Win a $400 New Egg Gift Card or an Eee PC

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Sucky contest, only usa. start catering to the rest of the world.
 

NoCaDrummer

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Wow! I was so excited until I read that I had to use IE8. Keep the money - it's far too little to compensate me for the headaches and heartaches.
 

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Great contest! But, hmm... Why is there no confirmation at the end? Just click the DL link at the end and that's it? Nothing that says, "Thanks for entering!" or "You've been entered into the contest!" or anything like that? Odd... Oh well. I hope I'm in...
 

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[citation][nom]RazberyBandit[/nom]Great contest! But, hmm... Why is there no confirmation at the end? Just click the DL link at the end and that's it? Nothing that says, "Thanks for entering!" or "You've been entered into the contest!" or anything like that? Odd... Oh well. I hope I'm in...[/citation]
You've just given your soul

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curnel_D

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[citation][nom]RazberyBandit[/nom]Great contest! But, hmm... Why is there no confirmation at the end? Just click the DL link at the end and that's it? Nothing that says, "Thanks for entering!" or "You've been entered into the contest!" or anything like that? Odd... Oh well. I hope I'm in...[/citation]
Ditto.

But seriously, why make me download IE8 to enter the contest if I'm already using IE8?
 

seboj

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Sounds like Microsoft paid the site to host this "contest" involving downloading IE8, in an attempt to increase IE marketshare even further.
 

stradric

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IE8 crashed on me no less than 4 times while trying to enter that contest. It just closed. No error. No nothing. What a piece of crap!
 

squatchman

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[citation][nom]deuce271[/nom]Way to sell out Toms![/citation]

Seriously?

Maybe you haven't been paying attention the last two years. This place sold out long before this.
 

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Wow, Tom's is hosting a way to possibly win a $400 newegg gift card or a netbook and your complaining because all you have to do is use IE8 for a few minutes, or until it crashes I suppose.

Tom's didn't sell out, if they did they would be endorsing IE8 not giving you a link to a contest.
 

jerther

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[citation][nom]The_Blood_Raven[/nom]Wow, Tom's is hosting a way to possibly win a $400 newegg gift card or a netbook and your complaining because all you have to do is use IE8 for a few minutes, or until it crashes I suppose.Tom's didn't sell out, if they did they would be endorsing IE8 not giving you a link to a contest.[/citation]
in fact, the whole contest targetted by the link you talk about is hosted on tomshardware.com ... does that ring a bell?
 

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[citation][nom]seboj[/nom]Sounds like Microsoft paid the site to host this "contest" involving downloading IE8, in an attempt to increase IE marketshare even further.[/citation]
Another victory for captain obvious :D
 

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it didn't even seem like they care if you install it... i didn't see anything anywhere stating you actually had to install ie8... jane? is this accurate?
 
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