this is who the republicons are - this is the grifty, lying, cheating crap they do

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. . . is not contingent upon purchase of the advertised product.

Didn't PCH make it so you could still enter, but your entry would take longer to be processed than the magazine buyers?

That's what I remember anyway.

What a shit thing to do.

One year they got caught throwing away entries that did not have a subscription.
Blamed it on contractors. The next year, I wrote them asking why should I enter a phony
contest? Boy, they wrote back quickly saying they got it fixed.

to get out of financial obligations.

Case in point - if you are hiring a contractor, don't ask simply how long they have been in business, ask how long they have been in business under the same name. Getting you driveway paved, getting your house painted, the "warranty" they supply will be worth nothing if they declare bankruptcy a few months after completing your job and resurface a little later, in the same business, but with a different name.

Not sure how they contact people now..no emails, no mails, no calls

So many printed magazines have ceased publishing in the last several years, it isn't a sustainable business model.

Same with video rental or one hour photo developing chains.