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Old 12-16-2002, 08:34 AM
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Default Can someone explain me this?

http://www.logitechcordless.com/index.htm?ad=homepage

Nothing out of the ordinary here, just Logitech giving away some stuff for free. However, if you take a look at the promotion rules, you'll find the following:

http://www.logitechcordless.com/rules.htm

3. SELECTION OF WINNERS. Up to Twenty Thousand winners will be electronically selected at random. To comply with the laws of Florida and New York, no more than 62 prizes will be awarded to residents of Florida and no more than 62 prizes will be awarded to residents of New York. Only one prize per family, household or address will be awarded. Odds of winning depend on the number of visitors to the promotion website and the number of Prize Claim Forms submitted. Canadian winners are required under Canadian law to correctly answer a time-limited mathematical question in order to receive the prize.

Is this a joke? :lol:
 
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Old 12-16-2002, 04:28 PM
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Default Re: Can someone explain me this?

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Canadian winners are required under Canadian law to correctly answer a time-limited mathematical question in order to receive the prize.

Is this a joke? :lol:
I just hope the question isn't "how many yards in a football field"...
 
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Old 12-16-2002, 04:36 PM
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Hmm - that doesn't bother me as much as the "62 winners from New York" bit. You know this has to be some ancient, 19th-century law on the books. What a gip -- NY is the third (fourth?) largest state with ~ 15-20 million people. Whereas Iowa could have 200 winners out of a population of ~ 2 million! :?

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Old 12-21-2002, 03:00 AM
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Default Re: Can someone explain me this?

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http://www.logitechcordless.com/index.htm?ad=homepage

Nothing out of the ordinary here, just Logitech giving away some stuff for free. However, if you take a look at the promotion rules, you'll find the following:

http://www.logitechcordless.com/rules.htm

3. SELECTION OF WINNERS. Up to Twenty Thousand winners will be electronically selected at random. To comply with the laws of Florida and New York, no more than 62 prizes will be awarded to residents of Florida and no more than 62 prizes will be awarded to residents of New York. Only one prize per family, household or address will be awarded. Odds of winning depend on the number of visitors to the promotion website and the number of Prize Claim Forms submitted. Canadian winners are required under Canadian law to correctly answer a time-limited mathematical question in order to receive the prize.

Is this a joke? :lol:
I believe Jason covered this when he was seeking a way of generating site revenues, when he was considering what to do with 'donations' for review - if he wanted to raffle/auction/prize offer those goods, he had to do "something" (The maths question in this example) to ensure he complied with Canadian law regarding the methodology of dispension being a fair and 'contest' type event - otherwise he would be liable to taxes and so on?

I can't find the original thread though so don't quote me!
 
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