VeryPC Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) Greetings fellow Edugeeks. We've got a brand new competition coming up for March 2013 called March Madness GriddleMarch Status Quote Muskrat Boxing Beat it OR Eat it! Or to give it its full (less catchy) title "We'll beat your quote, or you'll eat some sweeties". The grand prize at the end of the month will be an awesome VeryPC Thinbook laptop, but you'll also have plenty of opportunities to win sweeties throughout the month of March. Here's how it works: You send us a copy of a recent quote for potential IT purchases for your school (genuine quote from other supplier dated 2013 required) to [email protected] with "Beat it or Eat it!" in the subject line. You get 1 entry into the grand prize draw. We try to give you a better price, which results in either: We "Beat it" and you have a great value quote to consider, plus we'll give you 2 extra entries into the prize draw, or We can't better the price and compensate for this shocking state of affairs by sending you some free sweeties. You "Eat it", but get no extra entries into the draw. [*]You can send us as many quotes as you like, as long as they are all current genuine quotes and for different stuff each time. [*]The competition is open to anyone on Edugeek who is involved in IT purchasing for a school/college/academy etc. [*]We'll post weekly update videos in March to keep you interested and, if you're really lucky, there may even be the odd spot prize up for grabs. [*]The grand prize draw will be made on Friday 29th March 2013 in the final video. More about that grand prize: VeryPC Thinbook 14" laptop. 3rd gen i5 processor, 4GB RAM, SSD Windows 7 or 8 home/basic USB 3.0 Card reader HDMI and VGA out Ethernet and wireless LAN You can start sending in those quotes for us to beat right away, so come on, challenge us! Good luck everybody. Al (the marketing fella) OTHER REJECTED COMPETITION NAMES: Your quote we'll beaty, or you get sweety! We'll beat your quote or build you a moat! Us not better price = something nice (for you). When we can't exceed your expectations, we'll administer embrocations. Edited February 20, 2013 by VeryPC 2
jamesfed Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 That looks like a VERY nice notebook Going to be something in a future product line?
X-13 Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 >Nearly the end of the financial year >Still thinks schools have budget left 1
VeryPC Posted February 20, 2013 Author Posted February 20, 2013 That looks like a VERY nice notebook Going to be something in a future product line? We'll be posting the product showcase video for this badboy very soon (I will share when ready). The VeryPC Thinbook is already available, so if you want to know more, give us a call on 0845 0345 017 or 0114 321 8609. Al
jamesfed Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 We'll be posting the product showcase video for this badboy very soon (I will share when ready). The VeryPC Thinbook is already available, so if you want to know more, give us a call on 0845 0345 017 or 0114 321 8609. Al Cool does it have TPM?
VeryPC Posted February 20, 2013 Author Posted February 20, 2013 Cool does it have TPM? I've checked with the tecchies - The model we're giving away as a prize does not have TPM. FYI It has Intel® HM77 Express Chipset. We can cater for pretty much any technical requirement by customising the specs of all our products, so if you need something with a vPro board for example, contact our sales guys and just tell them what you're after (you could even drop off a quote and get yourself involved in Beat it or Eat it while you're at it). Al 1
rad Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Do you guys do Toners? If so do you have to have cheapest price on whole lot or just some items? 1
VeryPC_Andy Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 Do you guys do Toners? If so do you have to have cheapest price on whole lot or just some items? Hi Rad , Our Awesome marketing Man Al is off ill today - so I am stepping in as "Beat IT" Host for the day . In response to your questions; Do we do toners ? - Yes we do and yes we can ! Is it cheapest price on whole lot or just some items? Either you choose what we need to beat and provide us with the quote to beat it ! To confirm the items that qualify for "Beat IT" is anything IT , so no matter how specialist , obscure or run of the mill we welcome the challenge ! Just send your quote to [email protected] with "Beat it or Eat it!" in the subject line and let us know what item/s we need to beat! Looking forward to receiving your "Beat IT " entry Cheers Andy
andrew_91090 Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 I'm new to my job and have taking over purchasing, so this will be very handy to have, I will hopefully dropping you an e-mail sometime this month 1
jamesfed Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 I've checked with the tecchies - The model we're giving away as a prize does not have TPM. FYI It has Intel® HM77 Express Chipset. We can cater for pretty much any technical requirement by customising the specs of all our products, so if you need something with a vPro board for example, contact our sales guys and just tell them what you're after (you could even drop off a quote and get yourself involved in Beat it or Eat it while you're at it). Al Shall have to see what we can do Starting a new job in March so hopefully will be able to get something out to you guys. 2
Domino Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 >Nearly the end of the financial year >Still thinks schools have budget left Was always my experience that end of the financial year was when random money appeared to be spent....
X-13 Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 Was always my experience that end of the financial year was when random money appeared to be spent.... I wish random money would appear here...
mac_shinobi Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 @VeryPC - If I beat it up with a bat like a Piñata can I get some sweets [h=1][/h]
andrew_91090 Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 Was always my experience that end of the financial year was when random money appeared to be spent.... yes our budget used to get cut every year about a couple of thousand each year, then at the end of the year there's like £20k-£30k left
Ric_ Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 I wish random money would appear here... I'd like someone to give me some random money too
VeryPC_Andy Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 I'm new to my job and have taking over purchasing, so this will be very handy to have, I will hopefully dropping you an e-mail sometime this month Thanks Andrew ! Glad to hear we hopefully can be of service ! And Sorry for the delayed response - attempting and yes.. failing to multitask (My version seems to unfortunately yield the net result of .... no further work acheived.) Looking forward to your "Beat it" request . Andy
VeryPC Posted February 25, 2013 Author Posted February 25, 2013 @VeryPC - If I beat it up with a bat like a Piñata can I get some sweets You're welcome to try. Tell you what, submit a video of yourself battering a "Piñata" (read: anything you want really) and we'll send you some sweets just for effort. Just don't injure yourself doing it. In fact, anyone submitting "Beat it" or "Eat it" or both themed videos to this thread will receive sweeties as a reward - feeling generous today. Just be careful folks - "No technicians were harmed in the making of this video" please. Don't be shy - submit those videos - costumes are encouraged. Al
X-13 Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 Tell you what, submit a video of yourself battering a "Piñata" (read: anything you want really) and we'll send you some sweets just for effort. I'm tempted to make a short video of VeryPC Beagle and SoftCat going out happy slapping... [is "happy slapping" still a thing?]
andrew_91090 Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 I'm tempted to make a short video of VeryPC Beagle and SoftCat going out happy slapping... [is "happy slapping" still a thing?] I think I would even pay to see this haha
X-13 Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 I think I would even pay to see this haha ...I really want to do it. But, I KNOW I'm going to do stupid voices... Like faux-gangster speak.
VeryPC Posted February 27, 2013 Author Posted February 27, 2013 It's not quite March yet, but here's a little something to whet your appetite (and maybe inspire a few copycat beating videos?): We've had a few challenges so far. If you haven't already, send your quote (proper one please) to [email protected] with "Beat it or Eat it!" in the subject line. Cheers folks, Al 1
Rawns Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 In fact, anyone submitting "Beat it" or "Eat it" or both themed videos to this thread will receive sweeties as a reward - feeling generous today. Send me sweeties and all submit you a video of me eating them.
VeryPC Posted March 7, 2013 Author Posted March 7, 2013 Just a bump to remind you all to keep sending those quotes in. We'll do our best to give you a better price, and if we can't, you'll get sweeties to say how sorry we are. Every unique challenge you submit will earn you another entry into our laptop draw for the end of the month, and if we do beat the other quote, you'll get 2 additional entries (but no sweeties I'm afraid - it is called Beat it OR Eat it after all). See the top of the thread for the full details: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/our-advertisers/109075-beat-eat-score-free-sweeties-verypc.html#post934164 And if you're wondering what sort of stuff you can challenge us on, the answer is anything IT related for your school - laptop trolleys, iPads, interactive whiteboards, software, visualisers etc etc etc... If it turns out to be something we can't supply, you'll still get an entry into the laptop draw and some sweets to make up for it. So increase your chances of miraculously suddenly owning a fantastic VeryPC laptop and/or some tasty sweets - send your quote challenges to [email protected] now. Thanks folks, Al
VeryPC Posted March 20, 2013 Author Posted March 20, 2013 Hey folks We've uploaded a smashing new product showcase video of our VeryPC laptop, the Thinbook and posted in our Showcase thread over in the AV and Multimedia Forum (newly sponsored by us): http://www.edugeek.net/forums/av-multimedia-related/105614-verypc-product-video-showcase.html#post947016 Or save yourself the journey, and just watch it right here: Remember if you want a chance to win this you need to submit a quote for us to try and beat (if we can't you'll get sweeties to say sorry, so there are no disappointments here). All the details are in the first post of this thread: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/our-advertisers/109075-beat-eat-score-free-sweeties-verypc.html#post934164 Thanks a lot online edu peoples! Al
mac_shinobi Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 Just curious if you have a page that shows a base build of the thintop with specs and price. So you can select additional items and it updates the spec and price etc. similar to apple / dell etc
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