Cash Countdown - Questions/Answers/Comments

Comping_Rich

This is the discussion thread for Hits Radio Cash Countdown which starts 31/08, please see comment from @One-Eye, here - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6267922/cash-register-england-questions-answers-comments#latest

All the details and entry links are here - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6293548/e-10-09-3-00pm-win-the-50k-cash-countdown-1-entry-starts-31-08-6-00am#latest

One-Eye

Key changes from previous "Cash Register" promotion

1) Open for entries from 6am 31/08
2) First comp runs for a week until 3pm on Monday 06/09, and is then daily
3) Just one online entry per comp
4) If the entrant answers their phone before the end of the first ring, they will win the Prize. If they do not answer before the end of first ring, the amount that the entrant can win will be reduced. After the second ring, the amount the entrant can win will reduce further and so on until the end of the fifth ring. If the entrant does not answer before the end of the fifth ring, they will forfeit their chance to play and no other entrant will be called. The Prize will reduce by £10,000 after each ring.

Etccarmageddon

I think they should now be covered by proper legislation now the free entry route is being skewed so it is 20 times less likely to win through it.

Comping_Rich

Etccarmageddon said:

I think they should now be covered by proper legislation now the free entry route is being skewed so it is 20 times less likely to win through it.

I think it was obvious that online entries would be reduced to 1 entry, after Absolute Radio, Magic, Kiss etc started to limit online entries to 1. I just wonder if and when the Northern Irish stations will limit their online entries to 1, as Cash Call you can still enter 4 times online.

Etccarmageddon

Yeah we could all see it coming

marialionza

Etccarmageddon said:

Yeah we could all see it coming

I can see riches and money coming my way...gold gold gold ! Pearls and diamonds...Actually don't like diamonds, let's make it rubies and sapphires !

Etccarmageddon

Only if you answer the phone within the first ring!

marialionza

Etccarmageddon said:

Only if you answer the phone within the first ring!

Boooooooooooooooo !

robertjmca

 have just sent this email to  hello@rockfm.co.uk

Hi, I have just seen the notification of your new competition: Cash Countdown.

In the t&c’s I noticed this:

 

4) If the entrant answers their phone before the end of the first ring, they will win the Prize.

If they do not answer before the end of first ring, the amount that the entrant can win will be reduced.

After the second ring, the amount the entrant can win will reduce further and so on until the end of the fifth ring.

If the entrant does not answer before the end of the fifth ring, they will forfeit their chance to play and no other entrant will be called.

The Prize will reduce by £10,000 after each ring.

 

Being curious I rang my partners phone which was alongside me, my phone gave me 3 ‘ring, ring’ sounds before her handset started to ring.

 If this is indicative of most phones, then surely it is impossible for anyone to win the jackpot.

 I would welcome your views on this.

 Best wishes.

We'll see if they can be a**ed to answer.

Good luck all.

 

Etccarmageddon

Yeah I think they have taken a legal risk with this idea of basing the prize amount on the "rings".

marialionza

I so agree with you both ! I hope someone does something, I find it a "burla"