Today is Thursday, 25, Feb., 2010 and Publisher's Clearance House (PCH) is at it again. This time they are alledgedly traveling throughout the United States to surprise the latest winners of their contest with various cash prizes of $1, 000 to the grand prize of $1, 000, 000. You have to go to their web site and wait forever to learn that the 10 million prize PCH has been claiming will be awarded this month and has not been and it will be a long while before that drawing is conducted again.
What is highly questionable is that those shortlisted to receive this manna have already been alerted days ago. This leaves those who do not have regular access to the web site to once again have their dreams dashed. Still, PCH continues to send out their e-mails giving the impression instant wealth is within your reach.
PCH instructs their customer service representatives to inform callers PCH contests are games of chance. But one has to question who is actually selecting the winning numbers? In the United States, games of chance are subject to state and federal laws which are applied to such activities. Especially if those activities are extended across state lines such as PCH's operations. Does PCH actually expect us to believe that these games of chance really are unbiased?
PCH is very coy when directly asked how their contests are operated. Apparently they think the American consumer is too stupid to realise when they are being "had" by snake oil salesmen. There continues to be a growing body of lawsuits filed against this company and yet, they still want all of us to think that they are "the house where dreams are made".

I was contacted in July about a shopping spree that I won because of my getting onto the website on a regular basis. I was only getting on to try to win that $100, 000.00 a week winning contest, trying to get some money because I work a minimum wage job and have a family to support. What they told me was that I would be getting 3 magazine subscriptions for around $350.00. I agreed but what they didn't tell me was that if I decided to cancel I would have to pay for all the magazines anyway. So they drafted money out of my account but I got nothing in return. SO I closed my account and then they referred me to a collection agency and a woman named ALISHA called me and was extremely rude to me and talked over me and would not let me get my story out or even talk to me like I am a regualr human being. I am VERY unhappy with this company and I WILL NEVER have anything to do with PCH and I will have everyone I know know that this company is fraudulent and not worth it, no matter how desperate you are for money.

I receive multiple phone calls every day where someone from Publisher's Clearing House is trying to reach a "Diana". I have explained that no one by that name exists; I have even called the company and am told that they can't do anything except have a supervisor return my call within 24-48 hours. Since I am often away from the phone, it is a mute point. I have also advised them that I am on the "Do Not Call" registry.