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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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Georgia
1 review
23 helpful votes
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PCH.com rigged?
February 27, 2018

I've played for years everyday. I never won any kind of sweepstakes. Makes a person wonder. I played for so long it became a habit.

Date of experience: February 27, 2018
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Believable
February 14, 2018

My friends and family do not believe in y'all but I do I have played for a very long time and I believe in y'all winning 5000 a week for life would help me and my mother out a lot and the past the 5000 on 2 my kids it would help them out in life.

Date of experience: February 13, 2018
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Looking for a home
February 9, 2018

Yes where are they location I feel like if I win I will like to buy from you guy I love you guy I just want to keep you in my memory, I know you have some beautiful home as yourself. I just want to make it my hall of frame I really love playing all your game, I get up play I go to bed for a couple hour and I'm right back at it. You give me some thing to look for and hope for to become my dream. Thank you so much for feel free to play

Date of experience: February 8, 2018
Illinois
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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I have been playing PCH contests for 19 years online, and for years before that through mail promotions. I also started entering my husband in these contests. He received a $10 check a few years ago. I also received a $10 check, and this past week, I received $100!. It's not the big payout we all look for, but it proves that they are legit and do pay out.

Date of experience: February 4, 2018
Washington
1 review
14 helpful votes
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I had over 128 million tokens to enter for car prize., which gave me over 2 thousand + entries to win. Has anyone actually won a prize? I think everybody has gotten a $10 check to make it look like you won but it's just something to keep you playing.

Date of experience: December 30, 2017
Texas
1 review
15 helpful votes
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PCH Deceipt TACTICS
December 27, 2017

Every time i go through all orders ti make my entries, something I did not order appears in the purchased cart. It is very important to check it or you find yourself having to through much bs to REMOVE IT! I am seriously thinking if ending my PCH MADNESS IF 30 SOMETHING YEARS and start a new year without my addiction to something nothing more than a waste of life!

Date of experience: December 27, 2017
Indiana
1 review
19 helpful votes
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Big RIPOFF!
December 23, 2017

How much money do you think me and others have spent over 50+ years. They got rich I got nothing!

Date of experience: December 23, 2017
California
2 reviews
13 helpful votes
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So hopeful, not anymore
December 23, 2017

I now have several million overall tokens, a sapphire rating, and a VIP Member and have been playing since 2007, ten years and have only won cash prizes twice, last year one $100 check for one of the sweeps and last month one $10 check on a games play, but have spent hundreds of $$$ for merchandise all made in China which does affect sizing, seems everything from there is made smaller than here, way overpriced shipping/handling prices and you cannot get any satisfaction from customer service... after this season's purchases are all paid off, I am quitting!

Date of experience: December 22, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
17 helpful votes
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PCH SUCKS!
December 22, 2017

Now I have almost FOUR HUNDRED MILLION TOKENS! I HAVE TURNED IN ALL OF THEM. I HAVE GOT NOTHING IN RETURN! CROOKED PUBLISHER'S CLEARING HOUSE!

Date of experience: December 22, 2017
Missouri
3 reviews
21 helpful votes
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Waste of time
December 21, 2017

I agree... playing for 50 years. Cant even win $10. On the, scratch offs... pathetic. Waste of time... scam

Date of experience: December 20, 2017
Texas
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Poor quality products
December 18, 2017

I bought several items as I was entering contest because I was overwhelmed with requests to purchase. Every item I ordered and bought were of poor quality, dollar store cheaply made, most didn't work right or broke within weeks. Won't buy anything again

Date of experience: December 17, 2017
Illinois
4 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Mail
December 16, 2017

I have been a member of pch since 2011 really before that I use to get a lot of mail and emails but for at least 6 or 8 months nothing. What happened?

Date of experience: December 15, 2017
Virginia
3 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Misleading
December 12, 2017

I've been using there app for a decade. They claim you win real money and tokens for prizes on there games. Yeah, you win tokens you have to redeem for prizes you might be able to win. I don't believe you win anything but tokens. Its just to keep you playing with the hopes of winning. They tell you there's a chance with every game. I play several times a day for years I've never won anything but tokens I have redeemed for prizes I never received. You decided!

Date of experience: December 12, 2017
South Carolina
1 review
15 helpful votes
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Show me the money
December 8, 2017

Yes, pch said they were coming to my home for the to del. The check and that never happened. Win tokens and never any money seems like a joke and scam

Date of experience: December 8, 2017
Georgia
1 review
16 helpful votes
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Never Win
December 6, 2017

I've been playing PCH for almost 20 years now and have yet to win one red cent. They suck you in and waste your time; all for nothing.

Date of experience: December 6, 2017
North Carolina
1 review
17 helpful votes
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As a result? I have YET to 'Win' even a dollar. I realize the odds are more than vast... but, I also have reason to believe PCH should be investigated for any indication of their scamming trusting 'players'. Never again will I use my time to tolerate "Respond Immediately" or whatever!

Date of experience: November 16, 2017
Colorado
2 reviews
18 helpful votes
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That's about the ONLY game you'll ever play on PCH's Token Games! "Sorry, we are experiencing technical difficulties, as a reward for your patience you've been granted tokens"... and FAIL FAIL FAIL every time to cough up those token you've supposedly been 'granted'! Oh, and you can be assured that whenever they do "Site Maintenance" that the coding gnomes who work there have totally screwed something up... like a game that had worked perfectly fine before! So if you love frustration, aggravation, disappointment, difficulties, patience that is never rewarded, web site failures, technical difficulties, a crap load of 'security questions' to answer & 1.2 trillions ads to skip thru just to get to a game that fails to load (while the ads, miraculously, NEVER experience an 'issue')... and if you like to feel like a real dumb a$$ for ever believing that PCH Games would be 'fun'... then by all means, beat your brains out with this idiotic site! Additionally, if you also enjoy having your email box crammed, overloaded, ballooning and about to explode with PCH's "Winning Opportunities"... then this is the site for you! But whatever you do, DO NOT encourage these people with an order!

Date of experience: November 15, 2017
Tennessee
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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I do not like the constant flow of mail, e-mail telling me this is the last step, I must have taken 500 last steps. I do not like when you order something there is no last look at the cart to verify what you want and to see shipping cost. I have ordered something by mistake, and twice shame on me I have ordered something only to receive it and find out the shipping cost as much as the item. I will not be ordering anything from PCH again and I warn everyone stay away. It's nice to think of winning money, but this is so not worth the effort it takes to play these games. I wanted to return the last item but was unable to contact anyone customer service, again NOT WORTH IT!

Date of experience: November 15, 2017
Tennessee
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Fake emails from this company. Telling innocent and trusting people that they have won and this is the final step. I was a victim of pch for only 4 months and that was too long! These people prey on trusting people that want to " Supposedly Get Rich" abd these people actually become victims!

Date of experience: November 9, 2017
South Carolina
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Please people do not fall for this mess like I did! They say you when money but ha lies! I've been playing there games for a while now and I never won anything neither did a family friend who been playing there silly games for years and years! Someone please stop this craziness they have going on please.

Date of experience: November 7, 2017