We live in the northeast. We get big storms year-round. During the winter we will get blizzards, ice and snow storms. During the spring and summer we get hit with thunderstorms, tornados and tropical storms. Ocassionally we’ll see a hurricane too! Storm prepardedness is something we’re familiar with and something that we do on a seasonal basis.
With that said…some people take things too far! For example…we had a snow storm come in last month and dump 4-5″ of snow on top of us. The 2 days before the winter storm’s arrival people went NUTS and raided all of the local grocery stores! Seriously, you would think that we would be shut-in for a month or two with how much stuff people were buying and hoarding!
When storms are approaching you do need to go out and obtain the basic things that you think you and your family will need. However, over-buying and over-stocking up is uncalled for. Wiping the store shelves clean is rude and disrespectful to your fellow citizens. You should ONLY buy what you think you’ll need for a week or two. By over-buying you’re taking basic essentials away from your neighbors, family and friends.
Last month when I was in the grocery store I saw several people raiding the store shelves. Buying a dozen packs of toilet tissue, 10 gallons of milk, 10 dozen boxes of eggs, multiple loaves of bread and so forth. ALL OF THE BASICS were gone within a few hours. Certainly YOU AND YOUR FAMILY don’t need 12 packs (containing 6 rolls each) of toilet paper! I’m pretty sure you can’t drink 10 gallons of milk in a few days? Plan on eating those eggs 5 times a day for the next 4 days? Come on now!
When heading to the grocery store don’t buy more than what you think you’ll need to just “stock up”. If you need those things for a few days…other families need them too. Be courteous, mindful and respectful to your fellow citizens!
It’s very irritating as someone who checks and double checks entries (I check every time to make sure Im following in whatever way, g+, pinterest, you know, all those) when cheaters win. I’m not saying I’ve never made a mistake (thought I was following via email, and turned out I wasn’t…get over 600 emails a day) but I do so try to follow the rules. I think it’s only fair. Sorry you have to deal with this so often:(
I have noticed the same thing. I go to the sponsor’s site & look around & do the entries right. It’s not fair to those of us who put in the effort.
I am glad you keep it fare. If people cheat on a blog giveaway can you imagine what they do in their lives everyday?
Seriously glad to know that I am not the only spoil sport. I delete cheaters too and am honestly so over it! It’s usually a handful of the same peeps for me, one day I just may start deleting their entries all together, sure would save me some time. Verification would go so much more quickly!
Thanks for stopping by Carmen. I am just really sick and tired of it!
I hear you about the cheating thing. I use Rafflecopter for everything and, like you, I get a bunch of people who just click “Enter” and then leave a stupid comment like, “Would love to win!” or “This looks great!” or “I really need this!”
Ya know, cut me a flippin’ break. You’re getting a chance to get something FOR FREE, and it’s probably something valued at $25 and up, maybe even hundreds of dollars. I mean, thanks for visiting/entering, but if you’re nothing but a cheater and you can’t even follow the simplest of rules, then take a hike! I don’t need that kind of visit, and my sponsor, who very generously is offering one of my readers a free gift, surely doesn’t need this. And it’s simply not fair, all the way around, including to the other people who care enough to follow the rules.
Wow, can you tell that this is a sore spot for me? LOL.
Kristin,
It’s a very sore spot for us too! From what we have learned, these cheaters do it because they get away with it! Most blog owners don’t take the time out to verify the entries. So, these cheaters are winning on hundreds of blogs and get away with it. So, they think they can come to our blogs and get away with it too. NOT HAPPENING HERE!
I am thinking about putting together a post & asking other bloggers to join in…we all need to band together, out the cheaters and put a clamp down on it. Like I said, unless bloggers band together in massive numbers to out them and to make it known that we are watching and disqualifying folks, it will continue.
I enter giveaways myself and it saddens me when I and others lose out on a prize and a well known cheater is selected as the winner because the blog owner won’t take a few minutes out of his/her day to verify entries. Shameful if you ask me as it’s totally unfair to the readers who do legitimately enter the giveaway.
I am sorry you have the issue but I want to say thank you for picking up on it.
Congratulations to the winners.