Anyone win 100,000 song iTunes iPod?

#1 Tue, 6 Jul 2004 - 15:32 MacNN

Just wondering when they're announcing the winners - I tried my darndest on one of the 100,000 countdowns, and I was just wondering if I'm a loser already because I haven't been notified, or if there's still hope for a new iPod 20GB.

#2 Tue, 6 Jul 2004 - 15:42 MacNN

Yeah, that would be indeed a nice win. *sigh*

-t

#3 Tue, 6 Jul 2004 - 15:44 MacNN

The only problem is that you have to buy more songs from them!

#4 Tue, 6 Jul 2004 - 16:02 MacNN

Nod, it makes you buy more... The other night the counter was at 97,(something) so a waited a bit and clicked buy. Check the counter after the next update 99,(some)

. So I bought another song. Didn't get any notification so I'm guessing I did not win.

#5 Tue, 6 Jul 2004 - 16:18 MacNN

I did; however, I promptly sold it to Dell for $100...

#6 Tue, 6 Jul 2004 - 17:41 MacNN

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Originally posted by gorickey:
I did; however, I promptly sold it to Dell for $100...

haha
too funny!

#7 Tue, 6 Jul 2004 - 19:09 MacNN

The counter seems to increase every +/- 2,000 songs. So, watch that and practice your timing and you might get lucky.

#8 Tue, 6 Jul 2004 - 21:50 MacNN

Spending 99� for a 1 in 100,000 shot at a $400 item is a sucker bet. I seriously doubt that the counter on the main page is all that accurate. Buy songs if you want them, but don't do it in hopes of winning anything.

#9 Wed, 7 Jul 2004 - 00:56 MacNN

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Originally posted by ort888:
Spending 99� for a 1 in 100,000 shot at a $400 item is a sucker bet. I seriously doubt that the counter on the main page is all that accurate. Buy songs if you want them, but don't do it in hopes of winning anything.

Very true. Of course, it's all some good fun, and I'm getting a few songs I've wanted for some time.

However, I still haven't heard (other than the $100 Dell sale comment, which I imagine was sarcasm) if it's happened to anyone... anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

#10 Wed, 7 Jul 2004 - 04:56 MacNN

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thats why they put up the free song downloads.

#11 Wed, 7 Jul 2004 - 18:23 MacNN

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Originally posted by fireside:
thats why they put up the free song downloads.

...which don't count as entries.

#12 Wed, 7 Jul 2004 - 18:50 MacNN

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Originally posted by SupahCoolX:
The counter seems to increase every +/- 2,000 songs. So, watch that and practice your timing and you might get lucky.

Or just buy 100,000 songs!

#13 Wed, 7 Jul 2004 - 18:52 MacNN

There is, of course, no purchase necessary to win. Just read the fine print for the FREE way to enter the contest.

#14 Wed, 7 Jul 2004 - 23:17 MacNN

Instead of giving an actual count, the counter now says "97,000,000+" songs sold.

Edit: They just fixed it.