Anyone Here Ever Win A Boat Or A Truck In A Drawing From These Companies?

[jhoffman]

Im beginning to think its all an elaborate scam to get our email address and home address.

[mnbassman23]

Not a truck or boat BUT,

 

I know a guy from MN that entered Hummingbirds Backstage Pass sweepstakes to the Bassmasters Classic on Facebook recently. He just found out he won which involved a trip for 2 to the 2014 Classic all expenses paid, VIP passes, Custom Gibson Guitar, and he gets to be on stage with Mercer during the weigh-ins. Legit and an awesome trip. 

[flyfisher]

The majority of those giveaways are to get you on their mailing lists if yo urea the fine print.  You can also get a list of winners later on if requested.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

I never won.. or know anybody who has.

[fishinthedacks]

Ive been very lucky when it comes to contests. Never won anything of that size but have won my fair share.

[J Francho]

How would you like to be notified if you win? Carrier pigeon? Of course they're tools to gather marketing information. Not sure I understand what part is a scam. You don't want to trade your info for a chance to win a prize, don't enter.

[lmbfisherman]

How would you like to be notified if you win? Carrier pigeon? Of course they're tools to gather marketing information. Not sure I understand what part is a scam. You don't want to trade your info for a chance to win a prize, don't enter.

Exactly! 

 

I don't think it's a scam, I'm glad for the chance to get one and whoever won it kudos to them. 

[jhoffman]

I just have never heard of anyone in a VERY large gathering of individuals who has won anything significant without putting money on the front end. The odds have gotta be astronomical. If you look at it from a true marketing perspective lets say you get 100,000 names. You sell that over and over again to companies and you would not only be breaking even on the prize but likely using it for a tax write off some how. 

 

On the marketing side, its pure brilliance. On the winning side I have NEVER ONCE even heard of someone winning one. You mean to tell me if you won a bass boat in a drawing there would be no mention of it on the most popular bass forum? Yeah right.

[jhoffman]

Tell me, who won all those boats they were giving away last year in the pros. I know there was at least two there. There was a boat bass pro was supposed to give away also. So youre going to use the ability to win a boat to draw in traffic and then not announce the winner to bring in traffic a second round? Wouldnt that be the ultimate publicity and show faith in the contest?

[J Francho]

I know a local that won a Triton bass boat. Just sayin'…it does happen. Years ago, a coworker won a car, it happened to be a Yugo, lol, but she won it. On a local forum, you'll see a few selling certificates for boats they won but either already have a boat, or don't want to pay the the tax for winning. It's not really brilliant marketing, as the concept has been around for more than a century.

[deaknh03]

On 2/18/2014 at 0:43 PM, J Francho said:

I know a local that won a Triton bass boat. Just sayin'…it does happen. Years ago, a coworker won a car, it happened to be a Yugo, lol, but she won it. On a local forum, you'll see a few selling certificates for boats they won but either already have a boat, or don't want to pay the the tax for winning. It's not really brilliant marketing, as the concept has been around for more than a century.

Years ago, that's an understatement. Didnt they stop making Yugos in the early 90s? Then they all fell apart at the same time.

[mnbassman23]

http://www.bassmaster.com/sweepstakes

 

Scroll down a ways and they have a list of sweepstakes that have ended, along with the winner of each one. Fishing with the pros, boats, electronics, reels, etc. If you don't believe it then maybe try looking the people up on google, facebook, etc to see if their real. Personally I don't care enough to look them up. 

 

I tend to think that most of these sweepstakes are legit, at least ones provided by bassmasters and other well established companies. With the amount of people that do enter it's not surprising that a lot of times you don't know or hear who wins unless the company post it publicly. The guy that I talked about from MN that won did post his on a public fishing forum. 

[lmbfisherman]

I have seen even on Kijiji someone selling certificates for boats.  (Kijiji is like Craigslist for Canada)

[J Francho]

It was back in the 90s. It worked for years, and it was free, lol.

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[lmoore]

Bassmaster always posts theres following the drawing.  I remember reading a bunch of postslast year on the page of a lure company (don't remember who it way) thanking them for his new boat. 

[AK-Jax86]

Not fishing related but when I was 13 I was visiting my aunt in Palm Beach and I entered a drop card sweepstakes for a Toyota car. Months and months go by and I happen to answer the phone that day, at home in NJ. They asked for me and told me that I have won the Toyota. I handed the phone to my father and they asked for our information. Then they explained to him that I was disqualified since we were not Florida residents. So I guess all of them are not fake or a marketing ploy

[Montanaro]

When your odds of winning are 1 in over 1,000

 

you are going to feel like you never win or nobody ever wins.

 

Someone wins...but you gotta put your name in the hat to have a chance.

[jhoffman]

On 2/18/2014 at 0:43 PM, J Francho said:

I know a local that won a Triton bass boat. Just sayin'…it does happen. Years ago, a coworker won a car, it happened to be a Yugo, lol, but she won it. On a local forum, you'll see a few selling certificates for boats they won but either already have a boat, or don't want to pay the the tax for winning. It's not really brilliant marketing, as the concept has been around for more than a century.

 

Boat certificates are likely won in fishing events, not random drawings. 

 

A century? We havent even had 30 years of the internet open to the masses.

[tomustang]

 

 

A century? We havent even had 30 years of the internet open to the masses.

 

 

 

School/church/scouts/club etc raffles

[bassguytom]

I never won anything but one year I had 2 of my buddies show up to the house after the Super Bowl with blinding lights outside and balloons making my wife think she won the publishers clearing house. I was having a party and she was flipping out when she discovered it was not real I got in a little trouble. Well worth it and she never ordered another magazine again.

[J Francho]

Hoffman, you're telling me you never heard of a free car contest before the internet? You never heard of a raffle?

[ww2farmer]

In pre-internets days I put my name in a drawing for a riding lawn mower at the county fair, and I won. I didn't want the mower............what 19 year old wants a riding mower, but they wouldn't give me the cash value for it, so I sold it to my boss for like 30% off list price of what a new one would cost...........win win. I also won a set of tractor tires a year or two later at a drawing the local tire store was having...my boss once again got a heck of a deal, this time on a new set of tractor tire, and I got cash....again........a victory for all.

[deaknh03]

In pre-internets days I put my name in a drawing for a riding lawn mower at the county fair, and I won. I didn't want the mower............what 19 year old wants a riding mower, but they wouldn't give me the cash value for it, so I sold it to my boss for like 30% off list price of what a new one would cost...........win win. I also won a set of tractor tires a year or two later at a drawing the local tire store was having...my boss once again got a heck of a deal, this time on a new set of tractor tire, and I got cash....again........a victory for all.

A lot of raffles in Mayberry..

[Brian Needham]

I wonder how many folks play the powerball?

 

I never knew anybody that won that either, but I know someone does.

[J Francho]

That's just a scam to get your money. Lol.