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iTunes 1 Billion Song Contest

matticus008 said:
Don't be confused :). Every time you buy a song, that is participating in the contest and it has a chance of being one of the winning songs. So, if you are number 100,000 to buy a song since the last winner, you win!

It's like those "every 10th person through the door gets a frisbee" events at retail stores. Walking through the door enters you into the contest, but your number in line determines whether you've won.
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So entering myself over and over is not going to help? Its not like a raffle? If no, how come there is a 25 entry limit? Hmmmmmm...:cool:
 
Kingsly said:
So entering myself over and over is not going to help? Its not like a raffle? If no, how come there is a 25 entry limit? Hmmmmmm...:cool:
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Well, by entrying yourself so many times you have a better chance of being the right number, b/c the probability gets higher that you're at a 100,000 or whatever the heck it is :)o ) mark.
Did that make any sense? Someone please say it more eloquently for me.
 
No I understand. Mostly I was trying to figure out if It was a raffle (seeing as how they aren't posting the results until a couple days after) or not. Hope I didn't sound too idiotic, the prospect of a free 20" iMac, 10 iPods, and a $10,000 iTunes card was interfering with my ability to process information in a logical manner.
 
Kingsly said:
No I understand. Mostly I was trying to figure out if It was a raffle (seeing as how they aren't posting the results until a couple days after) or not. Hope I didn't sound too idiotic, the prospect of a free 20" iMac, 10 iPods, and a $10,000 iTunes card was interfering with my ability to process information in a logical manner.
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Haha, no, totally fine. Interfered with my ability to... talk and explain basic math concepts. :rolleyes: Like, pre-alg basic.
Whoa, if you won that you'd have the whole little Mac Intel line! :eek: Well, that's only if you purchased a 17" iMac with the either lower level or higher level MBP. (whatever type you're getting, congrats by the way):cool: :rolleyes: ;)
 
Do the free entries enter you in the 100,000 prize, or the 1 billion prize?

So, if I enter a free entry, it is like I bought a song (as far as the contest is concerned)?
 
EricNau said:
Do the free entries enter you in the 100,000 prize, or the 1 billion prize?

So, if I enter a free entry, it is like I bought a song (as far as the contest is concerned)?
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No, they don't count.
 
wow, not too many more songs to go! I wish i won, but what is the chace, like 1 in 3 million?
 
The problem with big prizes like this is the IRS is going to tax you on it.
So you win something you didn't really need and then end up paying taxes on it. Eep.
 
Glenn Wolsey said:
That sucks, I really wanted to use the voucher to buy Lost Season 2. I guess i can get a few episodes of that and save some of the credit for tracks.
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video purchases probably don't count to the 1billionth song, but if you win the prize you can probably buy anything you want in itunes with the 10,000 credit.
 
$10000?

thats it?

10 iPods?

i need at least 20.... pfft

move along:rolleyes:

While everyone is getting mad at the comment i sneak in to take the win! Buy! Buy! Buy!
 
I've been using the free entry the last few days and it's gotten way busy. I get "Page cannot be found" a lot when entering, the image verification graphic doesn't show up half the time.

I can't imagine how many people are trying to enter... let alone, all of the purchases from iTunes.
 
chillywilly said:
I've been using the free entry the last few days and it's gotten way busy. I get "Page cannot be found" a lot when entering, the image verification graphic doesn't show up half the time.

I can't imagine how many people are trying to enter... let alone, all of the purchases from iTunes.
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me too. i wonder if they've given out any prizes yet
 
chillywilly said:
If it's like previous contests they've run, the prize delivery is about 3-4 weeks out.
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but will they email the winners soon? i thought i read in the rules that they will email the winners within 3 days, i thought
 
10 ipods?

Why would they give you 10 ipods? Its cool but I'd rather cash than having to sell off 10 ipods.
 
I'm sure my chances to win could be better if I had the time to enter 25 times a day. As it is, it's hard enough trying to enter 3-4 times a day.

I'm curious if anyone's been notified they are a winner as well.
 
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