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Originally Posted by hardair
What's the procedure for choosing the winner? are you simply going to pick a name out of a hat from those who entered? If so how can anyone be sure that you aren't just stacking the bowl with the names of personal friends or someone you have made a prior arrangement with?, or favoring someone who sent you 400 joins vs someone who sent only 5? Just curious because it's unusual for a couple of relatively small amateur sites to award prizes of this nature and it would be easy to rig for the exposure without an unbiased and non affiliated third party overseeing it and verifying things. Should i win though i'll post a followup confirming it's legit since i know i'm not in on it ;-)
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generally I'd agree with this statement - but knowing jake and allie for several years, i know for a fact in my heart that they will conduct a real draw and this is totally legit.
I know there really is no way to prove it one way or the other - so it really comes down to this. Some people honor thier word - some don't.
Ask yourself this - do they pay and do everything upfront in their affilate program - if the answer is yes - then I'd assume everything is legit. Why would someone with a good rep SUDDENLY change and risk that - you may say for a new car - but realize - a program like jake and allies does in excess of 7 figgures a year. Why would they risk their reputation over something so little as a new car? A smaller program maybe - but seriously - they have one of the largest swinger programs on the net today - top 5 for sure.
also realize most of jake and allies good friends in the industry already HAVE new cars - and nicer than an H3.
Know someone's rep - ask around. I know a LOT of people, and I mean a LOT - in the webmaster community that PERSONALLY know jake and allie. From people that know them I've never heard a bad word against them. That says a lot about character. Everything they have done has been legit.
Personally I don't see any reason to believe this contest is anything other than legit and not fixed.
I believe it's totally legit.