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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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Ohio
1 review
16 helpful votes
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Bull$#*!
April 29, 2017

Twice was sent emails stating i won joke scam that is all it is i have contacted att. Generals office they called sending said they would send an investigator out to talk with me we will see

Date of experience: April 29, 2017
Georgia
1 review
22 helpful votes
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Sends false orders
April 26, 2017

Quit PCH because i kept getting junk--some i ordered but got confused because i did not remember ordering some things. I decided to try again, and what do you know, i received a email asking for payment of a tv guide--something i would NEVER use! Do aha, caught you in the act, PCH! No more-i am finished for good! What disgusts me is they prey on old people and poor people keeping them hopeful. Oh, and i tried to get the message to customer support that only sends me to play--same with my account. Can you spell F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D, PCH!

Date of experience: April 25, 2017
North Carolina
2 reviews
19 helpful votes
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Sticks for plants
April 22, 2017

A total scam Buying any plants from these folks. Ordered Hydrenga plants, I received two dead twigs. Same for two other set of plants. I'm through with this company.

Date of experience: April 22, 2017
Colorado
1 review
23 helpful votes
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I am so disappointed as it takes too long to finish a tab of scratch offs and they don't load properly and they have double trying to load pages and hang up for too long doing that... What happened too many pages behind it trying to get my information or what?

Date of experience: April 17, 2017
Pennsylvania
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I love playing the games especially the token toss and the red door memory game lol. Whether I win or lose, it's all good. Thanks for making my days a little better PCH

Date of experience: April 15, 2017
Georgia
1 review
18 helpful votes
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Extra tokens if you search EVERY day, NOT. Eventually you are reverted back to 5k tokens even when you comply with 5-6 emails every day to keep up the 25k tokens. Won $10 early on and bought $150 worth of mostly useless crap and once again they do not accept that I have entered almost every day since August. Were I not retired, I would not have the time to play for the hours it takes every day with "one final step required to confirm my entry." A great deal of bogus entry requirements that should not be happening. And who wants to watch an hour of the same repetitive commercials for products I never buy or use?

Date of experience: April 9, 2017
Pennsylvania
1 review
24 helpful votes
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Just out of curiosity, when you do not play publishers clearing house anymore, how many of you get the same e-mails as I do? First, they send you the e-mail that you are at "risk" if you don't play--the next e-mail says "you are doing well" and yet you didn't yet play again? I quit playing because each and everyday I played (never to even win a penny), PCH seemed to ask you to play over and over again each day! I couldn't keep up! I don't have the time to sit at the computer ALL day JUST to play PCH and NEVER win anything! I have decided--Phooey on you PCH--YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A SCAM! You don't go to peoples houses with balloons, giant checks and TV cameras. You can't even answer on this site!

Date of experience: April 3, 2017
Texas
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Still trying
March 31, 2017

I know people are complaining about emails & this & that but I'm not complaining about that. I spend most of my day doing what I have to because I really want this. The only thing I'm concerned about is I guess I accidentally ordered something that I don't need & I still have it. I'm struggling day by day that's why I play but when I do have the money I will pay for it. I received some scratch away for a car & I don't even own a car lol but still I know there's ways that you click on something that steers you away from playung the games & I guess that's how I ordered it on accident but that was my fault & I'm trying to be more careful about that. I just wanted to say I still believe in winning I don't care about all of the negative comments. I've been scammed too but I know there are scammers out there. I live by faith & I know if it's meant to be it will be, I won't blame anyone for it nor be angry because someone else wins. I get discouraged at times because I am struggling but as long as I am able to I will keep trying & I think all you people need I'd a little patience. That is one thing I am forced to have but I will not let it discourage me too much. Good luck to you all & please don't give up.

Date of experience: March 30, 2017
Kentucky
2 reviews
31 helpful votes
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SCAM
March 2, 2017

THIS BULL$#*! IS A BIIIIIIG $#*! SCAM! AND ALL THE PEOPLE IN ALL OF UR COMMERCIALS R ACTORS THAT U PAY ( IF U EVEN DO THAT! TO SAY WHAT U WANT THEM TO SAY SO IT CAN MAKE U ALL LOOK $#*!IN GOOD! SO, YEAH U ALL R A $#*!IN SCAM! AND EVERYTHING MORE!

Date of experience: March 2, 2017
Virginia
1 review
27 helpful votes
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Fake or scam
February 28, 2017

Too many emails cant even redeem tokens and impossible to win anything. Items for sale are cheap junk never can win anything

Date of experience: February 28, 2017
Texas
1 review
23 helpful votes
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If it is enter and win then why do I get t emails a day saying I have to do this or that!? I am sick of the emails and to get your money you have to search and etc at least 5 times a day? Never again. I should have so many entries that I am the only oone who has a chanc! Hah!

Date of experience: February 23, 2017
Georgia
1 review
33 helpful votes
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I started entering to win back in December and every day since then it's been you have to play this to confirm this or search this to confirm that entering is never complete I have racked up 1.5mill tokens &I have put them all on prizes too never hear nothing else about it just that someone else had won it.

Date of experience: February 9, 2017
Pennsylvania
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I can't wait to meet you guys is my big dream I believe in pch for years I do yes come visit me York, Pennsylvania waiting please

Date of experience: February 6, 2017
Minnesota
7 reviews
43 helpful votes
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PCH always says if you have to pay any money then it's not them, because if they ask for money then it's not free. Well have you noticed they always say if you order from this page you will get a free gift worth $30.00? But then they say, just pay $4.99 for shipping. Well to me that is NOT FREE. Maybe I have a different view of what free means.

Date of experience: January 29, 2017
Illinois
1 review
29 helpful votes
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Annoying
January 28, 2017

It wasn't until I entered their sweepstakes that I keep getting random calls from fake people and random text from fake people. I have to block numbers coming from putting my number in for the sweepstakes at least 5 times a day or more. IT IS SO ANNOYING. Does anyone really ever win the 5,000 a week? I feel like i'm wasting my time playing these games and entering the sweepstakes.

Date of experience: January 28, 2017
Texas
1 review
28 helpful votes
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O understand the odds of winning with pch but as far as I am concerned they are committing fraud

Date of experience: January 25, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
16 helpful votes
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Is this a scam?
January 25, 2017

I have actually won from the games they have on pch website. It wqs only ten dollars but I did recieve a check for ten dollars in the mail. I know its not much but it cant be a complete scam. I also enjoy playing the games they have on their website.

Date of experience: January 24, 2017
New Jersey
21 reviews
77 helpful votes
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Too hard to win
January 23, 2017

Trying to win money from here is very hard. So you are just better off not bothering trying to win when the odds of winning are against you. Publishers Clearing House is either a scam if it is real it is impossible to win any prizes or money. They need to stop giving people false hope. I don't know anyone who was one the Publishers Clearing House. So I am not convinced that I could win. My entire life I have never see Publishers Clearing House people with the big check walking down the sidewalk in any of the neighborhoods that I have lived in. So would recommend you steer clear of this company. They do nothing but give us false hope and caused many of us to get excited for no reason.

Date of experience: January 22, 2017
Wisconsin
1 review
30 helpful votes
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I got my answer
January 22, 2017

I came on this to see if Publishers Clearing House could be trusted and I see it cannot, by anybody. Thank you everybody for your explanatory words. I'm typing more because you need so many characters to submit. The point has been made- PCH is not an honest corporation, you cannot trust dishonesty and it sounds like a raise of hopes and waste of dreams, that simple.

Date of experience: January 22, 2017
Oregon
1 review
26 helpful votes
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I have been participating in various PCH sweepstakes, magazines since 1973 and since 1989 online games and sweepstakes. Applying my 100's of millions of tokens... with no results. It wasn't so bad when I had access to the Savings Coupons but now, they are even gone. I started when I was 19 and now almost 66. Should I just be satisfied playing games to keep my mind active. Sounds like I have no chance of winning even the Camera I've been trying to win on Token Games much less thousands of dollars in their Sweepstakes. Really? As stated on the blogs, are the winners shown on the Video's really PCH family members? The Rules clearly state that family members can't win much less participate. If the comments are true, how on earth are they getting away with this? I am so sad.

Date of experience: January 17, 2017