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argilla01

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Sweepstake

Posted by argilla01 on Thursday, November 18, 2004 3:18 AM

Sorry It is not fair . We in Europ can not participaid in the great sweeptake from modelrail road....... Man that sucks
Why ..why ...??? are we not as good in modelrailroading as you are ????
I think we all are equile we share the same dreams and the same hopes Wouldn't it beter to globelaise modelrr It is fun to do isn't it ?? Suppose we are one great group of friends sharing the same The world can come only nicer and better wouldn't you think so ?? And look upon all the power we can give the company's who make loco's and cars Lower prices better models .......
Some say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one..........

argilla

Bergie

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January 2001
From: US
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Posted by Bergie on Thursday, November 18, 2004 4:49 AM

Hi Argilla,

Our sweepstakes rules are very compicated and it has a lot to do with where readers live. Many countries (and most U.S. states) have laws that strictly govern sweepstakes. In some cases, they're against the law.

It's not that you're not as good at model railroading... far from it. Unfortunately, it's out of our control. We would love to have everyone be able to participate, but we can't.

I hope this helps explain it.

Best regards,
Erik

Erik Bergstrom

Anonymous

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April 2003
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 18, 2004 7:18 AM

The same thing often happens here in Canada - people living in the province of Quebec cannot participate in national promotions for some reason or another. So it's not really a North America/Europe thing. It's local laws as Bergie has noted.

Bob Boudreau

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Bergie

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January 2001
From: US
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Posted by Bergie on Thursday, November 18, 2004 11:42 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by TA462

What sweepstakes? I want in.

Here a link (from the ModelRailroader.com home page) for the sweepstakes story on ModelRailroader.com:
http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/488xfgzc.asp?promotioncode=w4am4

Good luck!
Bergie

Erik Bergstrom

cwclark

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January 2004
From: Crosby, Texas
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Posted by cwclark on Thursday, November 18, 2004 11:47 AM

I never enter any kind of sweepstakes anyway...I got a better chance of being struck by lightening than winning anything..especially something i really like...like a lot of cool MR stuff....if it's too good to be true...you're probably right...Chuck[:D]

Ok..here to prove a point..i just entered the sweepstakes...anybody wanna make a bet?...they say that lightening bolt is really fast....

cwclark

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January 2004
From: Crosby, Texas
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Posted by cwclark on Friday, November 19, 2004 11:41 AM

You can't win if you don't enter. My wife is a huge sweepstakes, radio station contests etc player. Over the last 5 years she has won a trip to Vegas from the Toronto Sun, a radio station contest from Oshawa radio station 94.9 called Toys for Boys were she won a Yamaha ATV, chain saw, 4 tires, golf membership, hot tub, tickets to a Montreal-Toronto game in Montreal, tools and a Lazy Boy. A home entertainment center from a Toronto station called Q107. I always thought she was wasting her time but I soon changed, lol.

this is exactly what i'm talking about!...some people have all the luck...me?...i've never won a thing in my entire life!...i call in to a radio station for a "name that tune giveaway"...busy signal...i sign up for a cruise...the ship sank...i went to vegas ...ended up walking home in the desert...then there's the lottery...wonder how much Habeeb at the Quicky Mart has made from the gaming commission on my tickets that never came through....like i said...the lightening bolt is definetly next!...LOL...Chuck

Anonymous

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April 2003
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 19, 2004 12:04 PM

CW I feel your pain. I also am not lucky enough to win anything however I keep attempting. GO FOR IT. It just might be your time..............

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PennsyHoosier

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October 2004
From: Northern Indiana
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Posted by PennsyHoosier on Friday, November 19, 2004 1:27 PM

It's all the lawyers fault. [:D] I did enter. But I'm like Chuck--I never win anything, especially the really cool stuff in this sweepstakes. [:(]

Lawrence, The Pennsy Hoosier

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