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Thanks, guys. It was, indeed, just a joke. I really appreciate the kindness!
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Guys I think you can solve the problem of the shipping by charging a competition entry fee, say $5 or $10 depending on where the prizes will originate. I dont think that would be too much to ask of each entrant. I really think its a little harsh to demand that the donators should also get lumped with the shipping costs as well...
Rep for LB and Tont - Thanks lads! :beer:
No problems Grainde, Thanks.
Gun and I actually discussed the possibility of a user entry fee but i thought that a donation to LPF as entry would be better as half the reason the competition was started was to help LPF.
On the other hand the "host" might not have the will to ship out the prices but as a good host he is responsable for the good development of the contest and, in my opinion, if he finds out that the prices won't be shipped, he has to take responsability and see What to do (find some donation for the shipping cost or whatever) but in no case he has to say, well I don't have the money, prices wont get shipped out, that is just not responsable and not mature..
Even if an entry fee is somewhat a solution, it limits the amount of entries that there will be in a contest. Not everyone has a way to pay an entry fee, some don't have a PayPal account, and for sure a money transfer would be out of question.
A donator "can" pay for "one" shipping to the host (or in the case that he lives near just bring the prizes to him) since he is already "donating" the prizes.
On the other hand the "host" might not have the will to ship out the prizes but as a good host he is responsible for the good development of the contest and, in my opinion, if he finds out that the prizes won't be shipped, he has to take responsibility and see What to do (find some donation for the shipping cost or whatever) but in no case he has to say, well I don't have the money, prizes wont get shipped out, that is just not responsible and not mature.
Maybe the best way to make this contests in the future is to find single "small" donations from users, or sponsors, and make them ship this small donations directly to the winners. When I say small I mean, something like a driver, or a module, or something small enough where the shipping won't be more than $1-$3.
One thing is for sure, contests need to progress, and all this that happened in this contest is good to avoid making the same mistakes on the next.
Gun, to you I have to say that you had a brilliant idea, and we all appreciate your effort in doing this contest, learn from the mistakes and host a new contest soon ( the sooner the better) so to show people that contests "can" work and "will" work, as long as rules are clear from the start.
For the next contest, I will be happy to donate a prize (shipped ). So let's get started .... LET'S SEE SOME LASERS....
TBH I think the most important thing is to set clear rules before the contest starts. IMHO it would be OK to have some contests without prizes and some contests with an entrance fee.
Anyways I think Gun did a very good job and the contest was pretty cool