Giveaway Disclaimer for Winners

[Nor'easter Reefer]

It's just the same prize

Thank you!

 

[JHFerg]

We like to give away stuff here at Reef2Reef and I know you like to win it! We have learned a few things over the years and to help improve on what we are learning I wanted to create a thread as we go along. So keep an eye out for updates.

1. Winners outside the US will be required to pay for the shipping of prizes won.

2. Winners who win a certain prize will not be eligible again to win that same prize within a 1 year period. *exception for supporting member giveaway (see rule 5) or where otherwise stated in the contest rules.

3. Winners who post a thread with photos about their prize and the sponsor who donated the prize will be eligible for a special annual giveaway contest. (more details to come) https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/r2r-contest-and-giveaway-winners-circle-thread.103002/

4. Only US residents are eligible for livestock giveaways.

5. Winners of the Supporting members giveaway are not eligible to win again for 3 months.

6. Winner responsible for all applicable taxes as determined by your state of residence.

7. Unless otherwise stated in the opening post of a contest, we (either Reef2Reef staff or the sponsor of the contest) will choose the winner via a random number generator. The winner's username will be tagged in the winning announcement. We will not email, pm, or contact the winner other than tagging the winning name. Be sure to check back to claim your prize. If it is not claimed within 3 days we will do a re-pick and so on until the prize is claimed.

Good luck to everyone and congrats to the future winners!

 

[obsessedfishlady]

We like to give away stuff here at Reef2Reef and I know you like to win it! We have learned a few things over the years and to help improve on what we are learning I wanted to create a thread as we go along. So keep an eye out for updates.

1. Winners outside the US will be required to pay for the shipping of prizes won.

2. Winners who win a certain prize will not be eligible again to win that same prize within a 1 year period. *exception for supporting member giveaway (see rule 5) or where otherwise stated in the contest rules.

3. Winners who post a thread with photos about their prize and the sponsor who donated the prize will be eligible for a special annual giveaway contest. (more details to come) https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/r2r-contest-and-giveaway-winners-circle-thread.103002/

4. Only US residents are eligible for livestock giveaways.

5. Winners of the Supporting members giveaway are not eligible to win again for 3 months.

6. Winner responsible for all applicable taxes as determined by your state of residence.

7. Unless otherwise stated in the opening post of a contest, we (either Reef2Reef staff or the sponsor of the contest) will choose the winner via a random number generator. The winner's username will be tagged in the winning announcement. We will not email, pm, or contact the winner other than tagging the winning name. Be sure to check back to claim your prize. If it is not claimed within 3 days we will do a re-pick and so on until the prize is claimed.

I’m just curious, when people comment things like “good luck everyone” on a contest thread will the random generator mistake those comments as an entry or are entries verified before being placed in the random generator’s? (I have a goal to be more active on forums and would love to wish people luck also but don’t want to cheat)

 

[tbrown]

I’m just curious, when people comment things like “good luck everyone” on a contest thread will the random generator mistake those comments as an entry or are entries verified before being placed in the random generator’s? (I have a goal to be more active on forums and would love to wish people luck also but don’t want to cheat)

Yes, sort of? They verify that the post picked qualifies (ensure it is a valid entry AND that the official entry has been completed).

 

[obsessedfishlady]

I’m just curious, when people comment things like “good luck everyone” on a contest thread will the random generator mistake those comments as an entry or are entries verified before being placed in the random generator’s? (I have a goal to be more active on forums and would love to wish people luck also but don’t want to cheat)

Yes, sort of? They verify that the post picked qualifies (ensure it is a valid entry AND that the official entry has been completed).

Good to know!! Maybe I’ll refrain from extra comments then so I don’t accidentally get discarded if that’s the comment that gets picked lol!

 

[tbrown]

Good to know!! Maybe I’ll refrain from extra comments then so I don’t accidentally get discarded if that’s the comment that gets picked lol!

Some give threads can get a lot of extra chatter at times. Daniel used to quote the winning message. Alycia doesn't quite the message, but she still picks the winners the same way Daniel did.