The VeryPC MADvent Calendar - 25 days of prizes

[VeryPC]

Hi gang - who wants to win prizes?

 

It's the last day of November, and time to announce our December prizedraw! We're doing a [crazy] video advent calendar with the highly original name of 'The VeryPC Madvent Calendar' (just call me Madvent for short). 25 days of prizes (Christmassy treats and big star prizes too!) to be given away to the lucky IT managers and techs on Edugeek.

 

...and when we say prize draws, we're talking about proper VeryPC computers here, not lame 3rd party games consoles and such!

 

To Enter, all you need to do is send a quote request to [email protected] with 'Madvent' in the subject line and remember to include your professional contact details and Edugeek username (for the draws). There is no obligation to place an order, you will be entered for each quote request regardless, but as an incentive to request more quotes and do some actual ordering, we'll increase your entries into the draw for both of these extra activities.

Here's how it's going to be:

 

• As a thank you to the 'Stocktobians', anyone who previously signed up to Stocktober will be automatically included for the first 7 days only.
  
• After doors 1-7, you must have submitted a quote request in December 2012 to enter Madvent (a single quote request will keep you in the draw for the whole calendar up to the final door, number 25).
  
• If you put in multiple quote requests for different products, we'll add your name again once for each additional quote request (maximum 1 per week), thus increasing your chance of winning.
  
• If you place an order with us during December 2012 or have ordered with us since we started sponsoring Edugeek (14th August 2012) we'll add your name an additional 3 times over and above any entries associated with quote requests (only 3 extra entries for all orders total).
  
• The number of entries per name will be capped at 5, even if your additional entries add up to more than 5.
  
• Unless stated otherwise below, we'll draw a single prize winner each weekday and reveal their prize corresponding to the same numbered door on the Madvent calendar.
  
• Mondays will be Triple Draw Madvent Mondays(!) to open the doors missed over the weekend plus that Monday's door.
  
• Monday 10th and Monday 17th will also be Star prize draw days.
  
• Friday 21st will wrap up the promotion before we break up for Christmas and be a Quintuple Draw Christmas Extravaganza covering doors 21-25 with the final Star prize draw, which will correspond to the 25th.
  
• Madvent ends with the final draw on Friday 21st December 2012 - no activity after that date counts toward entries into the prize draws.
  

Hope that's clear - get those quote requests in to [email protected] (big or small, size doesn't matter to us luckily) to be in with a shot for the star prizes. Anyone who didn't previously enter Stocktober should get their quote requests in ASAP to be in the mix from day 1.

 

Now here is a pretty graphic illustrating the [bonkers] concept:

Edited November 30, 2012 by VeryPC

[X-13]

So it's all reliant on quotes... That's lame.

 

We have no money.

 

Allowing people to have multiple entries is also lame. It's pay-to-win.

[VeryPC]

So it's all reliant on quotes... That's lame.

 

We have no money.

 

Allowing people to have multiple entries is also lame. It's pay-to-win.

Welcome first respondant!

 

Don't worry, the quote requests are obligation free, so it will not cost you anything to have extra entries in the draw. As for orders placed, we do want to reward our paying customers by giving them a better chance of winning, but the extra entries are no guarantee that their name will be drawn.

 

Thinking about it, we should recognise our existing customers who have placed orders recently, so any Edugeek who has ordered with us since we became an Edugeek sponsor (14th August 2012) will get 3 extra entries right off the bat.

 

Al

[bladedanny]

Can I have a quote for 100 mice please. Due to our office procedures can I have them on 100 separate quotes please?

 

100 Entries right?

 

/joke

[X-13]

Don't worry, the quote requests are obligation free, so it will not cost you anything to have extra entries in the draw.

 

Can I have a quote for 100 mice please. Due to our office procedures can I have them on 100 separate quotes please?

 

I can see a flaw in your plan, Al.

 

 

Also, I'm going to need 9001 3a fuses... as seperate orders.

[VeryPC]

I can see a flaw in your plan, Al.

 

 

Also, I'm going to need 9001 3a fuses... as seperate orders.

Yeah I've been busily rewriting the terms to cap the entries at 5 (see above) to deal with pesky denial of service mongers like you 2 cheeky imps.

[zag]

Interesting I was meaning to get a quote for comparison purchases for our new ICT rooms.

 

Can we just give a spec of PC we want and you create it or are the machines of fixed specification?

[VeryPC]

Interesting I was meaning to get a quote for comparison purchases for our new ICT rooms.

 

Can we just give a spec of PC we want and you create it or are the machines of fixed specification?

Customisation is our speciality - email the specs you want along with any other considerations and we'll get the info back to you.

[zag]

Thanks, guess I'll be first one to send through a quote.

[X-13]

Yeah I've been busily rewriting the terms to cap the entries at 5 (see above) to deal with pesky denial of service mongers like you 2 cheeky imps.

 

You're off of my Christmas card list.

Edited November 30, 2012 by X-13

[vikpaw]

Thanks, looks set to be a fun month :')

[hardtailstar]

so as i took part in Stocktober im in the draw for the first seven days??

[jamesfed]

Customisation is our speciality - email the specs you want along with any other considerations and we'll get the info back to you.

 

Not to be scrooge but any sign of AMD based systems yet?

 

E450 FTW! Who needs Atom!

[TheScarfedOne]

Looking forward to some more verypc madness! I hope the draw reveals will be Santa and elf helpers themed lol!

[VeryPC]

Not to be scrooge but any sign of AMD based systems yet?

 

E450 FTW! Who needs Atom!

Hey @jamesfed Well there is one way you could find out. Put a quote request into [email protected] for the spec you are interested in and see what you get back (don't forget to put 'Madvent' in the subject line to officially enter the competition at the same time).

 

HINT (to the possible success of your query):

 

We specialise in

the customisin!

There ain't much in the way of specs we can't build for our customers, so my advice is always get in touch and ask!

 

Al

[VeryPC]

Looking forward to some more verypc madness! I hope the draw reveals will be Santa and elf helpers themed lol!

I daresay there'll be a decent amount of 'theming' going on (a.k.a. messing about in daft costumes), but you kids'll have to keep your Christmas pants untangled for a little while before The Big S and His Little Es put in an appearance, it is only December 3rd after all. Plus they're really busy this time of year, as I'm sure you can appreciate (what with Y2K and all that).

 

Al

[bladedanny]

Will the draws be at 11ish again?

[VeryPC]

Will the draws be at 11ish again?

In general yes they will.

 

Today's is going to be at 3pm to give as many non-Stocktobians a chance to request a quote and get involved before the first draw, but around 11am from tomorrow onwards.

[VeryPC]

Hi there!

 

3 prizes are ready, 3 doors have been opened and 3 winners revealed.

 

Watch the following video to find out who those winners are:

 

 

Remember you can get your name in the box by requesting a quote from [email protected] with 'Madvent' in the subject plus your professional contact details and Edugeek username in the body. If your name has been drawn out from the list of Stocktobians, get it back in now by requesting a quote.

 

Well done you three, and good luck everybody else!

 

Al

[gavlar]

Glad you're back on my screen AL. If only i could get YouTube to stop buffering...

[VeryPC]

Hi folks

 

Time to open today's door on The VeryPC Madvent Calendar. We're on the road today and have a special guest putting in an appearance. It's all below:

 

 

 

IT managers and techs, get your quote requests into [email protected] with 'Madvent' in the subject and include your professional contact details to join in.

Edited December 4, 2012 by VeryPC

[hardtailstar]

Yay big bag of Haribo

[VeryPC]

Watch the following video to find out who those winners are:

 

 

Well done you three, and good luck everybody else!

 

Al

So to clarify, the three Madvent winners from Monday 3rd December, covering doors 1, 2 and 3 were @Edu-IT @dobsonl and @detjo so congratulations. You all won a Fairtrade advent calendar each.

[bladedanny]

Well, the Haribo didn't last long but they were very much enjoyed. Thanks Al & Colin.

[VeryPC]

Hi folks

 

Here is the draw for today's Madvent winner, plus we reveal the first star prize for next Monday the 10th - a VeryPC Flex with workstation spec that we like to call 'FlexStation' Watch the video below to find out all.

 

IMPORTANT! Ex-Stocktober people DO NOT automatically qualify for the FlexStation draw. Your free draws expire on the 7th and the first star prize draw is on the 10th, so get your quote requests into [email protected] to be in with a chance.

 

 

 

That's it - may many good lucks flow up your alley this December!