Company wins their own Facebook competition

nibtrix · 08-01-2013 03:21PM

Robbo wrote: »

I like the way the new universal anti-internets brickbat has been wheeled out, she's being "cyber bullied" and is at her wits end.

I agree that this is probably a scam, and the company and the "winner" both deserve some hassle over this, particularly as they won't own up. However, did you read the comments on the article linked to in the OP?

Disgusting stuff about her weight, the size of her face (too small apparently?!?) and her expression in the photo (apparently she was anxious to be finished as her food was getting cold!). Cretinous stuff that IS cyber bullying and actually makes me feel sorry for the woman in question. She was probably convinced to do this as a favour for her relatives and she certainly didn't get to keep the ring as compensation (as otherwise they would have just run the competition fairly).

WindSock · 08-01-2013 03:21PM

smash wrote: »

Where did you see the value? 2k is a pretty small ring.

It's in the link there, someone said it's valued at over £2,000. I have a very large plastic ring I bought for €5.50.

smash · 08-01-2013 03:24PM

WindSock wrote: »

It's in the link there, someone said it's valued at over £2,000. I have a very large plastic ring I bought for €5.50.

2k worth of diamonds set in gold or platinum would be small or bad quality stones.

WindSock · 08-01-2013 03:37PM

smash wrote: »

2k worth of diamonds set in gold or platinum would be small or bad quality stones.

It was Tanzanite aswell.

Either way, not many small businesses offer that amount in a prize over Facebook. Perhaps the ring was worth considerably less. Or it was rigged.
Hey, maybe it was rigged?

NIMAN · 08-01-2013 03:44PM

youse all need to get something important to worry about!

Frank Bullitt · 08-01-2013 03:45PM

Love the "pinky out" in the photo of her holding the glass, classy.

cherryghost · 08-01-2013 03:47PM

Friend received a notification from Facebook stating that a comment he left on Skillen's page before it was deleted violated Facebook T&Cs.

aN.Droid · 08-01-2013 04:00PM

cherryghost wrote: »

Friend received a notification from Facebook stating that a comment he left on Skillen's page before it was deleted violated Facebook T&Cs.

What was the comment?

Dodge · 08-01-2013 04:00PM

NIMAN wrote: »

youse all need to get something important to worry about!

I don't think anyone is worried about it. Most find it funny, others not so much but not everything on an internet forum has to be serious discussion

Menas · 08-01-2013 04:02PM

Dodge wrote: »

I don't think anyone is worried about it. Most find it funny, others not so much but not everything on an internet forum has to be serious discussion

And nothing on AH could be regarded as serious discussion...

robman60 · 08-01-2013 04:07PM

Damn, people are dumb. If you're going to rig a competition, at least don't be dumb about it.

I'd guess this sort of stuff is rife. I've signed up for samples of products in the past (which require email address) and all I've ever received are emails about their products.

Most of it's just a marketing ploy, probably suggested by cowboy "media experts".

Morph the Cat · 08-01-2013 04:11PM

Madam_X wrote: »

Well that's totally fair enough - and pretty much what I'm saying; I'm not ruling out the possibility completely - I know of it happening in local draws and stuff. But sh1t like "I'm sure it happens all the time" is what's laughable.
I also think marketing experts might have the authority to debunk some of the whiny assumptions.

Like so many conspiracy theories: too much risk of being found out, too fantastical to be thought of as a scam beforehand and to go that smoothly, etc.

Ah, bless your naivety.

Ray Palmer · 08-01-2013 04:12PM

I can say that big companies prizes have been rigged as I know people who "won". Now it was only twice and not a draw in the company offices. Big enough prizes worth 1-2k. Not rigged by the company but employees and family.

There is no doubt this shop has been caught out. It will be interesting if fraud charges can be brought. No fee to enter and via FB so probably no precedent set

Madam_X · 08-01-2013 04:13PM

Morph the Cat wrote: »

Ah, bless your naivety.

Ok so Morph, bring on the evidence. Or is it just a "feeling" you have?

Dodge · 08-01-2013 04:18PM

Madam_X wrote: »

Ok so Morph, bring on the evidence. Or is it just a "feeling" you have?

A taximan or bloke down the pub told him/her

Noxin · 08-01-2013 04:19PM

Corkbah wrote: »

at this point its obvious that all the evidence points towards the whole thing being a setup.

information gathered from this thread:
1) local winner from over 9000 entrants

http://i.imgur.com/x0UAj.jpg

Morph the Cat · 08-01-2013 04:28PM

Madam_X wrote: »

Ok so Morph, bring on the evidence. Or is it just a "feeling" you have?

Eh, the evidence has been presented in glaring fashion already. e.g. Lynda accidentally forgetting to log out of the Jewellers account before posting as herself. She never shared & liked the photo in the first place - thereby not even entering the competition. Plus the Skillens are her relatives on FB - cousins, in fact. Then Skillen's "defense" statements not holding any water about the techincal end of how she was able to post as them.

But don't let all that evidence get in the way of being a gullible sucker. It's co-incidence, right?

In all seriousness though, PM me about some beans I have for sale - you won't believe the sh*t these things can do!!

Dodge wrote: »

A taximan or bloke down the pub told him/her

Yeah, either that or it's glaring obvious and only a gullible fool would buy their sorry excuse.

Madam_X · 08-01-2013 04:33PM

Morph the Cat wrote: »

Eh, the evidence has been presented in glaring fashion already. e.g. Lynda accidentally forgetting to log out of the Jewellers account before posting as herself. She never shared & liked the photo in the first place - thereby not even entering the competition. Plus the Skillens are her relatives on FB - cousins, in fact. Then Skillen's "defense" statements not holding any water about the techincal end of how she was able to post as them.

But don't let all that evidence get in the way of being a gullible sucker. It's co-incidence, right?

Yeah, either that or it's glaring obvious and only a gullible fool would buy their sorry excuse.

Ah... you mean just this case. I thought I made it clear I do think there's something dodgy about it.

Morph the Cat · 08-01-2013 04:35PM

Madam_X wrote: »

Ah... you mean just this case. I thought I made it clear I do think there's something dodgy about it.

Well, you are naive to think this doesn't happen regularly.

Annasopra · 08-01-2013 04:36PM

I thought it was really funny when he claimed she might have a heart attack

Dodge · 08-01-2013 04:37PM

Morph the Cat wrote: »

Well, you are naive to think this doesn't happen regularly.

And her point is that you're a cynic. Wonder which of the pair of you is happier?

Penn · 08-01-2013 04:37PM

mango salsa wrote: »

I thought it was really funny when he claimed she might have a heart attack

Yeah, that's a hell of a thing for a company to say about a competition winner they have no connection to.

Menas · 08-01-2013 04:38PM

mango salsa wrote: »

I thought it was really funny when he claimed she might have a heart attack

She could well have had one when she realised her error by posting on the company account.
Or soiled her pants.

Madam_X · 08-01-2013 04:39PM

Morph the Cat wrote: »

Well, you are naive to think this doesn't happen regularly.

Why? In fairness I don't believe it *never* happens but to believe... with no evidence and just for the sake of being a malcontent, that it happens really regularly... what's the point of that? Just smacks of teenage "Man, all businesses are out to get us" kinda thinking. Real "edgy" stuff.

Morph the Cat · 08-01-2013 04:40PM

Dodge wrote: »

And her point is that you're a cynic. Wonder which of the pair of you is happier?

Not a cynic - a realist. Would prefer the harsh truth over sticking my head in the sand any day.
"I don't hear about it or see it happen, so it doesn't happen - laadedadada".

K-9 · 08-01-2013 04:42PM

Morph the Cat wrote: »

Not a cynic - a realist. Would prefer the harsh truth over sticking my head in the sand any day.
"I don't hear about it or see it happen, so it doesn't happen - laadedadada".

What evidence do you have that you are realistic?

Morph the Cat · 08-01-2013 04:43PM

Madam_X wrote: »

Why? In fairness I don't believe it *never* happens but to believe... with no evidence and just for the sake of being a malcontent, that it happens really regularly... what's the point of that? Just smacks of teenage "Man, all businesses are out to get us" kinda thinking. Real "edgy" stuff.

Yawn - right, so it's now classed as a conspiracy wacko theory to believe something that's highly believable and very likely? Yeah, I'm must be just showing off because I'm an angsty teen...

Morph the Cat · 08-01-2013 04:44PM

K-9 wrote: »

What evidence do you have that you are realistic?

What evidence do you have that anything you have ever done matters in any way?

Madam_X · 08-01-2013 04:44PM

Morph the Cat wrote: »

Not a cynic - a realist. Would prefer the harsh truth over sticking my head in the sand any day.
"I don't hear about it or see it happen, so it doesn't happen - laadedadada".

No I never stick my head in the sand, nor do I just decide to believe stuff with no evidence.

What "harsh truth"?

Dodge · 08-01-2013 04:44PM

Morph the Cat wrote: »

Not a cynic - a realist. Would prefer the harsh truth over sticking my head in the sand any day.

You're only talking about facebook competitions possibly being rigged FFS, calm down with the rhetoric

Company wins their own Facebook competition

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