Posts Tagged ‘IWOOT competition’
Monday, October 25th, 2010
You may remember that last year we had a very successful pumpkin carving competition to celebrate Halloween. Well, shockingly, we’ve decided not to fix something that ain’t broke and do the exact same thing again! We were so impressed by the standard last year that we’re dead excited (Halloween joke-ette) to see what you’ll come up with this time around.
But what are you carving for, exactly? Whoever carves the best pumpkin will be the lucky winner of one of our superb Wand Remote Controls, the perfect thing to make your living room that little bit more magical. Use it to control anything that has a remote control – lights, the telly, your iPod dock, whatever you’ve got.
Here’s a picture of last year’s winner to get you in the mood and give you inspiration:
You can see some more of our favourites from last year by clicking here. We want the most creative, elaborate, scary or interesting pumpkin sculpture you can possibly craft – the standard of last year’s competition was extremely high, and we want to beat it. Once you’ve carved your pumpkin, photograph it and post it on our Facebook page, here.
So get a pumpkin and get carving to be in with a chance of winning! You’ve got until midday on Monday November 1st to post your photographs on our Faceook page.
Tags: amazing pumpkin, carve a pumpkin, iwoot blog, IWOOT competition, pumkin, pumpkin carving, The IWOOT Pumpkin Carving Competition 2010
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Friday, September 24th, 2010
Some things in life are good, while some are, frankly, a bit rubbish. That’s just the way of it. Here at IWOOT, rather than lie to you and say that everything you get in life is super, amazing and just dandy, we thought it was about time we gave everyone a dose of reality. Enter our competition and you could win something wicked, or you could win something totally rubbish – it’s that simple. The real question is: Do You Feel Lucky?
To enter, all you have to do is ‘like’ us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter, and you’ll be in with a chance of winning the one good and one bad prize. The closing date is October 21st. Don’t worry if you’re already liking/following us, you’re already entered automatically. And don’t even think about asking us what the prizes will be – all we’ll say is that the good prize is really good, and the bad prize is really bad. You’ll just have to enter to find out exactly what they are! *Laughs maniacally and contemplates buying a cape*
So what are you waiting for? Get over to our Facebook page or our Twitter feed and get yourselves entered!
Some important Terms and Conditions are below. Ignore them at your peril…
• Closing time for the free prize draw will be at 12:00 noon on Thursday 21st October 2010.
• Two winners will be picked at random from anyone who ‘likes’ I Want One Of Those on Facebook or who follows us on Twitter at the close of entries.
• Anyone who currently ‘likes’ or follows IWOOT will be automatically entered into the competition. It is not necessary to ‘unlike’ or ‘unfollow’ first.
• The winners will be notified by their Twitter or Facebook account within 48 hours of the prize draw
• If the prizes are not claimed within 7 days of notification, another prize winner(s)will be drawn and the original prize winner(s) forfeits the prize
• The prizes will not be revealed until after the prize-draw and are decided by IWOOT.
• No alternative products or cash alternatives available.
• IWOOT’s decision is final and in the event of a dispute, no correspondence will be entered into
• Entry into the free prize draw will be taken as acceptance of the terms and conditions.
• This competition is open to residents of the UK only.
• This prize draw is completely free to enter, no purchase is necessary.
• The prize draw is not open to anyone associated with the promotion, employees of IWOOT, families or agents
Tags: bad prize, competition, do you feel lucky?, good bad prize, IWOOT competition, win
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
The super chaps at Gastro Alfresco have, rather sportingly, furnished us with a whole load of essential BBQ bits and bobs to make sure your summer is as delectable as possible. So that means Pimm’s, crisps, Wine, deli wraps, cheese and more. Here at IWOOT we’re most excited about the Crabbie’s alcoholic ginger beer. In fact, we contemplated keeping it for ourselves and just not mentioning it, but our conscience (also known as the marketing department) kicked in. The long and short of it is that there are 5 Gastro Alfresco boxes to win, each of them worth £50 and ram-jam-packed with tastiness.
Anyway, as you know, BBQs are an essential part of the great British summer, but with the focus being on South Africa all this summer (just because the World Cup’s over doesn’t mean the BBQs should be) we think it’s about time we celebrate the Braai tradition. In fact, National BBQ Week was this year renamed National Braai week to celebrate. Visit the website to get all manner of recipes and tips on how to make the most of your BBQ extravaganza.
Back to the competition – all we need you to do is simply answer the following question and put the answer in an email to marketing@iwantoneofthose.com by July 31st, preferably with the subject heading “BBQ Competition”. So, that question…
What’s the South African term for BBQ?
Be sure to include your name, address and age in your email. Good luck!
Terms & Conditions
• By entering this competition you agree to receive IWOOT’s rather marvelous email newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time.
• There are 5 ultimate BBQ prizes to be one.
• Prize Draw will take place on the 1st August ’10. The 5 lucky winners will be chosen from all of the correct entries and will be notified by email.
• The winners will be notified via the email address submitted on the entry. If a response to this notification is not received within 14 days, IWOOT reserves the right to randomly select another winner. In light of this, please ensure you submit an email address that you use regularly!
• You can enter the competition as many times as you like.
• This competition is completely free to enter, no purchase is necessary.
• Employees of I Want One of Those their immediate families and anyone professionally connected with the promotion are not eligible to enter this competition
• No responsibility will be accepted for entries that are not received.
• There is no cash alternative available.
• The judges’ decision is final.
• This competition is open to UK residents only.
Tags: bbq competition, braai, competition, gastro alfresco, iwoot bbq, iwoot blog, IWOOT competition, national bbq week, national braai week, summer competition, win bbq stuff
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Dads can be unbearably embarrassing, can’t they? Don’t get us wrong; we think that as far as paying for things, free taxis and advice on the birds and the bees, Dads are generally ace. But sometimes, they just happen to turn up at the inopportune moment, play that Lynyrd Skynyrd record too loud in the car or insist on dropping you off at the front door of the house party you’re off to.
With Father’s Day fast approaching, it’s time to celebrate our Dads. We want you to submit your most embarrassing Dad stories by Tuesday 15th June – the most toe-curling ones will win their Dad one of five Gyro Flyer RC Helicopters, which will be delivered to them in time for Father’s Day itself – you don’t have to lift a finger! Even if you’ve already gotten him something (and well done if you have), no present in the world is going to beat the giddy joy of piloting an RC Helicopter. Trust us.
So submit away – we want you to post your Embarrassing Dad Stories on our Facebook wall, where you’ll be able to read everyone else’s as well. Go on – embarrass yourself and do your Dad proud!
Just to get the ball rolling, here’s one such embarrassing story from our very own JimboWoot. His Dad sounds like a legend.
“It was a dark and stormy teenage disco, I was 12 (a most impressionable age) but more importantly, I was late. My father had told me he would collect me at 11pm, and it was now a daring 11.03pm. What would cause me to be so risqué? A girl. of course. Just when I was delivering the world’s best pick-up line (ok, not really, but I was twelve and believed it to be so) a bright illumination of sorts appeared in the middle of the dance floor. My eyes were immediately drawn to the amazing hi-tech pyrotechnics, but my awe was short-lived as I realised that it was, indeed, my Dad. In his stripy pajamas and fluffy slippers, he walked in with a flashlight. Unfortunately for me it was one of those road safety types – with a torch, indicator light and a long beam. He had all of them going off at once!Eventually one of the many social death rays of light found me, and he hollered at the top of his voice “JAMIE! It’s TIME TO GO!”. It took some time for my mates to ever let me live that one down.”
You’ll probably want some Terms and Conditions, won’t you? Well, enjoy…
- Entries may be submitted from 5PM on Thursday 27th May 2010.
- Entries must be submitted by 10AM on Tuesday 15th June 2010.
- Entries must be submitted via our Facebook wall.
- The IWOOT panel of judges will select the 5 fans who they judge to have the most embarrassing dads.
- The winners will each get 1 Gyro Flyer RC Heli sent to their Dad to arrive in time for Father’s Day.
- Prizes are not transferable and IWOOT reserve the right to substitute the prize with one of an equal or greater value.
- The winner will be notified via the email address submitted or via their Facebook address shown on the entry. If a response to this notification is not received by 10AM on Wednesday 16th June, IWOOT reserves the right to randomly select another winner. In light of this, please ensure you submit an email address that you use regularly!
- You can enter the competition as many times as you like as long as you post a different story each time.
- This competition is completely free to enter, no purchase is necessary.
- Employees of I Want One of Those, their immediate families and anyone professionally connected with the promotion are not eligible to enter this competition.
- No responsibility will be accepted for entries that are not received.
- IWOOT reserves the right to disqualify any entrant.
- If anyone is judged to have hacked, cheated or otherwise resorted to skullduggery then they will be disqualified.
- There is no cash alternative available.
- The judges’ decision is final.
- This competition is open to UK residents only.
Tags: embarrassing, embarrassing dad stories, embarrassing stories, Father's Day, father's day competition, gyro flyer, gyro flyer rc helictoper, iwoot blog, IWOOT competition, iwoot father's day competition, iwoot gyro flyer, win a gyro flyer, win a helicopter
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
Easter is but a week away, Chocolate-lovers amongst you, so it’s time for us to bring you our Eggsellent (sorry) new Easter competition!
We’ve all had a moment where the Egg has been well and truly On Our Face, and we want to hear about it. If you fancy winning some super prizes from IWOOT, then all you have to do is submit an embarrassing story on our Facebook page (link) – the more embarrassing the better! We’ve got a pair of Walkie Talkie Watches for the overall winner and 5 runners up prizes of our new Food Face Plates. Make sure you tell us your embarassing story by 10AM on Thursday 1st April to be in with a chance.
To get you in the mood, we’ve had a quick ask around the office to see if anyone has any particularly choice stories to share… turns out they do. Enjoy:
Chris, Customer Services:
“I once, in my other life as a look-alike, was asked to go and audition for a pilot show at Endemol TV. When I got there I found out they didn’t care that I was a look-alike for David Tennant – they wanted me to pretend that I was a look a like for Peter Andre. They asked me to pretend to be him in the ‘Mysterious Girl’ video and do the dance that he did where he rubbed his abs… I did it and they filmed me.”
Kate, Marketing:
“When I was 14 I had a massive crush on Graeme Le Saux (which in itself is embarrassing enough!) I went to a charity event organized by my grandfather and to my excitement Graeme was there in real life! My grandfather took me over to meet him and proceeded to introduce me to my idol.
‘Hi Graeme, I would like you to meet my Granddaughter. I think she is in love with you or something.’
His wife looked less than pleased and I was desperately looking for a hole to crawl into.”
Phew. After all that embarrassment, you’ll probably want some Terms and Conditions, won’t you?
- Entries may be submitted from 11AM on Friday 26th March 2010.
- Entries must be submitted by 10AM on Thursday 1st April 2010.
- Entries must be submitted via our Facebook wall.
- The IWOOT panel of judges will select 1 fan who they judge to have the most egg on their face as well as 5 runners up.
- The winner will receive 1 set of 2 Walkie Talkie Watches and the runners up will each receive a Food Face Plate.
- Prizes are not transferable and IWOOT reserve the right to substitute the prize with one of an equal or greater value.
- The winner will be notified via the email address submitted or via their Facebook address shown on the entry. If a response to this notification is not received by 10AM on Tuesday 6th April, IWOOT reserves the right to randomly select another winner. In light of this, please ensure you submit an email address that you use regularly!
- You can enter the competition as many times as you like as long as you post a different story each time.
This competition is completely free to enter, no purchase is necessary.
- Employees of I Want One of Those their immediate families and anyone professionally connected with the promotion are not eligible to enter this competition.
- No responsibility will be accepted for entries that are not received.
- IWOOT reserves the right to disqualify any entrant.
- If anyone is judged to have hacked, cheated or otherwise resorted to skullduggery then they will be disqualified.
- There is no cash alternative available.
The judges’ decision is final.
- This competition is open to UK residents only.
Tags: easter, easter competition, egg on your face, embarrassing, embarrassing stories, fails, funny stories, iwoot blog, IWOOT competition, iwoot easter theme
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Hope you all had a good weekend, you’l be hearing about ours in due course. First of all, though, it’s time to unveil who got lucky and won themselves an item from our Advent Calendar!
The items were the 6-in-1 Solar Powered Robot (Friday) and the Sound Hat (Saturday), so congratulations go to Tracey Dowell and Daksha Karavadra respectively. Enjoy your early Christmas pressies!
Just to prove we weren’t lying (and why would we?!), here are normal-size pictures of those items so y0u don’t have to squint:
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Keep abreast of all the Advent Calendar products here – enter using the form below the calendar to be in with a chance of winning that day’s item.
Tags: 6-in-1 solar powered robot, advent calendar competition, iwoot advent calendar, IWOOT competition, sound hat
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Did you get it? Or did you require some ’vinspiration’? It was certainly quite a puzzler…
It was, of course, Don’t Break The Bottle – a classic! Congratulations to T. Boyce for being a very clever person and getting it right.
For the record, here’s what the whole thing looks like:
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Don’t forget to keep checking the Advent Calendar every day to be in with a chance of winning the mystery item!
Tags: advent calendar, advent calendar competition, don't break the bottle, iwoot advent calendar, IWOOT competition
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
This week has undoubtedly been the toughest to judge, and we actually feel a bit sorry for some of the stronger entries that haven’t won. In all seriousness – ta a bunch for getting involved and making our Halloween that little bit spookier.
We’re sure you’ll agree, though, that the winning entry is very innovative, great fun and totally in the spirit of the whole competition. So congratulations go to Mark Ritchie for his guillotine entry. Well flipping done Mark!
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The photo quality isn’t terrific, but the idea is so good that we couldn’t resist making it the winner. There’s attention to detail, evidence of huge effort and, binding it all together, the slightly scary idea of pumpkin society evolving so much that they employ a judicial system and operate the death penalty. Lovely.
As we said, there were some superb entries (and a few that were pilfered from Google Image – tut tut!), the best of which are below. Once again, well done everyone, what a great week!
Don’t forget to have a look at this week’s competition – simply tell us the meaning of life in one Tweet. Easy-peasy.
Tags: iPhone, iphone winner, IWOOT competition, iwoot iphone competition
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
After last week’s ‘Things We Didn’t Know’ competition to win an iPhone (it went berserk on Facebook, have a look here), we thought we’d make this week’s challenge (the second in our 10-week run of iPhone giveaways) a little more interactive. The prize is the same, another beautiful, sleek, useful iPhone, but we want you to use some resourcefulness and excercise your creativity. We want you to create a Desktop Sculpture: JennaWoot made an example for the blog here, you can take it as a starting point or go crazy, involve colleagues, pets, general office paraphernalia… you name it. If you can squeeze it into your Sculpture, use it. The most creative, interesting, weird or intriguing will win!
The rules are simple – all you have to do is create your Desktop Sculpture, photograph it and upload it to the photo section of our Facebook fan photo gallery by 10AM on Monday 12th October. Just click on the link, sign in and add your entry to our wall, it’ll automatically go to our fan photo gallery. Easy-peasy! So get cracking folks, that iPhone won’t win itself!
Here’s a picture of the example:
Competition Terms & Conditions:
• Closing Date For this competition is 10AM on Monday 12th October 2009.
• Sadly, you can only enter this competition once. (You can’t fool us, you know!)
• This competition is completely free to enter, no purchase is necessary.
• No cash alternative is available for the prize(s) offered.
• This competition is open to residents of the UK only.
• Employees of I Want One of Those and their immediate families and anyone professionally connected with the promotion are not eligible to enter this competition
• The winner will be chosen by the IWOOT team.
• The winner will be notified of their win via the Facebook name submitted on the entry. If a response to this notification is not received within 14 days, IWOOT reserves the right to randomly select another winner. In light of this, please ensure you submit an email address that you use regularly!
• No responsibility will be accepted for entries that are not received.
• From time to time we may include customer comments and feedback on the site, and in our catalogue and other media. By submitting your comment you are granting us permission to publish it and, if necessary, edit it for clarity and typos.
Tags: desktop sculpture, iphone competition, IWOOT competition, iwoot iphone, iwoot iphone competition, win an iphone, win an iphone week 2
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
We can’t apologise enough for this, but we’ve had to postpone our iPhone Competition for the time being. After announcing it yesterday, our Facebook Wall has experienced traffic and demand that can only be described as ‘chuffing mental’, and has thrown a bit of a technical wobbly. Consequently, anyone reading our mailing list email or this blog or out Twitter feed may have tried to enter and found themselves unable to do so.
So until our Facebook Wall sorts itself out, you may have to hold your horses if you fancy getting your hands on that iPhone. We’re beavering away like, well, beavers to get it back online, and when it is we’ll let you know immediately so you can get your entries in. So keep on thinking of your Things We Didn’t Know, and you’ll soon be able to tell us!
Tags: i want one of those iphone competition, iphone competition, IWOOT competition, iwoot iphone competition, things we didn't know competition
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