We have been running our monthly posting competition for over a year now. To encourage more participation from the community however, from this week onwards (18 Jan 2016) we will be giving out the same prizes every week instead.
We will be giving out 3 prizes every Monday to the posters of the top 3 deals from the previous week. The prizes will be 1x $50, 1x $25, and 1x $10 which will be paid in PayPal credit, a gift card of your choice, or donated to your favourite charity. From past experience PayPal credit has been the most popular choice and the most convenient method for us.
Here are some rules / terms & conditions:
- Deals are judged from the number of + votes
- Moderators and Store representatives are excluded from participating
- Users resided outside New Zealand are excluded from participating
Update: As of June 2016, the announcement will now be delayed by 1 day (Posted Tuesday am, instead of Monday am) to give deals posted on Sunday an extra day to gather votes.
Update 2: As of 17 August 2016, any user receiving a ban for artificial and/or manipulation of voting will be first disqualified from the competition for 1 month, and if found to be committing this again, will be removed from contention in the future. This goes for not only the weekly competition, but any and all competitions run on this website. Giving back to the community is of huge importance, and we want to be able to continue this well into the future.
No doubt that there is huge appreciation for the contribution that they do make, and the vote manipulation is only a small part of their time on the site, but it still happened, and turning a blind eye because of the contribution one makes isn't the right thing to do, and sets a precedent (We have been generally lenient on enforcing the rules as it is). As you mention, following the community rules is something that we all must do for everything to flow nicely, and let's be honest, they are relatively loose anyway.