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#223995 11-Jun-2009 14:44

NealR: Congratulations to all the winners. I sure hope you all sent Mauricio a nice note saying thank you.

Good one.

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#223998 11-Jun-2009 14:47

hmmm if i had received an email (which i didnt :-(.. never have any luck with these draws etc) i would've been really really really appreciative.. just shows that some people who entered, maybe shouldnt have been allowed into the draw.. makes it unfair..

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#223999 11-Jun-2009 14:49

gtxboyracer: hmmm if i had received an email (which i didnt :-(.. never have any luck with these draws etc) i would've been really really really appreciative.. just shows that some people who entered, maybe shouldnt have been allowed into the draw.. makes it unfair..

How do you propose we decide at the time of entry that the person isn't going to be appreciative?

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#224001 11-Jun-2009 14:50

Guess my email got lost in the spam filter?

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#224002 11-Jun-2009 14:54

scottjpalmer:
gtxboyracer: hmmm if i had received an email (which i didnt :-(.. never have any luck with these draws etc) i would've been really really really appreciative.. just shows that some people who entered, maybe shouldnt have been allowed into the draw.. makes it unfair..

How do you propose we decide at the time of entry that the person isn't going to be appreciative?

Maybe if that the people in question didn't give a good enough response, i.e. no even greatful for winning a free phone and/or sim card - then maybe another name should be drawn...

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#224005 11-Jun-2009 15:03

freitasm: Only to the winners.

@Godzjr - remember to reply with your details!

I did reply, and nicely too. It made my day, my old phone is just about to give up and I didn't match all the Big Wednesday's numbers

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#224006 11-Jun-2009 15:04

lol no. sore loser ;)

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#224008 11-Jun-2009 15:07

hmmm well it just really sucks that we got like a 1000 extra entries from 'non' geek people who were linked here from a competition website.. they should've have been allowed.. next time i recommend it be limited to GeekZone Members only...

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#224011 11-Jun-2009 15:13

gtxboyracer: hmmm well it just really sucks that we got like a 1000 extra entries from 'non' geek people who were linked here from a competition website.. they should've have been allowed.. next time i recommend it be limited to GeekZone Members only...

Where does the line get drawn?

Above or below someone who of their total contribution of 10 posts to Geekzone, 3 are "sore loser" posts and at least a few more were only seeking personal technical support on XT issues, one could argue your contribution to this community should exclude you also?

Promotions like this aren't just to reward members. They also serve a purpose driving new traffic to the website and 1000+ new visitors is nothing to be scoffed at, even if only a couple of them hang around into the future . . .

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#224013 11-Jun-2009 15:15

All very good points folks... Don't get worked up though. There are lots of things coming - always. We try to make it better to everyone too.

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#224015 11-Jun-2009 15:17

fair enough. guess i just wanted to try the new xt network - oh well, it will have to wait till later..

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#224029 11-Jun-2009 15:39

Regardless of post count, just a requirement that the entering account should have been created *before* the competition was posted would do... ?

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#224030 11-Jun-2009 15:41

@mjb this is a good idead. Something to think about... Although it wouldn't work well for competitions like the HP ones we run with another 30 websites - in which each site drives traffic to the next one...

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#224032 11-Jun-2009 15:44

True... and it only helps for an ever decreasing amount of accounts - accounts opened to enter one competition are then created before the next.

Bad stuff aside, congrats to the winners!

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#224038 11-Jun-2009 15:54

Hay it helped me to FINALLY sign up instead of just trolling the forums for answers to my IT problems... and that's gotta be a good thing, no? ARen;t you all SOOOO glad I'm here??? ;)

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