fair prize?

[flipnflap]

At a recent function in the UK, I won the top prize of 'a Weekend For 2 In Poland'. When the prize came through in the post it turned out to be just 2 nights in a hotel at the Polish city of my choice - no flights or anything else included. I'm glad to have won the prize, but do you think I'm also right to be disappointed that it's no more than 2 nights in a Polish hotel, that I have to pay for travel, etc?

[vehelpfulguy]

I guess if you take it literally then you have won a weekend for 2 in Poland, it just did not include the means to get there.

If they had said "All inclusive weekend for 2 in Poland" then I guess you would have had cause for complaint.

This, of course, is where the flexible use of language comes into play in the world of marketing.

So for example "Strawberry yoghurt" must have some strawberry in it, but "Strawberry flavored yoghurt" does not need to have ANY strawberry in it, just Strawberry flavoring, which can be artificial.

I know that is nothing to do with holidays, but it is just to make the point that "a weekend for 2 in Poland" can mean different things to different people.

It is like people who come on here and say "I have been rung up and told I have won a free holiday". Often this is a scam and it turns out this "free" holiday can cost you hundreds of pounds.

I guess there is not much you can do about it now.

[Whickerman]

ryanair - flights for next to nothing to Krakow today. (�2.99 each way)

[green-legend]

Theres no free meals mate.

Its a life lesson.

[Trotbot]

Some of these prizes, particularly to more exotic locations (sorry any Poles reading this!) give you the accomadation, then make you book flights through them, and they charge the full single fare each way, which is a huge amount more than you could book yourself...... enough to pay for the hotel in fact.

So, you're not out of pocket yet......but check the small print and then the even smaller print

[Dee Sa]

what a let down, did you have to pay for raffle tickets or win a competition or what ?
who donated the prize / pls name and shame them.
But the bottom line is, that is was a prize not a contract and there isnt much you can do, better luck next time.
my mum once won at a summer country fete a weeknd for 2 in Paris, she wouldnt go because she was frightned to fly and she wouldnt part up with the prize so other family members could go, so in the end it was never claimed and thats what some donors hope the winner will do, it makes them look charitable and costs them nothing.

[flipnflap]

Yes, paid �5 for 3 raffle tickets at a Polish festival.

[Dee Sa]

I truly think you were conned.
next time before I buy a raffle ticket I shall find out exactly what the prize consists of, like yourself I have never thought to do this before, but then I am never lucky anyway.
Dee