Very silly thread I know, but 'cause if I actually did "win christmas" (and we all know that ain't gonna happen) where the feck would I put it all! Those of you who read my "bike box" thread in the drop would know how much trouble I had smuggling that into the house, and that's just one box. Ok, If I won, I wouldn't have to be all cloak and dagger and try and hide any of it, but I literally, simply, totally wouldn't have the room to put any of it. Might just be able to accomodate one of the vacs and a steam iron, and some smaller boxes. Surely they must have some kind of arrangement for a winner who lives in a small space. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot smaller places out there than mine, it's not a bad size but I still have to be mindful of what I buy.
They showed last year's winner receiving her stuff, obvs there was some trick camera work going on, but she lived in what one would consider a reasonable sized house, the poor old girl's living room was completely blocked up once they'd finished dumping all the stuff off. I would imagine that after filming had finished they helped her transfer stuff to the spare room, the attic, the garden shed or what have you..but what if she had lived in a small flat in a tower block, or a bedsit type thing? With this prize, is the onus on the entrant, who lets face it may not even realise they've entered the competition (as it's automatic with any order) to make sure they've got enough room to put everything? This is obviously gonna be a problem, unless the production team do some "homework" ie, using such thing as a trial draw/google maps etc until they come up with something suitable!
Perhaps they could give the winner vouchers to represent some of the bigger products and that they can get them delivered elsewhere or at another time. Just couldn't picture the team carrying all that stuff upstairs and round corners into my flat, just couldn't be done! They'd have to leave it all lined up on the pavement- then wtf would I do with it. Hire a van to take some of it to my son's house, see if they'd deliver it there instead. Surprised that haven't said anything....it's such an enormous prize!
They showed last year's winner receiving her stuff, obvs there was some trick camera work going on, but she lived in what one would consider a reasonable sized house, the poor old girl's living room was completely blocked up once they'd finished dumping all the stuff off. I would imagine that after filming had finished they helped her transfer stuff to the spare room, the attic, the garden shed or what have you..but what if she had lived in a small flat in a tower block, or a bedsit type thing? With this prize, is the onus on the entrant, who lets face it may not even realise they've entered the competition (as it's automatic with any order) to make sure they've got enough room to put everything? This is obviously gonna be a problem, unless the production team do some "homework" ie, using such thing as a trial draw/google maps etc until they come up with something suitable!
Perhaps they could give the winner vouchers to represent some of the bigger products and that they can get them delivered elsewhere or at another time. Just couldn't picture the team carrying all that stuff upstairs and round corners into my flat, just couldn't be done! They'd have to leave it all lined up on the pavement- then wtf would I do with it. Hire a van to take some of it to my son's house, see if they'd deliver it there instead. Surprised that haven't said anything....it's such an enormous prize!
