Publishers Clearing House Reviews

Today, 11-7-2013, I just finally decided to look up the real facts of PCH, and it brought me to this place. And I am not shocked at all by hearing that it is a scam. I know that "if it's too good to be true, then it ain't real," but I still want to believe I can win if I play enough. Since I signed up with PCH.com, I got a ** load of junk email in my inbox wanting me to buy stuff or to try this and I can get rewards to try it. Couples of weeks ago, I entered that $7,000 week for life. They have sent me this form that looks so professional saying I am entered into the contest, if I play those scratch card games, MAN ALIVE!

Pissed about multiple billings after paid in full - threats of collection agency action. I will pay again, but will tell anyone I can about these finger and toe counting crooks. They should not be allowed to conduct their deceptive trade. Also much of their product line is overpriced junk. Pure junk. The clip on lights fall apart by turning them on (item being over billed). Saw them in Dollar Tree for 99 cents compared to four dollars 50 cents. I would not buy gold for a buck an ounce from these people. Count me an ex-customer.

Over time my mother had a series of small strokes. She was very good at hiding the symptoms. By the time we noticed she had racked up quite an account with this organization. She has been diagnosed with dementia. All along she was playing the sweepstakes in her name & my daughters. Signing her name & my daughters & had 2 separate accounts, all played from her (mom's) computer & her one email address. I phoned & spoke to several representatives over the phone & it was agreed that I would send back as much products as I could find. Some of the things on the list even the representatives did not know what they were???? So I took pictures of everything & returned them in the mail.

I have been entering since 1978 but it only says since 1995. I have ordered a lot of products and magazines especially within these recent years. Because I do order so much, yes I have had to send some products back. I have never had a problem returning an item. In fact, I have found PCH to be very helpful! I also have a lot of really good products I use everyday!

Someone may win within time but let me tell you I've received 10 different calls from out of the state with telemarketers trying to sell me something in the past 6 hours. I just got this phone with a new number so I know no one would know my name with this #. Only thing I could think of is the PCH. They constantly send me junk mail I have to scroll all the way down to find my mail for work or anything else! All in all, they just want you to buy stuff from other companies or sign up for stupid crap! If anyone knows how to remove them from keep calling me, let me know!

On May 5, 2013, received an email stating someone with my initials in the TV viewing area of my zip code 53711 would be the winner of 1,000.00 giveaway # 2891 which no winner was ever given. I do have a copy of email and copy of my entry. "More good news, Lynda! It is also confirmed that a nationwide search for a super prize winner of $5,000 a week for life includes the Madison area. Giveaway No. 1830 Nationwide Entry Area includes the 53711 Zip Code." I have this email still in a folder. I am having trouble with uploading it. I can send it to the lawyer by email.

I think that's just to select which prize you're eligible to win. It's not instant win. This one right? (image below)

I have yet to find a price on PCH "special" deals that I couldn't find elsewhere on the net - ranging from a little cheaper to way cheaper with a little research. There is is nothing special about the merchandise they market and they certainly aren't good deals. It's a come on to make them TONS of money.

These people just called me tonight and told me I was past due on my bill of 83.00. I have been paying them 25.00 a month but they still harass me for the money every week. I told them today if they do not quit calling me I am going to my attorney general. Also I told them you failed to cash about 6 checks for a total of about 30.00. They actually told me the checks probably got shredded. I told them that is not my problem. The more they harass me the less money they are going to get.

I ordered an item from them and was expecting a summary bill showing all associated charges for my approval before final submission. That never took place. I just received an email confirming the name of the item ordered and the date. No other information such as order number were included to enable me to cancel. Since I did this on Sunday, I had to wait until Monday morning to cancel by phone.

Ok so I tried the so-called PCH Games online for chances to win. Yet I have to agree with the ones that say they play and when it says Wilds, it goes into error. Played the slots games 2 times and on both received wilds and went into error message. This is a scam. They script it so you can't win anything. It's pretty clear with the picture I posted that I had 4 wilds and this was not the first time. If you don't want people to win, why keep PCH going? Yes it’s free and not like the lottery but least with that you won’t get error messages. Pictures below.

Every day I play the so called VIP chances to win. Today I played the clown head water balloon game. My balloon finally popped first and I received a message saying you did not win. Those people rig those games. I am not blind nor am I stupid. I actually thought they were legit. But I saw today with my own 2 eyes what a SCAM they are running. Isn't there something to be done? Why have they been allowed to scam so many people for so many years?

Ordered The Lost Books of The Bible from PCH some months ago. When I received them and began reading...I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The print was as if it had never been edited. The punctuation was horrendous! I sent in a payment and a note describing (I do not have access to a printer and am disabled) the inferior quality. My dissatisfaction with their product and that I will never order from them again. I received no response only another bill. PCH is shameless.

If you play PCH, you have a better chance of winning something, anything, with the lottery. Once you join, you'll be bombarded with spam, the likes you will never see from any other games. Every couple of days, you'll get another game or search that says "final offer" and it never ends. They will lead you on telling you that someone with your initials will win in your zip code but it will never happen. These guys are masters of leading you on. So play, if you don't mind wasting your time. The only plus is, it's free to play. Another note, the stuff I've bought has been total junk and not worth any money. I bought a couple of subscriptions which wasn't too bad, but one, "Hot Rod" is so intermittent, I won't re-subscribe.

I ordered a dryer Lint Lizard from Publisher's Clearing House and received it in the mail after about a week. The only problem is that I sent a check back in the envelope they gave me and waited for over a month only to receive a notice that I am delinquent with them. I took a look at my bank account and lo and behold, they never cashed the check. I'm pretty sure it didn't just "get lost in the mail". I don't want to cancel the check because I will get charged for it, but I think that this is ridiculous. My wife and I have never had a company not cash a check. We ended up paying it from their website and got a confirmation email. I just think that it is stupid that a check that probably arrived back in their office a week and never got cashed. We had money in the account the entire time so there was no reason why it wouldn't...oh well. Didn't affect my credit, so who cares? Just won't use a check the next time and use their web payment system to avoid it not processing.

I supposedly "purchased" a pocket hose through Publishers Clearing House, i.e., I exited the site before confirming the order; the Pocket Hose was sent anyway. I decided to keep it. However, I have had it about 3 weeks and it has blown out. My husband turn the faucet on and it exploded at the spigot. Awaiting a response as to how this will be addressed.

I've been playing for years, never won a thing. Today, 9-8-2013, I won the instant scratch for cash. I got 4 aces - playing 4 aces instant. But my profile winnings, it says 100 coins. It's common with any type of gambling. Never trust them. I recently started to find information that should be available to the public but isn't. I find things like cops that lied in a trial and now somebody says that he's lying. All he will use the info I find to show pattern of lies... **. I was just nominated for entrepreneur of the up and coming - by global directory for those of who's who/For the info and article of my case organized judicial misconduct involving judges, D.As, cops turned over findings to the local F.B.I. investigation so if PCH is scamming people, I'm the guy that does it for everyone. Plus they owe me 40,000 dollars. They're not going to hide behind a scam. I hope I'm wrong.

Last year, I started playing Publishers Clearing House games every one possible and entered all the sweeps. I was sent four to five emails daily stating I had to enter again in each one or forfeit any winnings if my number was drawn. I've stuck with it daily for over a year, haven't seen a cent and I have to say if anyone does win, they've earned it with their persistence although as long as PCH has been around, I don't even know someone who knows someone who knows someone who has ever won anything so I find that to be a red flag... I don't have time for 30 emails a day. I live in the real world, have a full time job, a family to raise leaving me no time to waste with a pipe dream. I don't recommend it but good luck, peeps. I do think it's all a lie at this point... I'm starting to think the winner videos are actors and I think the people posting saying they have won are people with PCH who want you to keep buying their low value high dollar items. Oh well.

I have been playing these PCH lotto games for 17 years and have NEVER won a thing. I also was told that I won the 5000 a week for life and I'm still waiting for my first check. I've ordered several things from them as well because I was told I would have a better chance of winning. The merchandise is very crappy. I ordered the tupperware set and the lids don't even fit. I also ordered a ring that was fake. This place is a ripoff and their doors should be closed forever!!!!

I have been playing all the PCH games and doing their search site for years now. I have yet to win one thin dime. Many, many errors while playing the PCH Lotto and PCH Games, and I know it's them and not my computer. They sell shoddy merchandise. I purchased an item to hang pictures, etc., and all the thing was is a plastic gun that was hard to load and the hangers were PUSHPINS, so could hardly hang a framed picture up with a pushpin now, can I? When I tried to find information on returning this disappointing item, I had no luck. I even wrote PCH to complain and never heard anything back, but did receive a bill. One of the worst things besides never winning anything is that on all their sites (and I do realize that their sponsors make PCH sweeps possible) I get ads, bombarded to look at insurance quotes, home services quotes and a bunch of crap that if I need I will always deal with a company rather than go through a third party. I have a better chance of winning the lottery than I have of ever getting anything from PCH. They need to shut it down!

I'm not gonna go off on a rant, and I'm not gonna judge. I see lots of older people on here as I can tell, and a LOT of people who are on sites like PCH ALL the time. Keep this in mind: you get to enter free. That's even better than the lotto because you don't HAVE to pay. Now, it was your choice to buy the products in the first place as the consumer. You could have gone through your local superstore or other branch or even online through Amazon, eBay, etc. You CHOSE to buy these products on several terms. Either you bought it because you really needed it, you bought it because you THOUGHT you needed it, you bought it because it looked neat, or you bought it because you thought you could win.

Within 30 days of my purchase, the pocket hose which cost $21.00 fell apart. Please do not buy this product.

I've been playing for about 4 years. Never won anything except a **load of spam. I believe that these people sell e-mail addresses. If you want a bunch of spam in your inbox, go ahead and play. I'M DONE!!!!!!

How come when I play the PCH slots, it never lands on the cash as if it's rigged or something? It's always numbers or tokens but never cash prizes. Also, on the PCH bingo, I realize that the most jackpot balls you can get is 4 of them, then after that, the balls keep repeating the ones you already have. One more thing, the scratch-off games is always tokens but never cash. Why is that? Has anyone ever won the cash? I'm dying to know. Please, real people only, because they may have their workers on here pretending to be winners with false winning testimonies.

I ordered merchandize for a total including shipping and handling of something over $17. I paid it according to their advertising in 2, not 4 installments. After the invoice was paid in full, several months later I get a reminder that I had not paid in full the $22 the merchandize was billed. I sent a copy of the original $17 invoice and the 2 money orders. PCH continues to send me copies of a $22 reminder. Since PCH in addition to that violates the settlement agreement with 30 something states, I am preparing a class action to force PCH to stop deceiving customers. I sent a notice to Mr. Goldberg CEO of PCH. They have not a clue with whom they are screwing!

PCH is nothing more than a scam to get you to buy junk. The games tokens cheats you out of what tokens you earn. And when you report it PCH only covers it up and tells you you're wrong - your computer missed up. Don't order anything, the odds are against you in the product working correct. Forget about getting your money back - you will die of old age before that happens.

This happened last year... My girlfriend and I enter the Publishers Clearing House. At the same time, we were told that somebody with our initials would definitely be a winner from the state of Indiana. Our initials are different. Neither of us won... My initials are RL and hers are SL... How can that be... Don't get me wrong. I'm still playing because I'm keeping my dream alive... I guess I'm just wishing... my dreams will come true.

The products they sell are worse that most is the fact that they let you make 'payments' which if anyone takes the time to realize what they are paying, would cause them to STOP before ordering! Several years ago I fell for the hype and ordered, but, when the stuff arrived, the first thing I had to do was to return the Leather Organizer Purse since it stunk so bad I could not breathe (I have COPD so it was seriously dangerous)! I called them and sent the thing back. I did not receive a bill that time.

The money sorter I bought jams and doesn't work. The Reader's Digest subscription resulted in numerous calls from Reader's Digest to make sure I received the issues ok - BEFORE I even got the first one. Hate such calls! The personal fan I bought vibrated itself right off the desk falling apart on impact and scattering the batteries all over the place. Nothing that I have purchased has been any good and I have not found any way to complain to Publisher's Clearing House. I'm sure they give away a lot of money but the products they push are sub-standard at the very least. The lilac bushes I purchased earlier this spring arrived very puny and I have not been able to revive them.

I joined PCH yesterday and had 0 problems using the site (although I didn't win anything either). However today I clicked on the PCHSlots, received 3 bonus cards (which qualify me for a cash bonus spin). The bonuses jumped down to their proper spot and - BAM! - an error message that stated, "An error has occurred on this page, please click OK to refresh." I clicked OK as directed. The page refreshed and I was back to the slot minus the bonuses. So typical of a scamming company to have an "error occur" when someone actually wins.

I too was looking through the items for sale and put one in my cart (luckily only one!) expecting that I would get a chance to review the order prior to its being submitted. I continued to click on the "continue" button and got a message saying my order had been submitted. I then received an email saying that I had ordered the item, still with no total cost, and no order number. I immediately contacted customer support. Too late to cancel but I can return the item (and pay more in shipping than the item value). Ripoff indeed!

This is a company who makes their money from advertising. So of course they are going to push stuff as much as possible. I have been entering online for a few years now and never had an issue. The odds of winning anything are outrageously high and you can find those on the rules for any of their contests. The fact is you never have to purchase anything but be careful you watch that nothing accidentally ends up in your basket and read before you click continue. At the top of a page it will typically say "Your entry is confirmed or continue on to confirm your entry."

Sent a bill I did not owe...Threatening to damage credit. I will take legal action to protect my credit and name.

I can't remember when I've received so many useless begging emails from 1 company. They ask you to search on their worthless search site every day, and then they want you to play mindless games for tokens. Then they want you to play their lottery number picking to win $5000 a week or month or whatever along with emails for slot games and coupons for items to buy and emails for items on sale, WITH asking you to take surveys and buying into insurance plans AND YOU NEVER WIN ANYTHING!!! After receiving all their emails (for 4 years) and playing their dumb games, I haven't even won a stupid $5 coupon as some have said on this Consumer Review Board that they received.

You ordered it. Read carefully and fulfill your duty as a consumer to pay for it or return it.

The email from PCH was supposed to be to sign up for its drawing. However, I had to review pages of items to purchase prior to getting to the drawing information. I thought I might like an item and put it in my order basket. No. It was ordered without any type of confirmation or payment information on my part. There was no way to remove it. After receiving a confirmation email of the order I didn't want, I called customer service. The representative said it had already shipped.

I decided to enter the drawing for the PCH sweepstakes for June 30, 2013... For weeks now, I have several email notices per day asking me to search and win for the June 30th drawing. I have filled in every entry which is very time-consuming and searched several times a day in order to validate my entry. There are WAY TOO MANY emails and now they are asking me to fill out, enter for drawing on 8/30!!! What a crock! I understand that there will be a winner and you must enter to win, but this is RIDICULOUS!

I have only one good thing to point out. The sewing kit was the only decent thing that was of decent quality. I ordered plants and followed the instructions to the letter. They're dead. They never came up. Then they had the nerve to bill me for CD's I didn't order and they sent them anyway. Magazine subscriptions I ordered one and they keep sending me dunning notices even though I paid them. One scammer infiltrated my Facebook account. I blocked him. I played long enough. I'm unemployed and can't finish college. Oh, that's another issue. I'm on their damn lists of online schlock schools. I'm an enrolled student. I don't want to be on their list. The scratch off cards they send are supposed to be winners and they instruct you to sign your name. I haven't seen a penny. $500 is pretty small for them but not for me.

They make you do the same surveys over and over, which is not fair. I haven't won a dime playing their games. They say that you won, but then they come up with another notice saying just one more time that never comes. It is a scam to sell products. They twist their words around thinking you won, when in reality you haven't. I have got several so-called checks online that were a farce. Hardly anyone wins and when they do, it might be $5 after you have played for years. I have played for years and won nothing. All it is is a sales pitch. That's all it is - ONE BIG SALES PITCH.

I ordered a "pancake maker" for $4.96 and got an email from PCH that charged me $19.99. I immediately called PCH to cancel the order and they said they can cancel the order and it hasn't been shipped, but that it might be shipped and I would be required to return it. I said, "Call the shipping place BEFORE it's shipped, then." They said, "We have no contact with the shipping place." I said, "Well, this is part of your business model that needs to be fixed. Obviously, by taking my order and processing it TO the shipping place, you must have had a way to contact them in the first place." They then just regurgitated that they can't do it. I said, "Well, I can't return it and I'm not going to pay for it."

I have played PCH games and used the site for about a year. All I ever won was a five dollar gift card to Amazon, and they tried to nullify that! They said that the way I was using PCH search was consistent with the use of a robot. I didn't even know what the hell that meant. Also, PCH is constantly sending people emails suggesting that they are about to win or by not replying they will lose some great money winning opportunity. I think this is because they know people will give up trying the sweepstakes with the worst odds in America (one has a better chance of being hit by lightning twice while riding a unicorn than winning a big prize with PCH).

For years and years, I have played the games, used the tokens won to have a chance to win prizes and never won a dime. But this week in an instant game, I was told I had won a choice of several prizes and we chose the $1,000 Walmart card. Then I was told to enter our mailing address so they could send it, then many surveys and even more Buy Me's and finally a page that said to complete it, I HAD to buy at least 1 out of two different areas, and I wasn't interested on either, so I gave up. I sent PCH a note and being the deplorable online thieves they seem to be are saying this and that, all self-serving spins serving no one other than themselves...

PCH sweepstakes mailed me the booklet in 2010 with items such as dishes & cameras. I was paying faithfully for the products and found them months later cheaper somewhere else. I called in to cancel my order in early 2011 & was told I would receive a refund but was informed it had to go back to my checking account. I told the rep I no longer had that account; it was recently closed and I asked if they are able to send a check. I was told that it may be possible and to call back to check on the status. After several calls, I gave up highly upset because I kept getting the runaround. Later, I sent an email, and was told that the money was still there and I haven't heard anything since 2012. Here it is 2013. This is a complete rip off. Do not send your money to this company!

I purchased lingerie/laundry bags from PCH... the first time I've bought from them. One bag ripped after the 1st wash and the 2nd time the other ripped. Only the bra bags are still intact. Who knows how long they will last? They were not overstuffed, only a swimsuit in one and a dress in another. Further, when I called them about the poor quality of the items, due to high call volume PCH kept disconnecting me after telling me to call back later or go online. If I want to handle an issue, I want to do so while it is in the forefront of my mind and not have to remember to do it later. Give me the option to hold or call back later. Don't make that decision for me!

I recently ordered 12 V Handheld Car Vac. Total price with S & H is $27.95. I tried using this vac in my car and it is a joke. It doesn't pick up anything. Don't waste your time and money on this vac. As my late husband used to say, "Some things are made to sell not buy." I plan to return it to Publishers Clearing House. Someone needs to try this vac before mailing to customers.

Pocket Hose is a rip-off. When hooked up, it leaks real bad between green fabric and plastic end fitting. Please do not waste your money on this item.

I'm so tired of getting 10 emails from PCH each day. I do as each one tells me and I haven't won yet. I could use the money but I'm at my end on broken dreams and disappointments. I've had enough of getting my hopes up to be let down time and time again. I feel like a kid at a candy store that can't get any candy. Why does PCH make it sound like you've won and nothing ever comes out of it, but another email to enter again and again? I'm done with PCH. If God wants me to have that much money and comfort on earth, he'll make a way. So I'm going to be happy for what I have now because there are so many other people in this world who are less fortunate than I am. I do believe that PCH is a scam and something should be done legally. I get bills in the mail for prizes they sent me. If a person won something, why should they be billed for them?

I could not access my account for three days now. This is costing me opportunities to win.

Very poor programming. Checking the Remember Me box does nothing. Now, page will not load and is totally blank. I cannot find any customer service page, only FAQs that do not list this problem.

To date, I've won $100 cash and a $10 Amazon Gift Card. Both were won using the PCH Search Engine. I have their toolbar installed to make it more convenient! The only gripe that I have with it is that after searching, I am targeted with ads from my search item. Sometimes, they are really good prices, so it definitely tests my willpower! I'm disabled and probably spend more time than I should on the net, but I'm glad it's there! One of my favorite sites is PCH Games. Although you have to watch a lot of ads, you don't have to buy anything. The ads are their fee for using the website! In between ads, there are a lot of really fun games to play. Playing the games earns you tokens that you may exchange for chances to win prizes. Their games are so good that I'd probably play anyway, but the token aspect makes it even better! I have purchased one or two items from them over the years, but not many.

Very deceptive entry forms. You have no way of knowing if you have entered. Advertisements go on forever. And if you decide not to purchase anything, it stops working. You do not know if you have been entered into the sweepstakes. Even if you do not want future email advertisements, they somehow find you; and you spend a lot of time in subscribing from random advertising emails.

I used to enjoy playing the games on PCH games, but lately it signs me out before every game. When I play a game, today, it signed me out at least 10-12 times and it doesn't give me my tokens. Also, I once used over 2 million tokens to try and win a prize but didn't. That seems fishy. Another thing, when I tried to sign in on this site, it didn't recognize my password which I've always used.

I received an email from Publisher's Clearing House saying I was on the "short list" and would definitely win a prize of at least $1,000 if I didn't win the big prize. Well, I didn't win the big prize and I'm still waiting for that $1,000 but I've never heard anything further. I've tried to contact PCH but they've never replied to any of my emails. They shouldn't send out emails telling people that they've definitely won at least $1,000 if it's not true. I counted on that money and while I now realize it was a lie, I'm furious that Publisher's Clearing House got my hopes up like that. They should be prosecuted for fraud, in my opinion.

I bought a purse from PCH advertised as leather. Within one month, the back "leather" had rubbed off revealing some blue material, looks like plastic. Now, I paid close to $37.00 with S&H for this fake, and it really ticks me off. I'm not rich by any stretch of the imagination. We live paycheck to paycheck and this was a treat for me. Now it's garbage. This is the last time I'll get burned by PCH. Of course, they say that they have a 120-day 100% satisfaction guarantee. You must pay to return it and there is no guarantee they'll acknowledge receipt of it anyway. I'm not going through the hassle of returning it, but I will send a strongly worded letter. That will at least make me feel a little better if nothing else comes of it. Buyer beware!

For several months I have not been able to search and enter. When I try, I am sent to a log in site. When I log in, I am sent back to the search site. Then when I try to search again, I am back to the log in. This keeps going in a circle no matter how many times I try. I have called PCH multiple times and get a runaround but no help. I keep getting emails telling me that I have been missing opportunities by not searching. What's going on?

My question: Are the PCH slot games a scam? There seems to be no definite answer that I can find on the internet. I would like for a PCH rep to answer this question by sending me an email or calling me.

They are taking advantage of my desperation and sending me email that the next winner has my initial and address. Being like a fool, I obeyed them to type and search again and again to receive the same email the next day.

I have been entering PCH for over 20 years and all I ever got were lies. Every year I am told someone with your initials in the city you live in will win $5,000 a week for life or $10,000.00. I am sick of their lies. We all need to stick together and file a lawsuit on them. I am fed up. Sorry about my typing, my laptop is jumping out of place.

They're sending magazines I did not subscribe to. Simple, unsubscribe because I didn't subscribe!

Yesterday, 04 24/2013, I was online playing the Bingo. They said first that I had one 2013 Ford Focus. As I kept playing, I won a 300-million dollar home and 100-million dollars in cash and 10-million dollars also the night before I was playing the Bingo game. I picked a Bingo card, won 500 dollars and I also won last night the 250-dollar treasure chest. I had a doctor's appointment due to burning the nerves in my back. Again I suffer from chronic back pain, lupus and kidney and liver failure. As you can see, I would not want to give up any of my winnings.

I believe I haven't done more than 25 searches in a day. But PCH shows I did, so they told me I can't go into my search and win site no more. Otherwise, your searches will not count for entries to win any prizes.

I was optimistic when Publishers Clearing House made the move from paper to email. No more hunting through page after page of magazine offers to find the secret stamp to place on the entry form! I should have known it would be just as complicated to submit an email entry to their contest. Now instead of one giant packet a year, I get one multi-page email a week. Up until last week, I would dutifully open it, scan through dozens of email pages of offers and finally click "submit entry." Each week I would receive a follow-up email that told me I had forfeited my opportunity to win or exhorted me to try again before time runs out! Did I do something wrong?

I purchased pocket hoses from Publishers Clearing House. After using three times, it developed leaking in multiple sites. The water pressure from the outdoor faucet was normal and the hose spray was on so as not to build up pressure. A lightweight hose is great; however, the product is too fragile and therefore not practical for large yard garden watering. Unable to find information to return the product.

I have and/or I can produce the same and identical winning information the same as the official list of the latest PCH Super Prize winners and Winners Circle (2007-2010); I have been forwarding numerous demand letters and certified mail to almost everyone at the Publisher's Clearing House (PCH) since 2007; however, I have little or "no" cooperation to date.

I have been a valued customer of Publishers Clearing House for well over 29 yrs. Over those years, for some odd reason, they stopped sending me entry/order forms both through mailings and online as well. I have ordered thousands of dollars in merchandise from this scam company. It's funny how I was at the top running for the recent prize of $5.000 a week for life but was dropped as if never existing when this drawing came up. I am not even getting bills for the few orders I had outstanding - yet current? I think they may have ripped me off on a winning entry and hope I just go away. Strange indeed!

PCH is not a scam. It is a marketing company. Just like newspapers, magazines and TV networks, they advertise products for companies and get a commission or cut from each thing they sell. Price wise, PCH is usually more expensive. But then again, I'll gladly pay $5 extra just to stay out of Walmart! As for the prizes, they are real. They don't have that many in any given month or year. It just seems like they do because they send so much junk mail.

Publishers Clearing House has repeatedly lied to me, and will not leave me alone. For years now, I have been attempting to deal with PCH and all of their sub-sites (PCH, PCH Games, PCH Lotto, PCH Search & Win, etc.). My experience is similar to so many others. Years ago, I entered a sweepstakes, and to this day, they will not leave me alone. I have been absolutely swamped with both physical mail and email, charged for products I did not want, need, or purchase, promised that someone with my initials, in my city were guaranteed to win at least $100 threatened that my inaction to respond to their letters/e-mails would result in lost money, etc.

I called and called, and they said it was fixed. On all games, it seems like you are logged in; but then when you are supposed to get tokens at the end of games, it says login. However, it won't let you login. I asked PCH, and they claimed that they are fixing the problems. It still isn’t working. I remember PCH from when I was lot younger. It has always been a scam; no one really wins, at least not in my part of the world. However, I did enjoy playing some of their games. Oh well, it’s just another lesson learned. This company scams the elderly, even years ago. They would send them mail and say they had 24 hours to respond. The mail does not get to them, until days later, just so they would order more cheap stuff. I still remember a man in Florida suing them. He went all the way to their headquarters, thinking he had won. Most old people cannot see the fine print, and the young ones need magnifying glass to see it.

What a gigantic loop of crazy stuff! I agree with all the comments posted on this site, but today was the topper! I got a call from PCH on my cell phone. The lady was kind enough and told me I was picked as a finalist for the drawing! Woohoo. Then after asking about my profession, told me that she is mailing me the magazine list of all the magazines I will get for only $9.97 a week! Seriously, stop the madness people. It is much easier to pay the lotto. No hassles, no 5 emails a day or more and guess what? Your odds are just as good!

I received many offers through the mail from PCH. I have purchased strawberry plant in the past that were not as advertised. Around the 3 of March, I received the offers and my discount awarded was 60% off. I do not normally order anything but they had a picture of the pocket hose 25 ft. for $15.96 and a 50 ft. for $19.96. I have been looking to buy this product from other sources but at 60% off my price would be $14.37, so I ordered. Today, I received my product, a 25-ft hose at $15.96. It was not a pocket hose and there was no discounted price.

If you receive items you didn't order from PCH, as far as I know, by law, you don't have to pay for them and you don't have to return them. I found out they set me up for automatic renewal of my magazine superscription without my knowledge. I canceled the remainder of my subscription and requested a refund for the remainder as per their guaranty. I haven't heard back from them and no refund yet. I'll wait a little longer before checking the, "I want an attorney to contact me about my complaint" box, but suspect I will be doing that in the future ...

I always enter the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. I spend hours clicking on page after page of stuff, never buying anything, just trying to get entries and see if I can win something, even if it's $5.00 instantly. Nothing. Ever. I have been doing this for about 6 years now. Isn't that the definition of insanity, to repeat the same action over and over expecting different results? This must be something new.

In 2008, I played an instant win PCH slot jackpot for one million dollars. I was not aware that I had won until PCH sent me a letter informing me that I had a super prize number and urging me not to disregard it. They begin to send me legal looking documents that I constantly filled out and mailed back. Documents that were sent to me are Certificates of Entitlements, prize days awards (day I was to receive the award), Certificate of Title, Authorized Prize Transfer, deposit slips, Official Confirmation Notice and an Official Alert/Prize Check Approval. This deception has been going on since May of 2008. If Publishing Clearing House had no intention of honoring my win, they should not be sending me false documents. I have documents to substantiate my claim. Please advise me on what steps can be taken regarding this matter.

I have been playing for almost four years and have sent in all entries the next day, the last round in 2012 was not even processed as I ordered some items. Until people just play for fun and do not order maybe a magazine a year or less, maybe they will start paying out on their sweepstakes. They advertise major networks winners which do not happen and if so you can trace them to employees to get more money. Stop ordering their products and maybe they will start paying on all sweepstakes as they constantly change games, as to not pay out. Wake up and stop ordering. This funds their company; they must pay and advertise not employees or two-year-old winners but current winners on their site. The videos are over two years old. If customers stop ordering, they will pay one way or the other.

I am afraid I just experienced a common story with PCH. Man signs for 5K a week for life prize. Man receives e-mails daily. Man, just trying to keep up with the game, clicks and clicks without buying anything. Man receives an e-mail which informs him that he just bought a piece of plastic junk (he did not). Man calls PCH and tells the operator that this is a mistake. Operator puts on an effort to insure the man that he bought it. After another 2 to 3 calls, man convinced them to cancel the order. Man is still upset to be played for a fool, but start feeling better.

I am so angry with PCH. This has to be a total scam. I agree with the rest of the customers - it's a total nightmare. I keep getting email every day saying I must enter in order to continue playing to win the $5,000 a week. After all the entering I did everyday, they sent me an email telling me I "no longer have the chance to win, sorry." Those were their words, supposedly because I didn't enter a final they requested. This is a waste of time. I keep canceling them on sending me posts, but they continue sending me stuff. What a nightmare.

This was the first time and will be the last I'll order something. First, do not click on any item unless you want to buy! The system does not show you a final cart for you to review - the system just processed and billed me. The pricing and discounts were misleading too so when I called customer service, she was so rude. When she finally credited my account, was just mean. Then the quality of the product was embarrassing. I bought something as a gift and had to apologize to the friend who received it. Finally beware, they charge a late fee on your purchases pretty quick!

The mailings they send are designed to fool people into thinking they have won something already. My elderly mother bought so much stuff from them thinking she won or would win. They're always using the term that someone in our city would definitely win (no one ever did). Items were still coming to her home months after she died. The website is a ** nightmare, to even try to enter without ordering. You have to look at page after page of their crap, and then be begged to buy something, even though it says you don't have to. Then it goes on to offers from their partners. On reputable sites that offer contests that state you don't have to purchase anything, there is a link that allows you to go on and enter the contest without a purchase and without looking at a bunch of crap.

In September 2012, I ordered 2 items to be used for my grandkids' Halloween party. The items didn't arrive until the second week in November. I returned them, asked not only for a credit for the return, but also for them to cover the return postage since it was their fault the package arrived late. I didn't ask anything out of the ordinary that any other direct mail company would do when it's their fault. PCH said no and sent me a form letter about their policy. Not once did they own up to the fact that they sent it late. Not once did they apologize. The response I received to 3 letters was all done by form letter. They have lost me as a customer.

Every time I enter **, I get everything else except where I can enter to win. I assume that it would require my prize number to be entered somewhere. The question is, where and how?

Why can you not play the lotto game? The numbers are not in the right place for you to play them nor can you submit the numbers. This has happened for the last two days. Also, it has happened on my mom's site. I guess PCH does not want anyone to win this game!

For the past two years, we have continually received packages through the US Mail from Publishers Clearing House which we did not order, which they want to be paid for. I have returned the packages at my expense and written them letters to stop sending the packages. Contents range from candles to manicure sets. I presently have two packages in my position which I am not returning.

In 2008, I went in to my local Public Library, and signed into pchsearchandwin.com. I searched, and instead of my search results appearing, red writing showed a statement, with a button below that said next. I read into what it said. "Congratulations, you have won unsaid cash prize amount. Please click the button below to continue on to the next page where you will take a spin on our wheel to see what you've won." This ad was no popup. It appeared on the pchsearchandwin site's page.

I agree with most of the posters here about how frustrating it is to enter PCH sweepstakes for years without ever winning anything. Still, it's open to everyone (no matter what color you are or where you live), and there are winners. It's sort of like the lottery. If you don't play, you can't win. But there are no guarantees that you will win ever. So play the games, scratch the cards, and spin the wheel or not. No one says you got to. No one promises you will win. But they do promise you the chance to win. So play or not. I play almost every day, and yes, I get tons of emails that are a bit annoying. But that's what the delete button is for.

All these years, I've been playing PCH games, contests and beating all deadlines. I first started playing since age 22. First address was **, Sacramento, California. Now I'm 49 years old. I started playing when Ed McMahon was doing the prize patrol. I'm told I'm just not what they are looking for as being a winner. They say it's because they are looking for best customers who spend money, live in certain states and where they live. I'm sorry, I'm poor and don't live in a big house or I'm not rich or live in the best states they love to travel. It hurts me to know out of all these years of playing these games that I'm not what they are looking for. What is random, the best states they like? Someone who isn't poor and lives in a nice big house? What is a good candidate they choose?

On November 30, 2012, I received several emails from Publishers Clearing House inviting me to play sweepstakes games. One game I played was ‘spin the fortune wheel’. After 3 spins, I landed on win a prize slot. I was directed to the next site which listed prizes such an iPhone and a Samsung Galaxy III 4G phone. I clicked on the Samsung Galaxy phone. I was then directed to take a survey. Then was advised I had to pick two items from their list. They were all like a free knife or a book etc. You had to pay a minimum $9.95 shipping charge. Reading further I determined that I was also joining a "club" and they would ship a knife at full price each month; what a rip off. Elderly people might not realize the club aspect and be shipped a product each month. What a scam. I filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission for deceptive trade acts. I am also going to file a complaint with the Texas Attorney General’s Office. I think PCH owes me a Samsung Galaxy III mobile phone.

The rules are stipulated by PCH administrator. Some employees comply but some don't. I am encountering one tonight. The evening crew is very prejudiced. I'm supposed to receive 2300 tokens on my first login, but I didn't get it. Why? Because I'm not white enough. One can play any games and receive 2300 tokens. My Viper computer security alerted me that PCH had sent virus to my computers.

First, your password is changed to something else when someone wants to complain! Your game sites are in a constant not working state. It is always bogging down. The internet is always blowing you out of the site. The site is poorly maintained. The servers are not properly maintained. There is a serious problem with your sites. I know you do not want to hear this; however, unless you’re just plain stupid, the site is poorly maintained. Fix it.

After signing up for what used to be an mail-in event, I find I am receiving 4 emails a day now in addition to something called "Early Peek". PCH is an advertising scam where you can never win anything. You can only get Tokens (worthless), Bonus Symbols (never enough) and Diamonds which entitle you to more chances. They (PCH) should be barred from using email for solicitations. It's just an advertising medium where you are deluged with ads, never winning anything.

Today, I received a tracked package in my PO Box for a pet seat liner for my dog. I did not order this. I looked at it on the page and clicked through other pages. But I never did any checkout process. I know I never checked out with this item for I would never pay $30 with shipping. Plus, they sent me a bill offering to let me pay in 4 easy installments with a few stickers to affix on payment form to make you seem you will win something big or Buy a 3 pack of wipes for $12.99 plus shipping. It’s buy 1 get 2 free. What a scam. It also says I will be charged a late fee on late payments. What are they going to charge my post box? Oh, best part is the seat cover smells of really bad chemicals from China. I would not place a mad dog on this cover. I put it in my garage. I will not pay $9.99 to ship it back. If they want it, they should send me a prepaid label.

Quality of product is poor. Online bill pay never works. Person barely speaks English (phone call to PCH). And postage is unbelievably outrageous. A true rip-off! I will never order from them again. I tried at least ten times; same story every time. I’m done.

False surveys - Every day I receive at least two or more requests for me to take the survey and possibly win a jackpot. When I try to open the survey, I am told that someone using my computer has already completed the survey from PCH. No way because no one lives with me to use my computer. So why the sham? How do I complete the surveys? Please answer?

This morning, I got a second PCH instant prize draw winner scam telling me that I had won $1,000, but needed to provide a legitimate credit score and enter it to claim the prize. The first time (9/25/2012), I fell for it and let your link take me to Experian where I had to provide an SS number to obtain my score and a valid credit card number (which I stupidly did). I never got the $1,000, but did get two charges from Experian (the first for $31.95, which they would not refund and the second for $19.95, which they refunded). Then yesterday (10/29/2012), I got the second promise of $1,000 (this time in the form of a Visa prepaid card). I did not follow the link to Experian this time. Why does this keep happening? Did I really win the original $1,000 and this second $1,000? If yes, why haven't I even received the first $1,000 after over a month's time? Do PCH and Experian both benefit from this scam?

I've been entering these entry opportunities for a year and I really have paid attention up until now on the PCH slots. Why is it when you hit the button and if you get one bonus sign and then another bonus sign, it looks like it's going to stop in the middle but it doesn't. The slot speeds up to get rid of the bonus so you can't have it. And I've noticed I get the same amount of bonuses on every game every day. And on the new instant win games, every game I played, I received the same amount of tokens, 250. So there for PCH, can you fix this? Because that's a really good and cheap way to do business and if this keeps happening, eventually nobody will ever play and you all will be out of business. And that's messed up how you all are basically ripping people off. Am I right or wrong? Please fix.

$5,000 a week for life! The excess postage and mailings we receive from PCH is astronomical. What a waste of paper and someone’s time. I entered online and now get a zillion emails from them. I fell for it - my fault. Fool me once, their fault; fool me twice, my fault. How do I get them to stop sending me all of that mail?

Lotto games - I play the games then it ceases up and won't give me the coin scratch. I can't play my wheel for diamonds. Please fix. I've been playing for many years. Help, PCH.

PCH is good about spamming people. I feel really bad for those elderly folks that don't know any better. I think it's all bull ** because never have I ever heard of anyone nor heard on the news about someone winning! Come on, if someone won 1 million dollars, I do believe they'll mention it but not give the names of the people due to privacy. How long has PCH been around? Many, many years and I remember when I was a teenager going to their website and seeing how simple it was. Now they have so much more. It's the consumers that's paying their overhead and the prizes they give out. They make a fortune off us.

I paid all my orders except for the Japanese iris and the red hot poker plants. I ordered 2 of each and only 1 of each grew. They removed it from my bill and I paid the rest, which was $97.00. Now I get a threatening letter from Publishers Clearing House that they are turning me in to the credit bureau. I have my credit card receipt. I think I need to sue them for harassment emails, letters in the mail and phone calls. I am sick of this crap and I will never order anything from them again.

PCH notified me of an order for a TV guide. Mailing address for subscription was in Las Vegas. On internet research, the address is a strip mall. Then I got billed by PCH for subscription. I have never lived in Nevada. I've been in Arizona for 40 years! PCH fails to verify addresses, therefore, they are irresponsible. If you can't verify address, they shouldn't accept orders.

Every time I play PCH Slots and earn 10 or more spins for entries, the game locks up and I never get to complete the entries. Is this game designed to limit how many spins you are allowed to earn in order to spin for entries? This game takes time to play, and then to have my time wasted just because I earned 10 or more spins is nothing less than a cruel joke on PCH customers!

I did not order any licorice wheels from your company, so if you send them to me they will be on the house because I will not pay for them.

I have followed the link they give at the bottom of their emails to unsubscribe from their emails, but they just keep sending them. Talking about a lot of jerks, PCH is on the top of my list.

I play the slots/lotto for PCH everyday online. I am sick of the same patterns. If anything PCH was doing was for real and not bogus, there would be no "100 cash" as the sixth spot on the lotto scratch instant win card. Every single time I play it, I noticed this and even gathered people around the computer before it shows up to get a laugh out of it. Another thing is the same pattern on the slots. There is no calculable way that, after collecting diamonds, entries are the only spot the wheel lands on. I must have literally played this wheel over 500 times and get the same result. Just today the wheel landed on 6 try again spaces in a row (again, not impossible but uniquely unlikely).

I received a bad link email from PCH. The link sent me to "axis.giftchain.ne" that froze the tab so I could not close unless I entered a contest for free iPad or gift card.

I received necklaces that I did not order. This is the third time that this has happened to me. If you check your records, you will find I have ordered quite a few times over the past year, but I now find I cannot afford to buy anything else. Even the postage I now have to pay to send back this box is too much. There is a white box in the package also that I have not opened. Do I send that back too? Please tell me what to do.

I received a notice that someone with my initials in my zip code would win the big prize. As my initials are rare, I figured there was a good chance. Guess what? The big winner was in another state with totally different initials. It seems to be a scam.

Loss of tokens and possible money - Every day I have the same problem with PCH connections. It is either technical difficulties or PCH is not responding. These happen in the middle of trying to accumulate tokens every day!

Just reading the complaint post about PCH, I want to be fair and post my personal experience with this wonderful company. That is because of the big magnitude of the business they handle, they are the hope and the dream of millions of people in this country. The winning is true; in my personal case, I did receive a check from PCH and I did not even know that I won. I can play every sweepstakes in the internet and I do not understand why another person complained they cannot do it. Probably they are doing it the wrong way. I used to buy some little thing. Now I am unemployed, and cannot do it more frequently but I wish I can do more. I ask the people who can read this, and many people to be able to take the big opportunity Publishers Clearing House offers every day.

I recently purchased a product which was made in India (at least it wasn't China!) but it should have been made in America. The labels are glued on the plastic storage containers, which I have to use a product like WD40 to remove the glue. This is a waste of my time. The labels should peel off with ease, like Rubbermaid products. Also, concerning the $10,000,000 prize, the deadline is always moved back. PCH will announce, enter by the end of January and we are still entering in September. Just how many $10,000,000 prizes do they give away? Bogus!

I'm pretty sure this will not be read but I will say PCH is crap. I play games for entertainment while at work and it's fun. I don't expect to win anything ever and I really don't care. I just feel really bad for the people that have been attempting to win for decades and don't win even a gift card. Your commercials are old, showing the same people and more than likely the winners shown on screen are fictitious. A winner was announced showing her email address and I contacted her. She said she was never informed and doesn't even participate because she also thinks this is all crap. I don't consider PCH to be all that sincere about people winning.

I have not been able to enter any contests, lotto, slots or order anything online. This has been going on for about 6 weeks. What gives that I cannot do anything online with Publisher Clearing House? I have wanted to order some magazines and probably something else, but nothing shows up for me to look at or order. Please get this fixed. I get your emails, but I cannot do anything with them. So, all I can do is delete them. Thanks.

it has a message (something about server malfunction) and then says, "Click here to continue," where they try to sell you stuff. Now, if the link to sell the stuff is working, then the scratch card should be working too. Obviously, this is a ruse to sell products because I have tried multiple times and they keep giving me the product link. Very suspicious that the scratch card link is the only one with a problem. These people should be investigated for the fraud they perpetrate on a daily basis.

I keep getting the e-mails saying that I need to enter to still be eligible to win, but after going through all the hoops but not ordering, the submit button never works. I bet if I ordered something, the button would work. But I do not order because either I do not want any of the products or the shipping and handling charges are way too much.

I lost my job four years ago and because I have been blacklisted, I have not found another one and so when these people start sending emails stating that I will win if I enter their sweepstakes and every day I get an email stating that I am forfeiting my prize, I begin to believe that I am actually a winner. I have watched via Twitter two big games waiting for my prize and nothing but everyday and everyday I get these emails saying that I am so close to winning but if I do not enter, I am forfeiting. I begin to make plans to help my family and myself believing that I will actually win but when I see that they never get close to NYC and much less the Bronx, I begin to believe that if I am not living in the Suburbs and white, I am not going to win. I am so annoyed by their deceiving emails.

My number was ** to win $5000 a week for life on 8-31-2012 and I was not notified. It was given to someone else. No one called or emailed me. What is the problem? Is it just for white folks and why is it that no one wins in Illinois? And I stayed home all that day.

You have been sending me crap for over 30 years, saying I was a winner. Well, where are the winnings? This is just a bunch of junk mail to get people to buy your stuff. There is no such thing as winners, just a bunch of hot air promises. Don't send me more garbage saying I'm the next winner when there isn't such a thing. I'm getting tired of the ** you send out, being I haven't won in over 30 years. I don't think I ever will so take me off the email list with your lies of being our next winner. Thanks for a big, fat nothing!

You go to enter and it says you go to enter, and then it goes straight to survey. It says, "Complete the survey and receive points!" You complete the survey and it tells you, “Sorry, you don’t match what we are looking for.” Sorry! Well, I have wasted hours on top of hours trying just to enter the sweepstakes! I don’t know if any of my entries to a lot of drawings have even been entered. I was scammed several months ago $30 out of my checking account, which overdrew my account for over $300! Every time I try to enter, I get sent to survey after survey! I was told I will get points. This is very time-consuming and frustrating, especially not knowing if I am even getting an entry in. Where I come from, time is money! So I feel not only someone is constantly trying to scam me, but am I wasting my time as well? Please feel free to email with an answer.

I filled out the proper information to be part of the big draw. Then, I received a postcard telling me to go online and enter the authorization code listed on the card in order to join the contest and win some form of cash prize. When I went on the website listed on the card, there was no place on there to put the authorization code and the card says you need to enter the code in order to have a chance to win! This PCH is a big scam! I will be filing a complaint with mail fraud and the BBB as soon as possible.

During Casino Night's progressive phase, I got all the 5 bonuses required to open the cash phase and it didn't. The phase started over, and I lost. I've been playing this for a while. It's the first time I filled all the bonuses required to get cash, and I got ripped off. I don't know what to do. Thank you. I hope they get to see this and get to know what really goes on. Date was August 24, 2012, and it was about 0530 hours. Again, thank you for your service.

Items not ordered - PCH sent me items like women's make-up that I would never order or use. Now I just received an email bill for some more items I did not order. If you enter their sweepstakes, be careful because they have your info.

The item#54079J, multi-chopper, does not work. It's of poor quality. I want to return it ASAP.

While trying to submit an entry to the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes, I could not submit my form, because the error message stated, "Your street address is not in your zip code." I have lived here 12 years and I definitely know my street address. There was no way to get the form submitted. Is this a scam for online entries?

I recently entered PCH and was sure to not order any product when I did. I just received an order of two items sent to my home with a bill. I called their consumer help line and was told that I must have missed an email telling me that if I didn’t respond, they would send me these items. I told them that practice was illegal. He then told me that I must have clicked on something on their website telling them to send the items. I informed them that I have never been to their website. After me convincing them that this was an illegal practice on their part, the rep told me that he would cancel the bill. I asked for them to send that to me in writing and that I wanted to return the items. He told me to keep the items as a way of saying sorry for the inconvenience. He says he will send something out explaining that I am not responsible for the goods but we shall see what happens. I asked to be taken out of all contests and deleted from their system. I was told that I may receive mailings for another 6 weeks. Hopefully, after that I will be done with these people. I feel bad for the elderly customers that receive goods in the mail like this and think that they must have to pay for them. I find it funny that when you put "Publishers Clearing House" in Google, the top searches include the words "Scam" and "Rip-off". Gee, I wonder why?

They stopped processing my entry to be a winner for the August 2012 contest. Each time I sign-in to register for the August 31, 2012 contest, it will not complete the process. Is it because I do not place an order? I have never had this problem before and I have played for years. Strange! I would love to have an answer. Thanks.

Shipping time and you are running bogus sweepstakes. You steal 1 point when I log on to play a game and your quality is not what you promise. There is no phone number on where to complain if you are not satisfied with your order. Where is that 100% guarantee?

Ever since I submitted an entry to the PCH sweepstakes on the computer, I've received dozens upon dozens of emails wanting me to enter again or search something to enter something else "before my time runs out". No matter how many times I've done this, the messages saying "I may be dropped from the list or lose my opportunity to win" never stop coming. I'm tired of being bogged down with these continuing emails, but there seems to be no way of stopping them. I'd love to win as much as anyone else; but if I'd entered through the mail, that one entry would be enough so that I would have a fair chance in the sweepstakes without being harassed. Some people might look at it as many opportunities provided to them, but I just think it's annoying and unfair. Many of us would like to feel that we might have some slim chance of one day winning this contest without being told that for every 1 entry we submit, we must then submit 10 more to stay qualified. If others want to spend their time responding to these over and over each day, it's up to them but I don't. I shouldn't feel penalized for it, because I've already entered several times. I don't want to be contacted again unless I win. Thank you.

I have bought a Dell PC; after 3 months of having it, the darn thing breaks down so I search online for the PCH sweepstakes to no avail. I sent out a letter to PCH sweepstakes about the broken tower; and now, a second Item I purchased is bad too. Screw me once, screw me twice, PCH is bad. I purchased a futon only to find the wooden sides that hold the futon together is in pieces. I wasn’t going to attempt putting it together... no way. I won’t spend a second time to send it back. I feel PCH should pay to have it sent back. As for the Dell PC tower, who is going to fix it? Now this is a third contact and I'll personally write another letter to PCH sweepstakes. I’m disgusted. If I don’t hear anything from within a week, I'll go to BBB here in Buffalo. I am out $300 for the futon; and without a Dell tower, which I'm assuming it goes for at least $200, $500 is gone to a bad deal... shame on you Publishers Clearing House. Today’s date is August 11, 2012.

I did not ask for it (mystery gift/tools). I do not want to pay for something that I do not need. I do not send back, because I have to pay shipping. Since March 2008, I’ve been your loyal customer. I am not satisfied with your behavior. I received delinquency notice; I am sending you payment today by mail, but I want that you cancel the oval covered casseroles. I know I am on time because you sent me a card explaining that I have to wait for them two or three weeks, and I received this week. Thank you.

You have told me since the end of March (up to now, it’s August), that I’m a winner! Of what a bunch of lies and **. You just want people to buy your crap. Well, your gimmick is just about as old as you are. You should be ashamed to promise people things and not deliver.

For the past 2 years, Publishers Clearinghouse has told me numerous times that somebody in my local TV area with my personal initials was going to win money, yet there has never been anything about anybody with my initials in my TV area ever winning anything. I know that there are numerous loopholes in the Publishers Clearing Sweepstakes that allows them to mislead people in order to get them to purchase products. But when they outright lie, it is wrong and they should be accountable. If anybody reads this and has a lawsuit against them for this, then please contact me so I can get on the suit with them because Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes owes me a lot of money for compensation!

I ordered a CD/DVD Disk Repair Kit. I received my disk repair kit and started using it as soon as I got it. I followed all the directions on it, rotated the handle counterclockwise like it said. I completely destroyed my kids' PS2 game and made 2 of my movies not work at all. It was buy one get one free, so I gave one to a family member and guess what? It destroyed their DVDs too. I don't think I should have to pay money for something that messed my stuff up!

I have tried to play PCH lottery game on August 4 and 5, 2012 and all I get is a blank screen. Their webmaster should be fired! Then I get these other ads from them and on a 19-inch monitor, you cannot make out the ads or the information on the submit tab. I think they stink!

I am unable to play PCH Lotto on 8/3/12. I tried about five times to play your Lotto games, but each time I tried, I got a blank page. I tried several different ways to get to PCH Lotto but once I clicked the first button, I kept getting a blank page. Can you please help me and tell me what happened? I am trying very hard to win a prize! Please respond and tell me what I can do to make up for being unable to play today. Thank you for your time.

I have spent over $1,000.00 purchasing items and in postage. You have been nice when an item was not good, or wasn’t the right one. However, I am somewhat disgruntled with PCH in the fact "that" more than one person has number 1830. You keep saying I am a winner! When? This has been going on for a while. I am always on the computer every day updating and reconfirming my number! Why? One should only have to enter once and not have to re-update every day and sometimes twice to three times. Some items you send such as lotto I cannot play due to my computer security stopping it. The only real question I have is why are you constantly giving your customers the runaround? How can you tell me I am on the winner list with the number 1830 when there seem to be at least 100 out there with the same number? Thank you.

I'm so mad. I sent my check to you and have a complaint. I ordered my word search and I never got it. I paid $14.00 on my manager's check. I'm so angry. Send me back my money, it has been 2 weeks. I'm just wondering, are you fake and just trying to get everybody's money? Where the hell is my word search? If I'll owe you any money next time, the hell with you. I will never again send you anything. Please send me a statement why I didn't get my word search puzzle from you. I have sent you my check. I'm so angry.

Discrimination - I moved into an RV park and PCH doesn't recognize my address, so I can't even enter at all. I guess that it is only for people who are rich enough to own a house. So the rich gets richer and I am left out of even getting a chance. This form sucks too because I don't have a phone right now.

The online cook book deal had a 'buy one get on' on item #547458. I got one set. I called your customer service of no help, not for online items. She did try. Her name was Pat. So, delete my email from your scam list. The books are not worth $22.95. I will pass this on to everyone I talk to, that this is a rip-off.

Around about February of this year, I mailed a one scratch and win, and one winning bingo card of one line. The scratch and win had three identical numbers, I have not received my prizes. I did call and a PCH employee acknowledged that he had the winning items and would contact me. After this length of time, it is very apparent that your company is a fraud. I am a Christian man who finds this sort of thing upsetting. It seems that I have to inform the public of this nonsense via internet, newspaper and Vancouver TV news with reply to this complaint by my email address. I am entitled to my prize that should be forthcoming immediately.

I just read many unhappy, negative comments about PCH. I am flabbergasted. They have an 800 phone number and on occasion, I call if there is a computer glitch, which is normal. PCH personnel are always nice, helpful and solve any problem. On occasion, some interesting item strikes my fancy and I purchase it. If I don't like it, I can return it just by calling the 800 number for help. I love getting to play (right now) the "$5,000 a Week for Life." It is just like playing the lottery. Heh, maybe I'll win...maybe I won't win...so what? It is fun to dream and then, wish whoever does win, good luck. I have done some checking over the years, especially now that we have internet and can find information better, and found out how PCH can make these offers and they are legitimate. If you don’t win, that is only because your number didn't come up just like in the lottery.

Every time I have ordered merchandise it has taken almost 6 weeks for me to receive it. The merchandise has been in good condition, but the long shipping time is more than I wish to put up with. The ideal situation would be for me to receive the merchandise within 14 days from when I ordered it. The reason I don't order more of your merchandise is that it takes too long to receive it once it is ordered.

The last couple of weeks, I have been getting a notice of blank pages on my computer and won’t allow me to go any further onto the next screen. Your target screen seems to be where my trouble started. If it’s not on your end, where is it? I am missing out on entering where it says to either enter or are disqualified. I have been entering a couple of years now and this does not seem right.

We are told that an order is not necessary to win in Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes. So, I went on line and entered after having to go through page after page of "please buy this". Then, at the end of the email, I was actually told "Please put in at least one order and support our sponsors". I refused. I was then inundated with e-mails with come-ons like "Someone in your zip code has won!” All they wanted was to get me to buy something. I will never enter this contest again.

I ordered an item, an Indian grill with light up wings, and one side is bright and the other side you can barely see. I'm trying to find out how to return it! Nothing works. Everything says, "Oops!" So, I'm sending it to 720 Return Center, St. Cloud, MN 56399. If you get it, you get it. If not, oh well, I tried, and I will not pay for it.

Publishers Clearing House scam - My complaint is the same as the many I have read here. When you enter a contest, for the most part it is a one-time entry, not every day with offers to buy something. This is a scam, pure and simple, and I am wondering why a federal consumer protection agency hasn't come down hard on these guys. They must have a really strong lobby group. I receive two and as many as four emails a day from these guys. What is the difference between these guys and telemarketers, who are not allowed to contact you if you are on a Do Not Call List? How do you get off their list? I am still curious about why there is no investigation into their practices.

PCH sweepstakes - I too, like most people am discouraged and somewhat disgusted by the constant badgering of emails and mailings that goes on with this company. I used to believe that there were winners. I also believed that everyone actually had a chance to win. But, that seems not to be the case. Instead, it's just another marketing ploy. Also, when the company says that there is no fee or purchase necessary, that is not true.

I have entered and played for over 30 years and never won any of your contests. I am not asking for any prize from you. But when I think I am about to win something in the games, you have tech problems lock me out. You keep telling me you know I haven't won anything yet but keep playing and I will win. Do your tech guys know what they are doing? I believe that when you use the word ‘contests’, to you it's a test to con or the biggest scam ever.

When I first started, I was conned into two ideas. One was magazines and another was family, something which I am still getting charged for because I did not take the necessary information. I watched a show a few years ago about Publishers Clearing House and how they know the winner a few years in advance. I think you are a fraud. You send so many emails that I spend most of my evening deleting your e-mails. I have never won anything, not even close. You were supposed to announce someone in June and now it’s July and hey now it's August. You are a joke. My only hope this year was that I might possibly win.

On July 4th, I entered a contest on PCH.com. After completing the entry, several pages of products were displayed. I clicked on a few to see what they were, but never submitted an order. The next day I noticed that I had received an email from PCH confirming my order. I immediately called customer service to report the error and was informed that clicking on any item automatically puts it in the shopping cart and the order is then processed, even though I never actually submitted or authorized it. Furthermore, the orders could not be cancelled because they had already been processed, so my only recourse was to return the merchandise once I receive it. The customer service lady assured me that I would not be charged anything if I returned the package without opening it. However, considering the nightmarish stories I've read at this site, I have grave concerns about that statement.

I have been ill and I have been so discouraged by PCH's explanation on Facebook which are immediately censored by Facebook. I have probably received various letters about being selected by various scammers totaling many millions of dollars of winnings which will be turned over to me if I send them money. Does this sound familiar or am I the only one victimized by these official-looking letters about money being held for you until this money or (horrors) your claim will be null and void. By the way, would pay it rather than lose my chance.

I have paid for some orders 2 to 4 times. I have confirmation numbers, still haven't received some of the things I've ordered at Christmas. Now, I have a collection agency contacting me for more money. I don't know what to do. I haven't received the art set, or the flashlights I ordered, but I've paid for them 4 times. I just want to figure this out. Thank you for your help.