Brad Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 CONTEST OVER! We know Black Friday can be a stressful time of year, and so this year we're going to help you out by giving away our new GottaDeal.com Black Friday Survival Kits! We've got many of these kits to give away over the next 6 weeks leading up to Black Friday, so if you don't win this time, you'll have plenty of additional chances. So I'm sure you are asking, "what's in the kit?" Here you go: http://www.gottadeal.com/images/bfkit.jpg GottaDeal.com T-Shirt: you need something to wear on Black Friday, right? Show your love for your favorite web site with our brand new t-shirts!GottaDeal.com Bag: some kits will have the drawstring backpack, others will have the reusable grocery bag, and a few will come with both bags!Black Friday @ GottaDeal.com Coin Caddy: this zippered neoprene pouch can store your cash, credit cards, keys and other Black Friday essentials!GottaDeal.com Highlighters: these orange highlighters are perfect for highlighting items as you look over the Black Friday ads or your shopping list!GottaDeal.com Ballpoint Pen: this Pilot G-2 pen (blue ink) is perfect for keeping track of your purchases and crossing off items on your shopping list!GottaDeal.com Magnets: we'll give you some of our new business card magnets - perfect for your fridge, car or anywhere else you want to stick them!GottaDeal.com Stickers: bored waiting in line for the stores to open? Stick our stickers on fellow shoppers, store windows or anywhere else!HOW TO WIN: These tasks were part of a very popular contest we did last year. Last year the first person to complete each task won, but this year we are going to do it a little different. To be entered into this contest, all you have to do is complete at least one of these tasks. If you do more than one, you'll get additional entries, one for each completed task. Task #1: Design an actual holiday ornament featuring GottaDeal.com somehow. Take it to a store that has Christmas trees on display. Hang the ornament on the tree and take picture(s). Be sure at least one of the pictures proves that the tree is located at an actual store. Leave the ornament on the tree. Task #2: Make a sign saying "I Love GottaDeal.com!". Go to a store that we traditionally post the Black Friday ad from (Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Toys R Us, Sears, Kmart are some examples). Find an employee to agree to hold the sign while you take their picture. Make sure the employee "looks" like a real employee (store shirt, etc...). Task #3: Create a flyer for Black Friday @ GottaDeal.com - the kind with the little strips of paper on the bottom that people can tear off (like this) - and post it on a bulletin board at a public place. Be creative with your flyer design! Take a picture of the flyer on the bulletin board. Task #4: Print out this GottaDeal logo. Take it to 3 of your local "landmarks" (however you define them) and take a picture of the logo somewhere near/with/on each of the 3 landmarks. Entries will be accepted until 10pm ET on Sunday, October 25th. At that point we'll randomly select 10 winners from all eligible entries and they will each win a survival kit! If you need help posting pictures, see this thread. If you don't have enough posts to post pictures yet, send them directly to gottadeal.com [at] gmail [dot] com. Good luck to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 For some inspiration, here was last year's contest: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=124346 This should be a fun one and we should get some great pics. And since it involves you actually leaving the house, I've doubled the number of prizes from 5 to 10 to give you some additional motivation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lot-narth Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Ok, just read the the thread from last year - is the "landmark" more defined? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 Ok, just read the the thread from last year - is the "landmark" more defined?We'll pretty much accept anything this year. Last year it was a little different because the first person to do it automatically won, so we were worried about having to choose if 2 people did the task and one had more "significant" landmarks, but this time as long as it's something your town/city considers a landmark, that's good enough to earn an entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnc_mom Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 We'll pretty much accept anything this year. Last year it was a little different because the first person to do it automatically won, so we were worried about having to choose if 2 people did the task and one had more "significant" landmarks, but this time as long as it's something your town/city considers a landmark, that's good enough to earn an entry.yippeee! thanks for changing it around this year lol i have been waiting on this on lol i have done got a few done lol brad,this is off subject but when will u start your youtube videos again? Its about time for the 1st video of the year lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 this is off subject but when will u start your youtube videos again? Its about time for the 1st video of the year lolbigjimslade did the videos last year. i'm sure he'll have the first one up soon, once there is a little more to discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnc_mom Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 ok so ive got all 4 done!! i excpect my 4 entrys lol too bad it isnt 1st one done!!! ok so heres the happy walmart employee puting out xmas stuff!http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m229/southern_cowgirl_emt/1019091332.jpg HERES the FLyer....at aarons rental....http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m229/southern_cowgirl_emt/1019091347.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnc_mom Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 HERES the 3 LANDMARKS....I did a few more than 3 just in case!!!http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m229/southern_cowgirl_emt/1019091337a.jpghttp://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m229/southern_cowgirl_emt/1019091340.jpghttp://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m229/southern_cowgirl_emt/1019091351.jpghttp://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m229/southern_cowgirl_emt/1019091353.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnc_mom Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 And Last but not least the ornament in walmart...i did a close up and a far away shot....http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m229/southern_cowgirl_emt/1019091331a.jpghttp://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m229/southern_cowgirl_emt/1019091331.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 wow, nice job. linda looks thrilled to be helping, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnc_mom Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 wow, nice job. linda looks thrilled to be helping, lolshe was! lol i had 2 diffrent fliers since when i do these things people always want me to write down the site and so i used one to give to people asking! So if alot of people join from marion u know who told them lol;) We are a backwoods town so we dont really have any "landmarks" lol (hint the smoking gun lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmsantoyo Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I have completed 2 tasks - #3 & #4. I am trying to figure out how to upload the pictures, but I don't get the paperclip option. I will upload them directly to the address you gave - [email protected]. Can you please confirm you have received the pictures just to make sure I am in the running for the survival kits. I will try to complete the other 2 tasks in the coming days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 here are mmsantoyo's photos: http://www.olsonnet.com/images/mmsantoyo1.jpghttp://www.olsonnet.com/images/mmsantoyo2.jpghttp://www.olsonnet.com/images/mmsantoyo3.jpghttp://www.olsonnet.com/images/mmsantoyo4.jpghttp://www.olsonnet.com/images/mmsantoyo5.jpghttp://www.olsonnet.com/images/mmsantoyo6.jpghttp://www.olsonnet.com/images/mmsantoyo7.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmsantoyo Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Thank you Brad. I found the paperclip option and was in the process of uploading the pictures when I saw that you uploaded them already - Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazmina Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Ok, Thus far I have only been able to complete one task, the flyer; I posted it on a Panaderia (Bakery) bulletin board so Its in Spanish;) For all of my latin friends;) [ATTACH]3062[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]3063[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 giving this a bump. going to be very easy to pick the winners if 10 or fewer people enter, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lot-narth Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 giving this a bump. going to be very easy to pick the winners if 10 or fewer people enter, lol.I'm doing them all tomorrow. Had to get ink for printer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I LOVE the pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpzazz Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Me too, have to fix my printer first, but I will get some pix up. I really want a prize pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnc_mom Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 giving this a bump. going to be very easy to pick the winners if 10 or fewer people enter, lol.I was gonna do this earlier and forgot..even though i really wanna win I dont wanna win that easy lol! I also LOVE seeing everyones pics!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunni0913 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Okay I done task 1 and 4. I took a sign to Walmart to have an employee hold but the first 1 yelled at me and my kids and the second went and got the manager. She told us that it is illegal to take a picture in her store and told us to leave..lol. I stuck the ornament on their tree..lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennie_bebe Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 giving this a bump. going to be very easy to pick the winners if 10 or fewer people enter, lol.Oh no first time I saw this thread... and only two days to get it all done!!! I better get a move on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lot-narth Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 OK, I did all four takes, then while I was doing them my mother who is in town decided it was fun and wanted to sign up for an account and do all the tasks herself (hers will probably be posted tomorrow as she is not good with computers and I'll have to upload the photos for her). Christmas Ornament at Hobby Lobby (no other stores in our area had trees up yet)ORNAMENT FRONT http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7727_1134238159757_1341414211_30329218_7051866_n.jpg ORNAMENT BACK http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7727_1134238199758_1341414211_30329219_8196528_n.jpg WIDER SHOT http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs210.snc1/7727_1134238279760_1341414211_30329220_2829252_n.jpg I posted a flyer on the bulletin board in the professors room at the history department of WMU.http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs210.snc1/7727_1134238359762_1341414211_30329221_5514512_n.jpg CLOSE UPhttp://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs210.snc1/7727_1134238399763_1341414211_30329222_1946056_n.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lot-narth Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 PART TWO While picking up my prescriptions, I got a Target cashier to hold the sign. http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7727_1134242559867_1341414211_30329224_4736356_n.jpg SITES OF KALAMAZOO:UPJOHN PILL and GRANULE COMPANY The Upjohn Company was a pharmaceutical manufacturing firm founded in 1886 in Kalamazoo, Michigan by Dr. William E. Upjohn, an 1875 graduate of the University of Michigan medical school. The company was originally formed to make friable pills, which were specifically designed to be easily digested. These could be "reduced to a powder under the thumb", a strong marketing argument for the time. This is the site of the building in which basement Upjohn founded his company. http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7727_1134242719871_1341414211_30329227_6418477_n.jpg http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7727_1134255640194_1341414211_30329264_2622624_n.jpg WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY BRONCO MASCOTBUSTER BRONCOhttp://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs210.snc1/7727_1134242759872_1341414211_30329228_4032762_n.jpg CANON in BRONSON PARKKalamazoo was originally named Bronson. Bronson was frequently described as "eccentric" and argumentative and was later run out of town, so they changed the name of the town too. On August 27, 1856, Abraham Lincoln spoke at a rally in Kalamazoo's Bronson Park, promoting the presidential candidacy of John C. Fremont, who was running on the ticket of the newly formed Republican Party. The occasion marks Lincoln's only visit or public address within the State.This is not the canon that blew off some people's limbs and killed a guy on the centennial birthday (that one is bronzed and not on show). However, this canon is dedicated to soldiers who served in the Philippine insurrection, the Chinese Relief Expedition, and the war with Spain.http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7727_1134255680195_13 http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7727_1134255720196_1341414211_30329266_955176_n.jpg PFIZER - MAJOR EMPLOYER for KALAMAZOO http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7727_1134242639869_1341414211_30329226_4549455_n.jpg YES THERE REALLY IS A KALAMAZOO - a local mottoThe phrase "from Timbuktu to Kalamazoo" resulted from this strange name, and has served to enter it into pop culture. Today, t-shirts are sold in Kalamazoo with the phrase "Yes, there really is a Kalamazoo". http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7727_1134257520241_1341414211_30329267_8298115_n.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lot-narth Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Now I posted all four of mine. It's gonna take awhile to help my mom out with hers, but at least she will then have her own account and look up stuff on her own now instead of me telling her what's going on in the world of sales and black friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennie_bebe Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Ok, so here is picture #1 (Task 3) …I hope I don’t get disqualified for having “What” instead of “Want” on my sign…UGH it has been a long week!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 alright, it's the weekend. you all should have some free time to get some pics up. this will probably be your best chance to win one of the BF survival kits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpr Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 (edited) Ok, here are my pictures. I went for 'unique' landmarks, lol. The first one is a local 'landmark'. It is a gate to keep the donkey population away, lol(No kidding). We use the gate as the turn around point for our marathon runs(it is basically 13 miles away). The second is an old cannon from WWII(1942). The third is a sign pointing home (for some people). Can anyone guess where these pictures are from? Edited October 24, 2009 by bpr Update info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpr Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Here is my second entry. I added a Bonus picture too(yes, I am in the picture, can you spot me? lol). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neboo Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Okay I done task 1 and 4. I took a sign to Walmart to have an employee hold but the first 1 yelled at me and my kids and the second went and got the manager. She told us that it is illegal to take a picture in her store and told us to leave..lol. I stuck the ornament on their tree..lol.Haha, awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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