I have picked the winners for my secret site giveaway. Before I list the names I wanted to tell you that I had multiple people who did not follow the rules and were therefore disqualified.
- One person entered 23 times in a row using the same email address and then again 14 more times later
- One person entered 36 times in a row using the same email address.
- One person entered 74 times in a row using the same email address.
- One person entered 10 or more times using 10 different email addresses for themselves and then 10 times with 10 different email addresses for their spouse/partner.
Those people were disqualified. Not only did these few people disqualify themselves, they are not welcome to join my new site even if they pay. Cheaters NEVER win! At least not with me! It’s definitely not fair to the 99% of the people to enter correctly and play fair.
My rules are not very different than any standard sweepstakes so if you didn’t follow the rules on my site it is most likely you will not follow it on a big company’s site.
Lots of people entered two times in a row using the same email address so I gave them the benefit of the doubt thinking maybe they thought their entry did not go through the first time because I did not find their entry anywhere else in the list. I deleted one of their entries and let them stay in the drawing.
My rules stated that you could get one entry per person by entering your name and email address in the entry form. I also allowed you to enter for your spouse/partner if you like as long as they had their own email address. You could get a second entry by telling someone about my new site. 99% of the people entering followed those rules.
When you do not follow the rules you get yourself disqualified and you waste your time. We’re back to my original post about how many email addresses you should use to enter a sweepstakes. To the people who did not follow the rules: Do you think that nobody is really looking at the entries just because you don’t see them on the other side of your computer screen? Think again.
The Winners:
From Entry Form Entrants:
- #214 Kim W
- #997 Nancy M
- #1084 Billy L
- #1425 Melissa E
From Entrants who told someone about the giveaway my site:
- #6 Rhonda M
These winners have been notified by email and will receive a one-year membership to my new site. If you did not win and wish to sign up the Charter Membership fee is still in effect. You can join by visiting www.sweetiessecretsweeps.com and following the instructions. I will be having ongoing giveaways throughout the year to giveaway more memberships but the next one will not be until sometime in the Fall.
For the 99% of the people who entered correctly, THANK YOU!
it just goes to show that some people will do anything to try to win, but what they do not realize is they are cheating and cheaters never prosper!
It makes me wonder, do they even have any morals!
Congrats winners! When I can finally get a job I'll join up too(if there is "free money" after tuition payments).
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LizMcBeth
I couldn't wait for the contest.
I signed up for the sweetiesecretsweeps site two days ago and was so happy that I didn't wait.
it is a great site, thank you Wendy.
Lorna Johnson
This scares me because like when we enter blog giveaways, etc how many people do this and don't get caught?!! It makes me mad!!
I am Kim W from PA am I your winner
I'm Rhonda M- a happy winner! Thanks Wendy. I guess those bad eggs missed the first rule of sweeping – read the rules and follow them!I can't wait to start receiving Sweeties Secret Sweeps!
All winners have been notified by email. Kim W, if you were a winner you would have gotten an email yesterday so look for it. However, there could have been more than one Kim W just as there was more than one Rhonda M