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As the adjudicating officer for the retail store extra Gameaday prize(s) I, The Only Tony, hereby declare the official results of this competition.
While the quantity of entries was high the quality was "none too hot" with many "fantasy schemes" often involving females.
I must disallow any general suggestions of games championships as we did these last year and we are running them this year. I would have taken a different view if the ideas for these had been worked up into fully suggestions (with details).
As I am judging this I can hardly award my own "Two Can Play at This" idea the prize - though undoubtedly we will use something similar for an "introduce a friend" incentive.
YH had a good notion about working with schools and Meka came up with "People are Stupid" idea to give safety advice with every game!
Rakuga deserves a mention for persistence and I particularly liked his suggestion of a One Day Sale. IF we decide to do that then he will get a prize. The problem with one day sales is that once people get used to (even) lower prices they are resistant to buying at the normal prices.
Rakuga also suggested giving better directions to the shops.
I liked Namostar's idea of placing addresses of the shops on internet banners. We'll use this so Namostar - you are A WINNER.
The second winner is Fantasy Meister. He made a couple of reasonable suggestions including better promotion of Reddies. But his idea which caught my imagination was to print an 8 digit number on the receipts for people to match with a number on the internet. This gives us the possibility of running Gameaday in the shops. I'm not sure if we will actually use it but it is the best idea (in my view).
A difficult competition which has clearly stretched imaginations to the limit. Thank you for entering.
Congratulations to NAMOSTAR and FANTASY MEISTER and I won't forget Rakuga IF we use the one day sale idea.
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These are the original rules.
The next amazing Special Reserve competition (another one!) is to suggest ideas for attracting people into our Big Club Shops.
The main objective here is to think about the cost effectiveness of your ideas. In order for them to work they need to be, yes you guessed it, low on cost and high on impact.
If you haven't visited all or any of our shops then get yourself down to your local shop and check them out! Visit our Big Club Shops page for further details: http://special.reserve.co.uk/common/shops/shopsindex.php
This competition is open for 1 month and the best ideas that we USE will win a game as part of GAMEADAY. If no ideas are used then I will pick 1 winner that I deem the best.
CLOSING DATE: 27th July 2001 *********MIDNIGHT*********
The challenge has been set. Good luck!
While the quantity of entries was high the quality was "none too hot" with many "fantasy schemes" often involving females.
I must disallow any general suggestions of games championships as we did these last year and we are running them this year. I would have taken a different view if the ideas for these had been worked up into fully suggestions (with details).
As I am judging this I can hardly award my own "Two Can Play at This" idea the prize - though undoubtedly we will use something similar for an "introduce a friend" incentive.
YH had a good notion about working with schools and Meka came up with "People are Stupid" idea to give safety advice with every game!
Rakuga deserves a mention for persistence and I particularly liked his suggestion of a One Day Sale. IF we decide to do that then he will get a prize. The problem with one day sales is that once people get used to (even) lower prices they are resistant to buying at the normal prices.
Rakuga also suggested giving better directions to the shops.
I liked Namostar's idea of placing addresses of the shops on internet banners. We'll use this so Namostar - you are A WINNER.
The second winner is Fantasy Meister. He made a couple of reasonable suggestions including better promotion of Reddies. But his idea which caught my imagination was to print an 8 digit number on the receipts for people to match with a number on the internet. This gives us the possibility of running Gameaday in the shops. I'm not sure if we will actually use it but it is the best idea (in my view).
A difficult competition which has clearly stretched imaginations to the limit. Thank you for entering.
Congratulations to NAMOSTAR and FANTASY MEISTER and I won't forget Rakuga IF we use the one day sale idea.
***********
These are the original rules.
The next amazing Special Reserve competition (another one!) is to suggest ideas for attracting people into our Big Club Shops.
The main objective here is to think about the cost effectiveness of your ideas. In order for them to work they need to be, yes you guessed it, low on cost and high on impact.
If you haven't visited all or any of our shops then get yourself down to your local shop and check them out! Visit our Big Club Shops page for further details: http://special.reserve.co.uk/common/shops/shopsindex.php
This competition is open for 1 month and the best ideas that we USE will win a game as part of GAMEADAY. If no ideas are used then I will pick 1 winner that I deem the best.
CLOSING DATE: 27th July 2001 *********MIDNIGHT*********
The challenge has been set. Good luck!
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SR could also have a little theme tune which is played on the radio in a SR add.That tune could then be played outside the shop so passers by who have already heard the tune on the radio will think, "hay they sell cheap games,i might as well check the store out for bargins."
(you see if they are not paying atention to the ad (or if they are)they will still hear the tune,then if they hear the tune again outside a shop there subconcius bit of there mind will click and they will become intriged to see whats in the shop.)
(you see if they are not paying atention to the ad (or if they are)they will still hear the tune,then if they hear the tune again outside a shop there subconcius bit of there mind will click and they will become intriged to see whats in the shop.)
If this doesent work, do what "Wezal" suggested go around with a staple gun and put up posters preferably next to computer shops.
"I'm poor.I need a game by winning this coppetition.But how could i........YES! Thats given me an idea!"
The staff who are just sitting down doing nothing could dress up in old close and sit near the shop and busk.They could play instuments and sing songs to get money put into the old hat infront of them.
The staff who are just sitting down doing nothing could dress up in old close and sit near the shop and busk.They could play instuments and sing songs to get money put into the old hat infront of them.
See if local computer shops will advertise your shop if you advertise there's, if you know what I mean.
You could also have a fat bloke with with a bell in his hand and a sandwich board on his body who screems out while ringing the bell:
"Her-yee! Here-yee! special reserve discount computer shop very close! Buy a game or give me a fiver to shut me up!"
And on the board it could have a map of the the local streets and where SR is.
"Her-yee! Here-yee! special reserve discount computer shop very close! Buy a game or give me a fiver to shut me up!"
And on the board it could have a map of the the local streets and where SR is.
near every store you could put big posters up.
i.e : Special reseve discount shop!Lowest prices in town!
Your only 2 miles away from a great deal today!
(these could be put on lamp posts or rundown shop windows ans so on)
And when your a mile away you could have:
Special reseve discount shop!Lowest prices in town!
Your getting closer! Only 1 mile away from a great deal today!
And then at 500m,200m and 100m.
i.e : Special reseve discount shop!Lowest prices in town!
Your only 2 miles away from a great deal today!
(these could be put on lamp posts or rundown shop windows ans so on)
And when your a mile away you could have:
Special reseve discount shop!Lowest prices in town!
Your getting closer! Only 1 mile away from a great deal today!
And then at 500m,200m and 100m.
I still think the best idea is to advertise your shops in the "discount mag"!
No,no,no. The best way is to:
1. pinpoint rival computers stores.
2. Then using the internet, find some blue prints to show people how to make petrol bombs.
3. Then in the middle of the night get all the SR staff to dress up in black.
4. Asign each one a store.
5. I Think You Know The Rest!
The Result: If people then want game stuff (and so on) then the only place they can goto is SR.
*evil grin*
1. pinpoint rival computers stores.
2. Then using the internet, find some blue prints to show people how to make petrol bombs.
3. Then in the middle of the night get all the SR staff to dress up in black.
4. Asign each one a store.
5. I Think You Know The Rest!
The Result: If people then want game stuff (and so on) then the only place they can goto is SR.
*evil grin*
...or do what McDonalds and Coca Cola do: disguise yourself as an educational thing.
To whit: find your local games development company (see Yellow Pages under hairy and/or smelly) and get them to lend you a lead programmer, graphic artist or whoever's available and presentable. Next, find local schools (full of young, impressionable minds and ten pound notes) and tell them you're able to run short talks about "real world" programming, computer graphics, careers, general business topics, or whatever turns them on.
Thusly you have a shopful of attentive kids during school hours. What more could you ask? It might even have some genuine educational merit.
To whit: find your local games development company (see Yellow Pages under hairy and/or smelly) and get them to lend you a lead programmer, graphic artist or whoever's available and presentable. Next, find local schools (full of young, impressionable minds and ten pound notes) and tell them you're able to run short talks about "real world" programming, computer graphics, careers, general business topics, or whatever turns them on.
Thusly you have a shopful of attentive kids during school hours. What more could you ask? It might even have some genuine educational merit.
Hire somebody to stand outside of rival computers stores, then when a potential customer is about to enter the store, jump him, push hime into a waiting limo and drive him off to the nearest Special Reserve store and lock him in the basement util he agrees to purchase something.
I think that i would be the perfect enployee for the job because like my tagline says i ahev nothing left to lose, I have also had a criminal record since the age of 5.
I think that i would be the perfect enployee for the job because like my tagline says i ahev nothing left to lose, I have also had a criminal record since the age of 5.
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