It has been brought to our attention that cheating has been going on in regards to giveaways on our blog. Companies sponsor reviews/giveaways as a means to market their business and their products. They don’t participate with blogs for the heck of it.
To run around entering a slew of giveaways, taking the prizes and reselling them on Ebay or other sites as a means to make money is WRONG. No matter how you slice it, its wrong! Those items could of been won by someone else who was genuinely interested in the company and their products. People who are doing this are committing FRAUD and it needs to stop. From now on things will be monitored a lot more closely on the TwoClassyChics blog to stop this. Those who have been caught doing this have already been banned.
If you’re a blogger…please double-check those who are entering your giveaways. There are a few people out there running around from blog to blog winning prizes and have set up shop online and is RE-SELLING those prizes as a business. Again, WRONG and we consider it to be Fraud and so do the companies.
Our Terms of Service Policy has been recently updated to reflect this change along with others. Please READ the policy before entering giveaways on this site.
Again…every staff member on this blog will be monitoring all entries from now on and double-checking them BEFORE a winner is even notified. Cheaters are banned and new cheaters will be banned promptly. This blog will not participate in sweepers running around from blog to blog winning prizes just so they can re-sell on an online site.
Thank you for your cooperation.
I was not aware of these cheaters. I am glad that you have taken steps to ban them.
WOW I didn’t know this was happening. I agree it just isn’t right to resale and profit off companies (many whom are smaller) just trying to get their products out to the general public. Really happy you found these people and removed them from the blog as this practice isn’t fair to any of us.
I am glad that you are checking and have a policy against folks that do this. I was not aware that this kind of cheating went on.
Where is my comment from a few hours ago.
It was there now gone..why?
I have seen ebay sellers that are full of wins from giveaways and sweepstakes and it’s sad. I use everything I am fortunate enough to win for my family, or I gift it. Doing anything else is terrible karma!
I agree. I have entered blog contests for quite a while and only enter for the items that my family or I can use. I have found some wonderful products that have been won on blogs that I have continued to buy or use.
Keep us the good work.
I am glad you found them. It is hard enough to win a giveaway now that they are so few and far in between. I get them to give as gifts. We are on a fixed income. I try to get only what the family would like as a gift. Others… I leave for those that could enjoy them more than we would. I wish others would play fairly,
I personally am still using the things I’ve won from here – especially the cutting board and towel. (OK, I did give a book to my sister). I enter a lot of contests but only for things I want to have and can’t afford.
You have a great site and I appreciate all the work you put into it.
I apologize for not having as much time as normal to post here- I have always enjoyed it.
That said, I responded on facebook, shared and shared again here.
I detest cheats on either end . I am so glad you folks do what you do here and how you always have been so honest. I have followed for years for lots of reasons – good content, and of course your honesty.
Keep up the good work!
That is sad.
I do not blame you. I have heard of people doing this in the past and it infuriates me to no end.
Just sickens me that people have to cheat. Running around to hundreds of blogs and winning hundreds of items to just re-sell in your online Ebay shop is wrong. Companies don’t participate in blog giveaways for that!!!