ok guys heres one for all the leagality fans out there.
backstory: played the dell back to school laptop contest between june and august of last year. won a dell e1705 laptop. never really heard much from them so i e-mailed a couple of times and called once. was then informed that i had violated rules by using more than one e-mail address. WTF! used my one main e-mail throughout the entire contest. turns out my wife, knowing how much i needed a laptop had registered my other two e-mail accounts and was playing as well trying to 'help me win',. i tried to explain that i shouldnt be responsible for that as it was not my intention to play more than once a day.
long story short, they cancelled my win and gave it to someone else. ok, i needed a laptop but i dindt want to be considered a cheater so i let it go right. i mean, it's not like i had paid to enter and someone else got a nice lappy.
current: check my mail today and low and behold a 1099-misc saying that i had prize winnings totalling 1038.89 from e-prize. i tried to contact dell and get the number for e-prize but they were as unhelpful as always and could not understand anything i said and likewise for me.
so, what should i do? any help is appreciated and let me know if i need to clear anything up
backstory: played the dell back to school laptop contest between june and august of last year. won a dell e1705 laptop. never really heard much from them so i e-mailed a couple of times and called once. was then informed that i had violated rules by using more than one e-mail address. WTF! used my one main e-mail throughout the entire contest. turns out my wife, knowing how much i needed a laptop had registered my other two e-mail accounts and was playing as well trying to 'help me win',. i tried to explain that i shouldnt be responsible for that as it was not my intention to play more than once a day.
long story short, they cancelled my win and gave it to someone else. ok, i needed a laptop but i dindt want to be considered a cheater so i let it go right. i mean, it's not like i had paid to enter and someone else got a nice lappy.
current: check my mail today and low and behold a 1099-misc saying that i had prize winnings totalling 1038.89 from e-prize. i tried to contact dell and get the number for e-prize but they were as unhelpful as always and could not understand anything i said and likewise for me.
so, what should i do? any help is appreciated and let me know if i need to clear anything up
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