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Sad news is that the awesome honeymoon in Japan has ended but the happy news is that I’m starting to announce the prize winners of the giveaway starting today!
The way it will work is that every winner will be announced at the end of each day’s post for the next 10 days. The total subscribers actually turned out to be 1138 which means 10 winners will be asked whether he/she would like to receive 10% of the total prize of $1138!
It’s still not too late to enter so remember to subscribe by email! Actually, I’ve decided that everyone who is following me on twitter will also get an extra 5 entries, so go to my twitter page and go get those extra entries! Another way to get 5 more entries is to add me as a friend on StumbleUpon so go ahead and get an easy 10 entries!!
After you’ve subscribed and went to my twitter page, check out these links!
- Get Rich Slowly asks an interesting question - Can College Student Save Money? Want to know what people think? Go check it out!
- Five Cent Nickel tells us a few facts about retirement and what his retirement plans are. As for me, I plan to retire early too! Actually, I had a dream of retiring at 40 about 10 years ago but I don’t think it is realistic now
- Poorer Than You tells us that we need to plan our attack for repaying our student loan! If we always have a plan to repay our loans, I’m sure we won’t end up poor!
- Being Frugal shares with us how and why she’s gone over budget this month! We should all learn from her and be honest with ourselves about our budget. If we unfortunately spend more than we should, we need to figure out why. Check out how she does it.
- Cash Money Life explains to us how our credit scores are determined. I’ve never really paid too much attention to my credit score but maybe I should since I eventually plan to buy a house!
- My Two Dollars lists out 29 free or low cost ways to save energy and money. A must read!
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First Winner Announcement!
As promised, here’s the first winner! This is a website that linked to the contest and the domain pattern is:
http://_ _ p _ d _ n _ n .com
Congrats! Expect an email from me today!
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I had the opportunity to go to Japan once, and I loved it! I would enjoy going back there again. I’m glad you both had a great time on your honeymoon.
As for the credit scores, they are pretty important.
Thanks for the mention.
Patrick: Credit scores are definitely very, very important! I’ve just not paid much attention because I don’t expect to get denied of getting credit cards and I’ve never needed a loan before.
Hey David, I’d love to add you to my friends on StumbleUpon, but I need a link to your profile! Thanks!
Stephanie: That would help wouldn’t it
http://dning.stumbleupon.com/ is the profile link!
Just added you to my SU friends! [Same nickname]
Congrats to the first winner!
Why didn’t you put his/her link normally?
Mary: Thank you
The main reason was that I just didn’t think hard enough and did it since I always did it for privacy reasons for the emails
However, I thought about it some more and quite honestly some of the links were more like spam than actual articles talking about the giveaway so I didn’t really want to put it up as I don’t like to link to spam. However, if I draw them up, I plan to still honor the giveaway by contacting them.
But you know, it’s normal that other participants and readers want to check the winner’s link. Besides, providing the link adds more credibility to the contest!
Mary: You are right… As long as it’s not a spam, I will link it up for the next 9 winners (if they aren’t the email subscribers) as this one is really just a spam
I even wonder if he/she will respond to me.
So Stumbleupon, Twitter, and links will be displayed.
yea i agreed to Mary Freebies coz this is what i usually do, check out the winner’s site and somehow see how they post up the contest (some people really can do it very creatively and interestingly). Btw, congrat to the first winner!! :p
@David: I’d suggest that you have the full right to draw another name since that blog is spam, but then, you are not sure which entry by that person made him win the contest, especially if he is a subscriber, or if he did any of the other credits.
Otherwise, if that blog entry is the only way he entered the contest with, then…obviously, I’d forfeit him!
Glad you had an awesome time in Japan!
Congrats to the first winner! Woohoo!!
Oh, I’m following you on twitter! My id is bunnyb
And I’m also your friend on SU. ID bunnybox9. Thanks for the easy 15 extra entries!!
Hs McD: Noted and will post full link if it’s not the email subscribers
Mary: Well, I put everyone’s entry (link, email address, stumble upon, twitter profile and comment in my spreadsheet) so I know which one is which once I draw the number that matches the row the entry is on so no worries.
bunny: No problem. Good luck!
Ahhh, the winners are finally coming
I just started following you and I’m your friend on SU
-Mike
Following you on Twitter (username: azzer) Thanks!
wait a second, you write a personal finance blog but say you’ve never really paid attention to your credit score??!! um, what?!
teresa: if you think about it, it’s the credit report that’s important, not the score. Monitor the report and the score will take care of itself. There’s no need to be too sensitive about the credit score so don’t worry, I haven’t gone crazy (yet).