Publishers Clearing House

[mjarrels]

Publishers clearing house big dollar give away has been going on for years. Now its win $5000 dollars a week for life. I remember getting ready to mail my letter about 30 years ago and realized I would be on a Navy ship in the middle of the Indian ocean on Jan and no one was going to knock on my door to hand me a check for 10 million dollars. Is this some kind of scam or the real deal. This has been going on for well over 30 years.

mark

 

[k0ua]

Publishers clearing house big dollar give away has been going on for years. Now its win $5000 dollars a week for life. I remember getting ready to mail my letter about 30 years ago and realized I would be on a Navy ship in the middle of the Indian ocean on Jan and no one was going to knock on my door to hand me a check for 10 million dollars. Is this some kind of scam or the real deal. This has been going on for well over 30 years.

mark

I believe it to be real. 5000 a week I a lot less money than a 10 million dollar check.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I believe it to be real. 5000 a week I a lot less money than a 10 million dollar check.

I seem to recall the fine print in those that the payout is over a 20 year period. The 10 million dollar check shown on ads is just for show. Still I don't know how they do it, no purchase necessary and a few people that do pick up a few periodicals cant make that kind of money.

 

[smstonypoint]

I believe it to be real. 5000 a week I a lot less money than a 10 million dollar check.

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Assume that you designate your newborn child or grandchild as the person to receive the $5,000/week after your passing. That child would have a life expectancy of close to 80 years (List of countries by life expectancy - Wikipedia). The present value of $5,000 received weekly for 80 years with an annual interest rate of 6% is $4,297,572.28. That value would be increased (decreased) with a lower (higher) discount rate.

Steve

 

[adventure bob]

They are selling data to the folks they are direct marketers for. They collect millions of dollars worth of marketing and demographic data every year. Imagine constant contact on steroids. According to their site they have annual revenue in the $750M range.

 

[k0ua]

The advertising and mailing budget is a heck of a lot more than the giveaway. Whether it be the 10 Mil over 20 years or the 5000 weekly. Which is an easy for them payout, just set aside 5 mil annually in an annuity or some other investment and let it pay out. It takes giving away small money to make big money. And 5000 weekly is SMALL money.

 

[MossRoad]

I believe it to be real. 5000 a week I a lot less money than a 10 million dollar check.

Would you turn down either one? :laughing:

 

[jerrybob]

If I win.....the wife is getting some flowers and I am getting a new tractor and pick-up. If she wins......I will put her flowers in my new pick up as we drive to the tractor dealer. I think it's a win...win!!!:thumbsup:

 

[dragoneggs]

And money supposedly doesn't buy happiness, but I can assure you I would be jumping up and down with a sheet arse grin on my face if I won. Pretty sure the wife would be smiling too. Debts paid, could retire, lower stress level. A win, win, wine situation! :boat::fishing::tractor:

 

[k0ua]

Would you turn down either one? :laughing:

Uh no, and after I got done paying the taxes, with the remainder, I might even spend a little....

 

[Gunny]

Like one old boy said, " heck fire, you can spend over $4000 ever danged week on beer and cigars, let the old lady blow the rest on groceries, rent and electric bills and it don't matter, cause the mailman is gonna bring you another $5000 check on Wednesday"

 

[adventure bob]

Money doesn't buy happiness, but its much nicer to be sad in Porsche than a hyundai.

 

[Beltzington]

Depends what you consider a scam, if you were to receive a letter in the mail saying send us a $1 or you could be struck by lightening this would likely be considered a scam but your chances of winning anything are considerably less than you being struck by lightening. A fool born every minute is the business model for all of these "free" and "win" promotions so please consider if no one responded there would be no more junk mail, email or recorded phone calls. I say that would be a win!

 

[dragoneggs]

I do wish junk mail would be a thing of the past.

 

[k0ua]

I do wish junk mail would be a thing of the past.

You are looking at it wrong. Think of it as fuel...They send you fuel for your stove at their expense delivered to your mailbox.

 

[jerrybob]

The internet junk mail is interesting........according to the experts.....internet junk mail has declined from 96.3 of all e-mail to 94.6 percent of e-mail.
I don't want to say this means spammers are getting lazier, but the other day I wired money to an African prince and ordered ***** enlargement pills from the same link.:laughing:

 

[Beltzington]

The internet junk mail is interesting........according to the experts.....internet junk mail has declined from 96.3 of all e-mail to 94.6 percent of e-mail.
I don't want to say this means spammers are getting lazier, but the other day I wired money to an African prince and ordered ***** enlargement pills from the same link.:laughing:

You might want to ask your significant other what they have been googling

 

[Oaktree]

The internet junk mail is interesting........according to the experts.....internet junk mail has declined from 96.3 of all e-mail to 94.6 percent of e-mail.

Where do these "experts" get this figure? I receive almost no spam that isn't from someone I've given my email address to (in most cases an online purchase). Either Outlook.com and Gmail have extremely effective spam filters or this is wildly overblown.
Come to think of it, other than Dish network/Direct TV, alternative electricity suppliers and election year political ads I get very little postal junk mail either.

 

[jerrybob]

Where do these "experts" get this figure? I receive almost no spam that isn't from someone I've given my email address to (in most cases an online purchase). Either Outlook.com and Gmail have extremely effective spam filters or this is wildly overblown.
Come to think of it, other than Dish network/Direct TV, alternative electricity suppliers and election year political ads I get very little postal junk mail either.

Ahhhh.......it was a joke.......the numbers were made up......don't believe everything you read on the internet.

 

[orezok]

I noticed on their literature that the chances of winning is 1:2,700,000,000 (2.7 BILLION). Now since there are only about 300 million people in the US, how exactly do they do that drawing?