Just won a car - but not entirely happy
Discussion
Shakermaker said:
Jakg said:
At least you didn't win a Lotus Elise...
seen this mentioned a couple of times - can anyone expand?https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
The mods really dont like people talking about this. Wonder what happened
Interesting read and feel for the OP, you would think that a major betting company that makes several hundred million profit per year could perhaps do better competitions and prizes ?
They had a joke at Tiger Woods expense for their own publicity, fair enough but am sure they could perhaps have been a little more generous and offered a new/half decent car for the winner, rather than some shed they had used on the ad that would more than likely get scrapped otherwise.
Gambling companies are generally a bit scummy and grasping, I see job ads for my area of work and the ones in Stoke say (Not a gambling company) as a lot of people have objections to working in that area (gambling, not Stoke, well actually Stoke as well) a chap I worked with refused an interview at that one on principle.
They had a joke at Tiger Woods expense for their own publicity, fair enough but am sure they could perhaps have been a little more generous and offered a new/half decent car for the winner, rather than some shed they had used on the ad that would more than likely get scrapped otherwise.
Gambling companies are generally a bit scummy and grasping, I see job ads for my area of work and the ones in Stoke say (Not a gambling company) as a lot of people have objections to working in that area (gambling, not Stoke, well actually Stoke as well) a chap I worked with refused an interview at that one on principle.
J4CKO said:
They had a joke at Tiger Woods expense for their own publicity, fair enough but am sure they could perhaps have been a little more generous and offered a new/half decent car for the winner, rather than some shed they had used on the ad that would more than likely get scrapped otherwise.
From their perspective, this is probably the cheapest way of getting rid of it...Not sure that's completely fair.
I don't know what the billboard stunt would have cost overall but the car itself might only have been 5-10% of it. They'll have got that back in media attention.
Some bright spark in marketing sees the opportunity to rinse a bit more PR and a few thousand more email addresses out of it by raffling the car. All pretty fair and sensible, IMO.
All they tripped-up on was showing the wrong generation of car in a picture.
I don't know what the billboard stunt would have cost overall but the car itself might only have been 5-10% of it. They'll have got that back in media attention.
Some bright spark in marketing sees the opportunity to rinse a bit more PR and a few thousand more email addresses out of it by raffling the car. All pretty fair and sensible, IMO.
All they tripped-up on was showing the wrong generation of car in a picture.
CDB1983 said:
If it's LHD PM me when you pick it up if you don't want it. It's worth £10k in my part of the world any day. Our plates hide the age so less snobbery 
https://www.otomoto.pl/oferta/cadillac-escalade-6-...
That car looks so good but so many electrical things to go wrong!https://www.otomoto.pl/oferta/cadillac-escalade-6-...
Plot twist.
When previously getting insurance, I was guessing a 2009 car for a rough estimate of how much it was to insure. Not too bad - only £420
But - now that I've went again to check insurance, it doesn't exist.
When I enter the reg, it comes up as Cadillac Fleetwood - from 1956 onwards - 4 door saloon. Hmnnn...so if I click to enter details manually, I can only find insurance for 2006 Cadillac Escalades and younger. 2003 isn't an option. Been on gocompare, comparethemarket, moneysupermarket, confused and all are the same. I phoned up my current insurer, Liverpool Victoria and they have said the same, 2006 and onwards only. They had a look on a secondary system but no luck - they can't insure that year of vehicle.
Does this mean mk1 and mk2 cadillacs can no longer be insured in the UK? I know these are imported cars and are not the usual type of insurance but this doesn't look great for being able to get 'reasonably priced' insurance....And if its a Cadillac Fleetwood according to the reg - has the previous owner circumvented this issue by pretending its a 'Fleetwood' rather than an Escalade. Its all a bit bizzare!
When previously getting insurance, I was guessing a 2009 car for a rough estimate of how much it was to insure. Not too bad - only £420
But - now that I've went again to check insurance, it doesn't exist.
When I enter the reg, it comes up as Cadillac Fleetwood - from 1956 onwards - 4 door saloon. Hmnnn...so if I click to enter details manually, I can only find insurance for 2006 Cadillac Escalades and younger. 2003 isn't an option. Been on gocompare, comparethemarket, moneysupermarket, confused and all are the same. I phoned up my current insurer, Liverpool Victoria and they have said the same, 2006 and onwards only. They had a look on a secondary system but no luck - they can't insure that year of vehicle.
Does this mean mk1 and mk2 cadillacs can no longer be insured in the UK? I know these are imported cars and are not the usual type of insurance but this doesn't look great for being able to get 'reasonably priced' insurance....And if its a Cadillac Fleetwood according to the reg - has the previous owner circumvented this issue by pretending its a 'Fleetwood' rather than an Escalade. Its all a bit bizzare!
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