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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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California
1 review
29 helpful votes
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SHAM
November 28, 2015

They keep sending emails, do this or that your 1 step away from winning! Their coming to your area! Bull$#*! it's all a scam to get you to buy the crap that just falls apart. The people that win, is it even true? I say it's all a put on. Paid actors to make it look real. I'd like to see real winners meet real people?

Date of experience: November 27, 2015
Oklahoma
1 review
1 helpful vote
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November 20, 2015

I am thankful for the chance to have enough money to pay for a 5.00$ app I really am somebody's going to win, why not me.

Date of experience: November 19, 2015
Wyoming
1 review
17 helpful votes
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PCH Rip Off Scam Alert!
November 20, 2015

Pch double charged me. I'm done. No more bs scamming from them. They don't care@ will scam u for everything they can. Big corps. Big thieves.

Date of experience: November 19, 2015
Wisconsin
1 review
22 helpful votes
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PCH is one big scam
November 18, 2015

Pch is one big scam nobody ever wins don't expect them to come to your house. I've been playing since I was 18 and I'm 40 years old now. I haven't won anything not even a measly $5. I even worked with a woman who has been playing since the 1970. She hasn't won anything either, yet she remains hopeful. It's a false kind of hope but I don't tell her that. I just keep letting her dream and hope. I told her if I ever did win, which I doubt I will, I'd split the money with her.

Date of experience: November 18, 2015
Missouri
1 review
16 helpful votes
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I Don't understand token exchange! What is it and how does it effect Me. How does it help me? Please tell ME!

Date of experience: November 13, 2015
Washington
1 review
20 helpful votes
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Token games
November 13, 2015

I have 15,671,254 token playing these games for the last three years and I have not won any prizes I am expressing my feelings about this because I am the token board leader no one has more tokens than me its just not fair

Date of experience: November 12, 2015
Georgia
5 reviews
18 helpful votes
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While playing the lotto?
November 12, 2015

While playing the lotto last week; a pop up about my computer came up. I'm usually careful not clicking; but click thinking it was my anti virus site. It wasn't; and I had a time removing it from my computer. Also, that same site pop up again; asking if I wanted the plus service. I've determine; it's a real SCAM!

Date of experience: November 11, 2015
Maryland
2 reviews
13 helpful votes
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Disappointed
November 8, 2015

I have been playing for years. PCH keeps wanting me to order things and also are always asking you to send money to the Animal Shelter. I have done it so much and have not won anything. Sorry I am through with PCH.

Date of experience: November 8, 2015
Florida
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Scam they get paid for you to visit these sites paid per click and hopefully you buy something

Date of experience: November 7, 2015
Hawaii
2 reviews
21 helpful votes
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Something smells fishy!
November 6, 2015

I applied 12,000,000 tokens towards a prize at PCH and didn’t win. How is that possible? I’m beginning to have doubts about the time I invested to get 12,000,000 tokens. My family had a great laugh at my expense.

Date of experience: November 5, 2015
California
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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This is just a scam it's just a insurance trick the only way they let you confirm your entry is to fill out a quote for insurance that call and fill your email with garbage.

Date of experience: October 29, 2015
Illinois
2 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Poorly run business
October 29, 2015

Having been in retail sales for over 30 years, I've never experienced a more poorly run business. They opened their games and chances to win online, with countless crashes, and therefore frustration. Their products are garbage- I'm certain the winners are thrilled, and I'm happy to see that, but this company makes playing, winning and fairness for all- very difficult!
It's very frustrating for everyone they portray themselves unrealisticaly.

Date of experience: October 29, 2015
Texas
2 reviews
19 helpful votes
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PCH IS LAUGHING
October 22, 2015

Mr Bill always plays this. Wish I could of informed him about these reviews he should me so many things he had ordered from PCH "speaking hypothetically" they drove him into buying mess by showing him ads that display his chances could be forfeited & wrapped him around their fingers like a yo-yo" walking the dog" when they got in his wallet & charged him for the silliest things like a banana bag FYI let them tell it keeps your bananas from going bad & boxes of white out pens, glue sticks etc... and a tomato chopper that you push down with your hand & viola every tomato is sliced and diced... that chopper couldn't chopp the hardest roma tomatoes that he had bought from Krogers just to test it for the first time. And They blew him out the water & put the icing on the cake with this particular ad" someone could be showing up at your address on Sept 30" so he would order more and more the more he ordered the more they sent him mess. One day they sent him some long black house shoes they were supposed to be a 10 but on his feet it fitted more like a 12 and on the bottom of each house shoe it had a letter L so Bill thought they sent him 2 Left Shoes instead of Left & Right he called them and let them know & they're response was it means Large but Bill knew better than that even when he put them on they fit like 2 Left feet. Bill & I know PCH IS LAUGHING.

Date of experience: October 22, 2015
Oklahoma
2 reviews
39 helpful votes
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I just played their online blackjack for the 500th time, just for something to do while I'm listening to the daily news or radio, and EVERY TIME I play it the "dealer" just happens to win by "1" way too often. You get 18 the dealer just happens to get 19. You get 20 the dealer just happens to get 21. I've saved-off hundreds of print-screens of this. It's rigged. You only win at most 15 or 20 "points" which can then only be used to simply "enter" another contest. The odds on this site are one-gazillion to one.

Date of experience: October 7, 2015
New Jersey
1 review
15 helpful votes
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With who knows how many billions log on to win, the chances of winning anything are extremely thin

Date of experience: September 27, 2015
Arizona
1 review
25 helpful votes
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Waste of time
September 19, 2015

Been entering since 1971 (yes - 1971). I've responded to EVERY mailing and played untold hours online. I won $10.00 once. Figure I've earned. 01 cent for every 100 hours of my time. They claim to have "So many ways to win." but have you ever really known anyone who's won other than their big AD's when they give away the super prize? If they were for REAL they'd give $1000. 00 per week to 7 folks rather than $7000. 00 a week to one! Don't waste your time! Learn to play poker on line. At least then you'd have a chance to win something.

Date of experience: September 19, 2015
Washington
1 review
25 helpful votes
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Be careful when going to PCH. I have had lots of problems with the site. I caught one virus on there that was even force-redirecting my to other web pages. Lately, my Malware program has been totally blocking PCH from even showing up. I logged on at the Library, and their system was always giving me warning about PCH trying to access information, etc. It is a "dirty" website.
A short update: Last Thursday when I was using the PCH search function, a virus actually tried to take over my computer and would NOT allow me to close out. I had to force a shutdown. I only visit PCH to play the games, knowing full well that it's a scam and phony, but now I am going to block all emails from them. And let me reiterate--it is a "dirty" site when it comes to adware, viruses, and spyware.

Date of experience: September 12, 2015
Wisconsin
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I order to Much!
September 2, 2015

Please cancel All. My orders! Because I don't have enough money to pay for them My Wife is Mad because I Order to Much! You're Friend! RobertDreger!

Date of experience: September 2, 2015
Kentucky
1 review
11 helpful votes
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I would play this more and give a good rating however if anyone is to win why take this game I enjoy off my phone. I get to number 6 or 8 on leaderboard and bank shot is not on my phone. This is not fair. It makes me think this site is not legat. Thank you

Date of experience: September 1, 2015
Texas
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Unscrupulous employee
August 29, 2015

I received a cell call this morning August 29,2015 at 9:15 am from *******673 from Jamaica. I called the number at 9:55 am and was informed that it was Publishers Clearing House. I held on the phone until a man came on and I politely asked him to please remove my telephone number. He answered "f++k off and F++k you" and hung up.
Good luck with the PR of this company.

Date of experience: August 29, 2015