tequiladoug
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:sad:
"sorry, you didnt win"
"sorry, you didnt win"
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Stratton Lift Ticket Giveaway
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at the very least, it should be a weekly ritual ... be diverse, load that quiver! :wink:
Maksim
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If it is some time of random program...can be like teh slots...
there is a certain percent they have to pay out (give out tickets) in a time period.... If they are too stingy in the day, by night time, to keep it legit, has to loosen up.
Or since this program just came out.... and spreading like wildfire, will be tougher to get new tickets.
If they give out 10k a day, and at first, only 10k know about it... it works, but if that 10k tell another 10, now you have 100k competing for the same 10k tickets.
there is a certain percent they have to pay out (give out tickets) in a time period.... If they are too stingy in the day, by night time, to keep it legit, has to loosen up.
Or since this program just came out.... and spreading like wildfire, will be tougher to get new tickets.
If they give out 10k a day, and at first, only 10k know about it... it works, but if that 10k tell another 10, now you have 100k competing for the same 10k tickets.
gmcunni
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fwiw:
official rules state odds of winnnig 1:15
stratton news says snowmaking began today, opening day planned for 11/26
official rules state odds of winnnig 1:15
stratton news says snowmaking began today, opening day planned for 11/26
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I love it! You truly are a gaper...
WJenness
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You should make it a long weekend, and hit K too... Go for the trifecta of ridicule!
-w
PA Ridge Racer
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I definitely wouldn't mind doing a Stratton / Magic trip. This may give me a chance to finally try Magic. Probably would want to head up mid-week. I've only skied Strat mid-week and it was pretty dead...I loved it.
Stratton/Magic might be a shock to the system. I dont think you can find two areas that are more opposite in evey imaginable way.
But you owe it to yourself to ski magic at least once in this lifetime, especially after a good storm. Nothing like it south of the mad river valley.
severine
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Maybe you should stick with the windpants...I'm gonna shred the gnar in their dope terrain parks.
holla back girl.....
severine
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Beetlenut
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Ya lookin' fur a fight??!!!
Ooo, a fur fight! Can I watch?
hardline
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i did one for every friend i had last night. not one of them didn't win. root did you get yours yet?
G
Gabriel
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Long post from Stratton Marketingland....
Hi all.
Glad to see you're having fun with the contest! We're happy to be giving away tickets again.
Even despite the national economic uncertainty these days, the "top brass" here at Stratton didn't hesitate to green light this. We keep waiting for them to at least bat an eyelash when we ask if we can give away another 10,000 tickets each year, but the answer is always "Hey, if it attracts lots of people who are new to the mountain, then do it."
We might not have the vertical of a western mountain, but good luck finding a snowmaking and grooming team with more confidence or experience. So having some "free samples" floating around out there doesn't scare them in the least. :wink:
Blah blah, enough PR speak (not my specialty anyway).
So, some specific points about this year's contest:
1. RE: Winning more than once
According to the official rules, more than one winning entry by the same person technically disqualifies you from redeeming any prizes at all. You will be asked to show ID, and the winning text message when you arrive to claim your prize.
But rules aside, and more to the real point: please don't drain the system of tickets. Sure, the "bring your ID to the window" rule helps prevent duplicate redemption, but it doesn't stop ticket codes from being burned up in the contest system.
In other words, if you game your way into getting two codes, you're only taking away someone else's free lift ticket.
2. Opt-in and Permissions
You will only be contacted if you specifically request it. And the phone numbers are just a way of keeping the entries unique, and for texting you if you opt into mobile alerts.
Regardless: no middle-of-dinner phone calls from Stratton!
3. The Ideal Giveaway
Yeah, sorry about that.
Believe it or not, it's actually very hard to give away 10,000 of something. Sure, we could put them all in a basket out front with a "FREE! Take one" sign... but you can imagine the complications there.
Ideally, we'd physically put 10,000 tickets into the hands of 10,000 people who've never visited us, and call it a day. But it's not that simple, and so we have to figure out some way of "throttling" the process so that:
- They don't all disappear overnight
- They don't all go into the hands of a select few people who "game" the system
- A wide variety of people (web users, text users, NYC subway riders, NH magazine readers, VT brochure collectors, whatever) have ample time to find out about the contest in their own way, over the course of more than just a week or so
No system is perfect, and it'll be interesting to see how this year's phone-based system compares to last year's secure-login system.
4. Unique Codes and Showing ID
Same deal this year, except the unique code is on your phone. Once you redeem it, your personal, unique code is "burned" and can't be redeemed again.
5. Survey Answers Affecting Your Chances
Anyone is free to enter, and your answers to the survey questions don't affect your chances. We just like to have some idea of who's playing, who's winning, and who's visiting (age ranges, home state, casual or obsessive skier, etc.)
But, having said that...
If you're already a regular Stratton skier who would have bought a lift ticket anyway, then by all means feel free to enter. But please consider using the "Invite Your Friends" feature on the contest site, and clue in some friends who've never been here before.
Again, anyone is welcome to enter and win, but in an ideal world we'd simply invite 10,000 new (or "lapsed") people to come ski/ride for free.
7. Speaking of Which...
We're just as happy to see a past guest from years ago as a new one.:grin:
8. "Trifecta of Ridicule"
LOL.
9. Midweek Skiing
Weekdays rock; not just at Stratton, but everywhere (Six Flags, anyone?). Not only are tickets very reasonably priced, but so is lodging.
Hi all.
Glad to see you're having fun with the contest! We're happy to be giving away tickets again.
Even despite the national economic uncertainty these days, the "top brass" here at Stratton didn't hesitate to green light this. We keep waiting for them to at least bat an eyelash when we ask if we can give away another 10,000 tickets each year, but the answer is always "Hey, if it attracts lots of people who are new to the mountain, then do it."
We might not have the vertical of a western mountain, but good luck finding a snowmaking and grooming team with more confidence or experience. So having some "free samples" floating around out there doesn't scare them in the least. :wink:
Blah blah, enough PR speak (not my specialty anyway).
So, some specific points about this year's contest:
1. RE: Winning more than once
According to the official rules, more than one winning entry by the same person technically disqualifies you from redeeming any prizes at all. You will be asked to show ID, and the winning text message when you arrive to claim your prize.
But rules aside, and more to the real point: please don't drain the system of tickets. Sure, the "bring your ID to the window" rule helps prevent duplicate redemption, but it doesn't stop ticket codes from being burned up in the contest system.
In other words, if you game your way into getting two codes, you're only taking away someone else's free lift ticket.
2. Opt-in and Permissions
You will only be contacted if you specifically request it. And the phone numbers are just a way of keeping the entries unique, and for texting you if you opt into mobile alerts.
Regardless: no middle-of-dinner phone calls from Stratton!
3. The Ideal Giveaway
Yeah, sorry about that.
Believe it or not, it's actually very hard to give away 10,000 of something. Sure, we could put them all in a basket out front with a "FREE! Take one" sign... but you can imagine the complications there.
Ideally, we'd physically put 10,000 tickets into the hands of 10,000 people who've never visited us, and call it a day. But it's not that simple, and so we have to figure out some way of "throttling" the process so that:
- They don't all disappear overnight
- They don't all go into the hands of a select few people who "game" the system
- A wide variety of people (web users, text users, NYC subway riders, NH magazine readers, VT brochure collectors, whatever) have ample time to find out about the contest in their own way, over the course of more than just a week or so
No system is perfect, and it'll be interesting to see how this year's phone-based system compares to last year's secure-login system.
4. Unique Codes and Showing ID
Same deal this year, except the unique code is on your phone. Once you redeem it, your personal, unique code is "burned" and can't be redeemed again.
5. Survey Answers Affecting Your Chances
Anyone is free to enter, and your answers to the survey questions don't affect your chances. We just like to have some idea of who's playing, who's winning, and who's visiting (age ranges, home state, casual or obsessive skier, etc.)
But, having said that...
If you're already a regular Stratton skier who would have bought a lift ticket anyway, then by all means feel free to enter. But please consider using the "Invite Your Friends" feature on the contest site, and clue in some friends who've never been here before.
Again, anyone is welcome to enter and win, but in an ideal world we'd simply invite 10,000 new (or "lapsed") people to come ski/ride for free.
7. Speaking of Which...
We're just as happy to see a past guest from years ago as a new one.:grin:
8. "Trifecta of Ridicule"
LOL.
9. Midweek Skiing
Weekdays rock; not just at Stratton, but everywhere (Six Flags, anyone?). Not only are tickets very reasonably priced, but so is lodging.
bobbutts
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^^ industry rep^^
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RootDKJ
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nope. I also tried to send my phone mobile alerts from this page on Stratton's website and it didn't work either.
http://store.g8wave.com/Stratton/
I have a AT&T phone somewhere as an emergency backup but I'm always forgetting to charge it (in fact, I don't even know where I left it)
Gabriel - are you able to help?
