$25 Amazom GC for survey!!!

[loup]

thanks for da hookup

[Buffett]

We need more of these!

[smeakim]

Great Find!!!!!! Thanks

[playdoh]

Weird. WHen I paste the link, it brings me directly to Question 8. Is that suppose to happen?

[Asianguy]

Nice find mysterX!!

[LordPolo]

SWEEEEEEEET. easy an quick. thanks a bunch

[sphiatt]

Dang, Dang, Dang... I NEVER get these in time... I must be the first one NOT to get this! It says:

Thank you for wanting to participate in this study. This study has since been closed. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

Missed it by that much...

[mysterX]

http://survey.mt01.com/ng5/publish/viewer.asp?id=10000160&alias=AHA_Live&s0=10038072 &p0=p5 (http://survey.mt01.com/ng5/publish/viewer.asp?id=10000160&alias=AHA_Live&s0=10038072&p0=p5)

make sure you select the 2nd. bubble

Please use the cut and paste method. DO NOT click on the link. For some reason, I can't delink it.

[This message has been edited by mysterX (edited 07-07-2000).]

[msventre]

Sweet Thanks. http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/smile.gif

[frnkjeng]

thanks, doc..

i hope it goes through..

[TheRealElCheapo]

Thanks! Nice find!

[Fuz]

easy GC. Thanks.

Fuz

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-So I sez to him, getch yer own monkey.

[pennypinch]

Yow! I doubt that one'll go through...

[calng]

Wow! What an easy $25.00 GC

[sgrey]

Thanks! I am saving all my amazon GCs up to get a dvd player!

[steppi]

Has anyone received the Amazon GC yet?

[swatch60]

Thanks mysterX! EASY GC

[JoeJoe]

Has anyone tried to fill out that survey multiple times with different email addresses? If that works, that will be cool!

[AJ]

please please please dont abuse this deal!

[got apex]

I second that, please do not abuse this deal. It would be nice to get this GC.

[2canoe]

HTTP Error 404
All I got was:

404 Not Found

The Web server cannot find the file or script you asked for. Please check the URL to ensure that the path is correct.

Please contact the server's administrator if this problem persists.

I used cut and paste method.

[haven]

Thank you.

[jtown]

still works for me....

are you guys doing this multiple times?

[acharya]

Thanks MysteryX.

[jeepers]

Please, everyone... As tempting as it may be, please do not abuse this deal. Use it once, and be grateful that you got a free 25$ Gc...And then let the next person use it. That way we ALL get to benifit.

JeEpErS!

[jiahau]

I JUST did it......
and I didn't get the survey is closed message, you might want to try again (heck it could be a different survey...)

[Butch]

Hmmm . . . ya know they ARE trying to get REAL information. As a result of trying to take advantage of their $25 gc offer, you're costing them a lot . . . not just in the GC's, but more importantly in the info. They're trying to improve their service, and now they're going to be making changes based on false info. I don't think this is something that should have been taken advantage of.

JMHO
~Butch

[pennypinch]

Butch, you can go suck an egg. *boo hoo hoo, I didn't get my Amazon Gift Certificate, so I'm going to pee on everyone's parade* http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
Are the relatives gone yet?

[Timotheus]

wow. that would be cool if this works. I'm skeptical. $25 is a lot for the time it took.

[Timotheus]

I just checked anand$#@! (sorry, can't type that without cursing). Anyway, it doesn't appear they have gotten a hold of this yet, so (crossing fingers) it may actually work.

Okay people, here's our chance to show we don't abuse things like anand%$#@ losers. Let's let everyone in who can get it.

Tim

[ugly]

nice find

[AJ]

i hope no one gets deals from HERE and posts them on anadtech. that would be awful. thats like treason. I mean if stuff COMES from there, thats cool, but if anyone takes deals that START here, and post there, that is like deal suicide. I realize there are other sites that report from here, and then anandtech gets it, but i hope no one is like, "woohoo, i'm gonna post this on anandtech now so they give me props!".

[pennypinch]

That's funny...I thought I saw a mysterx somewhere else...and I thought it WAS anandpoo. Yes? Or maybe fatwallet...

[DaNewbie]

thanks! Hopefully, I can get some cheap NIC's now.... http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/smile.gif

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The newbie was here.

[Jago215]

I hope you all realize that you are taking advantage of a non-profit organization that works towards improving everyone's health. The results of this survey are used by the American Heart Association(AHA) and it is for medical professionals. I'm not trying to come down on anyone, but I'd like to suggest that you reconsider getting in on this deal. Those of you who know or know of someone with heart disease might understand.

[milksheikh]

Good call Jago215 -- I was about to complete the survey, but your note made me reconsider. Browser window closed...

I strongly recommend others follow suit -- it's like stealing from the Salvation Army...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jago215:
I hope you all realize that you are taking advantage of a non-profit organization that works towards improving everyone's health. The results of this survey are used by the American Heart Association(AHA) and it is for medical professionals. I'm not trying to come down on anyone, but I'd like to suggest that you reconsider getting in on this deal. Those of you who know or know of someone with heart disease might understand.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

[UnEasy-E]

Pennypinch, don't be an an *******. Butch made an intelligent point so you pissed on *him*. Way to go.

I'll take AltaVista for $500 if I can, but leave me out of fleecing the American Heart Association with bogus survey data. It's just plain wrong.

[This message has been edited by UnEasy-E (edited 07-07-2000).]

[Butch]

Pennypinch . . . ya greedy capitalist pig . . . hehe . . . I coulda gotten in on it, but I have a heart . . . HA! . . . Anyway, relatives are still around. They're going to be here for a while.

~Butch

[UnEasy-E]

Whoops, Pennypinch, based on Butch's response you 2 seem to know each other. I didn't understand the context http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/wink.gif Apologies.

I still stand by the other thing.

[got apex]

Suggestion : Delete the post so the link won't spread anymore.

Good find mysterX but I think the others are right. It's not a totally good idea to provide false information to the AHA.

[Butch]

UnEasy-E . . . don't worry about PennyPinch -he's a good friend - he's just the kind of greedy bastard that would fleece the AHA . . . I remember once that he was trying to steal from UNICEF too . . . took the little box RIGHT out of that poor kid's hand at Halloween . . . Just kidding!

~Butch

[pennypinch]

Hearts a way overrated, Butch...makes you all soft and crap. "Oooh, look at the little baby, isn't he cute!" "Oh, the old people, we shouldn't take advantage of them!" "Oh, the poor wife, Fred Lane was beating the bejesus out of her, she shouldn't have shot him dead!" *hmph*...makes me sick really. If you're smart, you'll do what I did and have it removed! http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Uneasy: no thang but a chicken wang. Butch is used to my abuse. Re: above paragraph.

[pennypinch]

As regards UNICEF: FIRST OF ALL, that kid was straight asking for it, mouthing off about "trick or treat" and smack like that, just to get a rise out of me. SECONDLY, that gaggle of monkeys we call the UN couldn't appropriate that money if it's survival depended on it. The money is MUCH more productive in my hands. http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[pgq]

really, think about it. they are PAYING for this survey, and most people who do it know they are. that alone is a swaying factor. Next, it's on the internet. Like everyone just proved, anyone can get to it, so the results are not that accurate to begin with.
and thirdly, just to pour some gasoline http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/wink.gif,
what if some exec from altavista had a heart condition or had a link to the aha on thier webpage? would you stop trying to get money from them?
a deal is a deal is a deal, they know who their contacts are, and if they don't, thats their serious mistake.
Remember when reading this, that I do NOT agree with more than one GC
thanks

[pennypinch]

I have no idea what that last post just said... http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/confused.gif

[DaNewbie]

well, my mom is in the field, so i guess it counts....

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The newbie was here.

[subabonbon]

in hindsight, maybe it was a little wrong. too late now! http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[UnEasy-E]

The AHA is a non-profit, and has limited funds to get information to help fight heart disease. They want info, and have budgeted X amount to gather this information. They may not be able to afford web developers who know how to track sessions, email a unique key, etc. Taking advantage of this is wrong.

AltaVista is a big sophisticated VC-backed startup and should know better. And apparently they do, according to the verbage of the terms of the contest.

I therefore choose to try to loophole AV and not the AHA. http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/wink.gif

[reagancajun]

I think if you submit accurate information, and don't do it several times (as one person wrongly suggested) then the survey can be useful (to a degree).

Meanwhile, the interchange between Pennypinch and Butch is hilarious. http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/smile.gif

Jennifer

[Lil' Wayne]

personally, i like this link better:

nevermind



[This message has been edited by Lil' Wayne (edited 07-07-2000).]

[AJ]

lil wayne...kill that link...remember what happened to MSHOW when the actual link was shown, please, if you WANT to recieve your GC's edit that link....

[Lil' Wayne]

sorry my bad...link edited

[Bandito]

Deal is over.

[loki1]

OK, I am a doctor, do research in the cardiovascular field AND my lab holds an AHA grant - so can I fill in the survey??? Anyone object? http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/wink.gif

OT - I know there are a couple of med students out there in the forum, just to let you know there is actually life after Med school, internship, residency, fellowship, second fellowship ....

[Rettirc]

i tried the "accurate info" route....

Thank you for wanting to participate in this survey. One or more of your responses to
previous questions does not meet the profile required for this study. We appreciate your time and interest.

D'OH!

[CiViC]

I may be skeptical, but i'm almost sure they're not gonna give out all those GC's...i mean, c'mon, they're trying to help heart patients, I doubt they'd take all their allocated money used for helping people and give people about 40 GC's each (I *KNOW* there's people who signed up that many times). Ahhh well...i'd rather see lives saved than a couple free dvd's.

[pgq]

points well taken, lets take the 'liberal' route and only screw big companies. http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/smile.gif
note: most of the above reply is a joke. I wanna give my GC's back if they ever give them to me, or just not honor them. hope this helps.
thank you

[MD2B]

Thanks Loki, thats reassuring to hear--but I'll believe it when i see it!! (i.e. when I get there!)

Civic-good point (and to the others who decided to be honest: the medical profession thanks you). Filling out the survey and getting the GC is fine- after all, they need info and you are providing it. But doing it multiple times is just plain selfish.

...steps off the soapbox...

[spigidygak]

Have some self control people. The AHA is a great organization. After all, hear disease is a huge killer in America. Use some common sense and stop trying to be so greedy.

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[xichlo]

Does anyone get the GC so far???

[Butch]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by pgq:
really, think about it. they are PAYING for this survey, and most people who do it know they are. that alone is a swaying factor. Next, it's on the internet. Like everyone just proved, anyone can get to it, so the results are not that accurate to begin with.
and thirdly, just to pour some gasoline http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/wink.gif,
what if some exec from altavista had a heart condition or had a link to the aha on thier webpage? would you stop trying to get money from them?
a deal is a deal is a deal, they know who their contacts are, and if they don't, thats their serious mistake.
Remember when reading this, that I do NOT agree with more than one GC
thanks<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ummm . . . yeah . . . for once, I agree with PennyPinch . . . (That greedy bastard . . . hehe) What are you saying with this post?

To me, it seems like one is one too many. Sure, it's still probably cheaper for them to have performed an internet survey than to have hired a market research firm to do interviews with members of the AHA on a 1-to-1 basis, but the valuable thing to them is NOT the money . . . it's the information. EVEN if you answer the questions as honestly as YOU can, YOU are not qualified to answer them. If you submitted the survey, then I feel you took part in a tremendous disservice to society. I don't mind fleecing Altavista et al . . . but this is different.

I'm not exactly sure how the compensation system between Amazon.com and the AHA works, but I encourage everyone who receives the GC to NOT redeem it in the hope that the AHA will not be charged.

It's just wrong.
~Butch

PS-PennyPinch . . . yeah, that kid was a little pain in the ass, and he WAS asking for it . . . but shoot . . . I'm pretty sure the UN could have spent the money better than YOU did! I mean, c'mon . . . how does a keg of Red Dog and a year's subscription to Maxim help the poor, starving kids of the world??? . . . (c:

[pgq]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Butch:
[B] Ummm . . . yeah . . . for once, I agree with PennyPinch . . . (That greedy bastard . . . hehe) What are you saying with this post?

dunno http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/wink.gif no one will remember tomorrow anyway

[Timotheus]

History of this deal:

thumpthump..thumpthump...thumpthump....thumpthump.......thump.thump.........thum.p.thum..p......beee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

flatlined!

[CiViC]

Well, I (honestly) hope that they don't give out the GC's...if I know Anandtech'ers, they probably did it 100 times or more, it's not like they have a life or anything. Maybe they should spend some of their free time trying to learn english........

[vadimr]

Hahaha this is so funny, you people always complain about other boards. LOL

[spigidygak]

Naw, just anadtech.

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[CiViC]

Well, all of us like deals, and take advantage of them. But we don't rape them like people at AnandTech.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by vadimr:
Hahaha this is so funny, you people always complain about other boards. LOL<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

[Hrudey]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by vadimr:
Hahaha this is so funny, you people always complain about other boards. LOL<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Umm..who said this guy could talk? take a hint.. haha

[vadimr]

Quite!

[spigidygak]

I thought we pissed you guys off, vladic, or valdmir or whatever the hell you guys call your self.

[DaNewbie]

what? he's still here? http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/eek.gif

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The newbie was here.

[LiL_GAP_cat]

Sweet deal! *i hope my GC'll come!*

[pennypinch]

Yeah, I thought you'd had enough. "Never going to post here again!" And quiet is spelled Q-U-I-E-T. Unless you meant quite...take you and your other usenames and leave.

[AJ]

Leon, can't you ban this fool?....cutting on our board again... he says he doesnt care if he's banned, but yet he COMES BACK....hey, if you dont care, like you say, just DONT come back...