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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Primus on May 11, 2005, 02:19:15 pm

Title: I Wonder If This Was Real...
Post by: Primus on May 11, 2005, 02:19:15 pm: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/PrimusNova/real_prize.gif)

I got that when I logged in to my Photobucket account. I wonder if it was a real thing...
Title: I Wonder If This Was Real...
Post by: Rictor on May 11, 2005, 02:27:50 pm: notice how it says "Advertisement" on the top.
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Post by: Primus on May 11, 2005, 02:36:08 pm: Yeah, true. Probably BS then. I should've called them. :p There was a phone number for each country (up to Bulgaria in the dropdown menu).
Title: I Wonder If This Was Real...
Post by: aldo_14 on May 11, 2005, 02:57:47 pm: Bring-ring-ring-ring
*click*
"Welcome to the Super Celebratory Award Merchandise give away! If you have won a prize, press 1 now!"
*beep*
"You have won a prize! Please press 2, then 2, then 4, then 5, to continue to our claims department"
*beep* *beep* *beep* *beep*
"Welcome to the S.C.A.M. claims department! Please enter your 12 digit claim number here with the keypad"
*beep**beep**beep**beep**beep**beep**beep**beep**beep**beep**beep*
"You may have won a cruise! Please stay on the line, and the claims department will let you know if you have won a cruise, pen, box of tissues, novelty gold plastic alarm clock, or roll of carpet samples"
....10 minutes later....
"Please keep holding. You are number 1242043 in the queue!
This call is costs £1 per minute! But the prizes are great! Stay on the line!"
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Title: I Wonder If This Was Real...
Post by: Primus on May 11, 2005, 03:04:33 pm: :lol: On the second though, glad I didn't call.
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Post by: Goober5000 on May 11, 2005, 06:51:09 pm: I wonder if there's any legal way to get them to stop doing that. Could you sue them for breach of contract if they failed to send you the prize?
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Post by: vyper on May 11, 2005, 06:57:12 pm: Depends on what the small print says.
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Post by: Night Hammer on May 11, 2005, 07:09:50 pm: could be one of those numbers taht you call and it charges you hella money per minute
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Post by: achtung on May 11, 2005, 09:44:35 pm: It says advertisement so assume they will profit from it. I haven't clicked a banner ad in a long long long time. In the order of years.
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Post by: Knight Templar on May 12, 2005, 12:28:13 am: Jeez, I didn't know anyone was that dumb. I mean, c'mon.
Title: I Wonder If This Was Real...
Post by: Primus on May 12, 2005, 12:59:42 am: I never click banner ads. This one didn't have any links. I think I had some 300 seconds, but when it dropped to zero, nothing happened.

I think sueing wouldn't work, as it does say it's an ad. No one is so stupid that would think for a second that it's real. :rolleyes:
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Post by: ZylonBane on May 12, 2005, 11:04:33 am: Umm, you've never heard of "truth in advertising"? It IS illegal for ads to lie.
Title: I Wonder If This Was Real...
Post by: Rictor on May 12, 2005, 11:18:15 am: You mean, 14 inches is not within my grasp?

Cruel, cruel world!
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Post by: ZylonBane on May 12, 2005, 11:38:16 am: Quote
Originally posted by Rictor
You mean, 14 inches is not within my grasp?
Could be. I have no idea how your social life is going.
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Post by: EtherShock on May 12, 2005, 12:12:13 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Primus
I never click banner ads. This one didn't have any links. I think I had some 300 seconds, but when it dropped to zero, nothing happened.

I think sueing wouldn't work, as it does say it's an ad. No one is so stupid that would think for a second that it's real. :rolleyes:

Those ads didn't always say they were ads. Someone had to at least threaten with a lawsuit to make them do that.
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Post by: Nuclear1 on May 12, 2005, 12:44:51 pm: Don't click on ad banners.

Unless, of course, you get to shoot bunnies/swat flies/kill Saddam/punch Bush, etc.
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Post by: ZylonBane on May 12, 2005, 12:54:41 pm: You know, a lot of very popular sites wouldn't be able to afford their bandwidth bills if people didn't occasionally click the banner ads.

So screw you.
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Post by: castor on May 13, 2005, 11:40:33 am: Quote
You have xx seconds left

Why include such a thing? Unless in attempt to get you moving before your brain kicks in..