Stratton Lift Ticket Giveaway

[Geoff]

thanks Gabriel


please note:
Geoff: 0
Tequiladoug: 1

:-D

I got a free Stratton ticket. That's gotta be worth somethin'...

 

[Tyrolean_skier]

I scored one as well. Plan on using it when my son competes there.

 

[abc]

Hi all.

Glad to see you're having fun with the contest! We're happy to be giving away tickets again.

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.

So there's a question earlier which is also in my mind. Do we have to bring the phone to the window? What if we change phones between the time we won and the time we want to use it? What if I drop the phone into the bathtub by accidnt and lost the txt message?

Can we simply write down the winning code and show it at the window? It's a unique code, right? And it's one phone, one code anyway, no possibility of duplicates...

 

[Eski]

So there's a question earlier which is also in my mind. Do we have to bring the phone to the window? What if we change phones between the time we won and the time we want to use it? What if I drop the phone into the bathtub by accidnt and lost the txt message?

Can we simply write down the winning code and show it at the window? It's a unique code, right? And it's one phone, one code anyway, no possibility of duplicates...

I actually plan on switching my cell service provider before I cash in on the bonus ticket and I'm pretty sure that I will lose the contents of my text messages

 

[tequiladoug]

I am a winnar!

 

[Glenn]

So there's a question earlier which is also in my mind. Do we have to bring the phone to the window? What if we change phones between the time we won and the time we want to use it? What if I drop the phone into the bathtub by accidnt and lost the txt message?

Can we simply write down the winning code and show it at the window? It's a unique code, right? And it's one phone, one code anyway, no possibility of duplicates...

There's a box on the website that allows you to have the winning text resent to you. I already tested it out. So if the text disapears, just resend it the night before you leave so it's on the top of the message list on your phone.

 

[o3jeff]

Hey all,

The "once per day" requirement is intended to function in the "calendar day" sense. In other words, if you entered last night at 11:00pm, then you should be able to enter again now without waiting until 11 tonight. (Note: this is all Eastern Time.)

You sure? I tried last night and now this morning it says I already entered today. It must really not want to give me to go skiing there.

 

[SkiDork]

None of those factors will disqualify you. Keep trying! I'd send you the "secret always-a-winner text keyword"... if there were one.

FYI: I don't handle the legal details, but I don't think we're even allowed to design the system to "pre-qualify" winners based on whether they've visited before.

Although it makes me wish I'd put a joke checkbox on the contest site:

Are you awesome? (NOTE: only awesome people may enter)
[x] Yes, indeed! (required)
[ ] No, sadly.

This is possibly the reason I'm not a lawyer.

FWIW, I live on Long Island and have a 516 area code (Nassau County) with Verizon as a provider. I won on my 1st try.

Gabriel - we're planning on visiting on 1/25. Thanks for the tix

 

[gmcunni]

There's a box on the website that allows you to have the winning text resent to you. I already tested it out. So if the text disapears, just resend it the night before you leave so it's on the top of the message list on your phone.

i checked this also but it didn't look like it would work if you had a new phone number, i got the impression the code was linked to the original winning phone number.

 

[abc]

i checked this also but it didn't look like it would work if you had a new phone number, i got the impression the code was linked to the original winning phone number.

Not to mention having to pay for another txt msg.

Anyway, if the code is unique, it should be accepted as is, with or without the phone.

Now, just imaging what the Stratton ticket window is like on a weekend, with hundreds of free ticket winners handing their phone through that little window, and the clerk in there checking the phone number that matches code. I'm not sure I want to wait for hours to redeem that "free ticket". Never mind it's going to drive the paying customers fluming mad!!!

I'm going to give them at least a couple weekends to work out the kink before going there myself...

 

[bvibert]

Using the phones is an interesting idea for sure. I'm not sure how well it's going to work out with people handing their phones over at the window. I can see why they're limiting it to txt messages. In the past they used email, the problem being that it's too easy to get multiple email addresses, so many people were abusing the system (some even flaunted it on here). Since most people only have one cell phone they're much more likely to prevent people from winning multiple tickets.

I think they should allow people to write down the unique code and present that at the window instead of their cell phone. It's still unique to that person, so I don't see why it matters if they have it on the phone or a piece of paper

 

[SkiDork]

last year we went to the inside window, very hassle free and mellow. Prolly do that again this year

 

[WWF-VT]

Won a free ticket past two years and never went to Stratton , not going to even try this year

 

[RootDKJ]

I'm still sucking wind on this. I was just on with Sprint support and they claim that text messaging is working fine for my account. I don't get the "you won" or "you lost" messages.

Gabriel - help!

 

[SkiDork]

I'm still sucking wind on this. I was just on with Sprint support and they claim that text messaging is working fine for my account. I don't get the "you won" or "you lost" messages.

Gabriel - help!

you can test text messaging to your phone by following the "How do I send a text message to a Sprint or Nextel phone from my email account?" instructions here:

http://support.sprint.com/doc/sp11097.xml#6

 

[pepperdawg]

Not to mention having to pay for another txt msg.

??? Whats a text message cost? - like .05? .....to get a $80+ lift ticket? Some people never happy.

 

[SkiDork]

??? Whats a text message cost? - like .05? .....to get a $80+ lift ticket? Some people never happy.

25 cents for me. But I won on the 1st try.

 

[RootDKJ]

??? Whats a text message cost? - like .05? .....to get a $80+ lift ticket? Some people never happy.

free for me!

you can test text messaging to your phone by following the "How do I send a text message to a Sprint or Nextel phone from my email account?" instructions here:

http://support.sprint.com/doc/sp11097.xml#6

yup, get them fine from everyone else, just not Stratton

 

[Maksim]

I'm still sucking wind on this. I was just on with Sprint support and they claim that text messaging is working fine for my account. I don't get the "you won" or "you lost" messages.

Gabriel - help!

Try turning your phone off then back on. My sprint Treo 700p would hold messages for a bit, would not get them for a day or two. Restart the phone and it should retrieve them.

 

[RootDKJ]

Try turning your phone off then back on. My sprint Treo 700p would hold messages for a bit, would not get them for a day or two. Restart the phone and it should retrieve them.

I pulled the battery while on the Sprint support but will try that anyway