Is optimax top trumps a con?
 

Need 24 different card to win. If no one gets them heres what the promoters do (published terms and conditions)

"In the event of no winning claims being received by 30th April 2004, the Promoter reserves the right to randomly select a person from the list of both Optimax customers on one day at 2 randomly selected Shell Service Stations and to declare that person the winner. In this case, only one prize given away which shall be one of the cars shown on the Top Trumps cards as selected by the Promoter."

Cheapest car in the pack is an Alpha at £26K. was this the plan all along?

Bit like Shells oil reserves - We'll count them as real unless anyone looks to closely and then - hey presto we'll revalue them!!!

there must be loads of peeps with cards still in packets kicking about their ride.

Yes, but have the crucial cards even been released? :rolleyes:

Need just the 2 cards.

Must be a ferrari, scoob, bmw or merc.

Any ideas

Full list is:

Alfa GTV 3.2 V6 Lusso
Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Coupe
Audi A8 Quattro 4.2 Auto
Audi RS6
Caterham Superlight R500
Chrysler Crossfire V6 Coupe
Ferrari 360 Modena Coupe
Honda NSX Coupe
Invicta S1 4.6 V8
Jaguar XJR
Jaguar XKR Convertible
Marcos TS500 V8 Convertible
Maserati Quattroporte
Maserati Spyder GT Convertible
Maserati GT Coupe
MG X Power SV
Mitsubishi Evo VIII FQ-300
Morgan Aero 8 Convertible
Noble M12 GTO 3R
Range Rover V8 Vogue Auto
TVR T350c
TVR Typhon
VW Phaeton W12 4Motion
VW Toureg TDI V10

Which is the difficult/ impossible one to get ?

The Maserati GT coupe I believe.

thats all i am waiting on !!!!

Not sure but i think i have got the Maserati GT coupe.
OH OH OH can't wait till i get to work to look.
Might just have to go to work this afternoon.

apparently theres only like 3 Maserati GT coupe cards out there. So if you have it you have pretty much won.

Heres a thought for you, how many people have just passed the cards back to the kids in the car. Little Jonny not knowing how important his Masseratti GT card really is? Imo. Then theres the snobs who bin their Masseratti GT card straight away. :rolleyes:

Are they allowed to hold back the rare card or must they release them at the same time as the others? must they tell us?

I would have thought that their is a fair chance that the maserati gt car could have been given to someone who would not realise its significance and just bin it.
I wonder what percentage of people who are given the cards actually collect them.

I'm collecting - but I can't believe the amount of times I have to ask for the cards as they are not voluntarily given out at a lot of the stations!. Bet that the petrol station oddball keeps them back for himself, every time I go in our local he hands me small bundle but as yet no luck.

I keep getting offered the cards but its just like the lottery, there is little chance of winning and if you do the money fecks up your once happy "wanting wishfull" life, so i naturally refuse them :D :D Im happy being broke skint etc but at least im happy ;)

I have more than 300 cards but I'm STILL missing 2 - the Jag XKR convertible and the Maser GT Coupe. I have had a free Motorshow ticket, though.

Kev

Anybody want to go halves? :)

276 cards and missing the same 2.

As for the original question, I'm sure it's a fair promotion - lets face it, £300K to Shell is not exactly going to be a problem. (They announced £6Billion PROFIT for 2003 last month lol)

Ive got the XKR Convertible!

Anyone else got the Maser GT and we can club together and claim the prize!!

LOL, here we go. How, exactly, would this "clubbing together" work...?? :p :D

It's wrong to mock the afflicted, TB. :D

Those that make up the full set become the winning 'team' and select the most expensive car (the Aston?) and sell it and split the proceeds equally. Doesnt matter who has he most cards, we all need each other to win afterall.

SO, anyone got the Maser GT Coupe? I have the Maser Spyder and the XKR Convertible.

Geoff, i know, but i feel it's a service i'm providing. ;)

So, notsofurious, if somebody has the Maserati Coupe, why should they come knocking on your door, and not claim the prize for themselves? Are you assuming that the person who gets this card will forsake £'000s of its value rather than go and buy a few hundred litres of Optimax to obtain his/her missing cards?

Talk me through it, please. :)

Phew, and here was me thinking we were going to have to cut that beautiful car in half :D

LOL, "Test the Nation" anyone?? PMSL :D:D

Well BP,/Telboy, anyone out there who has a Maser GT coupe card as you say would also have the other 23 cards anyway and therefore would have already have claimed the prize so wouldnt bother reading this thread as they would already be a winner. YOu have to claim the prize by 30th April so if you havent got the full set you but have got the Maser Gt maybe the answer is to go hire a fuel tanker and buy several thousand litres of optimax. However, there is still no guarantee this will stil get you the other 23 cards as Shell may have released them at different stages.

Personally i would be happy to share £100,000 of car with fellow scooby net members rahter than risk being greedy and going for the prize alone, missing out and ending up with enough fuel to last me several months...?

You figure now?

LOL, i/we DO know what you're trying to say, but trust me, it ain't gonna happen in the real world, much as you might like it to. Channel your mental energy into something more productive my friend. :)

I cant help being a dreamer my friend...one day, not so long ago, I dreamt of owning a fun wicked scooby...and now...

It was just a thought. As someone else said, certain cards like the XKR soft top and the Maser Coupe are rare..co-operation is a wonderful thing!

Hey fancy that, just found another pack of cards in my glove box, opened it and hey presto, the Maser Coupe is in there! Fcuk me!!

Sorry guys but the Aston is mine..all mine..ha ha ha


oooops, there i go again....must stop this reality avoidance issue of mine...

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There is no need for Shell to have released the cards at different stages; it is sufficient that they release only three of a single card. I get less than a tankful of Optimax a week and I'm only three short. Are you telling me that if the maser GT coupe came into my possession I would have to spend £50,000 to get the other two, common, cards? PMSL. :D:D