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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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Fish-e wrote:
> it would only be fair if you won a GAD er-no.
Well its happened in the past but he entered into the competition and now SR are doing it... :D
Oh Well.... my compaigning for a championships has been answered... not wholely how I wanted but the prize is great!
> it would only be fair if you won a GAD er-no.
Well its happened in the past but he entered into the competition and now SR are doing it... :D
Oh Well.... my compaigning for a championships has been answered... not wholely how I wanted but the prize is great!
wezal wrote:
> you could put a *GIANT* electro-magnet in the shops and then when
> people walk past with iron objects it would drag them into the
> shops.
I like this idea. The super-villain approach to direct marketing.
> you could put a *GIANT* electro-magnet in the shops and then when
> people walk past with iron objects it would drag them into the
> shops.
I like this idea. The super-villain approach to direct marketing.
And for what post?
Hey, Tony. Who won?
er-yes wrote:
> Attract customers? Well then I have said it before and I will say it
> again! have a console championships!
Tony knows who to contact
> and you could have it on a smaller scale in the shops and do times
> etc... it would attract loads of people!
I have typed so much on
> this subject before that if you want any more from this idea then
> have a look at my 'Special Reserve Console Championships' topic a
> few pages back...
HEY! SR ARE GOING TO DO WHAT MY OTHER HALF SUGGESTED!! DOES HE WIN A PRIZE??
:-D
> Attract customers? Well then I have said it before and I will say it
> again! have a console championships!
Tony knows who to contact
> and you could have it on a smaller scale in the shops and do times
> etc... it would attract loads of people!
I have typed so much on
> this subject before that if you want any more from this idea then
> have a look at my 'Special Reserve Console Championships' topic a
> few pages back...
HEY! SR ARE GOING TO DO WHAT MY OTHER HALF SUGGESTED!! DOES HE WIN A PRIZE??
:-D
Have you ever seen the Simpsons Episode where Homer stands outside the bowlin alley with a shotgun and shouts "Bowling get your Bowling here" whilst shooting the shot gun.
You know what I am think dont you. ;)
Well you get a person to stand out side with a gun and shoot in the sky like homer or you could get a guy to stand out side the shop handing out stickers wiv the shops name on it.
Tacky but a sure bet. I dont think there is any thing else.
Maybe substitue the Stickers for condoms mmmmmmm......Think about!
Chris:)
You know what I am think dont you. ;)
Well you get a person to stand out side with a gun and shoot in the sky like homer or you could get a guy to stand out side the shop handing out stickers wiv the shops name on it.
Tacky but a sure bet. I dont think there is any thing else.
Maybe substitue the Stickers for condoms mmmmmmm......Think about!
Chris:)
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