MacBook giveaway contest details and rules
We’ll give the MacBook away to one of the “people who like this page” (formerly known as “facebook fans” – but I’m cool with the change and wasn’t really that comfortable being a celebrity anyway) on May 15, 2010.
MacBooks are pretty sweet but they aren’t cheap so we need a little time to sufficiently milk this for all it’s worth. We know it’s a long time, so to keep you interested we’ll probably come up with four to six prizes to give away in the mean time that will be small enough to seem kinda cheap, at least in comparison to the MacBook, but they’ll be valuable enough that if you win one you’ll probably say, “Awesome! Free stuff!” Here’s how we’ll pick the person who wins the MacBook.
I’m going to visit our facebook page at noon, Saskatoon time, on May 15, 2010. If I experience service interruptions because of Internet failures, or if facebook happens to be experiencing technical difficulties, then obviously it won’t be possible to do this right at noon and I will do it within a reasonable period of time following restoration of the interrupted service, with “reasonable” being left to my full discretion.
When I have successfully reached the page I’m going to look at that little “people who like this page” panel on the left hand side of the page and I’m going to give the computer to the person whose facebook avatar appears in the uppermost row, at the far left side of the page (that would be the avatar that is furthest to the left in the uppermost row), subject to the following restrictions.
Prizes are available to be won by people who live in Saskatoon, or within sixty kilometers of Saskatoon, with distance being determined by a Google maps “get directions” search. If your facebook profile shows your current city as being outside of this area you’ll be disqualified. Why? Well, why would we want to give a free MacBook to someone who lives half way across the country when we can give it to someone who lives in Saskatoon? To be clear, we have nothing against people who live half way across the country, but we’re crazy about our neighbours, so hopefully you’re not too offended that we’d like one of our neighbours to have this sweet prize.
Further, Saskatoon is our market. It’s where we do business so we want the prize to be won locally. If we give the MacBook to someone who lives here they’ll tell all their friends we’re cool and we might even do some business as a result of the contest. Finally, this page is all about Saskatoon, and really only about Saskatoon, so you couldn’t possibly have any interest in it if you live across the country or on the other side of the world.
You just want to win the MacBook and I won’t allow you to take that away from someone who may actually become a page liker of our page. You may be asked to prove that you live within the contest area by providing identification and you agree to do so upon request as a condition of being eligible to win prizes. Secondly, you cannot win prizes from this promotion if you have a license to trade in real estate and I’m going to bet that you don’t have to ask why.
If you have to ask, feel free. I’ll be happy to explain it to you. Imagine, for a moment, how I might feel giving a free MacBook to a Realtor who works in Toronto. If the person whose avatar appears in the uppermost row, furthest to the left is not displaying a “current city” within the defined contest area, or is known by us to have a license to trade in real estate then I will hit the refresh button on my web browser to reshuffle the deck and once again scrutinize the person who happens to land in the prize winning position and award the MacBook to them if they are not excluded by the restrictions detailed above.
The free MacBook will meet the following specs: 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB DDR3 memory, 250 GB hard drive, 8x double-layer SuperDrive, NVDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, Built-in 7-hour battery, Polycarbonate unibody enclosure, valued by Apple at $1,099.00 Canadian dollars. If you’re our lucky winner you’ll receive an Apple MacBook that meets the specifications outlined above, or a reasonable substitute based on price (equal or greater value) if this particular model is no longer available, which is unlikely since it’s a new model, but my lawyer warned me to really cover my ass in every way by being as wordy as possible.
By the way, I’m going to wait until May 15 to actually purchase the computer. Maybe the winner is one of those people who really hate Macs because the Mac commercial campaign made them feel silly or inadequate in some way. Maybe you just can’t be bothered learning a new operating system.
Maybe you just got a new MacBook and a second MacBook, even though it’s free seems over the top. In such instances, or under any other circumstances in which the winner thinks the prize sucks we’d be happy to toss you the $1100 so you can buy pretty much anything you like. We want you to be happy, because hey, you just won a valuable prize. You deserve to be happy! You better be happy!
Seriously though, thank you for entering and thank you for being a part of our community. Good luck.
