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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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After reading FMs idea of getting people to dress up as Mario or Sonic, perhaps you could do both at once and create a 'fight' between the two to be staged in a mock up boxing ring during the day. This could be advertised in local papers and will hopefully generate media interest for it's strangeness, thereby genrating more public interest in the shop.
OR do a Safeway. Weekly leaflets with your best offers - do something mad to attract custom, i.e. leaflets around the shopping centre - "Maximum of 3 deals per customer" I.e. Three PS2 games for £75 or something like this. Stunts n leaflets - get a MASCOT!!!!!
SPecial Reserve mascot!!! He could hand out the leaflets with the special deals on, and he could be callede "Reddy Rooster" (The rooster). I am sure FM wouldn't mind doing that job.
You need about 6 Roosters.
Rooster suite ah yes.
SPecial Reserve mascot!!! He could hand out the leaflets with the special deals on, and he could be callede "Reddy Rooster" (The rooster). I am sure FM wouldn't mind doing that job.
You need about 6 Roosters.
Rooster suite ah yes.
So Tony, what do you think?
*Tony speaks to his lawers*
"Don't tell me what I can and can't do! Now, here's your GAD Turbonutter"
"Thanks."
SIX DAYS LATER
"Tony Rainbird, you are charged with 748 acts of sexual assault..."
*Tony speaks to his lawers*
"Don't tell me what I can and can't do! Now, here's your GAD Turbonutter"
"Thanks."
SIX DAYS LATER
"Tony Rainbird, you are charged with 748 acts of sexual assault..."
So Tony, what do you think?
*Tony speaks to his lawers*
"Don't tell me what I can and can't do! Now, here's your GAD Turbonutter"
"Thanks."
SIX DAYS LATER
"Tony Rainbird, you are charged with 748 acts of sexual assault..."
*Tony speaks to his lawers*
"Don't tell me what I can and can't do! Now, here's your GAD Turbonutter"
"Thanks."
SIX DAYS LATER
"Tony Rainbird, you are charged with 748 acts of sexual assault..."
11. On receits that you issue with games, make sure you have your address of the store or website and slogan (cheap games, great quality, excellent servcie) at the bottom or on the reverse side of it. Then if buyers drop their receits passers by with a keen eye might spot it and, whilst going to pick it up to put it in a bin, will read what it says etc.
RU Game for a Cube? - Nationwide retail promotion
Everyone entering pays £1.
They get a 5 minute go to set a fast lap time/collect rings/score goals/shoot bad guys on a game/format of SR's choice.
Highest score at the end of 1 month (Nationally) gets a GameCube.
Players can enter as many times as they wish.
The cost of the prize and associated overhead is paid for by the entry fee.
The remaining profit goes to SR, less 20% which goes to FM as a monthly cheque for this astonishing money-making idea.
Everyone entering pays £1.
They get a 5 minute go to set a fast lap time/collect rings/score goals/shoot bad guys on a game/format of SR's choice.
Highest score at the end of 1 month (Nationally) gets a GameCube.
Players can enter as many times as they wish.
The cost of the prize and associated overhead is paid for by the entry fee.
The remaining profit goes to SR, less 20% which goes to FM as a monthly cheque for this astonishing money-making idea.
Was that with the crap worker whom you fired hours before the leaving party?
Grix Thraves wrote:
> A lovely little true story.
Tesco: We want to build a giant
> supermarket. Your shop is in our way, sell it to us.
Shop owners,
> I.E. Me and father: Never!
Tesco: Ah go on.
Us: No.
Tesco: Ah sod
> you then.
*Tesco build supermarket around us. Placing us in prime
> position.*
Us: Hurrah!
*Tesco start selling bicycles to get their own back*
Grix and Co: ....
> A lovely little true story.
Tesco: We want to build a giant
> supermarket. Your shop is in our way, sell it to us.
Shop owners,
> I.E. Me and father: Never!
Tesco: Ah go on.
Us: No.
Tesco: Ah sod
> you then.
*Tesco build supermarket around us. Placing us in prime
> position.*
Us: Hurrah!
*Tesco start selling bicycles to get their own back*
Grix and Co: ....
I remember that Grix!
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