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Publishers Clearing House (PCH) Reviews Summary

Publishers Clearing House (PCH) has a rating of 1.7 stars from 607 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Publishers Clearing House (PCH) most frequently mention clearing house, customer service and gift card. Publishers Clearing House (PCH) ranks 12th among Sweepstakes sites.

service
81
value
80
shipping
72
returns
60
quality
82

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Texas
2 reviews
51 helpful votes
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It's worse
October 25, 2019
Updated review

I have received some cheap merchandise that I was told I had ordered. I explained that I always check my cart unless it freezes up and then I am asked to pay for it. The only good thing is when you call them they remove the charges and tell you to keep the items on them. One charge kept showing up for $33.50 and it said I was delinquent paying. Finally I called and asked what that was about, and was told it was for People magazine. I admitted the magazines just started showing up one day, but I didn't give it much thought. I knew there was no way I'd ordered them and if I had I wouldn't have chosen People. They took that charge off as well, but you really need to be careful.
Games are still freezing and moving at a snail's pace as well as still getting those lengthy ads.
Oh yes, I won $5.00 in one game and $10.00 in another. How about I win $5k or $10k or some of those millions they're giving away.

Date of experience: October 25, 2019

If It Seems Too Good To Be True...
June 12, 2019
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If you play Keno you're timed with about 18 mins 15 secs, but you get ads that are 2 minutes long between each play. I could only complete 2 of the 5 cards. I did send them a message but the only response was asking me to complete a survey on the customer service.
However, the ads minimized. Now when I play, the people I'm competing against, the numbers are very close to each other, then all of a sudden their points double and we started at the same time. I believe I'm playing against a computer.
If you play their games like racing cars/horses, bullseye, football kick through the goal post, bowling and the list goes on, there is no way to win. You shoot at the duck but you can't aim. You're given a point to shoot at, and it's no where close to the duck. I've played several times.

The site says you don't have to buy anything, but some of the sweepstakes are closed to you unless you buy something. And talk about locking up, and then several times of not getting your points for the cards you complete.

I made the mistake of ordering something and they sent me a "gift" which cost me an extra 5.00, and it was really poor quality. Even the item I bought was pretty flimsy.

Date of experience: June 11, 2019
Minnesota
1 review
31 helpful votes
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Low life scammers!
October 14, 2019

I tested pch, jumped thru every hoop this year. I filled out and sent back in all steps of entry every time I received one! Every one of them stated I was a winner, don't miss out on this! I am a winner! Here is your winning numbers! Your on the winners list dont let someone else claim your prize! You've won a bonus gift, jump thru this hoop jump thru that hoop! And I did just to prove a fact! Itnsays u don't have to order anything to win, ordering does not increase your chances to win! So I didn't order anything! Every time they sent me something and told me one more step one more step one more step, your a winner your a winner, they sent pages and pages of items they wanted me to order. I'd fill out everything outing every sticker where it went double checked it didn't order anything and sent it back in. Then they started telling me on emails I was a finalist every day message after message blowing up my email box telling me iws a winner. My mail box my email box was getting littered from them constantly! Finally I went thru the final step I think there was there was three of them still telling me I have won! Guess what! I haven't heard a word from them since! I probably will when they start the same crap next summer! Its all a reply bad joke! A scam! They are Lied! Time n time again, leading me on but I didn't bite! This Scam should be shut down! They have gotten away with it for years n years! How do they get away with it? After all this, they never do say who won! They just make their own little fake commercials again not being honest! Do yourself a favor throw this crap in the trash and block your emails! I actually hit unsubscribe and they still sent me their crap! Just remember don't fall for this scam, they just wantn your money, that's where the phrase clearing house comes from, they want to clear out your pockets! Steer clear!

Date of experience: October 13, 2019
Mississippi
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Hopes and Dreams!
October 12, 2019

I love PCH. I think it is so wonderful how they help make people's dreams come true. I have spent so much of my time playing their games. Thankyou PCH

Date of experience: October 10, 2019
Georgia
3 reviews
641 helpful votes
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FRAUD
October 5, 2019

Anybody that would advertise for VEGASWORLD is a FRAUD. Please go to VegasWorld.com and read all the complaints. This is due to the fact that PCH advertised this game. So if you back a FRAUD PCH what are you capable of?

Date of experience: October 5, 2019
Georgia
1 review
19 helpful votes
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Lie
September 26, 2019

They keep saying you don't have to buy anything to enter. But I'm constantly getting emails telling me I have one more step to enter then they show all the stuff for you to buy. If you don't buy something then tomorrow you get another. LAST CHANCE OFFER. Scam

Date of experience: September 24, 2019
Texas
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Game of chance only
September 16, 2019

I play on a daily basis. I don't think it is a scam. I looked up the last winner and he was on the news. One thing about it millions of people are playing and the chances are slim. No where does it state you have to purchase anything. Everything I have purchased has been top notch. Well, the less people that opt out is a higher chance for me to win.

Date of experience: September 15, 2019
Texas
1 review
35 helpful votes
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I have been playing pch since 1992. Never won anything. Seriously... I also don't buy their products either... I think it's all a scam.

Date of experience: September 12, 2019
Kansas
1 review
35 helpful votes
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Just say NO
September 11, 2019

All around suckiness. The merchandise is crap--cheesy, cheaply made, totally tossable. S&H outrageous. Takes 4 weeks to arrive. When the crappiness is discovered, refund is impossible. There is NO reason to buy anything from them... Do the contests, sure... I actually won small sums twice--probably worked out to 1/100 of a cent per hour of my time, but it's a fun time-waster when watching the tube. Otherwise--no sale!

Date of experience: September 11, 2019
California
1 review
11 helpful votes
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So far I'm getting tire on the bounce games you reply to one and then it bounces back and forth to other games after the time you waste on the dumb survey you end up bouncing over to a different game that is asking you to buy something that says 5 payment options and then after you order they add the over price shipping and you get it on regular mail and by then the price has double and the monthly payment is twice as much so now I am not buying anything unless is got free shipment as I paid the cost for first class next day and it arrives on bulk usps this right here kill my will to shop from them

Date of experience: September 8, 2019
Illinois
1 review
30 helpful votes
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pch.com
September 1, 2019

This past week they were giving the $5.0000 a week for every daid that they was coming my way i look for them all day but never came they lie to me also there game alway load to slow and freeze there site suck

Date of experience: August 31, 2019
Louisiana
1 review
13 helpful votes
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Entries!
September 1, 2019

I am disappointed with pch I have been on here since 2008 and all I have won is 5 bucks. They keep telling me don't give up keep going we could be heading your way this time. All I get for being on here is tokens that doesn't help much either. Pch builds up your hopes for nothing. I need the money! It gets very upsetting. I try to enter on every email, do what ever they say and still Nothing... I am about ready to stop doing any of it..

Date of experience: August 30, 2019
New York
1 review
13 helpful votes
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I've won 2x
August 23, 2019

Pch is 1,000% real, I've won 2x times from here and received money in mail,,, You gotta believe You can win,, have faith I play to stand out and not fit in play everyday in every way,,, I play pch as if I already work for them,,, i will never stop until I receive the life changing reward,,, when I get that knock I know the higher power sent them To God Be All The Glory Amen And Amen

Date of experience: August 21, 2019
Pennsylvania
1 review
33 helpful votes
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NEVER WIN ANYTHING
August 21, 2019

PCH posts 1st name and initial of winners, for example do you know how many Kathy D's are in this world,,,, no idea if any one wins, picture of winners are probably hired actors, never met any one who said they have received anything

Date of experience: August 21, 2019
Missouri
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I can tell you i been doing this since they started. I can tell you how it goes you push the button the ball comes out spins around the 500.00 dollar area always hitd bumper into 2000 coins it goes. I have also noticed that on slots it will skip as it is spinning and about to stop it speeds up then stops no way you can get the instance win 5 times. Also on live drawing you see your name spinning right in front of tube but dont go in. I hit one time and it said error in services and cuts the whole app off. Now i been doing this when you did this by mail 23 years havent miss a year so my review is good

Date of experience: August 19, 2019
Arizona
1 review
4 helpful votes
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They have backed up everything I have bought from PCH. My suggestion is to enroll in the VIP program. They really back the product by replacing or crediting your account. A hassle-free with a satisfying guarantee included.

Date of experience: August 15, 2019
California
2 reviews
30 helpful votes
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Many times I have been interested in purchasing one of the products offered only to find out at checkout that the cost of shipping and handling is at least twice what it should be. Unless the item is something that I really want and need, I will not throw my money away on these enormous shipping and handling charges. PCH should adjust their pricing for S & H to be more realistic if they intend to sell their products.

Date of experience: August 5, 2019
Wisconsin
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Looking through these reviews makes me aware of a number of things -
Most of the "reviews" that give PCH one or two stars are by people that can't string together any coherent thoughts or opinions that can support their views. It's very difficult to take someone seriously when they sound like they're in second grade. And their spelling is unbelievably atrocious. Once again, hard to take them seriously.
Another thing I notice is that their main gripe is that they don't win. Welcome to the real world. Look at the odds of winning. NOT in your favor. If they were, almost everyone would be winning $10,000,000 or $5000 a week for life. That would be a pretty poor business practice, would it not? Your business would be guaranteed to go under real fast.
Also, I've read at least two reviews that insist it said in an email from PCH that you cannot win unless you make a purchase. WRONG! That would be an illegal business practice. There are rules and regulations that PCH has to follow, whether they want to or not. You know, it doesn't take very long to check this out. You have Internet access; use it for more than spreading false news stories and showing others your great lunch.
These "reviewers" make me sick, but can also be good for a laugh, so it kinda balances out, no? LOL!
The only reason I gave PCH four stars rather than five is due to the pain in the rear it can be at times to navigate through some of their site pages. But, beyond that, I've never really had a bad experience with PCH, and I've been entering their sweepstakes for probably fifteen years. I haven't won anything yet, but there's always that slight chance that it might be my time.
Who knows?

Date of experience: August 4, 2019
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Rusts very quickly, not a good product - I tossed it out.

Most of PCH products are what I expect.

I do not have anything else to say about this product. You

Date of experience: July 26, 2019
New York
1 review
43 helpful votes
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WHY< WHY< WHY
July 24, 2019

Why do they insist you buy something to qualify, when they say " NO PURCHASE NECESSARY ". I think it is ALL a big scam to sell things. SCAMMERS!

Date of experience: July 24, 2019
Illinois
1 review
24 helpful votes
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Poor service
July 18, 2019

They brag about monthly installment s then say ur account is delinquent and past due. The only payments of mine that were past due were the ones they quit sending. Then want it all played ASAP!

Date of experience: July 18, 2019