1st iPod Winner – Don’t Shoot The Messenger!

Written by Jason Katzenback on September 27th, 2007
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Boy did we have to think twice before we decided to post this one. As if we didn’t get enough shit from some people about the Million Euro Wiki project, we’re probably bound to unleash a truckload of more poo with the following announcement.

As you know, for every 25 pages sold on MEW, we’re giving a away a brand new 16 GB Apple iPod Touch to a random page owner. Because this was the first batch of 25, chances were pretty good. 1 in 25 (d’oh). What we did was scroll the mouse pointer over the sold pages with our eyes closed and stopped it somewhere. Guess who’s name it was pointing at? Mr John Chow!

Yes we know. It sounds fake, rigged and more of that, but it’s true. Like we said, we really had to think twice about this one because we can guess how some people will react. Sure, we could have picked again and see if we’d end up with someone else’s name, but that just wouldn’t be fair. So that’s the bad news.

Now for the good news, the Big Beef seems to have claimed in his MEW post that he’d give away the iPod in case he’d win and we’re going to make him keep that promise! :twisted: You’ll probably see a contest to win it on his blog soon. But wait, there’s more –we’re going to have the iPod engraved before we send it to Chow and we’re open to suggestions as to what to engrave on it :mrgreen:

So sorry for those who didn’t win it in this first round but remember that every page owner will have a shot at winning an ipod with every 25 pages we sell!

(p.s. sorry for the confusion for those of you who tried to post a reply. Seems we forgot to close the < a > tags on the dealdotcom image underneath the last post. It’s been fixed now. Thanks to Browie for letting us know!)

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42 Responses to “1st iPod Winner – Don’t Shoot The Messenger!”

  1. where you have a 1 in 25 chance of winning. The iPod Touch is a hot product at the moment and the competition is bound to bring a lot of exposure to the site. [IMG ipodtouch.jpg] The first one hasjust been given awayand the next giveaway is just around the corner! Furthermore, I have it on good authority that there is another plan in the works that is going to promote the site even further. Get a page now Those who criticize the

  2. where you have a 1 in 25 chance of winning. The iPod Touch is a hot product at the moment and the competition is bound to bring a lot of exposure to the site. [IMG ipodtouch.jpg] The first one hasjust been given awayand the next giveaway is just around the corner! Furthermore, I have it on good authority that there is another plan in the works that is going to promote the site even further. Get a page now Those who criticize the

  3. 2xKnight says:

    I vote for “Dot Com Moogul” *L*

  4. Paul says:

    I vote for something like “you’ve just been milked by the cow”

  5. Israel says:

    haha, very clever. well planned, well planned. it should say johncow.com

  6. Shrihari says:

    It should say “Shrihari”. Lol…
    Wish i can win this from John Chow…

  7. charles says:

    :shock: wow what a luck. :smile:
    I also vote for “johncow.com”.

  8. Steven says:

    LOL that’s lucky of John (always winning). In any event, I believe you guys ^_~

  9. Cash Quests says:

    I vote for “The Root Of All Evil”

  10. Jez says:

    What luck!
    I bet he’ll give it away on in another competition.

  11. betshopboy says:

    I suggest “Euros KO Dollars”!!!

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  13. krillz says:

    put john cow, and if he asks what the hell , just blame it to be a typo.

  14. browie says:

    I would put…..

    Cow > Chow

    :razz: :roll:

  15. Mr. Rajawang says:

    If chow don’t want the thing, pls send it to me instead.. :P

  16. Fatgadget says:

    OMG its a FIX ! :twisted:

    Only Joking :lol:

    Well done Mr Chow, you jammy git :razz:

    I vote for ‘Make Moore Mooney Online Than John Chow, With the real Dot Com Mooguls !”

  17. Darin Carter says:

    i word … “WOW”

  18. Keith says:

    This has got to be the biggest load of manure I’ve ever witnessed! Can you say “Rigged”?
    j/k. I had to get a manure comment in :mrgreen:

  19. thatedeguy says:

    Is there room for one of those John Cow cars? Or perhaps the John Cow milky mustache guy? Then johncow.com underneath in text…

  20. Debo Hobo says:

    engrave it to say. Tip a cow today! provided by JohnCow.com.

    anyway i really like the new look!

  21. Angel says:

    If I had to have an engraved iPod, I’d want it to say, “Where are my socks?”

  22. Jeremy says:

    I’d suggest OnlineCashFlow.org but I don’t foresee that happening. ;)

    How about: “Now You Can Listen To The Cows Moo”

  23. Israel says:

    oh i got one, how bout. “May the force be with Moo!”

  24. Jonathan says:

    ok. Now I am beginning to suspect that John Cow and John Chow are exactly the same individual. In one of his posts John Chow claimed that he was going to start a blog from 0, proving everybody that he could make more than U$S 1000 a month, without taking advantage of any contacts he may have….. :twisted: , if John Chow is the same guy that John Cow, then John Chow is a genius.

  25. James Wilcox says:

    I was hoping to win this to replace my iPod photo…and subsequently give that one away on my blog. Good thing I still have more chances to win. Question: Can the same person win more than once?

  26. Abdalla says:

    @ Jonathan, chow said he would not begin a “make money online” blog didn’t he?

  27. Jonathan says:

    Abdalla – No, he never specified what kind of blog it would be.

  28. Abdalla says:

    @ jonathan – well then your theory might just be right :twisted: :mrgreen:

  29. fatgadget says:

    @ Jonathon, Abhalla

    That post John Chow made, was made quite some time after John Cow started this blog :grin:

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  31. CatherineL says:

    I think you should engrave it John Chow – The Blog Logo.

  32. Abdalla says:

    Engrave “Abdalla Kicks Ass” :D

  33. SweetHacks says:

    Nokia’s N800 vs The iPod Touch

    Sorry about not writing yesterday, I have been way to hooked on Halo 3 and let me tell ya, its 10 times better than the beta was! Its truly as The Sun (UK Newspaper) said: “Forget game of the year – this is the game of the decade“. Want a g…

  34. DAMN! ah well at least I am still in the running for the next drawing.

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  38. Israel says:

    haha, very clever. well planned, well planned. it should say johncow.com