Facebook competitions, anyone ever win?

Shelflife

Nothing but people sharing pictures and liking pages in order to win All Ireland tickets, ipads,iphones,dr dre etc etc.

Has anyone ever won any of these prizes or even know someone who won a prize?

El Weirdo

El Weirdo likes this.

starbelgrade

I won a face.

Gran Hermano

I won a Google+ account.

eth0

Nobody wins those. They are scams

Google+ is shoite, as with all google products that aren't a search engine

enfant terrible

eth0 wrote: »

Nobody wins those. They are scams

Google+ is shoite, as with all google products that aren't a search engine

what about gmail?

El Weirdo

enfant terrible wrote: »

what about gmail?

And Android.

nachocheese

eth0 wrote: »

Nobody wins those. They are scams

Google+ is shoite, as with all google products that aren't a search engine

Looks like someone couldn't get through Google's interview process.

kerry4sam

Shelflife wrote: »

Nothing but people sharing pictures and liking pages in order to win All Ireland tickets, ipads,iphones,dr dre etc etc.

Has anyone ever won any of these prizes or even know someone who won a prize?

The often make appearances on my facebook feed, mainly clothing or cosmetics. Friends have won gifts and 'token' thanks for sharing said images alright.

Mint Sauce

99% are either just trying to get people to like their fake page or advertise a product.

If you did get a message from one of them though claiming you won, and it was genuine, wonder how you would go about verifying it.

Professey Chin

eth0 wrote: »

Nobody wins those. They are scams

Google+ is shoite, as with all google products that aren't a search engine

enfant terrible wrote: »

what about gmail?

El Weirdo wrote: »

And Android.

And Reader

And Gchat

Maps

Picasa

Drive/Docs

Youtube (although thats getting worse)

Calendar

Translate

Navigation

Goggles (although thats search)

Chrome

nachocheese

If you dislike all the "LIKE & SHARE" stuff, you'll love this:
https://www.facebook.com/corporatebollocks

kerry4sam

irish-stew wrote: »

99% are either just trying to get people to like their fake page or advertise a product.

If you did get a message from one of them though claiming you won, and it was genuine, wonder how you would go about verifying it.

Apparently they have received a pm with some code and once they went into said store and produced that code, they received what it was they were informed they won.

srsly78

eth0 wrote: »

Nobody wins those. They are scams

Google+ is shoite, as with all google products that aren't a search engine

u mad at google?

nachocheese

I've won a few restaurant/take away vouchers through facebook. They just sent the code via facebook mail.

Know someone who won a holiday on one but have no idea how that was organised.

eth0

nachocheese wrote: »

Looks like someone couldn't get through Google's interview process.

Looks like someone is a Google fanboy (never tried the interview process)

El Weirdo wrote: »

And Android.

Horrible OS. Only good thing about it is the linux kernel, I only put up with it because there is nothing better around at the moment.

enfant terrible wrote: »

what about gmail?

"Lets give everyone free email, make it kind of break even by analysing the content of every email and bombarding them with ads because of this, even companies, everyone, free email. Until all those people and companies forget how to run their own email systems, we'll keep developing ours when they stop and take the easy way out and just use ours, this way we'll soon be in a real position of power".

This kind of flooding the market trick has been around since the year dot.

I know there are a lot of Google fanboys and even employees on this site but personally I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them. Just another company that needs to bring a return to its shareholders.

nachocheese

You're just too cool, eth0.

So non-conformist and not one of the sheeple. I bet you're into loads of bands you're sure I've never heard of too, and a load more than used to be cool before they were mainstream and whose demo b-sides were their best material.

As a photographer, I get a fair bit of work through Facebook, and have given away free portrait sessions and such in the past.

Is that the kinda thing you mean?

eth0

nachocheese wrote: »

You're just too cool, eth0.

So non-conformist and not one of the sheeple. I bet you're into loads of bands you're sure I've never heard of too, and a load more than used to be cool before they were mainstream and whose demo b-sides were their best material.

Using the word 'sheeple' is conformist these days

srsly78

eth0 wrote: »

Horrible OS. Only good thing about it is the linux kernel, I only put up with it because there is nothing better around at the moment.

"The only good thing about it is that it's best thing around at the moment."

:pac::pac::pac:

Yawns

A friend won tickets to Poznan for the Ireland V Spain game with a facebook carlsbergs comp.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Shelflife wrote: »

Nothing but people sharing pictures and liking pages in order to win All Ireland tickets, ipads,iphones,dr dre etc etc.

Has anyone ever won any of these prizes or even know someone who won a prize?

Dr Dre was a Facebook prize?:eek:

Br4tPr1nc3

won two tickets to a dublin game.

Kerrigooney

Br4tPr1nc3 wrote: »

won two tickets to a dublin game.

Sorry to hear that. You ok buddy?

El Horseboxo

I won 2 tickets to an OKC Thunder game and also won a copy of NBA 2K13 just yesterday. I'll get it when it's released next month. I won a voucher for a skiing trip to Lake Tahoe but i couldn't claim it as the small print said federal employees couldn't enter.

A lot of them are scams but i signed up to a group that posts up supposedly legit ones. So i enter the ones i like.

Lingua Franca

I won 40 euro in groupon credit for a retweet. They sent a code to my email.

hatrickpatrick

I won a ticket to the trinity ball by retweeting them

flyswatter

Yeah I won two tickets off Pods facebook page for the Chic (Nile Rodgers) gig in Dublin recently, saved 80 euro, fantastic gig too.

ArseLtd

eth0 wrote: »

Looks like someone is a Google fanboy (never tried the interview process)



Horrible OS. Only good thing about it is the linux kernel, I only put up with it because there is nothing better around at the moment.



"Lets give everyone free email, make it kind of break even by analysing the content of every email and bombarding them with ads because of this, even companies, everyone, free email. Until all those people and companies forget how to run their own email systems, we'll keep developing ours when they stop and take the easy way out and just use ours, this way we'll soon be in a real position of power".

This kind of flooding the market trick has been around since the year dot.

I know there are a lot of Google fanboys and even employees on this site but personally I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them. Just another company that needs to bring a return to its shareholders.

Google Earth ...

ArtyM

Ok, but apart from..

Gmail

Google search

Android

Reader

Gchat

Maps

Picasa

Drive/Docs

Youtube (although thats getting worse)

Calendar

Translate

Navigation

Goggles (although thats search)

Chrome

Analytics

......

what has Google done for us?

BOF666

"For every like this little girl gets, Facebook will donate $1 to cancer research"

Not a competition, but still can't be true...

Zab

eth0 wrote: »

I know there are a lot of Google fanboys and even employees on this site but personally I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them. Just another company that needs to bring a return to its shareholders.

What does this have to do with trusting Google? You said that all Google products that aren't search are "shoite". You did not mention trust in your laughably incorrect statement.

mauzo

Shelflife wrote: »

Nothing but people sharing pictures and liking pages in order to win All Ireland tickets, ipads,iphones,dr dre etc etc.

Has anyone ever won any of these prizes or even know someone who won a prize?

:eek: I could win dr dre??

Damn beaten to it, cant believe it got to page 2 before it was said!

Martyn1989

I won a Jack Daniels T-shirt off their facebook page :cool:

Mr Freeze

I won twice on the gamestop ireland FB page. A game and some DLC the other time. That was just answering questions they posted.

The Like and Share thing is a load of crap, never hear of anyone winning.

Muir

I played some Maxol game for 2 minutes last week, won €100 worth of Maxol petrol vouchers which just got here this morning. I've won cinema tickets and 2 nights away in the Clarion. I enter a lot of competitions though.

Muir

BOF666 wrote: »

"For every like this little girl gets, Facebook will donate $1 to cancer research"

Not a competition, but still can't be true...

That sort of stuff isn't true. If it's a genuine company it can be, I've seen certain charities have a similar thing where a big company sponsors the charity for the amount of likes a charity gets. Should be easy to spot the genuine & non genuine competitions etc.

Dave147

The worst about Facebook is when some moronic page that is about some stupid irrelevant person/event starts sharing tearjerker pictures of people with hideous deformities or people riddled in sickness, then they caption it with "1 Like = 1 Prayer, 1 Comment = 10 Prayers 1 Share = 1,000 Prayers". I usually unfriend the people that have 'liked' or 'shared' these idiotic and pointless posts.

ejmaztec

Lingua Franca wrote: »

I won 40 euro in groupon credit for a retweet. They sent a code to my email.

Isn't that where Jonathan Woss goes to meditate about God and stuff for a weekend?

Mint Sauce

Have won an iTouch through a facebook page. It was a first 10 to answer kinda thing.

KenSwee

I won a PC World Voucher for €400 after 'liking' the Skoda Page about a year ago.

Katunga

eth0 wrote: »

Nobody wins those. They are scams

Google+ is shoite, as with all google products that aren't a search engine

Take it your an icrap fan.

Katunga

I won a hoodie from captain Morgan and stuff from Mick's garage.

eth0

Katunga wrote: »

Take it your an icrap fan.

Not a bit, far too locked down and closed off for my liking. Also no hardware keyboards on those. There is really nothing out there thats any good at the minute the only thing that might have potential is that Nokia N900 OS but it seems to have been mothballed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCspHjhXkAw

iamstop

I've won a decent few gig tickets through FB from reputable clubs around town. There are a load of 'Technics 1210's for sharing this' BS type things that are along with the ipad scams. I only enter comps of organisations I know about and know exist.

I won flights for two to London from Aer Arann once.

It was a competition on their page rather than a like and share one though.

miss no stars

BOF666 wrote: »

"For every like this little girl gets, Facebook will donate $1 to cancer research"

Not a competition, but still can't be true...

Barretstown run one in conjunction with Dominos (I think) that's fairly legit.

Lingua Franca

ejmaztec wrote: »

Isn't that where Jonathan Woss goes to meditate about God and stuff for a weekend?

:rimshot:


I should also have mentioned that I saw the competition on a DJ's fanpage I'd liked, all I had to do was tweet something like "hells yeah groupon #fanpage" and only about 10 other folk bothered doing so which shortened the odds massively.

It's not all scams, as you can see from all the responses. Tesco obviously isn't gonna give everyone a 200 euro voucher for sharing a pic, but bands, bars and small businesses will often do giveaways and competitions to raise their profile.

lilminx

I won an ipad for liking a post. Didn't think it was real even though I got email. They sent the order confirmation page from apple and all, but mates were telling me it was a scam til DHL rang me a fortnight later with a delivery!

cormie

Funny enough, all those competitions that ask you to share to enter, are actually against Facebook terms.

I ran a competition through http://www.facebook.com/VanTasks a few months ago to promote the business and my "We shop, We Drop" delivery service by giving away a €250 IKEA Shopping Prize and did it the "like, share, comment" way without knowing it was against the rules when I started. In about 3 weeks I got about 400 likes and a lady in Dublin won so she just sent me a shopping list and her address, I went and did the shopping and delivered it and that was that.

I'm currently running a competition, but this time, within the Facebook terms of promotions and it's had an absolutely dismal response. I'm giving away a €200 vehicle dash camera and still really easy to enter, but by abiding to promotion guidelines as well as changes to how people see their news feed, the popularity of the contest is very poor compared to the rule breaking one just a few months ago. I've had less than 50 entries and less than 50 new likes with only a handful of correct answers. Also Facebook now have a "promoted post" option so I've actually paid to promote the posts about the competition as well as putting a regular ad for it on Facebook, so spent a good chunk of change compared to the last one where I spent nothing.