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luckyjasond wrote: »

I'm not on the list, although I had the "you are in the draw" screen.

What I don't understand, if they DIDN'T get my details because the server was down, how could they just send me the following e-mail (to my e-mail address which they "didn't receive due to server error") :

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Thankyou for applying...
[/FONT]We would like to apologise unreservedly for the server issues that we experienced at roughly 1:55pm today. Despite a number of calls to our hosting company prior to launch, and being assured that the site would not crash, as you will no doubt be aware the site went down for roughly 20 minutes - and only returned intermittently after that until the traffic 'tailed off' somewhat. We are aware that this was frustrating for everybody, as much as it was for us.

Hmmmmm..........this is odd. Who can smell a very large rat?

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m5rcc wrote: »

This is a joke - There are three "Richard Keenan" !?

Maybe but they state
" may be that there are duplicates in the list below, if so the duplicate name will be removed leaving only one entry per person,
and the next closest entries will be sent memberships. We wanted to publish this list as quickly as possible."

So the duplicates will be removed.

saad_awal

According to the winning list there are

158 names with 2 entries
21 names with 3 entries
9 names with 4 entries
3 names with 5 entries
2 names with 6 entries
2 names with 7 entries
2 names with 8 entries
1 name with 31 entries!!

jamespir

m5rcc wrote: »

This is a joke - There are three "Richard Keenan" !?

its not if you read the posts above by the guy from taste london he states there are some duplicates they will only won once and well go downt to the next inline till the 2000 are fairly given

theyiddo

There are about 305 duplicates on that list...unless there are some genuine entries of peopel with the same name....especially ANDREW SHORT!!!!! 30 times!!!!!!

saad_awal

jamespir wrote: »

its not if you read the posts above by the guy from taste london he states there are some duplicates they will only won once and well go downt to the next inline till the 2000 are fairly given

yes which means there are 199 more names to appear!

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saad_awal wrote: »

According to the winning list there are

158 names with 2 entries
21 names with 3 entries
9 names with 4 entries
3 names with 5 entries
2 names with 6 entries
2 names with 7 entries
2 names with 8 entries
1 name with 31 entries!!

Wow.. that's some analysis!
You need to read the top bit tho
" may be that there are duplicates in the list below, if so the duplicate name will be removed leaving only one entry per person,
and the next closest entries will be sent memberships. We wanted to publish this list as quickly as possible."

sams247

saad_awal wrote: »

According to the winning list there are

158 names with 2 entries
21 names with 3 entries
9 names with 4 entries
3 names with 5 entries
2 names with 6 entries
2 names with 7 entries
2 names with 8 entries
1 name with 31 entries!!

Wow! That gives us all fresh hope then! (1 name with 31 entries? Now thats dedication for you!)

m5rcc

nathanhill69 wrote: »

Just received an e-mail from Taste London apologising for the server issues and saying they'll send an e-mail tomorrow confirming wether I'm one of the luck winner (I'm not) or get the one month trial.

To be fair, they've handled it all relatively well, anyone who knows these type of offers knows that the servers just cannot deal with the huge simultaneous demand put on them.

Slightly dissapointed as I did get the message several time that I'd been succesful but hey, what can you do?

Nathan Leaman-Hill (not on the list;) )

If they can't handle it, don't do it at all. Simples!

budgie2

Sob!!! I finally got the 'in the draw' thingy at about 2.19 after non-stop page refreshes since 2 - but I'm not on the list... :huh: Well done to those who won :T