Friday, 15:30 hrs.
I have won a bronze medal for my poem "Maturation" from poetry.com. However, in order to get it, I have to pay $190 shipping and handling and to cover the cost of reading my poem aloud at the semi-annual convention and symposium in Philadelphia. Had I accepted all their offers to commemorate my "excellent" and "outstanding" poem, as well as one of the transportaion & accommodation packages for their convention, I would be out-of-pocket about $6K.
In reality, I have actually LOST, since they give out 79 bronze medals and 39 silver medals in additon to the only meaningful cash prize of $1K for the top poem, but they didn't tell me that until they had solicited me with every sales gimmmick known to man. Had I won, I probably would have been required to buy a $1K transportation and accommodation package to Philadelphia to get it.
posted by highhatsize 3:17 PM[edit]