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post #1 of 59
3/14/03 at 1:59pm
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I was just thinking of the amount of contests i have entered in my 25 year lifetime that the only time I have ever won something was when I was in highschool...I won a skateboard from a local skateshop that had a monthly give away...who in the world wins all these contests...when i think of all the contests ive entered online...atleast 10 at Futureshop.com alone...lets hear everyones stories
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post #2 of 59
3/14/03 at 2:04pm
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who in the world wins all these contests...


Their friends, families, & co-workers of course.
Actually McDonalds had this happen with an insider (Working for the firm they hired to do the contest) on like 3 or 5 years worth of contests but at least they were willing to make it right and ran the contests again in a very short period of time.

KyleS
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post #3 of 59
3/14/03 at 2:10pm
I won a PlayStation after playing a music trivia game on Sony's website.
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post #4 of 59
3/14/03 at 2:36pm
When I was living in Redwood Valley CA, a I won a radio station trivia contest. The question was, "Who did Billy Dee Williams play in Batman?" Of course the answer was District Attorney Harvey Dent. The radio guy tried to get me to change my answer, "you're sure it wasn't the Commissioner?"

The prize: a limo ride and free video rental. The limo came to our house, my sister and I were taken to the video store in nearby Ukiah, and I picked out Live and Let Die because I was getting into the Beatles at the time and Mr. Paul did the theme song. The limo had a TV and VCR so my sister and I were able to watch the Pink Panther cartoon that preceeded the movie on our way home.
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post #5 of 59
3/14/03 at 3:09pm
Of the billion odd contests I've entered I haven't won jack squat. I have won money on lottery tickets before, but nothing serious.
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post #6 of 59
3/14/03 at 3:32pm
In 1987 I won a drawing sponsored by MTV and Warner Music promoting Howard Jones' 3rd Warner album "One to One"- I got a Zenith Hi-Fi stereo VCR, 50 music video tapes (25 from Warner, 25 from CBS/FOX) and a set of Bose "Video Roommate" speakers. I filled out a form at a Tower Records store and a few months later UPS showed up with some boxes! I still have the tapes and the VCR, which still works fine though it doesn't get much use these days; I gave the speakers to my dad.
The grand prize winner got the same items plus a Zenith TV and a live MTV broadcast from their house with Howard Jones in attendance- I wonder who ended up winning that and if anyone has a tape of the MTV event, as I'm cable-free and never got to see it
I also won a Fisher-Price PXL-2000 camera (the one that shoots black-and-white low-resolution video on audio cassette tapes) from a write-a-commercial contest from Tide detergent- these are collectors' items now.
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post #7 of 59
3/14/03 at 8:50pm
In college I used to have a knack for winning radio contests- you know, being a certain numbered caller. Never won anything big though. If you practice at it you can get pretty good.

Won some movie tickets, comedy club tickets, and I think maybe a carboard stand-up Chewbacca that I never claimed.
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post #8 of 59
3/14/03 at 8:55pm
About 6 years ago I won a radio station contest where they played a clip from Heat and I was the first to identify it.
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post #9 of 59
3/14/03 at 9:04pm
Let's see...a 19" TV at the company picnic about seven years ago, a few free bottles of soda from twisting the cap off, and three CDs (Blur, Gigolo Aunts, and Atari Teenage Riot).

Ryan, perhaps you need to go to Scooterpalooza to better your chances.
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post #10 of 59
3/14/03 at 9:53pm
I won a palm pilot once..
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post #11 of 59
3/14/03 at 9:55pm
I won a copy of Jason X on dvd from JoBlo.com
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post #12 of 59
3/14/03 at 10:07pm
When Win 95 came out, the makers of a driving game called Pod had a top ten list contest. They asked contestants to write the top ten things to do while waiting for Pod to be released. So I came up with a list and entered and won 1st place, a Thrustmaster T2 driving wheel for my PC.

-Keith
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post #13 of 59
3/14/03 at 11:16pm
I won a copy of The Eagles Hell Freezes Over DVD a couple years back.
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post #14 of 59
3/15/03 at 3:05am
I won an authentic autographed Joe Sakic 2002 NHL All-Star jersey in a hockey pool run by Jersey City. I was only like 8 points from winning the Bobby Orr jersey. I also won a Clearnet prepaid cell phone at a launch party (note the company doesn't even exist anymore).
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post #15 of 59
3/15/03 at 8:29am
A won a grand at a Celtics game. I won circus tickets for winning a coloring contest when I was 4 or 5 too!

My dad won a Jeep Wrangler a few years ago (!)
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post #16 of 59
3/15/03 at 9:23am
I'm sure that everyone claimed their 'winnings' on their taxes, right ?
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post #17 of 59
3/15/03 at 9:43am
Three years ago, I played ESPN Baseball Challenge with my friends, which is essentially a version of fantasy baseball where you pick new players each day with a limit on how much you "spend" for the lineup. For one week, I just so happened to have the highest scoring lineup out of anyone on ESPN and I was named one of the weekly winners. Then, at the end of the season all of the weekly winners were put into a drawing and I just so happened to win. The prize was a Sony Home Entertainment System which included a 32" TV, 5.1 Speaker Setup and DVD Player. I still use the system to this day.
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post #18 of 59
3/15/03 at 9:55am
Some of my winnings:
- A Sony Sports Walkman (pretty cool, I was like 10 yrs. old)

- A matted & mounted "autographed" poster of Britney Spears from a music store (pretty cool, I was like 19 yrs. old ) Enjoyed this one on my wall for a while, then sold it for a small profit

- A long-sleeved "Had Ex today?" shirt from Molson Brewery
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post #19 of 59
3/15/03 at 10:39am
I won a LEGO building contest when I was like 8. Got me another LEGO set. Later that year I also won a bicycle helmet in another contest.

I think my luck ran out about then...

--Anders
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post #20 of 59
3/15/03 at 11:34am
Many years ago, I won a small Victorinox kitchen knife in a box of J-Cloth towels. On of the towels had the message "You've Won!" printed on it.

Then a couple of years ago, The Big Picture DVD site had a contest where you had to identify the movie titles associated with five very brief music sound clips. The prize was the CD soundtrack of one of those movies. I picked Reservoir Dogs.
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post #21 of 59
3/15/03 at 11:52am
When the commercial internet first got going, I won 2 games, Suikoden and Mechwarrior 2 for PSX. The same week I won $60 on scratch off lottery tickets

I'm afraid that was the end of my luck
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post #22 of 59
3/15/03 at 11:57am
I've won eleven DVDs from five different contests.
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post #23 of 59
3/15/03 at 3:23pm
More than 20 years ago, MTV had a Devo contest. I forget what first prize was. What I do remember was being at home, eating dinner with my then-girlfriend when someone knocked on the door. It was UPS with a package for me from MTV. It contained a replica of the hat and outfit the band played the "Whip It" video, complete with whip and the band's albums. To this day, it's the only thing I've ever one -- actually I won the "English Patient" DVD from the Digital Bits, now that I remember it -- and I don't recall entering it. Then again, I was probably stoned when I did.
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post #24 of 59
3/15/03 at 7:26pm
I just won a Tuck Everlasting DVD from digitallyOBSESSED!!! WOOHOO!!!

...and no, I hardly win any of the contests that I enter.
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post #25 of 59
3/15/03 at 10:54pm
Back in grade school I won a drawing for an Easter Basket, which I still have to this day.

At work, we used to do all the radio call-in contests. Most of them were caller number x, but some were trivia contests. While I didn't win it for myself, they were giving away a KISS CD set. The question was you had to name the actual name of The Pina Colada Song. It took us over 15 minutes to get through, but I was the first person to call in who knew it (gave the CD's to a coworker). I also helped others win by knowing the name of the band Head East ("who sang 'Never Been Any Reason'"), and the planet Luke Skywalker came from. For myself, I was driving along flipping through the channels one day, and came across the local oldies staion. They were giving away tickets to a local dinner theater presentation of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," and gift certificates to a local sandwich place. The question was, name all 4 Aliens movies. The contest had been going on for over 25 minutes, and the DJ was about to end the contest since nobody had known the answer. I called in and won.

My brother is very competitive. He used to enter a football poll every week, but never brought me an entry form. He'd been in the same poll for about 3 years, and had never won. The first time I entered, I won $50. He never brought me an entry form after that. He also used to like to play instant lottery tickets. He seldom won, and it was never more than $5. I was never into it, but he played all the time. We were leaving the grocery store together one day, and he stopped to buy some. The whole time he kept telling me to buy some. He was about to buy one last one, and I finally gave in, and bought what would have been his next ticket. I won $100. A month or two later, the exact same thing happened, but this time I only won $88. He never played around me again.

Several years ago, I won a 25" TV at a work picnic. I worked that day, and didn't even buy a raffle ticket, and won the grand prize. They automatically entered everyone who had to work and couldn't go to the picnic.

When I was waiting tables, we'd have contests among the wait staff to see who could sell the most of some desert, drink, or whatever. The first time we did it, the prize was dinner for two and a pair of earrings. I had about $100 more in sales than my closest competition. However, since it was a "lady's" prize, they gave it to her instead. Our next contest was to see who could sell the most of a brand of Belgian Lambic beers (fruit flavored beers) we were phasing out. We'd had 7 cases of the stuff for a couple months, and had only sold 5 or 6 bottles. They cost $8-10 per bottle, so they were a hard sell. I sold so many during the contest period we had to reorder twice. As some of the waitresses began to realize they weren't going to win, they gave their totals to the head waitress. After 5 waitresses had given her their totals, she still had less than half my sales. The prize was an amber neclace, worth about $50. Once again, since it was a lady's prize, they decided to give it to the runner up instead. The next contest was to see who could sell the most Shamrocks for MD. I sold 1 just because my mother came in and insisted on buying one from me.

I also won online contests at a Star Wars site twice, but had the prize rescinded because the guy who ran the site didn't like me.

One of my most enjoyable wins came at a church fish fry. The grand prize was a convection oven, some dinnerware, and about $200 worth of booze and beer, but no Jack Daniels. The runner up prize was a fifth of Jack Daniels and two tickets to the next fish fry. The lady who won the grand prize didn't belong to the church, and couldn't have cared less about winning. I won the runner up prize, and celebrated like I'd just won $1 million. My friend and I finished off most of the bottle while walking back to his grandmother's house. It was a blast!
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post #26 of 59
3/15/03 at 10:59pm
I actually just won Inspector Gadget 2 on DVD from a local radio station. I was caller #8. I seem to be pretty lucky with the whole fast finger dialing thing. Works for me even better than redial! In the past, I've won several sets of concert tickets.... Huey Lewis & the News at the local State Fair two years ago... Counting Crows... Wallflowers... Bush (ummm, the band) as well as Smashing Pumpkins.

Scott.
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post #27 of 59
3/16/03 at 3:44pm
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post #28 of 59
3/16/03 at 5:04pm
I feel bad for people who don't win things, but shoot...
that's why we steal.
It's all about what comes around goes around. Now if only I knew where Scott lived...
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post #29 of 59
3/17/03 at 11:26am
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In college I used to have a knack for winning radio contests- you know, being a certain numbered caller.
Heh, heh. It was always "caller number 9" when I was growing up. Running a local BBS, I had 8 phone lines in my bedroom. I wrote a script to activate the speakers on the modems and dial the station's number on all 8 lines simultaneously. Won more than my fair share of hats, bumper stickers, CDs, etc.

No, the real people who win these contests are the cheaters. When I was in middle school, Blockbuster Video opened their first store here. They had plenty of great prizes. My father and I smuggled entire pads full of entry forms out of the store every time we rented there - it didn't say "one entry per person". We'd then sit at home and spend hours filling them out, one at a time. We won one of the top few prizes, "free rentals for an entire year."

We rented everything. At any given time we had a dozen items checked out, most of them video games for me. My friends and I were all over their (at the time, extensive) video game collection. We also used it to get free food: At one time, we were near the store and they had a promotion where you would get a free box of Girl Scout cookies for every 3 video rentals. We were hungry, so we went in and promptly "rented" a dozen titles. Consumed the 4 boxes of cookies on the way home and played video games all night long. All for free.

Incidentally, my parents became good friends with the manager of the store and they still talk to this day.

Unfortunately, 4 or 5 months into it, the store changed management in a big way. Nearly everyone was fired and everything down there changed. We went in one day to rent several more titles and were told "no". Apparently, the new management had "found some free rental tickets in the safe". Our "one year of free rentals" was only supposed to be a pack of 52 free rentals (one per week), and we were not so politely informed that we had already used up "several dozen times" our "allotment".

We haven't spent a penny with Blockbuster since.
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post #30 of 59
3/17/03 at 12:05pm
I won My Whole Klipsch Speaker set up when i worked at tweeter. There was a contest in the store that no one knew about.Klipsch wanted to see who sold product because of the product and not what we could win.

I got a pair of RF3's An RC3 Center and RS3 rears. all for selling speakers.



Plus I won a 13 in Mits TV, a mini system, a Yamaha MD player, and a walkman. all for sales
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