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March-April Compeition Sponsor – Quicken

Scott — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:35:46 +0000

First of all, let me have this chance to thank Zazz, especially Adam and Scott there for helping to run last two months’ competitions smoothly. For the very first time our winners can actually pick the prize, and there’s great communication to help all parties to be in the loop. Well done Zazz!

For the next two months, we will be having a sponsor that is slightly different. No, we are not doing gadgets again, but software this time. Nor is it freebie software that you can just download from the Internet — but something pretty useful for many who have a budget and want a tool to manage his/her own finance. Well, bargain hunting on OzBargain will help you to meet your budget (well, hopefully). This might also help…

Quicken Personal Plus 2010

Quicken Home & Business 2010

Ullash from Quicken came to me last month to negotiate a sponsorship for the next 2 months, and they will be giving OzBargain users who submitted a bargain a chance to win 2 copies of Quicken Personal Plus 2010 subscription edition (RRP $79) each week for the month of March, and 2 copies of Quicken Home & Business 2010 subscription edition (RRP $115) each week for the month of April.

How to win? See the wiki page on OzBargain weekly competitions. Submit a good deal and the personal finance/accounting package could be yours!

Although I spend my day developing software for financial planners, personally I have never used Quicken for planning, budgeting and tax preparation. However I am now very tempted to win the competition myself as the accounting burden from OzBargain has pretty much exceeded my little spreadsheet :) Or maybe I need to see an accountant first…

Nov-Dec 2009 Weekly Competition Sponsor – 9289.com.au

Scott — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:13:23 +0000

As announced on OzBargain forum, the weekly competition sponsor for the next two months (November and December 2009) will be 9289.com.au.

For the first week, 9289.com.au will be giving away 2x “Elecom Scope Node 3-Button Laser Mouse”, where you can hold onto a mouse like how you normally hold onto a pen. An interesting gadget indeed, but I’ll probably categorise it under “weird product” as I much prefer to hold onto a mouse than hold onto a pen.

Anyway. 9289.com.au is also trying to give away different prizes each week. I shall make the announcement for them when they send me an updated list.

September-October Weekly Competition Sponsor – TopBuy.com.au

Scott — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:33:54 +0000

It has been a long time since I last blogged here (Wow, THREE months ago!). My involvement at OzBargain has been gradually changing. Due to other commitment (i.e. “work”, d’oh) I no longer have much time to sit down and write some stuff. How I used my spare time has also changed from talking about the latest bargains, to managing a community that talks about bargains. I am still hanging there (just) and some new features are still planned for this year. Stay tuned for those — and sorry about the waiting :)

My last post was about ShoppingSquare sponsoring OzBargain in our weekly competitions. Over the last thirteen weeks ShoppingSquare has been giving out 2x 8GB USB Drive each week. Big thanks to Danilo and team at ShoppingSquare.

Upcoming Sponsor

But we have a slight change of sponsor this week. TopBuy.com.au, another Sydney-based online retailer, will be providing us the prizes for the next two months (September to October 2009). And the prize? Digital Photo Frame with 1.5 Inch LCD that is sold on TopBuy.com.au for $29.95. Again — two winners each week, one with most votes and the other one randomly picked. Big thanks to Max at TopBuy.

How do I Sponsor OzBargain’s Weekly Competition?

This is actually one of the frequently asked questions. After all, let’s face it — while we do thank the sponsors for their generosity, they do get something out of the sponsorship. First of all their name and website gets mentioned here on this blog. Moreover, sponsors are featured on the sidebar of OzBargain, with their logo and a direct link to their website for the duration of their sponsorship. They are visible on almost all page views — and we are talking about 2.9 million page views there from August 2009.

With overwhelming requests from various merchants trying to tap into “cheap advertising”, I decided to add a section on OzBargain wiki on how to sponsor our weekly competition.

First of all, it would be a queue on the first come and first serve basis. As you can see the November-December spot has already been occupied by 9289.com.au (they have given me a few options and I have not yet decided). Feel free to contact me with your choice of prize, and I will pick the best offers and add them onto the queue. Next available spot is January next year.

Win Kingston 8GB DataTraveler from ShoppingSquare – OzBargain Weekly Comp

Scott — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:05:44 +0000

First of all, let me give a big thanks to Danilo @ ShoppingSquare for sponsoring OzBargain’s weekly competition for the next few weeks. We have been running our weekly comps since February 2007, and has given out thousands of dollars so far. From this Thursday onwards (4 June 2009), instead of getting our regular $20 PayPal credit or shopping voucher, the winners will receive a 8GB Kingston Data Traveler USB Flash Drive instead, sponsored by ShoppingSquare.

Here’s some spec (copied from ShoppingSquare’s website):

DataTraveler 100 was built with simplicity in mind, allowing you to focus on your data. The USB connector is safely housed inside the sleek case, so you don.t have to worry about losing a cap. DataTraveler 100 is available in capacities up to 8GB to give you plenty of room to hold just about any document, from term papers and theses to digital images, spreadsheets or other important documents.

Dimensions: 2.35″ x 0.88″ x 0.37″ (59.7mm x 22.3mm x 9.5mm)

Capacities: 8GB

Operating Temperatures: 32F to 140F (0C to 60C)

Storage Temperatures: -4F to 185F (-20C to 85C)

Weight: 0.48 oz (12g)

Valued at $24.70 on ShoppingSquare’s website (+free delivery that’s worth $9.99).

What you need to do is also having a registered account at ShoppingSquare so the crew at ShoppingSquare can post the item to the winners.

Again, big thanks to our sponsor — and don’t forget to submit your offers to win our weekly prize!

Microsoft Explorer Mouse Giveaway – Guess the IE Users!

Scott — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:23:31 +0000

One of my first Christmas presents last year was from Deeps at Microsoft Australia, whom I’ve worked together to create the IE8 Web Slice for OzBargain. It’s the Microsoft Explorer Mouse with BlueTrack technology that works on “any ~~service~~ surface”.

Easy Recharging
Reliable Wireless on the go
Sophisticated design and comfort
Go anywhere
Retail for ~$99 from MSY

And guess what — it is still sitting on my desk, started to collecting dust. A wireless mouse is not that useful to me unfortunately as I am mostly desk-bound. There’s always a designated area on my desk that’s flat so the all-surface BlueTrack technology is an overkill to me as well.

So instead of becoming obsolete on my desk, I am now giving away this Microsoft Explorer Mouse. Guess the answer correctly, and this high-tech wireless mouse will be yours!

Rules

To enter, leave a comment with your answer in this blog post — and make sure you use a correct email address just in case you guessed the right answer and needs to be notified about the prize). So what’s the question?

Since I got this gift because of Microsoft Internet Explorer, I would like you to guess the exact percentage of Internet Explorer visits on OzBargain from 1^st of January to next Sunday, 25^th of January 2009. I will then announce the winner probably the following Monday or Tuesday.

I have no idea about the exact answer either as there might be a huge influx of IE users this week due to the release of Windows 7 beta. But here are some hints, from the stats collected over the last 30 days from Google Analytics:

There are 10% more Firefox visitors than Internet Explorer visitors.
Safari visitors are 1/10 of the Firefox visitors.
4.43% of OzBargain visitors use Google Chrome.

So your answer would be in the form of xx.yy%. Whoever guessed the closest value wins. Let the guessing game start!

Freebie Idol Anyone?

Scott — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:44:57 +0000

Alissa at Free Sample Direct is running a competition — Free Idole 2008, where you can write a poem or produce a video about freebies. Yes I know it’s a bit similar to our own birthday competition this year, but on a different theme (freebies rather than bargains). The deadline is by the end of this month (31 December), and you’ll win a mystery prize. Here’s your change again to score another prize, for you creative ones out there…

As of the winners of our birthday comp, I can confirm that both XyleneFree and Shirr0 have received their Nintendo Wii — yes I gave out two of them!!! Now both are suffering from domestic conflicts from family members fighting over the Wii remote. I shall post their excellent video later.

OzBargain Birthday Comp – Win a Nintendo Wii!

Scott — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:41:03 +0000

OzBargain was launched back in November 2006, which means we are almost 2 years old! For the last 2 years, our community members have posted:

6,200+ deals
600+ forum discussion threads
26,000+ comments

Thank you all who have participated! Last week I have also posted in the OzBargain forums — OzBargain Birthday Competition, where I am giving away a Nintendo Wii and 10x $25 Deals Direct Gift Vouchers!

To win, you need to:

Prepare a happy birthday message for OzBargain
Publish your message on our Facebook Page, on your blogs or on any social media websites

Please check the forum post for more details on the rules, and the deadline for submission is 28^thth of November 2008 — so don’t miss out! It has only been live for a few days and we have already received quite a few messages on our Facebook wall (and some rude ones too! but I am not going to delete them, just yet). Thanks to Sonja who submitted an OzBargain game!

Have fun!