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Blog Contest: $200 GC at True Jeans
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
5 Minutes For Mom are hosting a giveaway of a $200 gift certificate at True Jeans.
This is my very late entry, as the lucky winner will be announced today. More than 700 comments are there as I am writing this post. My chances are slim *sigh*, but I am still trying. :)
** Am I Eligible For Your Contest? **
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
I recently won a Bop-A-Lots DVD at Momsational, and while I was exchanging emails with Erika to claim my prize, it turned out that I am not eligible for it. They have a rule about the winners being legal US residents [Open to legal residents of the United States 18 years of age and older"], while that’s not my case. Now, I am not a US legal resident -I live in an exotic kingdom by the sea, far far away [poetic, huh? :)]-, but I somehow have a second home in the US. So I usually have my prizes shipped there, because I am used to contests with the condition of “US shipping addresses only“-which I have- to obviously avoid high shipping costs.
I never pretended to be a US legal resident -this blog would be enough of a hint, I suppose-. I even ask for my prize “to be shipped to…”, and never say “I received my prize”, but “my prize was safely received”. So I felt like if I were misleading others, or like cheating. I felt like if I had violated the rules of all the contests I won prizes at, so I got back to each one of them to ask if I were eligible for what I won or not [thank you for opening my eyes, Erika :)].
1) BAYB contest: I won a review, so there are no residency issues here.
2) Clutter Control Freak’s creativity contest: I told Eva back then that I was not from the US and would just have my prize shipped to someone, which was done. I just double-checked anyways and they didn’t have any rules for their contest [I have no idea why CCF's links never work on my blog].
3) Dad Balance contest: I won the traditions book -that was safely received-, but I just realized this blog belongs to the same network of Momsational, so the same rules apply. I am waiting for Derek’s answer about this.
4) Pj Mommy contest: I looked everywhere around, and I didn’t see any rules. I’ll still write to her for my own peace of mind.
5) Goji Capital contest: They said in their blog entry that their contest was open worldwide. Cool contest!
6) SEOlogs MBL contest: Their contest pages disappeared, but I won a hosting package. That’s a worldwide prize by default. Or not?
7) Mamanista contest: I looked everywhere for any rules, but I found none. However, Mamanista replied to my email promptly to assure me that I hadn’t violated any rules at her contest. Phew!
8) JoeTech’s contest: Joe didn’t have any rules either, and the prize was cash via PayPal anyways, but I’ll still double check with him.
9) The Domestic Diva’s contest: No rules here either, but I still emailed the Diva about this, you never know.
I guess that’s pretty much it! Next time I enter a contest I’ll make sure to ask if they require legal US residency or just a US shipping address.
And if you are running a contest on you blog, please underline any rules you might have.
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
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