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Posted By Lara Kulpa 7th of October 2007 Birthday Prize Giveaway, ProBlogger Site News 0 Comments

problogger-birthday-bash.jpgPlease pay VERY close attention to this 8 hour special, gang.

We’ve got some travel related stuff to give away, and I can’t stress enough how important it is that you are sure you can and will be able to use the prize if you should win it. Please don’t enter if you’re not going to be able to definitely use the prize, okay? There’s still a lot more coming up, and plenty else for you to win.

Prizes

None of these include airfare or any other necessary travel arrangements.

The subscription to the Home Exchange Site provides you the opportunity to “swap homes” with others on the site located just about anywhere in the world – just like in the movie The Holiday (romance not guaranteed!).

In this giveaway, you are actually REQUIRED to tell us in the comments which prize you’d like (because not everyone can travel to all of the given locations), and if the random number generator happens to choose two people who have chosen the same prize, we will award it to the first person and re-draw for another number.

So leave anything you like in the comments, but include one of the following:

  • HouseSwap
  • FloridaCondo
  • SedonaRetreat
  • PuertoRicoBB

If you’ve already won a prize in the giveaway, you may not win one of the above unless we’ve already said otherwise in that prize post.

This one ends on Saturday October 6 at 8pm (EST – New York, USA).

Update

Winners and sponsors have all been notified by email. Thanks for participating, and keep checking the Birthday Prize Giveaway category for more chances to win!

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Comments
  1. Amphon Luxamimongkolchai says: 10/07/2007 at 2:07 am

    I would like 3 nights stay in FL condo near Walt Disney World

    FloridaCondo

  2. Cathy says: 10/07/2007 at 2:10 am

    I, I mean we, would like 3 nights in Sedona, Arizona. With five children, we really need a peaceful retreat.

  3. Patrick Britton says: 10/07/2007 at 2:15 am

    Trip to Florida? It sure is nice this time of year. :)

  4. Thomas says: 10/07/2007 at 2:16 am

    FloridaCondo

    Random numebers pick me!

  5. Daria says: 10/07/2007 at 2:18 am

    Florida Condo

    I Heart Disney World!!!

    Good Luck everyone!

  6. Dustin Brewer says: 10/07/2007 at 2:22 am

    SedonaRetreat

    Sedona, AZ is beautiful.

  7. MillionDollarJourney says: 10/07/2007 at 2:23 am

    Florida Condo for sure!

  8. Aaress says: 10/07/2007 at 2:25 am

    Awesome Giveaway Darren!

    I’d like to enter for the FloridaCondo!

  9. SpinBee says: 10/07/2007 at 2:27 am

    What a great prize!
    I would LOVE to win:
    FloridaCondo

  10. Chris Jacobson says: 10/07/2007 at 2:27 am

    These are awesome prizes!

    FloridaCondo for me!

  11. Matt says: 10/07/2007 at 2:29 am

    FloridaCondo would be awesome.

  12. tony sheng says: 10/07/2007 at 2:31 am

    cool
    FloridaCondo

  13. Doug McCaughan says: 10/07/2007 at 2:32 am

    I’ve never been to Arizona. Have never taken my wife on a honeymoon. This retreat would be perfect!

    SedonaRetreat

  14. Charles says: 10/07/2007 at 2:33 am

    I’d love to go to disney world!

  15. jdanylko says: 10/07/2007 at 2:34 am

    FloridaCondo definitely!

  16. Nathan says: 10/07/2007 at 2:35 am

    Florida Condo would be fun

  17. MommyCosm says: 10/07/2007 at 2:35 am

    HouseSwap

    No, I’m not crazy. I would never swap my real house. We own a 3 bed/2 ba vacation home in Aruba, with a pool. Not a bad swap!

  18. Eric Grey says: 10/07/2007 at 2:37 am

    SedonaRetreat for sure – my old stomping grounds! You’re doing an awesome thing here, Darren. Gives me lots of good ideas for contests of my own!

    Eric

  19. Time Check says: 10/07/2007 at 2:37 am

    Eh, all four of these prizes are pretty lousy without the accompanying airfare.

    P.S. All of these contests of yours keep closing an hour early. I tried to enter the last one ending Noon EST a few minutes ago. Since the U.S. is on Eastern Daylight Time now, that means the contest should’ve been open until 1pm. Noon EST = 1pm EDT.

    So can I count this entry for the previous contest instead? Thanks!

    Lara Says: “Lousy”? Way harsh, and way untrue. But whatever… no one’s forcing you to enter anything, right? Good thing, huh?

    And no, they’re not closing an hour early. I’m in New York, USA, and given that the time in NY is the time in NY (my deepest apologies for not being overly anal retentive about whether I’m calling it EST or EDT), when the clock on my wall says “12:00” that means it’s either noon or midnight. Regardless, they’re 8 hour competitions, you can check that by the time the entry is posted and the time it closes – that’s all done in Melbourne time, since that’s where Darren’s located.

    And no, I’m sorry, the previous contest winners have already been chosen and notified. Since you’re not interested in any of these “lousy” ones, why not keep your eyes open for the next one?

  20. bob cobb says: 10/07/2007 at 2:37 am

    SedonaRetreat !

  21. Sharon says: 10/07/2007 at 2:42 am

    I would love the Sedona Retreat!

  22. Christine says: 10/07/2007 at 2:43 am

    I’d love a SedonaRetreat

  23. Joey S says: 10/07/2007 at 2:43 am

    SedonaRetreat – I’ve never been to Arizona, but I would love to go :)

  24. The Reviewer says: 10/07/2007 at 2:43 am

    FloridaCondo YES PLEASE I haven’t gone to disneyworld in 1 year to the day from today, I am freaking out!

  25. Kara says: 10/07/2007 at 2:44 am

    FloridaCondo

    Pick, me, pick me!

  26. Penny Nickel says: 10/07/2007 at 2:46 am

    SedonaRetreat please!

  27. Denise aka The Blog Squad says: 10/07/2007 at 2:47 am

    SedonaRetreat!

  28. Mark says: 10/07/2007 at 2:48 am

    I could use the PuertoRicoBB!

    If that’s taken, the SedonaRetreat would be nice :)

  29. Vik Dulat - Making Money the Easy Way says: 10/07/2007 at 2:51 am

    FloridaCondo

    Man I haven’t seen these many giveaways ever!

  30. Thom Allen says: 10/07/2007 at 2:52 am

    3 nights in Sedona, AZ – Retreat and Heal

  31. Mary Jo says: 10/07/2007 at 2:54 am

    Me? Like to travel? I’m a travel blogger, so of course I like to travel!

    FloridaCondo

  32. Mr. Debtbeater says: 10/07/2007 at 2:55 am

    Ooo, SedonaRetreat sounds neat! (oh wait, this isn’t the poetry post…I’ll stop rhyming)

  33. kchealy says: 10/07/2007 at 2:57 am

    I’d love the Sedona Retreat!

  34. Andrei says: 10/07/2007 at 2:58 am

    PuertoRicoBB

    I could use a little Rest &Relaxation. Great contests ProBlogger.net.

  35. Ken M says: 10/07/2007 at 2:59 am

    I would love to go to Arizona. SedonaRetreat sounds awesome.

  36. Joe says: 10/07/2007 at 3:02 am

    SedonaRetreat

  37. Carla says: 10/07/2007 at 3:04 am

    FloridaCondo

  38. CyberStrike says: 10/07/2007 at 3:05 am

    PuertoRicoBB

  39. xensen says: 10/07/2007 at 3:06 am

    SedonaRetreat

  40. Tariq Bamadhaj says: 10/07/2007 at 3:07 am

    FloridaCondo | It sure would be a dream come true if I won the condo stay and finally visit DisneyLand.

  41. Andy Merrett says: 10/07/2007 at 3:10 am

    Wow there’s some negativity going on in the organisation. It’s true that these prizes are very US-centric, which is ironic.

    Given the global nature of the blog, it actually *is* important to ensure that the correct time zone is being stated. Anally retentive? No, just attention to detail, which is legally required when running competitions.

    Lara Says: The only difference between EDT and EST is the time of year. It says in ALL posts that it ends at a specific time in terms of New York, USA.

    In regards to the prizes being US-centric, not much we can do about it when no one offered up a prize in China or Europe or Africa (or any other continent/country). You could always go for the Home Exchange one, as that one’s quite international.

    We also can’t do anything about the fact that the sponsors didn’t offer to pay all travel expenses. If you know someone who wants to donate that, I’ll be happy to update the post.

    As far as negativity goes – I apologize, but I’m quite proud and honored by the sponsors’ offers, as is Darren I’m sure. When the prizes are called “lousy” I feel I have a responsibility to defend them. When I am attacked for making an error in terminology, and accused of mis-running the competitions, I also feel the right to defend.

    What bothers me is that instead of everyone really enjoying this whole thing (and don’t get me wrong, most people are absolutely grateful and wonderful about it) there are people who have felt the need to tear something apart no matter what, and they tend to bring down the whole point in this entire thing… which is to have fun and celebrate 3 years of ProBlogger.

  42. KimH says: 10/07/2007 at 3:13 am

    Oooh! SedonaRetreat please!

    Thanks!

  43. Casey says: 10/07/2007 at 3:14 am

    PuertoRicoBB

    We go to PuertoRico often, this would save us some money!

  44. Edward Mills says: 10/07/2007 at 3:18 am

    SedonaRetreat please!

  45. Rea Maor says: 10/07/2007 at 3:18 am

    As i live in ISRAEL going to the US would be crazy (costs of flights) so i would LOOOVE winning the Puerto Rico one !
    PuertoRicoBB

  46. Bill Lea says: 10/07/2007 at 3:19 am

    FloridaCondo

    Thanks!

  47. Michelle says: 10/07/2007 at 3:19 am

    I recently drove through Sedona, but couldn’t stay more than a few hours. Would love to return for a longer stay. :)

    SedonaRetreat please.

  48. Lenners says: 10/07/2007 at 3:29 am

    FloridaCondo please :]

  49. boyscout says: 10/07/2007 at 3:33 am

    PuertoRicoBB

    Oh, i’d so love to visit Puerto Rico!!!!

  50. boyscout says: 10/07/2007 at 3:35 am

    SedonaRetreat

    i haven’t been to Sedona yet, but would love to visit for the photo opps…

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