Audi Galway on Facebook

Redgirl82

Not sure if people have seen this, short version. Audi Galway stuck up competition with the price of 152 Audi A3 Cabrio for weekend(details below from post). Anyway they where due to announce at 3pm today(friday). So they announced that May Lydon won but had deleted the original post which all the people had to share.

Anyway someone made a f**k up. Nobody on facebook called May Lydon, this was pointed out to them by loads of people. What do they do? Only create an account and quickly start adding photo's but put up a man's photo as main photo. Idiots.

I wonder is there some sort of law against this? probably not....anyway check out there page. They are getting hammered.....:P

"To be in with a chance to ‪#‎WIN‬ this amazing 152 ‪#‎AUDI‬ A3 Cabrio for the August Bank Holiday Weekend simply LIKE and SHARE this post and TAG a friend you want to bring for a spin! Don’t forget to LIKE our page as well! Winner will be announced on Friday 31st July at 3pm! Best of luck to all! T&C’s apply."

Wacker The Attacker

Redgirl82 wrote: »

Not sure if people have seen this, short version. Audi Galway stuck up competition with the price of 152 Audi A3 Cabrio for weekend(details below from post). Anyway they where due to announce at 3pm today(friday). So they announced that May Lydon won but had deleted the original post which all the people had to share.

Anyway someone made a f**k up. Nobody on facebook called May Lydon, this was pointed out to them by loads of people. What do they do? Only create an account and quickly start adding photo's but put up a man's photo as main photo. Idiots.

I wonder is there some sort of law against this? probably not....anyway check out there page. They are getting hammered.....:P

"To be in with a chance to ‪#‎WIN‬ this amazing 152 ‪#‎AUDI‬ A3 Cabrio for the August Bank Holiday Weekend simply LIKE and SHARE this post and TAG a friend you want to bring for a spin! Don’t forget to LIKE our page as well! Winner will be announced on Friday 31st July at 3pm! Best of luck to all! T&C’s apply."

(1) Prize and winner don't exist.

RomanKnows

They may have lydon more than one occasion. The audiacity of them.

The_Valeyard

Idiots.

LDN_Irish

I've just seen this, too much! ****ing hell, I've seen a couple of these blow up before but this is the most amazingly stupid and from the most high profile company. I'd love if the chap who's pic they've used posted on there with "here, take my pic down off here, you pricks!"

One eyed Jack

Clearly didn't think that one through!

One More Toy

Fannies

MightyMandarin

Dear god...if you're going to make a fake woman's profile at least put up a picture of a woman..

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11011609_929605087101032_2598618480632413722_n.jpg?oh=bab4848bacc9d0d0e6bc9557edaa9895&oe=5648F43F

s15r330

The fake page commented saying the reason they were just created is because they just signed up to enter the comp. Forgot that they created the profile after the winner was announced 😂
Can they be reported for false advertising?!

Redgirl82

Still trying to dig themselves out of the hole they have created. They have actually posted as "May Lydon" with the following: "Hi guys, this is not a scam. My sister showed me this competition as I was not on Facebook and I joined only to enter the competition. Just my luck I won. I have been in contact with Audi Galway and I'm travelling to Galway tomorrow evening. Thanks for all those who sent me the congrats message. SO HAPPY "

hahaha.....keep on digging lads. I bet the person running that webpage can't wait for long weekend and hope it is all gone away by Tuesday

As posted above account was created after the winner was announced

One eyed Jack

MightyMandarin wrote: »

Dear god...if you're going to make a fake woman's profile at least put up a picture of a woman..

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11011609_929605087101032_2598618480632413722_n.jpg?oh=bab4848bacc9d0d0e6bc9557edaa9895&oe=5648F43F

"May Lydon changed his profile picture"...


Awkward.

Fr_Dougal

The idiots that actually like these pages are just as bad.

One More Toy

1 Friend.

And one like: Audi Galway

Created after the competition was won; oh dear oh dear - Gay byrne voice

Wacker The Attacker

One More Toy wrote: »

Fannies

Hmmmmm.Fannies

One More Toy

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Hmmmmm.Fannies

Now thats a competition i would have entered

Wacker The Attacker

One More Toy wrote: »

Now thats a competition i would have entered

Defo. An audi fannymobile

One More Toy

Any mention of the competiton is deleted, along with the profile May Lydon.

Oh dear oh dear

hullaballoo

Career suicide on social media strikes again.


https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11215846_507649329389657_797897793156112204_n.jpg?oh=f33d394a89c38ac8e76f6df3277145f7&oe=563A31F4

snowbabe

Was the prize just for a drive in the Audi?,poor May just changed her profile picture there.They pair don't even look 18 FFS :)Another point is were you not meant to tag a friend and share to be in with a chance? Poor May didnt have any friends

diomed

Some upwardly mobile young internet savvy car sales executive will be polishing cars next week.

duffman3833

it not as if there winning a free car, they are getting a car for the weekend, was it worth it ha

Muir

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

The idiots that actually like these pages are just as bad.

Why? I've won quite a bit from competitions. This was obviously set up for free advertising but many companies run genuine competitions on social media.

mikom

Vorsprung doh technik

snowbabe

I thought that alright,have to feel a bit sorry for May though,do you think we should all send her some freind requests ? Can't wait to see the photos of her driving it on saturday

snowbabe

I thought that alright,have to feel a bit sorry for May though,do you think we should all send her some freind requests ? Can't wait to see the photos of her driving it on saturday

Buzz Meeks

I'd definitely trust them for to buy a car.

jamesbere

Reading all the reviews, and one fella just puts bas***ds.

Mick55

Clusterfcuk Extraordinaire!

One eyed Jack

snowbabe wrote: »

I thought that alright,have to feel a bit sorry for May though,do you think we should all send her some freind requests ? Can't wait to see the photos of her driving it on saturday

May on a spin about town -

snowbabe

May has decided she doesn't like facebook after all, after winning the prize too !!!

NachoBusiness

Can't believe that such a high profile company would do that. It's quattroubling.

*In my defence all the best puns have been long taken.

CD8ED

Ha, Think Fast Fr Ted! :pac:

jimmii

How do people think they can get away with that? Seem to remember some other company pulling something similar about a year ago and it coming unstuck. It probably goes on all the time giveaway a ridiculously good prize get a load of attention and then have a friend "win".

snowbabe

It gets better theres a post on their page from May poor girl thought she had won a car !! Telpis us all

Fr_Dougal

jimmii wrote: »

How do people think they can get away with that? Seem to remember some other company pulling something similar about a year ago and it coming unstuck. It probably goes on all the time giveaway a ridiculously good prize get a load of attention and then have a friend "win".

It was Denis Mahony. http://shaneoleary.me/blog/index.php/attempt-to-drive-facebook-likes-backfires-on-car-group/

I wouldn't consider buying as much as a tyre cap off them after that stunt.

cazzer22

Again that was Audi trying to cover their tracks. Her name is 'May' yet there's a man as her profiler and the web address is Facebook.com/John.moran. Idiotic.

The_Valeyard

jimmii wrote: »

How do people think they can get away with that? Seem to remember some other company pulling something similar about a year ago and it coming unstuck. It probably goes on all the time giveaway a ridiculously good prize get a load of attention and then have a friend "win".

Wasn't that some jewellers did that?

RichardCeann

May Lydons one friend has also won a prize. She'll be collecting it from the nearest social welfare office on Monday morning.

jimmii

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Wasn't that some jewellers did that?

Not sure I remember a lady won and then after a few moaning posts she started replying as admin and they came out with some excuse saying the added her to the page so she could delete comments or something. At least that one was just slightly slightly believable.

EDIT: Found it

jimmii

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

It was Denis Mahony. http://shaneoleary.me/blog/index.php/attempt-to-drive-facebook-likes-backfires-on-car-group/

I wouldn't consider buying as much as a tyre cap off them after that stunt.

Hadn't heard that one before thats ridiculous!!

Pinch Flat

It's amazing a company will mess up its reputation for a few hundred euros (I.e. Just let a genuine / real punter win and drive the car for the weekend, rather than a fake profile). If this is how they behave on social media, how could you trust them with your car?

Eponymous

Dear god...if you're going to make a fake woman's profile at least put up a picture of a woman..

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...95&oe=5648F43F

Looks surprisingly like the guy in the cover picture on their twitter page too (can't link from here, but it's @audigalway )

jimmii

Eponymous wrote: »

Looks surprisingly like the guy in the cover picture on their twitter page too (can't link from here, but it's @audigalway )

Isn't that Hector?

Taboola

Has the May Lyndon profile been deleted?

jimmii

To make it worse people are still entering. Does make you worry about humanity even if they don't know its a scam they can surely read the end time.

Mars Bar

I entered just for the sake of entering as I'd been tagged. It was worth liking the page just to follow the controversy on the now deleted announcement comment!

jimmii

Taboola wrote: »

Has the May Lyndon profile been deleted?

I guess Facebook just wasn't for them!

AnonoBoy

Sh*t "news" website TheLiberal.ie did this with an iPhone competition that a mate of theirs "won" a while back.

They also didn't report on the result of the Marriage Referendum because it didn't turn out how they wanted it to.

jimmii

I would imagine this article will be the first of many. Must be pretty awkward over there right now probably expecting a call from a German number telling them to just go home.

anncoates

Terrible.

Because a real person generally always wins the expensive consumer item in these spamshare competitions.

AnonoBoy

anncoates wrote: »

Terrible.

Because a real person generally always wins the expensive consumer item in these spamshare competitions.

Indeed, just ask my friends John Smith, Mary Murphy or Randomly Generated Name O'Reilly who all won competitions recently.