Originally Posted by bocastephen
At least with legitimate lotteries, contests and Visa's win-your-month-free promotion, 99.9% of the participants with common sense know the odds are decidedly against them and have little expectation (but perhaps lots of hope) of winning. With Amex' promotion, the marketing spin gives people an impression they have a realistic chance at getting these items, when in fact, they do not.
I don't understand why people get all upset about this and the other Amex promotion. Just think about radio contests where they ask listeners to call and the 100th or whatever number is the winner. Most of the time, you get a busy signal. I've even heard some that offer the first "x" number of callers a prize. IMO, Amex's promotion is similar.
Too many people are getting all worked up about it. If this promotion upsets you so much, you should consider avoiding it. Give the rest of us that understand its just a contest a better chance at winning!!
