Optimax Promo (to sort it out)
02 July 2003, 10:40 AM
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Ok to save all the threads and hours of searching, If you think its a good idea i will.....
If you email me the cards you have, and the cards you want.. i will create a spreadsheet to match them up automatically...
If you think its a good idea let me know and ill post my email..
If you email me the cards you have, and the cards you want.. i will create a spreadsheet to match them up automatically...
If you think its a good idea let me know and ill post my email..
02 July 2003, 10:48 AM
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Sounds like a good idea to me. But what happens if you give someone the card they need - do you get to split the prize or what? Obviously you can't split a Chrysler Crossfire, but if it was sold you could split the cash. Or have I lost the plot?
02 July 2003, 10:56 AM
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Sounds like a good idea, I always fill up on optimax so will be collecting them anyway. Currently only have the BMW X5 but I dare say the amount I use my car this collection will soon grow.
02 July 2003, 12:17 PM
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yep m clark, i just match them up and the people split the prize, upto u how u do it but most people would sell it and split the cash
ok Email your Details to gary@bebothered.co.uk
Subject : Optimax Comp
Remember to have: Your cards & Cards Needed
Please tell everyone about this..the more people who know the better the chance...also post it in other threads you see
Just fill up £10 at a time then ur'll get more
ok Email your Details to gary@bebothered.co.uk
Subject : Optimax Comp
Remember to have: Your cards & Cards Needed
Please tell everyone about this..the more people who know the better the chance...also post it in other threads you see
Just fill up £10 at a time then ur'll get more
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02 July 2003, 12:24 PM
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Gary, you'll soooooooooo wish you hadn't volunteered for this.
It will become obvious which car/tyre cards are the winning ones within a week or two, and then you'll just be adding more and more of each of the "available" cardholders to the list.
The chances of anyone on here winning are miniscule - much lower than the hassle you'll endure with any sort of "database".
But your call i guess....
It will become obvious which car/tyre cards are the winning ones within a week or two, and then you'll just be adding more and more of each of the "available" cardholders to the list.
The chances of anyone on here winning are miniscule - much lower than the hassle you'll endure with any sort of "database".
But your call i guess....
02 July 2003, 12:57 PM
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Garys idea seems good.
The only thing is that we need to ensure that we all follow this on 1 thread not 3 or 4 as it is at present.
How about the others get locked??
The only thing is that we need to ensure that we all follow this on 1 thread not 3 or 4 as it is at present.
How about the others get locked??
02 July 2003, 01:01 PM
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*sigh*
No it isn't. Nobody ever "went halves" with a stranger on a bbs. The only useful thing we'll achieve is letting everybody know which cards are the "valuable" ones, and then letting them get on with it. Anyone hoping to be gifted a car is even sillier than i am!!
No it isn't. Nobody ever "went halves" with a stranger on a bbs. The only useful thing we'll achieve is letting everybody know which cards are the "valuable" ones, and then letting them get on with it. Anyone hoping to be gifted a car is even sillier than i am!!
02 July 2003, 01:53 PM
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well its up to you guys?
If theres a pattern of every one has the same then maybe we could complain that the promotion is sh1te
Up to you if i only get a few emails i wont bother but if i get enough to be worth while ill do it..
If theres a pattern of every one has the same then maybe we could complain that the promotion is sh1te
Up to you if i only get a few emails i wont bother but if i get enough to be worth while ill do it..
02 July 2003, 01:55 PM
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Only going to be one or two winning cards - if you get one, you will probably have hundreds of the common ones - screw sharing with anybody keep da cash/car 
02 July 2003, 01:59 PM
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It was said earlier, that the winning pairs are gonna be miles apart from each other.
You honestly don't expect to pick up a matching set from the same garage do you :sigh:
You honestly don't expect to pick up a matching set from the same garage do you :sigh:
02 July 2003, 02:03 PM
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Whooooaaahhh - wrong logic there, as far as i'm aware.
There will be about a dozen winning cards, and half a million or whatever "ordinary" cards.
There is NO WAY Shell could prevent the ordinary cards being at the same garage as the winning cards.
The trick is to find one of the dozen or so winning cards. There will only be ONE Audi TT card, ONE Chrysler Crossfire card and so on. Didn't you do the previous Shell promotion, Top Trumps? It was very similar...
There will be about a dozen winning cards, and half a million or whatever "ordinary" cards.
There is NO WAY Shell could prevent the ordinary cards being at the same garage as the winning cards.
The trick is to find one of the dozen or so winning cards. There will only be ONE Audi TT card, ONE Chrysler Crossfire card and so on. Didn't you do the previous Shell promotion, Top Trumps? It was very similar...
03 July 2003, 10:01 AM
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Gary - Top Man!!! Great initiative!
According to the terms and conditions there will be TEN winning cards. So it's 10 chances out of x million. But there is no harm in trying
Things will get 'interesting' if there is someone with the winning card and several people with the other half-card. So I guess it's not necessarily going to be a 50:50 split, but some kind of bidding. Oh dear!
According to the terms and conditions there will be TEN winning cards. So it's 10 chances out of x million. But there is no harm in trying
Things will get 'interesting' if there is someone with the winning card and several people with the other half-card. So I guess it's not necessarily going to be a 50:50 split, but some kind of bidding. Oh dear!
03 July 2003, 10:31 AM
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Top effort Gary, although you'll probably be brassed off after a week . The way i envisage it working is that the person who finds one of the ten winning cards will already have the tyre/car card to match up as the non-winning cards will be very common, and so i don't think they'll nedd any help to claim their prize i.e whoever finds the TT car card will almost certainly have the TT tyre card. Nice idea though, and good luck
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07 July 2003, 06:55 PM
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As i stated before am gathering my collection, I currently have the X5, M3 tyres and Merc AMG. I think its a good idea, especially to see if shell are playing fair, will update you when I get more.
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07 July 2003, 08:18 PM
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How long has this promo been going on!!
I always fill up with Optimax, & have NEVER been offered a card. Oh, & last night, the till person didn't even know how to process my £10 Shell voucher so asked if I minded using it next time! Fecking shocking- how difficult can it be?
I always fill up with Optimax, & have NEVER been offered a card. Oh, & last night, the till person didn't even know how to process my £10 Shell voucher so asked if I minded using it next time! Fecking shocking- how difficult can it be?
08 July 2003, 01:10 PM
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Before reading this thread I had hoped that everyone would feel happy about "Going halves" if they won.
Unfortunately, it looks like some of us arent as open and honest as others.
Disappointing but that's life I suppose.
Good luck anyway.
Unfortunately, it looks like some of us arent as open and honest as others.
Disappointing but that's life I suppose.
Good luck anyway.
08 July 2003, 01:18 PM
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Steve, what are you on about? What's "honesty" and "openness" got to do with it? If somebody on here is lucky enough to pick up the Audi TT card for example, why *on Earth* should they pick someone at random on SN to share it with? And if they don't, in what sense are they being dishonest or secretive? 
Have i misunderstood what you're trying to say?
The biggest downfall to this promotion that i can see is that you don't end up with anything useful at the end of it, unlike Top Trumps. Who wants a pile of tyre pictures? Are Michelin really expecting this to influence people's tyre choices??
Have i misunderstood what you're trying to say?The biggest downfall to this promotion that i can see is that you don't end up with anything useful at the end of it, unlike Top Trumps. Who wants a pile of tyre pictures? Are Michelin really expecting this to influence people's tyre choices??
11 July 2003, 02:04 PM
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I think we need to start an Optimax cult, for all those who believe ScoobyNet is their gateway to fame, fortune and free cars courtesy of Shell. The Optimistics - how bout that?!
17 July 2003, 07:39 PM
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Just to add fuel to the fire (pardon the pun), i think its become apparent what are the popular cards and what cards are like "rocking horse ****".
Not that i use optimax but surely someone who gets the "rocking horse ****" would keep it and then eventually get the more common card at a later, thus... keeping the car for themselves.
Yes??????
Not that i use optimax but surely someone who gets the "rocking horse ****" would keep it and then eventually get the more common card at a later, thus... keeping the car for themselves.
Yes??????