You’ve probably all hear me rave about Freebiejeebies and the huge array of free stuff that I have received from them over the last three years. Well, six months ago they went one step better and offered users the chance to win one of three fantastic cash prizes.

The winners were drawn on Saturday, 26th February and I won the third prize of £1,000.  Look, it’s me, Steve Elliott!

In keeping with their amazing customer service, I’ve already received the money by same day bank transfer.  Massive thanks to the co-owners, Richard and Alex, you’ve made my year!

Steve

I’ve frequented the eXceem forums under the user name FurbtasticM for nigh on four years and owe a great deal of my freebie success to the community there.

I’ve run several competitions along the way to say thanks and have given away everything from lottery tickets to a Sony PS3 console bundle.

This time I’m back with a completely new and different format.

I’m hoping there are no teething problems but please feel free to comment with any queries or suggestions.  If the competition turns out well, then it may evolve into a regular monthly feature.

Entry Requirements

Nothing too onerous, just a bit of link lurve required!

• Starts 9th September and closes 8th October 2010.
• The competition is open to anyone who has been a member of eXceem for at least 30 days and has made 20 or more meaningful posts.
• Entrants must add the following link to their website, Facebook page or forum signature: Unboxing My Free Apple iPad
• HTML: <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asF7P3KFegs”>Unboxing My Free Apple iPad</a>
• Once you have added/posted the link, please add a comment to this thread to show me where to find it. By doing so, you will also get a backlink of your own into the process!
• Each new, genuine, unique link gives you one entry slot.
• Links from social media sites will not be eligible, with the exception of Facebook.

The target link is a YouTube video; there is no obligation to do so but please feel free to rate it or comment.

The Prize

• A winner will be chosen totally at random, everyone has the same chance to get lucky.
• The minimum prize is 6 greens, worth £102 in cash or £120 if you chose a free gift.
• Additional greens will be awarded for noteworthy links:
  • PR0 or N/A – 0 extra
  • Facbook/Forum signature – 1 extra
  • PR1 – 2 extra
  • PR2 – 3 extra
  • ..and so on…
• If the link is placed within a week of the end date, then I will use my discretion to pro-rata the prize to reflect the length of time the winner’s link has been live.  I clearly don’t want everyone waiting until the very last moment.

The Rules

• I’m going to keep things simple and wont bombard you with a list of rules. What I don’t want to see is people trying to manipulate links, making them “no follow” or anything else that is against the spirit of the competition.

Good luck!

Furbs

***Competition Now Closed ***

At close of play at midnight on 26th November 2010,  I had 2,488 followers.  Not quite the 2,500 needed to get the 250GB Xbox 360 and a number had clearly come from other means.  However, I hope you’ll agree that the entry level Xbox 360 model worth £149.99 ($199) is still an amazing prize.

The winner was chosen at random using Random.org and a date/time stamped screenshot is attached here.   Number 18 in entry list is….  James Munn – @MixboiSmoov

James took the cash alternative, proof pictures http://twitpic.com/3arm76 and http://twitpic.com/3as1y2

Thanks again to everyone who entered and retweeed

Steve

***Competition Now Closed ***

It’s been a good while since I ran my hugely successful PS3 competition and the time has come to give you the chance to get your hands on its rival, the Kinect ready Xbox 360 console.

The competition is totally free to enter, all you have to do is:

1. Follow me @Gadgets4nowt on Twitter.
2. Tell everyone that you just entered; Tweet the following text: – “I’ve entered @Gadgets4nowt contest to win an #Xbox 360. Visit http://bit.ly/bLxqWS and retweet”.
3. Come back here and leave a comment to confirm you’ve completed steps 1 and 2. Leave your Twitter @ username in the URL field of the comment box or body of the comment itself so that I can track that.

If you don’t follow me, or change the Tweet in any way, then you wont be entered!

All successful entrants will be added to my Twitter Xbox 360 Competition List so you’ll be able to track progress.

What about the size of the prize?

1. The basic prize is the entry level Xbox 360 model worth £149.99 ($225).
2. I currently have a modest 932 Twitter followers (as at 4th September 2010). If you lovely people can boost my follower numbers over 2,500, then I will push the boat out and give away the 250GB Xbox 360 current selling for £199.99 ($300).

It’s all in your hands!

The competition starts today and will end on 26th November 2010, just in time for Xmas!

A winner will be chosen by reference to the UK National Lottery main draw results on 27th November 2010; as with my previous successful competitions, that will ensure a public and totally transparent result.

I look forward to reading all your tweets and posts as the contest gets rolling. Just think, the free Xbox 360 could be yours!

Steve

PS: I’m not going to hit you with a barrage of terms and conditions, none of us like all the small print. Suffice it to say that anyone trying to manipulate the result by multi entries or other illicit means will be disqualified. The only other thing that springs to mind that I will offer a cash alternative if the prize can’t be shipped in your territory/region.

PPS: Don’t worry if your comment doesn’t show up immediately, I moderate them all to try and keep spam at bay!

Our favourite UK incentive site FreebieJeebies gave away a Ford Fiesta car in 2009 and they have just announced another fantastic giveaway for 2010.

Available Worldwide, their latest competition starts at 00:00 on 20 August 2010 (GMT) and will end at 23:59 on 17 February 2011 (GMT). The winner will receive £5,000 ($8,000) cash, second place will receive £2,000 ($3,200) cash and third place will receive £1,000 ($1,600) cash!

What’s even more amazing is that you also have the opportunity to grab a free iPhone 4, free iPad and lots of other fantastic free gifts.

Here’s what you have to do:

1. Sign-up and create your account with FreebieJeebies.
2. Try one of their sponsored, totally free trial offers with high-street companies such as LOVEFiLM (recommended UK offer) or Equifax (for USA/Canada) or LittleBidTasy and Intuit (Worldwide), to name but a few.
3. Head over to the “cash competition” section/tab on your FreebieJeebies account and follow the simple, user-friendly instructions. All you need is one referral to FreebieJeebies to qualify.

Someone is going to get a lot richer, it could be you, don’t miss out!

Steve

My PS3 Slim competition has finished and the results are in!

Congratulations to @ozzlo33 – you’ve won yourself a free PS3 Slim, or cash/voucher equivalent if that suits you better.  Check your direct messages!

A huge thanks to everyone who entered,  posted comments, Tweeted and Re-Tweeted, I’ve got over 600 new followers of @Gadgets4nowt and that takes the total over 1,000.

Have a great Christmas and prosperous 2010.

Steve

Final Update: 20th December 2009 – The results are in,  take a look here to find out if you are the lucky winner!

You may have already heard that I’ve been a huge gaming fan ever since my folks gave me my first Sinclair ZX81.  The ZX Spectrum was soon to follow and memories of Manic Miner have stayed with me twenty years on.

The first leap in technology I saw was the original PlayStation and Sony have gone on to set the trend for gamers through to the PS3 Slim, which is sure to be one of 2009′s hottest gadgets.

Another of my loves is the festive season and that got me thinking…why not run a contest to give away a PS3 Slim for Christmas and combine that with my latest discovery…. Twitter!

Okay…. so here are the big questions.  What are you willing to do to get your hands on a free PS3 Slim in time for Christmas?…and will enough of you be prepared to do that and make me bump the prize up from the 120GB version to a 250GB monster?

Never fear, I’ve kept things easy and the contest is totally free to enter, simply:

1. Follow me @Gadgets4nowt on Twitter.
2. Tell everyone that you just entered; Tweet the following text: – “I’ve entered @Gadgets4nowt contest to win a free #PS3 Slim. Visit http://bit.ly/3tBIHn and retweet.”
3. Come back here and leave a comment to confirm you’ve done so.  Leave your Twitter @ username in the URL field of the comment box or body of the comment itself so that I can track that please.

Everyone that enters will be added to my Twitter Contest List so you’ll be able to track progress.

***Update*** Twitter lists are limited to 500 members and we’ve just hit that today, 8th December – new entrants are on this Second Twitter List !

What about the size of the prize?……Well, I currently have a modest 397 followers but if you lovely people can boost that to over 5,000, I will up the prize to the 250GB version PS3 Slim.  It’s in your hands!

The contest starts today and will end on Wednesday 16th December 2009.  A winner will be chosen by reference to the UK National Lottery main draw results on 19th December 2009; as with my previous successful competitions, that will ensure a public and totally transparent result.

For the cynics and sceptics out there who wonder if this is genuine, take a look at my previous competitions and the fantatic prizes that I’ve given away.

I look forward to reading all your tweets and posts as the contest gets rolling.  Who knows – the PS3 Slim could be yours!

Steve

PS:  I’m not going to hit you with a barrage of terms and conditions, none of us like all the small print.  Suffice it to say that anyone trying to manipulate the result by multi entries or other illicit means will be disqualified.  The only other thing that springs to mind that I will offer a cash alternative if the prize can’t be shipped or goes out stock.  At current prices, that would be £240 for the 120GB.

Update:  18th December 2009 – Choosing the winner

I’ve been through my Twitter comp lists and extracted everyone who appears to have entered, then allocated a unique number to each, as you can see from this entrants spreadsheet (Right Click>Save As…).

The first lottery ball out will determine which group the winner will be picked form, the second ball will confirm the winner.

If for any reason the person chosen has not adhered to the few simple comp rules, then I will move on to the very next highest number.

Good luck and thanks for taking part.

Steve

The draw has been made and the winner of our free iPhone 3GS is…..

Neil Pearson from Maidstone in Kent, congratulations!

I’ll hopefully have some proof pictures to post soon.

A huge thanks to everyone who entered.

Steve

Entries on my competition to win a free iPhone 3GS   closed at 12.00 midnight on 24th September so I am happy to confirm the correct answer:

 A:  “Apples were brought to North America with colonists in the 1600s”

Look under “History” – Apple – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 A huge thanks to all 12,279 of you who entered, the winner will be announced on 27th September.  Good luck!

We announced Gadgets4nowt’s fourth competition a while back and updated that once they had the prize to hand, a free iPhone 3GS!

They are now pushing the boat out even further with some additional iPhone 3GS accessories worth around £50 to compliment the iPhone.

Entry requirements for the iPhone itself remain the same, just answer the one simple question as always. However, to qualify for the iPhone 3GS accessories, you will need to:

• > Provide a link back to the competition page from your own site/blog/Twitter page/social bookmark prior to the closing date, and;
• > Post a comment here, in response to this post, showing where that link has been placed (which means you also get a reciprocal link – win win!)

There is an element of good faith involved in as much that I wont be able to check all links or how long those are up for.  I am trusting you guys to be fair!

Here are the accessories that you stand to win in addition to the iPhone 3GS.  Just click on the images to take you to the relevant Amazon pages for full details:

Case-Mate Signature Carbon Fibre Leather Case

FoneM8 – Car Carger for iPhone 3GS

Screen/LCD Scratch Protector (Pack of 12)

Good luck once again!

Steve

The competition deadline is still some way off but Gadgets4nowt wont be taking any chances on iPhone stock.

An iPhone 3GS has already been secured and arrived with them this morning (as you can see from the date on the news headline if you expand the image!).

Click on the image to go enter for your chance to win the free iPhone 3GS!