governing body over competitions?

[chirpychirpy]

If someone wins a competition prize and the organisers of that competition fail to hand over the prize, is there some kind of governing body you can turn to?

[dzug]

There is no compulsory governing body for organisers to belong to.

Small claims court?

[buildersmate]

Trading Standards in the area where the offices of the organisers' offices are located?

[mrs_overall]

You could always hint to the organisers that unless they stump up the prize you will be contacting a national paper...

[wolf63]

What happens if my prize doesn�t turn up?
If the prize hasn't arrived , get in touch with the company offering the prize.

If you still get no response from them, there are a few different things you can try.

The Institute of Sales Promotions [email protected] lay down the guidelines which comp organisors must follow. It is reported that they are very good at investigating dodgy comps & missing prizes.

The Advertising Standards Authority have an online complaints form.

I 'borrowed' this information from another website - I hope that you manage to chase up the prize.

Some prizes actually take months to arrive and some actually arrive before your letter notifying you that you have won a prize.