Win $500 credit at shopping.com (VERY HOT!!!) odds of winning -> 1:1

[RagManX]

Haven't won, but I'm trying. On a slooooow connection though, so each refresh takes a while.

RagManX

 

[Possum]

I just got it too... though it was after 60 or so tries lasting about 10 minutes

 

[MagisterLudi]

After 20 or so tries, I got it twice in a row. I strongly suspect they won't make good on this, or will dramatically devalue the points.

Notice the rules:

win the Instant Daily Prizes described below. A maximum of one entry per Daily Period allowed for the selection of the Daily Instant Prize winner. Neither AltaVista Company ("Sponsor&quot, Devon Direct, nor RPMC,

They can claim you entered twice and are ineligible.

 

[Recca]

Will they honor it with so many winning? Is there someway to find out?

(fingers crossed)

 

[alaskadan]

Looks like someone over on MyPoopOns blew the deal for us all... here's a quote of the post..

Subject Called Altavista/shopping.com CS - MISTAKE!
Posted by jilljames44
Posted on 7/3/00 10:15 AM
User Status: Junior Member


Hi everybody!
Well, I couldn't wait to see if I won, so I called AltaVista's customer service department. I told them that I hit refersh and won, but the lady was pretty rude and said that all of these accounts are going to be cancelled. She said that since it was the 4th of July weekend, no one was there to fix the site, but it will be fixed on Wednesday and they're going to send out an email cancelling everything
I really wanted those Gc's!!!! DARN!

 

[Tharpertx]

Has anyone who did this yesterday SEEN their points show up?

 

[Brown Sugah]

There is no way this is going to go through. This has been posted everywhere

 

[pancho619]

Just won, after hitting refresh button like 5 times. Thanks 403Forbidden. Anybody got their points yet?

-- pancho619

 

[lepper boy]

Why don't you just look at the Winners page to see if you won?

and by the way, The 1st post, could it be the exact copy from Alien Soup??
just wandering



lepper

 

[403Forbidden]

someone from from shopping.com just called me to verify my prize??? thats really weird. i think it could be someone playing a prank on me tho

 

[Tharpertx]

ya THINK??!

 

[saxman]

well, after refreshing about 100 times, I haven't won anything.

 

[rdgr8]

It's not working for me.

 

[remnant99]

i think the deal is dead, i can't win

 

[Central Scutinizer]

Just won. Screen capture and screen print as evidence.

 

[Rainguy]

This is gonna be a nightmare for them come Wednesday morning !

 

[Splortch]

Gee, even I won.
I never win anything.

Has to be a joke

(it took three tries)

 

[Pretender]

After being a loser for hundreds of times (not counting the rest of my life), I've decided to give up. On Wednesday morning when they see hundreds of winners they'll just cancel all winners from the past few days. Stop posting good deals on other boards so they get killed.

 

[403Forbidden]

keep the hopes peoples!! remember Bestbuy/MSN!!!!!

 

[sleepdragon]

just won.....
after 3 min sign up and about 7 min refresh.....

 

[Stifko]

You have won 500,000 Points! They will be deposited into your account within 72 hours

Holy smoke, I won too, but they're only points.

thanks for the heads up

 

[KidLyfe2k]

I won too, but I went to tell my brother I won and when I came back the victory screen was gone and I was back to the sorry you didn't win page. I hope they still deposit the points anyway but we'll see.

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OK. This game is over, and this thread is locked.

Alta Vista has announced that there is some sort of error in the system. If you early entrants are lucky, they may honor some of the winning entries. Anyone who tries, now, knows that this is no longer valid. Do not start another thread to complain about it.

AnandTech Moderator