Loretta Buchanan, a 35-year-old schoolteacher from Radford, Nottingham, had big hopes after entering a competition. She was thrilled when she was told she had won the grand prize—a $3.3 million mansion. But her excitement soon turned into disappointment.
Instead of moving into the multimillion-dollar home with her new husband, Loretta was given a much smaller cash prize. This left her feeling misled and frustrated.
The company behind the competition, Win My Home, had promised the mansion as the main prize. But when representatives visited Loretta’s home to announce her win, they informed her that she wouldn’t be receiving the house. Instead, due to a loophole in the contest rules, she was given $6,300.
Loretta spoke to the Mail Online, expressing how let down she felt. “I was promised a new home, but I got the booby prize,” she said. “I won the property fair and square, but I’ve been badly let down. I am devastated.” She even wondered if she was ever really going to win the house.
The company had even posted a video on their website congratulating Loretta for winning. But after the news of the cash prize, the video was removed. Loretta became even more suspicious about the whole competition.
The video had captioned Loretta as the winner and mentioned that she and her husband had been looking to buy their first home together. It showed a woman arriving at Loretta’s house with flowers, saying, “You’re the winner of our Nottingham prize draw.”
Loretta recalled the moment when the two representatives came to her door. “I was like ‘yes, where are my keys?’” she remembered. “They told me I hadn’t won the house, but I’d won a grand prize of £5,000.” They explained that because not enough money was raised, they couldn’t give her the house. Instead, they offered Loretta a smaller payout, which they said could be transferred directly to her bank account.
Naturally, Loretta was left feeling confused and questioning the fairness of the contest.
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