Impossible to win YBW competition

[Eric_the_unready]

http://www.ybw.com/london_boatshow_2004_competitions/ybw.html

Is this competition a scam by YM just to get names & addresses, with no possibility of a prize being awarded?

The boat show competition asked 2 questions
*How many companies are listed in the ybw marine directory?
3,000 5,000 8,000
*In which country is the Amalfi Coast?
Italy Spain France

According to this Directory link from this site there are over 7,000 companies listed in the directory, therefore none of the above 3 options can be the correct answer.








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[ParaHandy]

sugar ... bang goes the hol in italy ...

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[Roberto]

besides

the Amalfi coast must surely be somewhere in the US

they already have many venices, londons, parises to choose from

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[Jacket]

Isn't 8000 over 7000?

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[kimhollamby]

Welcome Eric

No, not a scam. Here's a clue...go for the nearest option (ie the figure that happens to be over 7,000).

We are not well geared for scams; we sit in a very visible building in the middle of London and our address and contact details are liberally scattered throughout the site. The holiday will most certainly be won by a fortunate foursome, I can assure you of that.

Sorry for the confusion over the 7,000/8,000 figure; we ought simply to confess that the directory has the higher number listed now (oops, that did it).

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[Eric_the_unready]

Re: Welcome Eric

> We are not well geared for scams; we sit in a very visible building in the middle > of London and our address and contact details are liberally scattered throughout > the site

That would be near where Robert Maxwell was based then?

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[Strathglass]

Re:LBS

I did notice that error on the web competition and went for 8,000. But the stand at the show had the correct answer in display 8,000.

All set up to confuse us.

Iain



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[kimhollamby]

Re: Welcome Eric

Don't know, to be honest. Never met the man...if I had might have been tempted to teach him that old one about one hand for the boat. But from memory I think his problem was pinching the staff pension fund, not knicking his readers addresses?

Actually forgot to say that you have the full set of opt ins and outs at the foot of the form and we are (heavily) governed by the Data Protection Act.

While I am at it I can assure you that your forum registration will be used for no other purpose than that gathered ie validating you as a user and administrating your account.

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[kimhollamby]

PS

A change has been made to absolutely clarify....

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[whisper]

Re: PS

WHAT !!! YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES HALF WAY THROUGH TO ACCOMMODATE A FEW THICKOs !!!
Ya boo , swiz , fix , how PC is that, oh my god I want to vomit.
All IMHO of course /forums/images/icons/shocked.gif

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[chas]

Don't suppose I will win as I had to say I read ST!

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[kimhollamby]

No not true

It won't handicap your chances in the least...but if you win we will send the press gang round and you'll wake up on a tramp steamer off Cape Horn.

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