It is a free photo contest on this website: http://www!.picture!.com/
The weird thing is that I don't see a set of rules or due date!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Position:Home>Visual Arts> Is this contest legitimate??Question: Is this contest legitimate!?!? It is a free photo contest on this website: http://www!.picture!.com/
The weird thing is that I don't see a set of rules or due date!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I can tell you from first hand experience it's a SCAM! I entered a photo several years ago!.!.!.I just searched their site & it's still listed under previous winners! I supposedly won!.!.!.but didn't get anything! lol They tell you you've won but you get nothing!. You get invited to New York to participate in a weekend photo contest there!.!.!.you have to pay all your own expenses!.!.!.!.and supposedly that's when the prizes are handed out!. (ugly, tacky looking plaques, trophys, ets)!.!.!.!.& if you can't attend they'll be happy to send you your prize ONCE YOU PAY FOR IT!! LOL (No!.!.!.I didn't buy my prize!) The real scam is that it's a way for them to collect photos & put them in a book!. They then keep sending you info on what a wonderful book it is!.!.!.& of course your winning photo is in it!. They make it sound like a really nice coffee table type book with great photo's in it!. THAT'S the part where they got me!.!.!.I actually purchased one of the books (for about $70!.00) They play on your vanity!.!.!.hoping you'll be stupid enough to buy the book because your "winning" photo is in it!. (& I was stupid enough to do it :-( It took almost a YEAR to get the book!.!.!.!.Everytime I called them they had a reason why the book wasn't released yet (but it would be SOON!) I told them I felt scammed & wanted a refund!.!.!.they wouldn't agree to it!.!.!.but the book arrived shortly after I accussed them of scamming me!. I think they waited until they got enough suckers to buy the book before they printed any!. The book was horrible quality! The photos in it were really small!.!.!.6 to a page!. None of the photos are categorized!.!.!.one page might have pics of a baby, a cat, a lighthouse, bicycles, etc!.!.!.!.just a bunch of pics thrown together without any organization!. My pic was in the book with my name under it but I got the feeling that they just slipped it into the same book of photos they've been selling for years!.!.!.they supposedly put out a new book each year!.!.!.!.yeah, right! OK!.!.!.!.that was a very long way of saying IT"S A SCAM!!! LOLWww@QuestionHome@Com "I understand that my submission will be reviewed before it is accepted for the contest!. If my photo is offensive, artificially enhanced, a studio image, animation/artwork, or of poor image quality, then it may be disqualified!." Only set of rules I can find!. Many people claim it to be a scam, and there have been numerous complaints against them!. So!.!. SCAM!.Www@QuestionHome@Com they collect lots of images for the price of a cheap prize listen up: only professional contests for professionals are worth entering - and some of them arent aWww@QuestionHome@Com |