Sounds like the blogger got a freebie and I would have contacted the company directly anyway. I'm sure they'd love to know that they'd been played for some free swag! Plus, I'm sure the readers also might like to know their blogger is a phoney!

I don't know that the company would care. Blogs are the new t.v. ads. They (in my opinion) start out with good intentions. At some point it turns into a popularity contest for them. They lose sight of the people that signed up and helped them along the way. I like the contests where every one fills out basic info. Not jump through hoops to hopefully win a prize. Sorry, I had to rant.

Vent away!! That's what the community is here for! LOL I regularly contact companies about a wide variety of issues. I have found, at least in my experience, that they do care and are usually very nice about trying to rectify the issue. I have to admit that while I may read a blog or 2, I don't usually put in for the prizes as I honestly just don't trust folks I don't know. LOL

I write a fashion/beauty/lifestyle blog and I am really sorry to hear a blogger would do that to you! That is terrible. I do think the company who was offering the promotion would care and would want to know! There is no way a company would want to work with that blogger again. That is really unprofessional of that blogger not to give you your prize! I've only done a couple of giveaways so far, but even though I didn't have a lot of entries, I still gave the winners their prizes because that is simply the right thing to do! Honestly, I probably wouldn't follow that blogger anymore she/he is not very respectable in my opinion. I WOULD contact the company and tell them---they don't want their name dragged through the mud by a crappy blogger!