Brad Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 We are excited to announce a great new contest on the forum with the biggest prize we've ever offered - an XBox 360 Premium video game system! As you may know, GottaDeal.com is primarily a hot deals site. The site is open all year round (not just during Black Friday) and is dedicated to saving you money by posting and discussing deals from online retailers. While there are other non- online deal forums, the site was created as a deal site, and a look at the main GottaDeal.com site will show that. And while we post a great number of deals on the site, we know that our members are excellent deal hunters and therefore we are asking you to help us out, which brings me to the contest. Beginning today, every 24 hours starting at midnight PST you can earn an entry into the contest by posting at least one new deal thread in the Online Hot Deals forum from a retailer on this list. You can earn only one entry per 24 hour time period, regardless of how many deals you post. At the end of the contest, we'll randomly pick winners from all entries earned and prizes will be awarded. Official Rules 1. You will earn an entry into the drawing by posting at least one unique deal for a specific item or group of items, special sale or coupon in the Online Hot Deals forum from any store on this list of affiliate retailers. Deals must be specific - DO NOT just link to a site's home page as those threads will be deleted. 2. The contest period for each day starts at midnight PST. 3. Posting more than one deal on the same day doesn't earn you any additional entries (but we'd still appreciate it greatly) 4. The contest will run until midnight PST on December 13, 2006. 5. The administrators and moderators reserve the right to disqualify any post from counting towards this contest - see below for more information. 6. Winners will be selected at random from all entries earned by all members during the contest period. 7. Limit of one prize per person for this contest. 8. Members found to have created multiple accounts will be disqualified from the contest and banned from the forum. Prizes (1) Grand Prize: Microsoft XBox 360 Premium Video Game System (5) Runner-up Prizes: $10.00 Amazon.com Gift Certificates Keep in mind that you will also earn GottaPoints for posting deals in the Online Deals forum (and creating new threads in the Online Deals forum earn you more than creating threads in any other forum), and there is no limit to the number of GottaPoints you can earn for creating those threads, so even if you are not a winner, you'll still be earning GottaPoints which can be used for the Holiday Gift Card Giveaway and any future GottaPoints contests. Please search before posting to make sure your deal has not been posted. Click here to learn more about how to search the forum. Deals posted that are reposts will not earn entries into the contest. In addition, deals posted that are not legitimate deals (determined at the sole discretion of admins and mods) will also not count towards the contest, so please be sure you are posting actual deals. As always, please do not post affiliate links, referral links or links to other deal sites in your threads. What makes a good deal thread? 1. Include a very descriptive title - include item, price, expiration date, if the deal involves a rebate, if the deal includes free shipping and any other important information. It MUST include the site/store name to count for the contest.2. Include a link in the post - make sure the link is as direct as possible - if you are posting a deal for a product, link to the product and not the site's home page3. Images are also appreciated in the post, as are detailed descriptions of any steps needed to get the deal (coupon codes, etc...) - the more info the better.4. DO NOT directly copy and paste deals from other forums - you may "borrow" the deal, but type up the title and post in your own words. Directly copied posts will NOT count for the contest. If you have any questions about this contest, please reply to this thread. Thank you and good luck to everyone :)
Brad Posted October 27, 2006 Author Posted October 27, 2006 To reiterate the main points of this contest: * Deals posted from stores that are not affiliated with GottaDeal don't earn entries (see the list of affiliate stores here)* Deals posted that don't include the name of the store in the title don't earn entries* There is a maximum of one entry that can be earned each day (starting at midnight PST)* Do not copy and paste deals from other sites without re-wording them.* Deals posted must be legitmate deals to earn entries. To expand on that last point, if you post a deal about something that is always available (such as the clearance section at a store's web site), that is not a legitimate deal. If you post about specific items from that clearance department which are hot deals, that is OK. If a store always has free shipping if you spend $50, don't post a deal about it. It will not earn you an entry and will likely be deleted. Thank you to everyone who has been posting great deals lately, and we hope to see it continue for the rest of the year and beyond :)
Brad Posted December 15, 2006 Author Posted December 15, 2006 Winners!!! Grand Prize Winner: happysunshine28 Runner Up Winners: Firemansgal311aprncessdmmillerWazzutdanette Congrats to all :)
Wazzu Posted December 18, 2006 Posted December 18, 2006 Congratulations to happysunshine28! Good thing I already bought an XBox 360 system using the good deal posted in on of the threads here. Thank you to gottadeal.com for the great prizes and for a super website!
happysunshine28 Posted December 19, 2006 Posted December 19, 2006 Congrats to Firemansgal311, aprncess, dmmiller, Wazzu, tdanette I was completly shocked when I got the message. I wanted to call someone so bad but it was the middle of the night, so I waited til 6 am, lol, and called my mom. Now I just need to find atleast one game for it that isnt too expensive.
hopeandglory Posted December 19, 2006 Posted December 19, 2006 wAY TO GO!! CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS!!
noehlp Posted December 19, 2006 Posted December 19, 2006 Congratulations to all of you!!! Happy playing & spending!
jerseygurl Posted December 19, 2006 Posted December 19, 2006 Congrats to you all and thanks for all the great deal posts.
Florida Girl Posted December 20, 2006 Posted December 20, 2006 Congrats to Firemansgal311, aprncess, dmmiller, Wazzu, tdanette I was completly shocked when I got the message. I wanted to call someone so bad but it was the middle of the night, so I waited til 6 am, lol, and called my mom. Now I just need to find atleast one game for it that isnt too expensive.Maybe you can win that too; you are on a roll
civicracinggirl7 Posted December 20, 2006 Posted December 20, 2006 Congrats to Firemansgal311, aprncess, dmmiller, Wazzu, tdanette I was completly shocked when I got the message. I wanted to call someone so bad but it was the middle of the night, so I waited til 6 am, lol, and called my mom. Now I just need to find atleast one game for it that isnt too expensive.I don't know if it was posted yet, but CC has some 360 games for $47.99. Not the greatest, but it's better than $59.99!
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now