More than likely going with my gut on this one and bailing out, but wanted to see if there are any recent instances (all the past posts about this are from 4 or more years ago).
So I went to the Fall Bridal Show in Grand Rapids, MI. Of course, entered contests. Last Wednesday, I get a call from TN with a voicemail from a sad sounding female saying "Hey Brittany, this is Savannah I texted you. Will you text me back please?". Except I had no texts from this number nor did I know where she was from and the number when I googled it was for an old couple in TN. Then on Thursday I get a text from this Savannah saying that she is with the Bridal Registry and that my fiance and I won this package for champagne flutes, honeymoon accommodations, and $600 for weddings bands and to call or text her to setup arrangements for the gifts. I call her and it goes to voicemail (a very awkward, unprofessional voicemail I might add).
However, this did give me her last name, so of course I Facebook her and it gives me her profile and says she works at The Bridal Registry, which had its own FB page. In following this rabbit hole, I find there are two FB pages for the Bridal Registry, a FB page for Kitchen Traditions and two websites for Kitchen Traditions which are similar and give the same information. Eventually she texts me back and admits she prefers texting and then calls me and is just as awkward as the voicemails. She gives me this blog (https://zey-rain.tumblr.com/) that she has setup that details about the package and it basically says what her text says about Friday or Saturday but includes this presentation my fiance and I have to attend at the Holiday Inn by the Airport. She also admittedly told me she created this blog because she thinks it is more professional and gives all the details, but her boss doesn't know she created it. She then asks my opinion because she is showing her boss later. When she texted me again about the prize she says the days are Saturday or Sunday to choose from and doesn't give me the location info. Literally, everything screams SCAM ALERT! I don't know if it is just her or the whole company.
The only reason I'm still even considering giving this a second thought is because the Kitchen Traditions, Dinner for Two was at the Bridal Show and giving away prizes. So what is the deal!? Can they just not be professional about this strategy?
