between $10,000 and $100,000 would be doubled. That amount could certainly help with bills, minor home repairs, and the savings account. The next day I received an email from PCH that they had made a mistake. I couldn't believe the unprofessional action - especially when they claim I am one of their BEST CUSTOMERS. Actually, I really thought they were a more professional organization. However, they really deflated my enthusiasm. I was shocked at their carelessness, lack of concern.

I had recently received crossword puzzle and Sudoku books from them that I had not ordered. I have "won" millions on multiple occasions but have never been given any money. I wouldn't recommend this scam of a business to anyone. I'm done with them.

I was playing when is Publishers Clearing House instant win games it suddenly said "congratulations Miss ** of Rock Island Washington. You have won $10,000. See people really do win". I turned my phone off for the night and went to sleep. The next morning I woke, turn my phone back on, went back to PCH website. There was my congratulatory at again saying I had won. So I contacted them asking how do I receive my money where. They probably told me it was a rogue email. I informed them that it was not an email. It was an instant win. They told me it was an error and that they were not going to pay me anything.

I have been playing the PCH games for at least a couple of years wasting hours with them every day since. With tens of millions of tokens I won, but mostly not used by me (I used 35%). I have not won anything besides their worthless tokens. The other night I got an on screen message while playing that I won $10,000, but the next day I received an email from PCH that my winning announcement was a mistake, and the supposed winner was somewhere else (they gave me a name and a location). Emailed them that this is fraud. Emailed me again telling me that it was a mistake and they did things so it will not happen again.

Yesterday morning I opened a link in my inbox from Publishers Clearing House. It said that I won ten thousand dollars in MONEY. Later on in the evening I received another email from Publishers Clearing House that this was an error, and my name was mistakenly inserted as the winner. Then they apologized and gave me something like 3 free entries for the mistake. How can they do that? Anyone else have this happen to them?

9/16/16 I was entering a contest when a pop-up window appeared and announced that I was the VIP Grand Prize Winner of $10,000.00. Dubious, I took a digital picture of it. Once you click, they are forever gone. 12 Hours later, I got an email from Customer Service entitled "We Apologize for our Mistake." They claimed to have "confused" ME somehow with a MAN in California. HE was the recent winner and MY name was inserted in this announcement & sent to me by "mistake." I have NO similarities whatsoever with this gentlemen and his privacy was violated by telling me this! This is the most STUPID, ILLOGICAL thing I have ever seen ANYone do! I WANT my prize check!

Interesting that you reject me then use an email that doesn't work. Here's what I attempted to send to you guys: "Wow, that was a pleasant notice only to be shut down. I need to look into this further since I've gone to lengths to stay abreast of all your notices, communications, and mailings. It's frustrating enough for the simple guy then something like this happens."

On 9-17-16 at around 8:40 AM, I signed into my PCH account to enter the VIP section and I get this message, "Congratulations To Our VIP Grand Prize Winner, Lewys ** of Bronx NY." Thinking that I had won $10,000.00. I called my friends, family and I even took a picture of the announcement to have proof to show if need. Then at 12:42 PM, Four HOURS later. I get an email saying that "IT WAS A MISTAKE." I did not win. As a consolation, my name would be enter into a "special contest", in which they will draw out "5" winners for the same $10,000.00. What a hoax! They waited four hours to say it was all a MISTAKE! I just want to know. How many of these so called "Mistakes" and how many have been "MISTAKEN" by PCH?

My email inbox is full of lies and promises making me think I won. It should be illegal!!! Then tricks to get you to buy expensive things. Asked for my credit card info for a "so called" prize I won for and I read the fine print. It's not a winning prize if you have to pay monthly $87.00 and had been tricked into thinking you won it... This company should be arrested for fraud and scam and preying on innocent people who really need to win something in their life and most important, the elderly. This is cruel and should not go unpunished!!! False advertisement, scam, fraud is all I have seen with this company or whatever they are and so many fall victim. I was praying it wasn't true, but I guess it is. They shown me no good. There has got to be a way to have trust somewhere? There has to be somebody that has morals and standards and good to people! Honorable, this is a crime!!

They told me to claim my prize two different times and I won millions two different times. Never seen the money or prize control. It is a shame the way they treat people. However I was smart enough not believed them. Some people take it to be true and may do something to themself. I never told anyone until now.

Sent me a hose. I may have looked at BUT did not order... I am sending it back as it is overpriced and I did not order it - find them to be ruthless in their marketing.

Started playing two years ago. I won $10.00, nothing since. I have 88 million tokens and nowhere to redeem them because I'm at a higher level. The games are fixed. They make sure you don't win any money on the scratch offs by picking numbers that only result in tokens. I have been playing the token games for awhile. But I'm stopping that as of now. It's been a waste of time playing all the games and entering all the different sweepstakes. I'm giving up and I think everyone else should, too. PCH is nothing but a tease to keep you playing and getting nothing in return. It should be shut down completely.

In my opinion, PCH appears to target the elderly and my 86 year old Mom really fell for their constant mailings/offers in which the wording gives the reader the impression, despite the very small cased disclaimer, that their chances might be better if they were to purchase something. My belief was strengthened when I turned 60 and they began targeting me, when I'd never received such a deluge of PCH mailings prior! Make SURE that you are monitoring your elderly loved one's financial records and mailings to be sure they aren't being sucked into the PCH sweepstakes abyss!!!

Just a way to get your money on stuff I don't really need. I'm tired of them saying I'm so close to winning. I have spent a lot on things I don't need, I feel stupid. Waste of time. I'm ill and I hoped I had a chance to pay my doctor bills.

I have been playing PCH for 4 years, and they keep emailing me saying, "You have to answer this or you are faulted," and the games are repeating. I never heard of anyone winning in Michigan. It sounds like a big scam. They just want you buy products, and they send you products that you did not order, and want you to pay. You are always chasing the rabbit with these games.

I'm not a quitter but PCH is going to be a 1st. I've heard of so many folks whining but even more who don't. The story that killed it for me was the lady that entered for "8 whole months" online every day and won big time just as her house was going into foreclosure. I was so happy for her but sad at the same time. I've been entering these silly things since 1988 (that's 28 years!), without fail, both online and through the mail; even bought a few things but have never won a single prize or dime. Think it's time to throw in the towel lol!

I joined PCH years ago. I entered all the sweepstakes. Wasted hours upon hours. I got emails, "enter here last chance, urgent you are a winner, don't forfeit your upcoming prize." I have never won a thing. Wasted lots of money. I think they should be shut down. Getting people's hopes up. Unlike the lottery they draw number where you can see them. These guys just say this person won. You don't get to see the drawing. Extra entries don't work. You won something, the computer freezes and you don't get your prize.

How can PCH say I won a prize, but never give it to me? This has happened 3 or 4 times since 1969.

I joined PCH back in January of 2016. I have played faithfully daily since then. I have never been asked to buy anything, and if ever asked, I will probably quit playing (a sweepstakes is supposed to remain free). I spend about 4 hours daily playing and completing daily stops. Sometimes it can be overwhelming because "life is life". One day while at work, I was trying to complete daily games, and my boss asked what I was doing. I told her "playing PCH". She went on to tell me that the previous year, she was returning home, and saw the PCH van at her neighbor's house and all the balloons. So, for those of you who think these are paid actors, they are not. All PCH wants to see is loyalty, and if your numbers are picked, you win.

I have been playing these games since September 2015. Won $10.00. If you play on a desktop and play all their games it consume four hours of your time a day. This include all of their infomercials. I played a game and had to watch the same infomercial at least 8 times. Some games I play just to play. But there is one from Publishers Clearing House that consumes two hours. I will not play it. The exchange of tokens for gift cards has got to be a joke. I had over 24,000 tokens and redeem them. Not one card have I won. I play the slots. See people who have won over 350,000 points. That has to be for more than one game. Now I see that the prize's date in October the 21st. No more PCH for me.

I use to be member since 2011 on PCH. Over the course of a few years, I won a total of 30 dollars Amazon gift card code and a ten dollar check. Last October 2015 and I decided to take a peek at PCH Daily Tournament Games that people can play on desktop and mobile devices. The payout for each game was: $100 Highest Score and $100 for Highest Token Earners.

PCH.com has been playing games with me for over 3yrs. I WON a $250 Target Gift card in a Token Bidding contest. That was a 1 1/2 years ago. I also Won a CASH prize of $500, that I have yet to receive. But, now that I have ordered a couple of items from them, they want my money!! I'm not going to pay them a Single Red Cent until I get some kind of satisfaction from THOSE people! Sincerely, Pissed Off in Ottawa, IL.

Unlike most of the other reviewers here, I actually won from Publishers Clearing House. It was $10. A check for that amount arrived in my box one day from Publishers Clearing House. I didn't remember being told that I had won, and I don't know how I won, or what got me the $10. But indisputably this was a check. It was good. I cashed it. (Please do not write. I've already spent the whole thing.) I've never ordered from PCH. Such dreck. Clips to close chip bags, plastic containers, stupid magazines, flashlights, plated coins, whatnots, and gimcracks are not my thing. Nor would I take a survey for money or sign up to receive free Ziplock bags or coupons for detergents.

I got hit with a ransom-ware 3 times today. I played tri peaks solitaire 2 times, I was going through pch.com when I got hit the first time. Here is how I got their attention. The tech said "we are not responsible for these malware attacks." I told this single digit mental midget... PCH and I are driving down the same public highway. PCH suddenly changes direction without prior warning and causes a collision. My car in this instance is my computer.

I have purchased from this company fairly often in the past and been OK with the things I ordered and received, mainly kitchen items and magazines and some bulbs. I stopped buying about six months ago, consciously making the decision to see how genuine they were with "no purchase necessary." I get three to five emails from them everyday and so continued to search and play games online, a couple of times a week, but nothing very consistent. I refused to download their program having been scammed in the past and getting viruses and fraudulent "pay or your computer freezes" for my naivete. I am very much more cautious now and I have no idea how their program would reconfigure my computer. Not happening!

Received a bill for over 500.00!!! Anything I have ever ordered which was not much I paid for when it arrived! Now I get this outrageous bill? WTF. I have no idea what happened, but I looked at the stuff ordered and I never received any of it! We do live on a residential street and we were getting our mail stolen quite a few times... But 500.00 bucks worth? I have no idea where to turn from here!

I have saved a lot of tokens on PCH apps and then when I switch phones I can't download the app anymore. The REALBUCKS GO app doesn't exist anymore and I had a lot of tokens on it. The PLACED PANEL app won't let me sign back in so I can't get those points either. I will never download another one of their apps.

I get a message or mail from Publishers Clearing House everyday probably because I have ordered from them since the '80. I am a fool. The items are not quality. Lots of junk I never used. Also I have unsubscribed from them and I still get mail and emails once in awhile. Sick, sick of Publishers Clearing House. The recent order I received was for 100 or more plants and only received 3 plants. I paid for it anyway because I have AAA credit and don't want it messed up. That probably isn't their fault about the order. It's the company I ordered from. But I am just sick of the whole thing. Thanks.

I've played and entered many times through Publisher Clearing House website. I have over 2 million tokens saved. One-time a message popped up displaying words you've won go check your email. I went to go check my email a few minutes later and nothing. Checked again throughout the day and nothing and nothing thereafter. This site is a joke. They also send you numerous emails stating "The Prize Patrol could be coming to your house" or "We just need your address for your prize". These statements are very misleading. Older people would have a hard time understanding these messages. We should not only win tokens. PCH should be either stopped or regrouped for the people. They make millions off of these emails and once you click on their web page, they're making money.

Publishers Clearing House randomly enters a quantity of 1 on various items you have ordered prior. My wife and I have caught it this last week 4 different times. As you scroll by the page of items and hit continue to go to the next page, when you get to the final page if you aren't paying attention to the cart and hit submit entry you have ordered whatever item they duplicated. As a result I have 4 glass butterflies, 3 glass elephants, 4 glass horse carousels, 25 butterfly wind chimes, 8 tire gauges, and numerous other duplicated items. I have poor vision and don't always notice that the cart isn't empty. I know they will take anything back but you have to pay the shipping, package it, and carry it to the post office. Sometimes the shipping costs more than the item is worth. I have spent several thousands of dollars over the last year - at least half of it on duplicated items.

I had been having fun playing the online games that Publishers Clearing House offers. You win tokens based on how lucky you are. You can then use the tokens to win gift cards, money or items. One of the items I had tried for was an iPad. While I was still playing, a notice popped up and it said, "You have won the iPad!" I was so excited because I never win anything! I clicked on it and my laptop immediately got a virus. Now my laptop is not working right, and I will have to have a professional look at it. I unsubscribed and blocked Publishers Clearing House, and I let them know what had happened. I'm also getting lots of emails from the businesses that advertised on that site, so my information has been compromised.

I have redeemed over 27,000000 tokens. I have never won a thing. These were spent 100 tokens at a time. I realize the odds of winning are extremely high, nonetheless. According to my math I should have won at least Once. Yes you threw me 2 $10.00 bones. That doesn't even cover the postage I spend returning all the mailings I receive - sometimes up to 4 per week! That is on top of all the emails I receive telling me "Only 1 more step Thomas". I play along as best I can and do most of them. What Really irks me is a lot of them tell me if I don't play along, my previous entries will be deleted. That is just totally unfair. It is bad enough that ALL the games are fixed. I waste 2-3 hrs a day playing these games, to win NOTHING! Granted, It is my decision to continue playing, But can't you make it at least fair?

Publishers Clearing House states you can enter on-line for the possibility of winning prizes/cash. Within their website, they have 'online games' you can play and bonus points build as you play/win that gives you extra entries to win those prizes, etc. Since doing this, I am receiving a TON OF SPAM and some of it ** SPAM of which I do not appreciate. This means Publishers Clearing house has sold/given my email address to these undesirable companies. This is underhanded and disgraceful. These people should be fined for using the tactics they use!!!

I am POA and Guardian of a mentally incompetent person who has been the victim of fraud from Publishers Clearing House and its subsidiaries for approximately two years now. Until I was LEGALLY able to control her finances and SEE what was happening with her monies, she has lost thousands and thousands of dollars in payments to PCH and its affiliates. I have returned "Refused - Return to Sender" literally dozens of unopened packages, boxes, pieces of mail, notifications from PCH and its affiliates since becoming the POA and Guardian in April, 2016.

My information was sold to a third party! Right after I entered PCH my once peaceful home was bombarded with telemarketing calls. Thinking I would win I put my REAL phone number down. Big mistake. Both my landline and my cell ring off the hook. Beware, they will disturb your peace and you still won't win anything. I wish I could file a lawsuit. Class action anyone?