curiouscash - I am calling you out!

**Chilihost** · 02-01-2006, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by XXXWriterDude

Personally, I like the prizes. I won an iPod last month, and I LOVE it! If people started giving away awesome things like that, I'd be in heaven. I love hot new gadgets. If I got the cash, I would tend to spend it on bills. So having the chance to win prizes and stuff that I would feel guilty spending cash on is great for me.

prizes are fun and good if it is an actual contest, but calling this a contest is misleading. It should be called an incentive or a bonus, or perhaps just clever spam.

cheers,
Luke

**Huskyhunks** · 02-01-2006, 06:50 PM

Hi Chilihost,

My favorite bonus program is from Mancheck. I've reached it before and if you get busy, it's definitely attainable and lucrative. I also like Pridebucks and i'm sure there's lots of good programs out there.

I'm very disappointed in this Curious Cash thing, it just isn't really based on reality.

**DonMike** · 02-01-2006, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by Top Cat

We're pleased to announce Woof Cash's new reward program. Send us 1,000 joins in any month and we'll give you a bear. A *real* bear. Your choice of Grizzly, Polar or Black. Bear Chow not included in offer.

Can I have the bear you keep in your pants? Woof!

**basschick** · 02-02-2006, 03:47 AM

of course they won't send you a panda - pandas aren't actually bears

Originally Posted by Paco

Damn! I was ready to send the joins, but I noticed that brown or panda bears are not included. Too bad, so sad. Guess I'll have to fire em off somewhere else.

rhys · 02-02-2006, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by basschick

of course they won't send you a panda - pandas aren't actually bears

aren't pandas actually relatives of the racoon?

Top Cat · 02-02-2006, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by rhys

aren't pandas actually relatives of the racoon?

Nope, although scientists used to believe that. They are true bears.

Due to popular demand, we have now decided to add a panda as one of the prizes in the Woof Cash contest. To see the panda that will be shipped to your home or office via UPS Second-Day Saver, click here.

Paco · 02-02-2006, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by rhys

aren't pandas actually relatives of the racoon?

Pandas are rodents?

What kinda a trap does one use on a creature that big? and how much bamboo shoot flavoured cheese does one need to load into the device, so to bait the scavenger?

Paco · 02-02-2006, 12:37 PM

First... yes, I do think you so crayzay

Originally Posted by Top Cat

Nope, although scientists used to believe that. They are true bears.Due to popular demand, we have now decided to add a panda as one of the prizes in the Woof Cash contest. To see the panda that will be shipped to your home or office via UPS Second-Day Saver, click here.

Oh oh, now you've gone and done it... my heart has melted for the lil fuzzballs -- they just so cute!
Just imagine (if they were rodents) the size of their wiskers, and them walking along the baseboards feeling their way (with their wiskers) to the fromage de bamshoots.

Paco · 02-02-2006, 12:52 PM

back to the thread topic...

most of the 'prizes' offered are not needed (already have or do not want).
So, with that, are they not limiting themselves to webmasters that want the 'prize'?
As an example I'll use mp3 players: now, what web master or whom here does not have one (for those that are in to them)?

If they offered cash, or (as one of the bigger sponsors offers) something like ClubX points with a catalogue of items available, I MIGHT be somewhat swayed to join, but to be truly honest, I do not trust that concept.

Oh, how about an Internext package as the 'prize' - includes registration and hotel (The Venetian, Luxor or similar). Now what webmaster wouldn't want that?

**djdez** · 02-02-2006, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by Huskyhunks

Hi Chilihost,

My favorite bonus program is from Mancheck. I've reached it before and if you get busy, it's definitely attainable and lucrative. I also like Pridebucks and i'm sure there's lots of good programs out there.

I'm very disappointed in this Curious Cash thing, it just isn't really based on reality.

Thanks for the shout out there HuskyHunks. At Pride Bucks, we try to mix it up. Sometimes we do promotions to get people excited like this month. We're offering $50 per signup to everyone for every sale Feb 12 to Feb 18.

Other times we do contests for IPOD's, Laptops or other gadgets. Every now and then we're asked to substitute cash in leiu of the prize and we're happy to accomodate those requests too. We've given trips to internext before (airfaire, hotel and registration) as well. Also, most of the time when we have contests we do our best to make them obtainable for anyone. How fun is it if every promo or contest was just for the programs top earners? Not very.

Not every promo is gonna energize everybody thats why it's important for us to come up with different ideas. If the IPOD or Internext trip didn't float your boat, maybe $50 per signup this month will. If not, maybe next month's cash prize will.

We can't please everybody all the time. But we can make sure that the love is felt all the way around.

**Dick Hunter** · 02-02-2006, 06:52 PM

With all due respect to the guys at Curious Cash, I agree that this contest is kinda funky. First of all, I think most of us know that we're never going to be able to send that many signups, so it has no appeal to us. Secondly, anyone who does send that many signups can probably afford to pay for that trip pretty easily, and is probably not going to be that interested in participating. But perhaps this is actually an ingenious move on their part, aimed at signing up some really heavy hitters.

I hate to tute my own horn, but everyone else is, so I might as well mention that yesterday I held, IMO, one of the most generous contest's ever. The final chance of winning worked out to be 1 in 64, and all you had to do to qualify was post one forum message. Show me another contest with odds like that! BTW, I'm still giving away $4000 more, so it's not to late, but the chances are never gonna be that good again!

**Huskyhunks** · 02-02-2006, 08:00 PM

That was one of the best contests Dick Hunter. I mean, I thought i might have been too good to be true so I didn't enter. I think i will mozy on down your way, i want to check things out anyway.

**Dick Hunter** · 02-02-2006, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by Huskyhunks

That was one of the best contests Dick Hunter. I mean, I thought i might have been too good to be true so I didn't enter. I think i will mozy on down your way, i want to check things out anyway.

Such a wise man! :-)