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« on: March 19, 2008, 10:01:27 am »
Alright guys, this is your chance to show the world (well Canada) how awesome we are!

I will be participating next Thursday and Friday (March 27th / 28th) at an event called catchthevibe.  This challenge requires help from my online community to help me solve problems, get clues and have fun!

I need your help!  We will be given blackberrys to post info but I have my own smart phone to get extra help with.  I have posted my twitter here below and  will be posting a twitter on the front page of CTC.

I am on TEAM PERFORMANCE (of course) Wink  And our team is already growing! 

Visit this site: http://catchthevibe.ca/  to get more info and I hope you guys can help my team win!




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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2008, 10:04:01 am »
What do we have to do?
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2008, 10:11:28 am »
You're not actually listed under team Performance...
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2008, 10:15:04 am »
I know... probably because I just signed up Monday.  I expect they are behind on the updates.  I am on that team though.

Oh and if I knew I would help you out Umro haha.  It seems to be a big secret. Wink  Basically I'll post updates by the minute with text messaging on the phone, perhaps questions people can answer -- I am assuming.
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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2008, 10:18:36 am »
Sounds interesting!  I'll watch the site to see what we have to do and help you if I can.
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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2008, 10:40:11 am »
I signed up.. I just hope GM doesn't start sending me all sorts of emails and junk mail
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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2008, 10:46:14 am »
I for the life of me cannot figure out how to sign up ahahhahha

Edit: Sign-up here: http://catchthevibe.ca/contest/

But you can help me personally by sending e-mails to cartalkcanada@gmail.com Wink  Following my twitter in this post.  I'll get your e-mails while on the road don't worry. Smiley   If you sign up for twitter you can send SMS messages to @canadiandriver and I'll get those as well.
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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2008, 10:49:17 am »
Can I help too?? Even not living in Canada?
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« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2008, 10:54:56 am »
I'm sure you can help, but you probably can't win.....

By the way I believe my challenge day is the 28th (next Friday so good distraction on a Friday afternoon for all!).
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« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2008, 10:55:16 am »
Marketing at its most cumbersome?   Wink
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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2008, 10:58:49 am »
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f the team you joined to support wins the event, you’ll become eligible for the grand prize of a new, 2009 Pontiac Vibe for a year (approximate retail value of $6,000) or one of six BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8130 smartphones from Bell or one of four Sony VAIO TZ-Series notebook personal computers.

You should say borrow not win a car  Grin
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« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2008, 11:22:12 am »
Quote from: wing on March 19, 2008, 10:54:56 am
I'm sure you can help, but you probably can't win.....

By the way I believe my challenge day is the 28th (next Friday so good distraction on a Friday afternoon for all!).

As long as I can help, it's OK to me.
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« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2008, 12:02:22 pm »
Quote from: quadzilla on March 19, 2008, 10:58:49 am
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f the team you joined to support wins the event, you’ll become eligible for the grand prize of a new, 2009 Pontiac Vibe for a year (approximate retail value of $6,000) or one of six BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8130 smartphones from Bell or one of four Sony VAIO TZ-Series notebook personal computers.

You should say borrow not win a car  Grin

Thumbs Down  I hate those contests that claim you "win a car", but really it's a one-year lease...  not really much of a prize, imo.  Tim Horton's Roll Up the Rim to actually own the car.  I just need to win it, now.  Smiley
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« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2008, 04:00:00 pm »
The website sucxs, it to dark to read, and the print is to small
I wonder how companies get sucked to stupid contest like this Huh
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« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2008, 04:12:44 pm »
Quote from: Demosthenes X on March 19, 2008, 12:02:22 pm
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f the team you joined to support wins the event, you’ll become eligible for the grand prize of a new, 2009 Pontiac Vibe for a year (approximate retail value of $6,000) or one of six BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8130 smartphones from Bell or one of four Sony VAIO TZ-Series notebook personal computers.

You should say borrow not win a car  Grin

Thumbs Down  I hate those contests that claim you "win a car", but really it's a one-year lease...  not really much of a prize, imo.  Tim Horton's Roll Up the Rim to actually own the car.  I just need to win it, now.  Smiley

It's still access to a free car for a year that you didn't have otherwise.  Geez, some people are so greedy.

Technically it should be touted as "Win the use of a FREE Car!*"  with the * being tied into the mouse-type legalese at the bottom of the page.   Wink
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« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2008, 04:17:38 pm »
Quote from: airbalancer on March 19, 2008, 04:00:00 pm
The website sucxs, it to dark to read, and the print is to small
I wonder how companies get sucked to stupid contest like this Huh

I Agree That site is the worst I've seen in recent memory. That big semi transparent banner prevents you from clicking on almost half the screen. GM marketing=Fail.
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« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2008, 04:46:24 pm »
Wing, does this mean you'll be in Toronto or Montréal?
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« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2008, 06:09:47 pm »
Quote from: Giant Dwarf on March 19, 2008, 04:12:44 pm
It's still access to a free car for a year that you didn't have otherwise.  Geez, some people are so greedy.

Technically it should be touted as "Win the use of a FREE Car!*"  with the * being tied into the mouse-type legalese at the bottom of the page.   Wink

Fair enough, and my complaint was mostly with the advertised "win a car!" as opposed to the reality of "win a one-year lease".  But even so, I can imagine a whole set of headaches introduced by "winning" this car.  Say you already have a car - do you keep both?  Now you need somewhere to park your actual vehicle while you drive the vehicle you "won".  If you sell your original vehicle, then you have to buy a new one after a year.  If you didn't already have a car, you get to drive around for a year, but then it gets taken away.

I'll keep buying my double doubles - I'm bound to win the Matrix eventually!  Cheesy
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« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2008, 08:12:42 pm »
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« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2008, 10:31:08 pm »
What's the point of all this, a party at the end? Tongue
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