RED FM Foreplay or Fourplay?

Whatever it is, it's a exceptional marketing gimmick to boost their listener numbers and at the same time get people to pay towards the prizes.

RED FM RM50,000 UP FOR GRABS SMS TO WIN

It's a brilliant strategy. Besides increasing the number of listeners to this station (RED FM 104.9 in Klang Valley), the time spent listening is dragged longer as well.

For a small fee that goes to the sms provider that provides the sms info number 32733, RED FM collects the rest of the RM0.50 for each sms sent in. It's a no-brainer that with so many people vying for the maximum payout of RM2,500, the numbers add up to pay for the prizes as well.

People who send in multiple sms ARE not guaranteed a win. Terms of entry although simple do not explain or inform of the method of selection. Instead more sms is encouraged from many single individual. At the end of it, RED FM may even stand to profit with extra money. Fortunately it ends this week.

Don't let a tired excuse of winning a contest influence you

Have you ever received mail from let's say Readers Digest along the lines of, "Confirmation of Money on Reserve", "72 Hours Notice Delivery", "Urgent Action Required - Important financial documents enclosed", or even the classic "with $250,000 at stake please make the right decision".

This "right" decision my friends will earn you less the cost of so joining and participating in such a contest which most of the times require you to spend and buy some obsolete or hopelessly to gather dust in a far out of reach place and easily forgotten spot once you receive it.

Tell me, just how gullible are you? I'll admit that I spend thousands in my foolish youth entering such contests (i.e. Readers' Digest) but never once getting a prize. Not that I do not enjoy reading this magazine but sometimes recycling a read every now and then. Funny thing is, I still find it a good 2nd or more read over time. Anyway I always managed to convince my smart side to go along with the flow and buy these items of waste as I could never believe why I should not win instead of those "smart" looking people that they always publish as winners.

Enough said...don't let a tired excuse of winning a contest influence you...period