Reply to: Omaze: what's the scam?

[quackhandle]

I remember when Force Awakens came out, Omaze were doing a 'Force for Change' thing where you could meet Harrison Ford, Mark Hamil, etc.

I think the setup was the more you paid ("donated") the more chances you had to win the prizes.

qh

[OwlHoot]

Waiting for the Devon one to be precariously on the edge of an eroding cliff. They'll have taken out insurance against the Porsche being won (similar to hole-in-one car wins at golf days).

If you're talking about the the one in Braunton, I think it'll be a while before that cliff erodes.

But there's a public footpath running past below the house, which may or may not be intrusive (hard to tell, looking at Google Maps and Google Earth)

[courtg9000]

Wimbledon isn't really in London now is it. It's a small town subsumed into Greater London. And what sort of idiot is driving in London traffic? Walk you lazy thing.

Within the London Borough of Merton

[d000hg]

Not in London it isn't.

Pre-Covid if you made the mistake of driving could take you an hour.

Wimbledon isn't really in London now is it. It's a small town subsumed into Greater London. And what sort of idiot is driving in London traffic? Walk you lazy thing.

[SueEllen]

2.5 miles IS close.

Not in London it isn't.

Pre-Covid if you made the mistake of driving could take you an hour.

[courtg9000]

2.5 miles IS close.

They made it sound a lot closer than that in the TV advert. To be fair that was all you could fault in the advert and it is a £4m+ house and a recent new build. Personally, I would prefer one of the older houses on the opposite side of Copse Hill. Preferably at the top of that hill closer to the pub and a very excellent curry house! I would not want to wheel up that hill too much!

[d000hg]

They had a house in Wimbledon as a prize a few weeks ago that was built on the site of a former hospital. They claimed it was close to the AELTC but its 2.5 miles away! Oh and if you won that you would have a dodgy neighbour (local and corporate reputation - won't name names) and apparently Simon Cowell ( his house is a mile away) occasionally frequents the nearest pub, which coincidentally used to be my "local" ( 2 other closer pubs are crap!)!

2.5 miles IS close.

[courtg9000]

They had a house in Wimbledon as a prize a few weeks ago that was built on the site of a former hospital. They claimed it was close to the AELTC but its 2.5 miles away! Oh and if you won that you would have a dodgy neighbour (local and corporate reputation - won't name names) and apparently Simon Cowell ( his house is a mile away) occasionally frequents the nearest pub, which coincidentally used to be my "local" ( 2 other closer pubs are crap!)!

[eek]

Depends - it's linked to whether you entered by the end of yesterday or not. Based on ticket sales they could choose to hedge against it.

Unless the odds of paying out are very small it's really not worth it...

[LondonManc]

They probably haven't - the Porsche will just be another cost of sale...

Depends - it's linked to whether you entered by the end of yesterday or not. Based on ticket sales they could choose to hedge against it.

[eek]

Waiting for the Devon one to be precariously on the edge of an eroding cliff. They'll have taken out insurance against the Porsche being won (similar to hole-in-one car wins at golf days).

They probably haven't - the Porsche will just be another cost of sale...

[LondonManc]

They're not free to enter. You have to "make a donation" to whatever charity the prize draw is raising funds for.

The winner does actually get the prize that has been advertised but cavet emptor and all that:

https://metro.co.uk/2021/06/23/oxfor...oods-14818807/

Waiting for the Devon one to be precariously on the edge of an eroding cliff. They'll have taken out insurance against the Porsche being won (similar to hole-in-one car wins at golf days).

[d000hg]

You also see big-name charities doing this, my Facebook feed quite often has them. Allegedly they have determined that even with the cost of the price factored in, they get more income to the charity than without running the contest.

[AtW]

“Free entry” is probably loophole to aloow them run lottery without getting license for it, the scam is thad you won’t win jack tulip

[Fraidycat]

I was looking at the .com website, which had free website based entry.

But the uk site seems to want postal entries if you want a 'free entry' into the draw, cant do it on the website.

You can only get one free entry per letter/postcard.

Therefore it will cost you 66p (second class), for each entry + plus the hassle of posting a letter (who does that anymore)

The website costs the same (66p per entry) except they get the money instead of the royal mail getting it.