Competitions Discussion Thread Part 9

calash

toniq wrote: »

The cust care email from rail europe has other peeps emails showing?!?!?!? ive complained as that is very naughty xxx
theres only 10 emails showing? could that mean we have won something? xxx

Have you received anything since, I got two emails and nothing else since - but I did reply asking what it was about!!!

reniannen

Hi, is anyone able to sign up to the newsletter on this site?
http://www.bushgear.co.uk/ (bottom right hand side of page)

They enter you into a draw for £100 of vouchers (and they sell Uggs ) but I can't get it to work, just a page not found message when I press enter. I emailed them and got a reply back saying they couldn't see any problems, so was wondering if it's just my computer? (I doubt it though)

If other people are successful I will obviously post it on the main board.

jipjip1

Just tried, but I'm getting an iContact page saying "page not found" once I press submit

tttJay

toniq wrote: »

The cust care email from rail europe has other peeps emails showing?!?!?!? ive complained as that is very naughty xxx
theres only 10 emails showing? could that mean we have won something? xxx

I got two of these as well :mad: :mad: and have also complained about the email addresses all showing :mad: :mad: :mad:

reniannen

jipjip1 wrote: »

Just tried, but I'm getting an iContact page saying "page not found" once I press submit

Yep that's what I get. Oh well

toniq

We have become aware that a test email of a proposed Rail Europe email newsletter was inadvertently and in error mailed out to a number of our customers, of which you may be one. This may have contained the email addresses of up to 10 other Rail Europe customers.

This error was identified at an early stage of the distribution process and we were able to quickly halt it, so limiting the number of people who were affected. This was a completely unintentional systems error and entirely the responsibility of Rail Europe. I would like to apologise unreservedly for this accidental mistake, which was caused by an IT systems issue. I would also like to reassure you that no other personal information at all was attached to, or could be derived from, the email. We take our customers' data protection and security very seriously and fully appreciate that this situation may have caused concern to those affected.

We are currently investigating and reviewing the entire sequence of events and our systems which led to this error. We will also be putting new procedures in place in the light of this incident to ensure that another situation such as this cannot happen again in the future.

Once again, please accept my sincerest apologies.

Yours faithfully

Vincent Dedecker
Managing Director
Rail Europe Ltd.

(Please do not reply to this email, as we are unable to receive incoming mail at this address. If you would like to contact us, please email [EMAIL="customercare@raileurope.co.uk"]customercare@raileurope.co.uk[/EMAIL].)

Groovytigger

Just to make everyone aware that Maxim comps now look as though they are run by Topfox which is on "the list" of sites to avoid

10 Are there any sites, from experience, which are likely to generate lots of spam?
There are a few which have come to our collective attention as sites that, when used for comps, seem to generate lots of unwanted postal, email & phone call attention. These are listed below for your information, however, please do remember that this is only the collective opinion of other MSE Compers & does not necessarily reflect upon the sites themselves.

2minutedraw
4FreeUK
ABCWins
Clash Club/Clash media
Club La Costa
Consumer Lifestyles
Consumer Opinions
Craftomatic Beds (Comps appear to be just a way to get a salesman into your home, especially if vulnerable/alone)
Emailinform
EZ Prize Giveaway
Fair Exchange
GetMeATicket
GetYourBillsPaid
GreatUKsurveys
Guide2Win
InstantPrizeDraw
Just-Rewards
MyChild (have pestered with phone calls quite badly on some comps, but Compers have reported wins in the I Won forum)
MyConsumer
MyOffers
NoizeMakesEnemies (Care - your profile with name, address, phone number & email appear to be on show with no way to make it private!!)
Opinioniser
Premier Christian Radio (lots of postal junk mail even when you opt out of future contact)
Prize4U
Plum Offers
RewardsToday
Simple2Win
Space Kitchens (see thread here)
Tickbox
Topfox
Toyhound
UK-PrizeDraw
VoiceInACrowd
Vouch4me
Weatherseal
Willowbrook (chairs) (have pestered with phone calls quite badly on some comps - see here and also here)
Win 4 Now
Win24
Zenith Windows (linked to Weatherseal above)

NoNameWoman

'Pass the Parcel' game sounds fun. Do you guys think it is too late to join and understand the rules!

I would like to join and risk getting addicted to the game :eek: but not sure if the end date is nearing!!! Also not sure where some rules are such as the number if parcels you can create, winning chances, etc ?

Matryoshka

One quickie question sorry

I've just been reading how lots of you enter your comps i.e. thread start time, descending and time beginning. I did that but it seems all jumbled together i.e. varying end dates.

Is it possible to sort it by closing date i.e. it will begin at E: 13/1 then go to E: 14/1; E: 15/1 etc etc

Sorry if it's been discussed a zillion times

NoNameWoman

Are you also changing the option 'sort by' to 'thread title'?