My Sad Story About How I Won and iPad but was Cheated :(

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  1. Kamazar

    Kamazar Well-Known Member

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    Heck, I'm barely intermediate when it comes to photo-editing, and I can change it easily. All it is is a matter of finding the right font. But in this case, you can actually go online and check to see when he tweeted.
     
  2. jchampl

    jchampl Well-Known Member

    wow can you say spoiled, you lost get over it. life isn't fair.
     
  3. kijib

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    you clearly didnt win becuz you said
    "haha" want my free ipad

    you should have said lol which means laugh out loud
     
  4. Ren

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    Sounds like the contest was rigged with no intent of rewarding any real contestants. I'll bet the person who won was part of the company holding the contest. These types of "contests" with no real intent of a payout are getting more and more frequent.

    As long as the kids screenshots are legit, he should of won.
     
  5. worldcup1100

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    This contest does seem to be legit since Webs.com mentions the contest on their site, and they are a pretty large company, so it would not be unlikely to have a promotion like this.

    The issue though is that the rules state that spamming will get you disqualified which you seem to be guilty of.
     
  6. Random_Guy

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    Australia, mate!
    The best way to get your iPad is to annoy the company.
     
  7. super6ft7

    super6ft7 Well-Known Member

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    A few is commonly regarded as less than 10(You tweeted a lot more than that). and in one of your tweets you say something along the lines of "I'm done spamming" so you were technically disqualified, they have every right to not give you the iPad.
     
  8. Squirt Reynolds

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    Don't worry qasim, an over-priced, extra large iPod Touch with no new features to speak of, isn't worth the headache. Unless you're planning on selling it on ebay of course...
     
  9. mobile1up

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    #29 mobile1up, Apr 5, 2010
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    this sucks man.

    the company should suck it up and give you a device as well. i am running my own contest; and if i screwed up like that - i would do the right thing. the issue with doing "time" based competitions is that the company needs to be 100% clear as to which time-zone they are using as well. you may be in a different time-zone to them; so while you may be closest in your case; if you apply the time-zone difference - you may be off by hours.

    was the competition PST (pacific) or MDT? did you take into consideration daylight saving? other? something to check out - the error still may be on your side; as you may be seeing tweets in local time.

    BTW - if you want to enter another competition - check out gw-birthday (http://www.mobile1up.com/gw-birthday/) you can also get free games.. be sure to read the rules; we wont mess up this competition :)
     
  10. iMario

    iMario Well-Known Member

    You tweeted twice, meaning you kinda cheated/spammed. First one counts. You lost.
     
  11. Eli

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    The iPad doesn't have flash and is incapable of multitasking, so in a way they're doing you a favor. Buy a Joojoo.
     
  12. aros2k

    aros2k Well-Known Member

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    Damn tweeted them before reading the full thread and realising he cheated by spamming, how dumb do i feel? Haha
     
  13. iMario

    iMario Well-Known Member

    Said by the overenthousiast iPad guy... ;]
     
  14. qasim

    qasim Well-Known Member

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    I didn't cheat by spamming. I didn't spam.
     
  15. qasim

    qasim Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for that :)

    And guys stop hating. I never said life was fair. I'm just telling you that it hurts to win something you've really wanted and not being able to actually claim it.
     
  16. qasim

    qasim Well-Known Member

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    LOL. I prefer the iPad. I checked it out at the Apple Store and it's incredible. Besides, Flash isn't really that big of a deal. The only legit complaint I would have is multitasking.
     
  17. qasim

    qasim Well-Known Member

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    Nope. I have actually asked the company, and they said no.
     
  18. qasim

    qasim Well-Known Member

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    I don't think being upset about being cheated is called being a brat. I only posted about 20 times in the entire 24 hours.
     
  19. Electric_Shaman

    Electric_Shaman Well-Known Member

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    Quintuple posting?
    Averaging 1 post per minute?
    [​IMG]
     
  20. tweaker

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    You violated their rules by posting much, much more than any reasonable definition of a "few" times. You lose! Good day sir!
     

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