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Originally Posted by griffonwing
As far as the contest, I do not consider a Facebook Contest (which requires a Facebook acct) to be a flaw.
Would it have helped if Robert was to have mentioned 5 points or rules for entry into the contest? Yes, of course. But he was not given that information. He had nothing to do with that information. He simply said "Hey there's a contest for a free PEZ here (insert link)."
I just can't help but get the sense that Robert is being blamed here. MR was asking questions that Robert didn't have the answers to, and frankly, Robert had no business to know, nor did he have to spend his time finding the answers. That should have been the job of marketing, and it should have been on the Contest page.
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I don't feel facebook was a flaw. Yes I am one who does not like FB. Astak decided to use facebook as the medium for their competitions. At the end of the day I could have refused to join facebook to enter - my decision was to sign up to enter, and I have no issues with that, I did it on my own free will.
I'm certainly not blaming Robert. You're right griff, he is only privy to the information he is given, and on his own back he comes here in good faith and passes on what he knows to us and in return listens to us and takes information back to Astak. I actually applaud him for everything he does on MR forums and for us.
Where my personal concern lays is after my initial adverse reaction to FB, I did actually sign up to enter to competition. Just before closing date I receive a notification on FB saying;
"Your entry for Astak eReader Halloween sweepstakes -- Winners are drawn in 3 days. You need 1 more friends for a chance to win 5" Pocket Pro eReader ($200 value). Send your friends a reminder."
Now my initial feeling was my entry wasn't accepted as a result of this message. What I'm keen to know is if this message represents a requirement of the Astak competition, or is it just part of a sneaky marketing ploy by facebook and the competition applet/program used on FB for competitions?
I understand it was essentially Astak's first FB competition, and looking at the Christmas startup/shutdown competition I can see that some of the small issues/questions that arose from the pumpkin contest have been resolved - a good sign imho.
End of the day it was only a competition, and these issues do not change my positive view of the company or the product. Who knows, perhaps everyone is hell bent on looking for flaws because they didn't hit the top two picked for a prize
