First "Mass Produced FAST-1 Contest"
Jack & Ari,
Thank you for your thoughts on changing the rules of the contest .....
and "NO" Ari, I did NOT edit the rules detailed in my post# 4614 way
back on Sept. 30'th and would have only had a mere 15 minutes to
do so after the initial post anyway.
However, I DID expect to see the type of reaction that you guys came
up with [ but sooner ] and confess that I have been doing some
chuckling at my end. Jack I'm sorry if I've caused you some concern
.... but this was meant to inject a bit of fun into the tread. As for Ari, I
really enjoyed seeing you awake to the fact that LOR might not have
to cough up after all particularly after a few of you & STANG's good
natured posts about "gold cards" and "bar bills" etc. It did occur to
me that there might not be a "winner" of "Dinner with/on LOR"
although I think the chances of a real winner are somewhat higher
then a "hole in one" and I do look forward to dinner & drinks with
<<a winner >>. This assumes of course that the PYNG order arrives
in 1999 as implied by PYNG PR's or at least before Feb. 28, 2000. But
there is no doubt that I intentionally made it tougher to win this
contest then it appeared to many of the "faithful". In my defense, "IF"
this were the "TRI STATE MEGABUCKS LOTTERY" stateside or the
"6-49 LOTTERY" here in Canada you wouldn't < WIN > any of their
contests unless you had the < winning > ticket. Being off by one or
two numbers wouldn't cut it so strictly speaking, the idea that there
MUST be a winner doesn't hold water.
HOWEVER, as I am just a softie, I am more then willing to relax the
rules for the lucky winner of "De Plaque & Dinner with LOR [
burrrrpppp ]" prize as follows:
The winner shall be:
1) The "first" person to have posted both the correct date and a
spread which includes the actual number of units on the first PYNG [
M.P.] Mass Production FAST-1 order. As the prize must be collected
before Feb. 28, 2000, the winner must have chosen a PYNG order
date "prior to" Feb.28, 2000,
[ *** Jack, you may wish to provide those who did not grasp this
limitation a further "fixed" extension to bring their "DATE" guesses
into the "zone" so to speak ]
If no one meets the above qualification then,
2) The "first" person to have posted the correct "date" for the first
M.P. order received by PYNG on or before Feb. 28, 2000,
If no one meets the above qualification then,
3) The first person to have posted the correct "spread" for the first
M.P. order received by PYNG on or before Feb. 28, 2000,
Obviously, there is a possibility that there will be NO winner of the
contest no matter what we do if the Feb. 28, 2000 requirement holds
as it is possible that the first order will arrive after that date .... things
happen and delays occur. However, I am against contests with no
clear deadlines and I figured 2 months into 2000 was more then
generous in view that PYNG has NOT indicated that their plans to
start mass production in 1999 have changed. I
also felt there should be just one winner of both the culinary event
and the plaque. I suspect that if the order doesn't show up by Feb.
28, 2000 none of us will feel much like celebrating anyway so PYNG
might hold the plaque for a future contest in that case.
If the order arrives and no one is the clear winner using the above
criteria [ 1) to 3) ] then I suggest the "plaque" be considered << the
only prize >> and that it be awarded to the person with the date
"closest to" the date of the order. In the event of a tie then the
"plaque" should go to the person with the spread closest to the
correct spread....and gawd forbid if there is still more then one
winner then perhaps PYNG can supply more then one plaque.
I hope the above helps and I remain open to all reasonable
suggestions as long as we can have a bit of fun waiting for the lights
to come on at the FAST-1 ball park.
Best regards,
LOR |
