A $10 Million Missed Opportunity

Posted at 12:21 am by: Dave Sayer in Contests and Sweepstakes | 17 Comments »

Did you hear about Jim Furyk, the pro golfer who overslept on August 25th, missed his tee-off time, and thereby lost his chance to win $10 million in the FedEx Cup tournament?

“I’m beside myself” said Furyk as he arrived beltless, sockless, with his shoes untied at the golf course – alas a few minutes too late under PGA Tour rules.

It reminds me of a time some years ago when a man was mailed the winning Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes number that would have won him $10 million; but he didn’t follow the rules that included sending his entry back to Publishers Clearing House. So the poor guy forfeited a $10 Million SuperPrize – which was awarded to someone else!

The PCH Prize Patrol Delivers $1 Million to Joe Beane of Las Vegas, NV

Frank Alb
12:10 am | 11 Comments »

What A Difference A Day Makes – When the Prize Patrol Arrives!

Dinah Washington recorded the classic song “What A Difference A Day Makes” back in 1959.
Believe me, those words are as true today as they were then. Just ask Joseph Beane of Las Vegas, NV, the lucky guy who just won a $1 Million SuperPrize from Publishers Clearing House on a day he will never forget: August 31st, 2010.

“This is unbelievable!” Joe exclaimed as the PCH Prize Patrol surprised him. On August 30th his financial situation was hardly rosy; but that all changed within 24 hours. To see the exciting winning moment first hand, visit PCHtv.com. You can also read the FOX5 Local Las Vegas news story here.

Joseph is not only lucky but smart: he entered the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes by using PCHSearch&Win, the search engine that gives you opportunities to win every time you conduct an online search.

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August Winner Soon to Receive the Surprise of a Lifetime

Frank Alb
10:32 am | 146 Comments »

The August winner announcement day is today, August 31st, and the famous Prize Patrol team is on the road looking for the newest SuperPrize winner. If you’ve been entering the PCH SuperPrize sweepstakes, that winner could very well be you! One thing is for sure, it would be the surprise of a lifetime to have the famous Prize Patrol show up at your front door later today or tomorrow with a big check from Publishers Clearing House.

Here at PCH, the team has been busy preparing for the big cash prize delivery, starting with selecting the sweepstakes winner! After the prize drawing was held, the Prize Patrol team had just enough time to organize the Prize Patrol delivery basics, including the Big Check, champagne, balloons, roses and the famous Prize Patrol blazers for each team member. Then the Prize Patrollers, along with Goodwill Ambassador Natalie Bostelman, camera crew and media reporters made last minute travel plans to surprise the August winner with a big check from Publishers Clearing House. Where exactly they’re headed, we can’t say, but we’d love to hear your guesses in the comments below.

Will the Prize Patrol have to travel far from PCH headquarters? Will the SuperPrize August winner be from a small city or a big city? Fortunately, we don’t have to wait long as these questions will be answered very soon!

You can follow the action by visiting our Prize Patrol twitter feed @prizeguy. There, you can stay up to date with what’s happening on the road and view some pictures of the Big Check in the secret envelope! In addition, you will be able to watch a video of the winning moment at http://pchtv.com soon after the august winner is announced, so make sure keep checking PCHtv throughout the day for updates.

Prize Award Delivery Forecast

Deborah Holland
3:30 am | 50 Comments »

What’s the prize award delivery forecast? It’s always fair weather – when the PCH Prize Patrol arrives!

I don’t have to check with the TV weather man or The Weather Channel to find out what the conditions will be like when I lead the PCH Prize Patrol to the door of a lucky sweepstakes winner. No sir: it’s always fair weather when our Prize Patrol van pulls up and we ring the doorbell and announce to a shocked resident “You are a winner in the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes!”

I was reminded of this recently when our good friend Dave Price, the weather anchor of CBS’s Early Show, “tied the knot.” On the day you get married OR when the Prize Patrol comes to call the sun is always shining and there’s not a cloud in the sky – even if the actual weather report showed that there were sprinkles, a downpour or even a snowstorm in the area.

I’ve had the pleasure of appearing on TV twice with Dave Price. Once we ran around New York’s Times Square asking sightseers if they’d welcome a prize award delivery visit from the Prize Patrol. (They would!) Another time we surprised a family in North Carolina with a life-changing knock on the door. On both occasions the temperature was near freezing; but for everyone in the immediate vicinity it felt like we were in the midst of a tropical heat wave – with no discomfort whatsoever!

Even though I’m not a meteorologist or a weather man like Dave Price, I’ll go out on a limb and predict the “weather” for your town should you be the winner of our next Big Check: It will be sunny, bright and just plain perfect!

Now, remember: If you want to be a big cash prize winner, you must enter the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes! That’s easy. Just go to pch.com to enter the PCH Sweepstakes online.

And don’t forget, at Publishers Clearing House you can play and win at any of our websites that are really worth visiting such as: PCHSearch&Win.com, PCHLotto.com, and PCHGames.com.

Since we’re currently planning to make a huge prize award delivery tomorrow, August 31st, we’re looking forward to a “sunny” day for our newest millionaire! Will it be you?

Good luck!

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL

PCH Sweepstakes Winner to be Featured on TLC’s “The Lottery Changed My Life”

PCH Staff
5:40 pm | 19 Comments »

Imagine for a moment that you’re just sitting at home, thinking about your kids’ college tuition, the electric bill, the water bill, the mortgage, the lease on your car and the various other bills you’re expecting. All of a sudden, the doorbell rings… you take the time out of your busy thoughts to answer it, and standing before you is the famous PCH Prize Patrol holding champagne, roses, balloons and the famous giant check! Then you continue to imagine Dave’s familiar face as he announces that you’re the newest sweepstakes winner!

Only a handful of people ever get to experience the thrill of winning the lottery or a big sweepstakes, so TLC has created a show that features winners across the country, showing their lifestyles and what they’re doing with their winnings. The PCH Sweepstakes has changed many lives in its history, so it is only appropriate that TLC’s “The Lottery Changed My Life” is featuring PCH Sweepstakes winner, Natalie Bostelman!

What would you do if you won the PCH Sweepstakes? I think the most common thing someone would do is buy a new car, or pay off their mortgage. I personally would probably go to the animal shelter and walk away with a bunch of rescued dogs. Too many times have I been to an animal shelter and walked away on the verge of tears.

Make sure to tune in this Sunday, August 29 at 10 p.m. to find out what other big lotto and sweepstakes winners have done with their winnings including our very own Natalie Bostelman. And remember to keep entering the PCH sweepstakes. Who knows, you may be featured on “The Lottery Changed My Life” someday as well!

Regards,

Liz D.
PCH Intern

Security Door Alarm “To Go”

Deborah Holland
3:10 am | 5 Comments »

“This security door alarm is so compact and easy to use, I don’t know why anyone would travel without it!”

-Barb Lyons

Senior Director, PCH Merchandising

If you’re like me, you’ve watched enough creepy movies to want to double lock your doors in motel or hotel rooms. (Think of Tony Perkins in Psycho, creeping up on that gorgeous Janet Leigh…)

In my opinion, we can all use some extra security. It doesn’t matter if you’re on a fancy cruise boat – or at home. We all want to go to sleep without additional worry.

I know a lot of our customers agree, because TENS OF THOUSANDS of them have ordered these sturdy, yet surprisingly lightweight Bell & Howell Door Alarms.

I’d like to take a security door alarm from Bell and Howell with me when I go on my next business trip for PCH (which I don’t get to do often enough!).

And if my co-workers keep bothering me when I’m trying to concentrate on putting together the best possible deals for customers, I’m going to put a Bell & Howell Door Alarm under my office door! Either that or I may need to adopt a big dog and bring him to work.

All kidding aside, the Bell & Howell Door Alarm is one of my favorite problem-solvers. It’s easy to use – just turn it on, slide it under your door. Then if anyone tries to open the door, the electronic screech is loud enough to wake YOU up – and pretty likely scare THEM away.

You can use this security door alarm at home or when you travel – it works anywhere. Plus, it’s a fabulous deal! (Of course it is — it’s from Publishers Clearing House!) Order a set of two Bell & Howell Door Alarms and you GET ONE FREE!

Best wishes,

Barb

Who Will Win the Publishers Clearing House SuperPrize?

Dave Sayer
10:39 am | 74 Comments »

The answer to that question is a secret. The answer won’t be known until August 31^st, the day that I will lead our Prize Patrol to some lucky person’s door, ring the bell and announce, “You are Publishers Clearing House’s newest millionaire!”

I know that many of you out there are hoping and praying that the winner will be YOU. I know this because last week I got many emails via Facebook and the PCH blog wishing me a happy birthday – with a p.s.: “I sure hope to meet you in person August 31^st! That will be the happiest day of my life!” …more

Big Checks and Good “Stuff” at PCH

Frank Alb
12:20 am | 9 Comments »

The late comedian George Carlin had a great routine about all the “stuff’ we acquire and how we must find places to put all our “stuff.” More and more “stuff” piles up and then there’s no room for more “stuff,” so you have to get rid of some of your “stuff.”

I invoke Carlin’s memory every now and then when somebody asks me why I haven’t come to their front door with a ton of cash from Publishers Clearing House. Quite often this question comes from a person who has lots of material goods. “You don’t need any more ‘stuff,” I tell them, to which they reply: “I don’t want much: just one of those big checks made of cardboard that I see you handing out on TV.”

Well, they are right: that one simple thing, a big check that says “Publishers Clearing House SuperPrize” on it has satisfied every single person who has received it – and I’ve known a lot of those lucky folks since I’ve personally awarded prizes worth over $200 million as head of the PCH Prize Patrol.

How would you like to win one of our Big Checks? You can if you click here on this link to pch.com and enter the PCH Sweepstakes without delay.

Besides the huge cash prizes, there’s other good “stuff” at Publishers Clearing House. You can entertain yourself at PCHgames, win more prizes at PCHlotto, conduct an online search at PCHsearch&win, view exciting PCH “winning moments” at pchtv.com, and find great deals on magazine subscriptions and merchandise at pch.com.

So enjoy yourself, and the best of luck!

Dave Sayer
Executive Director
PCH PRIZE PATROL

Delivering Happiness — One Sweepstakes Winner at a Time

Dave Sayer
12:00 pm | 14 Comments »

There’s a book called “Delivering Happiness” that’s been on The New York Times best seller list since June when it was published.  Its author, Tony Hsieh, was a co-founder of Link Exchange and current CEO of Zappos.  The companies were acquired by Microsoft and Amazon respectively – making Hsieh, already very successful, very rich.

It’s too bad the title “Delivering Happiness” is taken – because it would be an ideal title for a book about the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol.  I mean: is there any business operation that delivers happiness more deliriously and consistently than we do?   Sure, Dominos delivers pizza that can be very good – but a life-changing cause for celebration?  Hmmm.  Fed Ex and UPS deliver millions of parcels a year – but I don’t recall seeing Big Checks like ours.  The Internal Revenue Service delivers a lot of surprises – but they are not always what you’d call “happy.” …more

Prize Patrol Delivery Duty is No Dirty Job

Deborah Holland
3:01 am | 16 Comments »

Prize Patrol Delivery of Huge Sweepstakes Prize Awards — What’s Not to Like?

The TV show “Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe” has been on the Discovery Channel for five years now and has covered a range of “icky” jobs — from pigeon cleaner-upper to worm grunter to owl vomit collector. Yuck! Obviously the show is attracting an audience or it wouldn’t be starting a sixth season.

While some of the ”Dirty Jobs” are simply grimy (like steamship cleaning) rather than disgusting, virtually all of them fall far short of the alluring dream jobs that elicit ooh’s and ahh’s and quick demands to “Sign me up!”

When it comes to a dream job, the title “Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol delivery deputy” is pretty hard to beat. And we PCH employees who are fortunate enough to perform these sweepstakes prize award duties are not the only ones who think so. Authors and media interviewers who accompany us on our travels all over the USA often declare, “Wow: you guys have the best job in the world!”

One reason these observers cite is “Everyone is always happy to see you. Has anybody ever slammed a door in your face?”

“Of course not,” we must admit. “When we show up on someone’s doorstep with roses, balloons, smiles, video cameras, champagne and The Big Check worth thousands or millions of dollars, the sweepstakes prize winners are mighty glad to see us. Every winning moment is full of lots of hugs and kisses – even though we’ve never met these people before.”

So how would YOU feel? What kind of reception would you give us if we rang your doorbell for a PCH Prize Patrol delivery? I’ll betcha it would be a good one!

But don’t just take my word for it. Just enter the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes online at pch.com without delay, and — should you win — you’ll see for yourself that Prize Patrol delivery duty is no dirty job. You will experience a winning moment that you and yours will remember for the rest of your life!

Wishing you the very best of luck,

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL