Missed out on a chance of a lifetime

Yuhi · 04-30-2012

look what came in the mail... which I've found like 10 days after the due date... Currently suffer from severe depression after reading this...

12 April
Dear Jeremy,
Leica Camera has got very good news for you: you are the lucky winner of the Leica quiz on Facebook. You guess the right amount of lenses.

That means we give you the exclusive opportunity to attent at our event in Berlin on May 10th (including flight, hotel, etc.) and contribute to our blog.

Please get in touch with us ASAP (jean-jacques.viau@leica-camera.com / cc: rene.winklbauer@leica-camera.com) so we can clarify with you all details.

We're looking forward hearing from you soon!

JJ and René
Leica Internet Team

13 April

Hello Jeremy,

you might think this is a scam. But I can totally confirm that I am an actual employee of Leica Camera, how has the authorization to award you with our price - provided you get in touch with us!!!

since we have to arrange all details, we can only give you a deadline unitl monday, april 16th, 9.00 a.m. (GMT).

please, please mail us: jean-jacques.viau@leica-camera.com / cc: rene.winklbauer@leica-camera.com
- you won't regret it [;-)]

rxmd · 04-30-2012

write to them anyway, see what happens.

jippiejee · 04-30-2012

Holy moses...

what made you miss that email?

Yuhi · 04-30-2012

its not an email... they fb messaged me... but since its from a 3rd party sender (not my friend) it went into the "other" tab (which i don't check since most of it is spam)...

Yuhi · 04-30-2012

I did write to them and this was what I got (the prize has since been sent to another person):

Jeremy,

We apologize for the mix-up with the contest and we understand your frustration. We really wanted to have you as a guest! We did try very hard to get in touch with you (we could not send you a direct message as Leica camera at the time, but instead, Rene contacted you from him personal account two different times, we tried to tag you in photos and comments, but possibly due to privacy settings, we could not, and we also tried to contact you through your website, but had no luck that way either).

Thank you for contacting us about this issue and again, we are so sorry that it did not work out!

Sincerely,

Leica Internet Team

rxmd · 04-30-2012

Too bad, really!

Wouldn't call it the chance of a lifetime though.

Nigel Meaby · 04-30-2012

Quite a few spelling mistakes in those messages so I'd be slightly doubtful of the validity. However did you enter a competition? I must have missed that one on the Leica page on Facebook.

jippiejee · 04-30-2012

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Originally Posted by Nigel Meaby

Quite a few spelling mistakes in those messages so I'd be slightly doubtful of the validity.

True. But if really a scam, wouldn't they have pushed it forward again disregarding the deadline?

Yuhi · 04-30-2012

The quiz was real you can find it here. Its was on the official Leica facebook page http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=3&theater

I just mashed a number in and did not care about the rest because i didn't know that i would've won. I was the 2nd person to guessed the correct amount of lens element in the jar. the first person was inactive so they tried their best to contact me but failed... So they gave the prize to the 3rd person who correctly guessed it.

Nigel Meaby · 04-30-2012

Apologies for my skepticism! Wow that's too bad.

Yuhi · 04-30-2012

I understand... but going to Berlin for the potential announcement of the M10 for a student like me would be a chance of a lifetime!

p.s. I really did this >>>

Griffin · 04-30-2012

So how many lenses were in the jar?

Yuhi · 04-30-2012

according to them, its 127

huntjump · 04-30-2012

Sorry to hear this. With all the typos, it sure did look fishy...but hey I don't speak German so what can i say?

Anyway, again sorry about the bad luck

KoNickon · 04-30-2012

The prize was to go to Berlin for an event on May 10? Well, I don't know how much of an attraction that is, really -- unless they're going to give you an M10 also....

tom.w.bn · 04-30-2012

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Originally Posted by KoNickon

The prize was to go to Berlin for an event on May 10? Well, I don't know how much of an attraction that is, really -- unless they're going to give you an M10 also....

You've never been to Berlin, right? Even without a camera gift this trip could be interesting enough if you have some time to explore the cify

andersju · 04-30-2012

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Originally Posted by KoNickon

The prize was to go to Berlin for an event on May 10? Well, I don't know how much of an attraction that is, really -- unless they're going to give you an M10 also....

If you live on the other side of the world, going to Europe (and Berlin, at that - one of the most interesting cities around here) can be Big Thing in itself.

Anyway. That's a bummer, man.

You're not the only one who's been bitten by the "Other" tab. I wasn't even aware of its existence until months after people had sent personal messages that I should have replied to..

karlori · 04-30-2012

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Originally Posted by photomoof

What is the "other tab?"

do tell...

andersju · 04-30-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by photomoof

What is the "other tab?"

If you click on Messages in the left-hand column, a new link, "Other", will appear below "Messages". Or just go here: https://www.facebook.com/messages/other/

This page contains messages sent by non-friends. These messages don't show up as notifications, so if you're not aware of the page, they are easily missed. Which can be annoying!

jippiejee · 04-30-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by andersju

If you click on Messages in the left-hand column, a new link, "Other", will appear below "Messages". Or just go here: https://www.facebook.com/messages/other/

This page contains messages sent by non-friends. These messages don't show up as notifications, so if you're not aware of the page, they are easily missed. Which can be annoying!

I never saw those messages! There's one saying I won us$750,000 dollar. Wow

But that's 2010... should be a little more now taking inflation into account?

Yuhi · 04-30-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by jippiejee

I never saw those messages! There's one saying I won us$750,000 dollar. Wow

But that's 2010... should be a little more now taking inflation into account?

Are you serious?!

Quote:

Originally Posted by coelacanth

So so sorry to hear this. It really is just too bad. Sigh. I'd do

for real too if that happened to me.

I hope this somehow "credit back" in your future "luck usage"...

Yup, I believe in karma and I believe it would probably come back to me in the form of a M10 or a noctilux!

Yuhi · 04-30-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by andersju

If you live on the other side of the world, going to Europe (and Berlin, at that - one of the most interesting cities around here) can be Big Thing in itself.

Anyway. That's a bummer, man.

You're not the only one who's been bitten by the "Other" tab. I wasn't even aware of its existence until months after people had sent personal messages that I should have replied to..

I live in Adelaide, Australia. So a free trip to Germany (on the other side of the world) was awesome by itself! Would have cost an arm and a leg for me to travel to Germany by my own expenses.

And... About the "Other's" tab...

ark8012 · 04-30-2012

BIG sorry to hear this.

jsrockit · 04-30-2012

That sucks... free vacation missed. Sorry to hear that.

carpark · 04-30-2012

Sorry to hear that. I probably would have been sceptical as well.

If you need to find the others tab it is here http://www.facebook.com/messages and I too have found messages from old freinds months after they were sent.