[Primus]

I got that when I logged in to my Photobucket account. I wonder if it was a real thing...

[Rictor]

notice how it says "Advertisement" on the top.

[Primus]

Yeah, true. Probably BS then. I should've called them. There was a phone number for each country (up to Bulgaria in the dropdown menu).

[aldo_14]

Bring-ring-ring-ring
*click*
"Welcome to the Super Celebratory Award Merchandise give away!  If you have won a prize, press 1 now!"
*beep*
"You have won a prize!  Please press 2, then 2, then 4, then 5, to continue to our claims department"
*beep* *beep* *beep* *beep*
"Welcome to the S.C.A.M. claims department!  Please enter your 12 digit claim number here with the keypad"
*beep**beep**beep**beep**beep**beep**beep**beep**beep**beep**beep*
"You may have won a cruise!  Please stay on the line, and the claims department will let you know if you have won a cruise, pen, box of tissues, novelty gold plastic alarm clock, or roll of carpet samples"
....10 minutes later....
"Please keep holding.  You are number 1242043 in the queue!
This call is costs £1 per minute!  But the prizes are great! Stay on the line!"
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[Primus]

On the second though, glad I didn't call.

[Goober5000]

I wonder if there's any legal way to get them to stop doing that.  Could you sue them for breach of contract if they failed to send you the prize?

[vyper]

Depends on what the small print says.

[Night Hammer]

could be one of those numbers taht you call and it charges you hella money per minute

[achtung]

It says advertisement so assume they will profit from it.  I haven't clicked a banner ad in a long long long time.  In the order of years.

[Knight Templar]

Jeez, I didn't know anyone was that dumb. I mean, c'mon.

[Primus]

I never click banner ads. This one didn't have any links. I think I had some 300 seconds, but when it dropped to zero, nothing happened.

I think sueing wouldn't work, as it does say it's an ad. No one is so stupid that would think for a second that it's real.

[ZylonBane]

Umm, you've never heard of "truth in advertising"? It IS illegal for ads to lie.

[Rictor]

You mean, 14 inches is not within my grasp?

Cruel, cruel world!

[ZylonBane]

Originally posted by Rictor
You mean, 14 inches is not within my grasp?

Could be. I have no idea how your social life is going.

[EtherShock]

Originally posted by Primus
I never click banner ads. This one didn't have any links. I think I had some 300 seconds, but when it dropped to zero, nothing happened.

I think sueing wouldn't work, as it does say it's an ad. No one is so stupid that would think for a second that it's real.

Those ads didn't always say they were ads. Someone had to at least threaten with a lawsuit to make them do that.

[Nuclear1]

Don't click on ad banners.

Unless, of course, you get to shoot bunnies/swat flies/kill Saddam/punch Bush, etc.

[ZylonBane]

You know, a lot of very popular sites wouldn't be able to afford their bandwidth bills if people didn't occasionally click the banner ads.

So screw you.

[castor]

You have xx seconds left

Why include such a thing? Unless in attempt to get you moving before your brain kicks in..