Nanopoint Icy Box Competition

only open to our readers in United Kingdom (sorry to the rest of you).

:(:(:(

that looks like a nifty bit of kit...

only open to our readers in United Kingdom (sorry to the rest of you).

Oh c'mon ! This is Europe you know. I haven't been able to take part in any of the bit-tech competitions for a long time now.

Entermarized.
Do I win yet? :P

Please do a competition that even europe can take part it... or at least croatia :D

My heart almsot skipped a beat when I saw "This competition is open to all bit-tech readers".......... then I read "in the United Kingdom.". FAIL!

agreed w/ all 6 comments.

what about the rest of us sad poor EU lands that never get to compete in these contests?

I think the whole reason is the UK is still angry over how bad they do at Eurovision every year. . .

Originally Posted by logan'srun
agreed w/ all 6 comments.

what about the rest of us sad poor EU lands that never get to compete in these contests?

I think the whole reason is the UK is still angry over how bad they do at Eurovision every year. . .

Yep, That's it.

That's the reason!


Quick - someone do something - he's worked it out!

I was just filling in the email with the obviously right answer, when i noticed UK readers... DAMN!!!!

Entered. Hope I got it right :p

Originally Posted by badders

Yep, That's it.

That's the reason!


Quick - someone do something - he's worked it out!

See!!!!

2006 Teenage Life Daz Sampson 19
2005 Touch My Fire Javine 22
2004 Hold On To Our Love James Fox 16
2003 Cry Baby Jemini 26
2002 Come Back Jessica Garlick 3
2001 No Dream Impossible Lindsay Dracass 15
2000 Dont Play That Song Again Niki French 16
1999 Say it Again Precious 12

Originally Posted by logan'srun
See!!!!

2006 Teenage Life Daz Sampson 19
2005 Touch My Fire Javine 22
2004 Hold On To Our Love James Fox 16
2003 Cry Baby Jemini 26
2002 Come Back Jessica Garlick 3
2001 No Dream Impossible Lindsay Dracass 15
2000 Dont Play That Song Again Niki French 16
1999 Say it Again Precious 12

this cant be, we are much worse! We do not even watch anymore (yes almost whole country that is) There was even a debate to redraw from this whole ridiculously political music propaganda. To bad we didn't .. :|

Oh FFS!!! what the hell! you guys are owned by Dennis Publishing and can't afford to ship some schwagg outside of the UK? Where's that bullsh!t flag, it needs to be raised...

Originally Posted by FeRaL
Oh FFS!!! what the hell! you guys are owned by Dennis Publishing and can't afford to ship some schwagg outside of the UK? Where's that bullsh!t flag, it needs to be raised...

Hi FeRaL

Nanopoint UK is a branch office of Maxpoint GmbH... The reason we do not ship outside of the UK for competition prizes is because previously address have not been found by the delivery drivers and the prizes have turned back up at Nanopoint. We are then stuck in a position on whether to send out the prize again. In some cases a new prize has to be packed and sent because the retail packaging once traveling a fair few hundred miles, even when placed inside another box can get fairly battered... This could become very costly. I hope that you understand.

I feel left out ...again! :(

Entered think i got the right one. Love my Icy box had it for 3 years now probably the best purchase i've made for my pc to be honest.

I can understand the address, but phone as well...

I smell Data protection act.

So are you gonig to mail the winner the case?

What is the criteria of choosing the winner? How the winner is choosen? You have some random email picker?
Thanks

Entered, Good luck to those who have entered.
Word of warning, i've sent it from my Googlemail account, not my Hotmail account i used to join bit-tech from, but i don't see that would cause any issues.

Thanks again for another oppotunity to congratulate someone else for the winnings, heh

Sam

and what is the problem with non existing adresses in europe? surely they exist in UK too. and if you're that worried about the adresses, deliver the prize pot to a local postal office the winner chooses ... what's the problem with that?
i can only see advantages: it would allow me to win this beautiful prize pot

Originally Posted by mystvearn
I can understand the address, but phone as well...

I smell Data protection act.

Phone is required for the courier companies.

I know having done mod of the year and not asked originally :(

Originally Posted by Nathan@Nanopoint
...because previously address have not been found by the delivery drivers...

Sorry we forgot the UK is the only country with a decent postal-system and the rest of the world is stuck in neobarbarism...:|

If you're motherfirm is a GmbH it's probably german...they have been seen with a package and a stamp, you now?

Originally Posted by Nathan@Nanopoint
Hi FeRaL

Nanopoint UK is a branch office of Maxpoint GmbH... The reason we do not ship outside of the UK for competition prizes is because previously address have not been found by the delivery drivers and the prizes have turned back up at Nanopoint. We are then stuck in a position on whether to send out the prize again. In some cases a new prize has to be packed and sent because the retail packaging once traveling a fair few hundred miles, even when placed inside another box can get fairly battered... This could become very costly. I hope that you understand.

First of all, thanks for the competition! The whole thread is too negative, and you are now taking flak for giving out freebies. Rest assured that your effort and investment is very much appreceated ;)

Having said that, you should understand that by joining bit-tech, you have very much joined a global community. While I understand that the support forum is limited to giving support to UK readers, this forum offers you a chance to communicate on a global scale.
It's always frustrating for us non-UK people that 90% of the competitions on bit (bar the Mod of the Month compos) are UK-only, so opening up this competition globally would give you instant brownie points within the whole community as "the company that gets it".

I believe that extra credit should be well worth the shipping and possibly handling cost. I could think of solutions, but so can you, so i'll leave that to you, but i do ask that you reconcider.

Dear all

Thank you for the comments both negative & positive about the way that the competition is being run. I think that for the next competition sponsored by Nanopoint UK maybe we can reach out as far as Europe but only have one chance for delivery, if delivery fails it will be up to the winner to collect the prize from their local depot. However the goods will be returned after a week or so and if this is the case a new winner will be chosen that is UK based.

I'd be more then happy with that! Thanks for reaching out, and responding so well :)

Too bad you cannot go global, but again, it's really not fitting to make demands from somebody who is handing out freebees :)

Originally Posted by Bindibadgi

Quote:

Originally Posted by mystvearn
I can understand the address, but phone as well...

I smell Data protection act.

Phone is required for the courier companies.

I know having done mod of the year and not asked originally :(

How about emailing the winner, please provide your phone number for the courier orde as you have won the competition.

I don't want to be spammed by adds and call centers calling to sell stuff...