370Z NISMO Contest was Fixed

Bkuz · 07-07-2010, 11:40 AM

Hello Everyone,

The 370Z NISMO contest was fixed!!! On Memorial Day the contest database crashed!. When it came up for a few days it told everyone that they were number one for the contest. A few days later the standing were fixed but some peoples' standings were increase by a few hundred. I had a standing of 721 before the database crashed and after it was supposed to fixed, I went to 1321! Also the number of contestants went from 50,000 to 65,000! I contacted the people who were running the contest and they blew me off. I wrote them that their contest was no longer accurate and where did 15,000 people magically appear from?
I contacted Nissan and the people from the Z Convention and everyone blew me off. A relative of someone who works for Nissan probably won the NISMO!! How can this be considered a legitimate contest??

BKuz

phelan · 07-07-2010, 11:47 AM

A few days for a nationwide 'win a new car' contest? 15k doesn't sound THAT surprising to me.

so...how's that spam filter treatin' ya?

kenchan · 07-07-2010, 11:58 AM

memorial day? indepenence day?

wishihadnav · 07-07-2010, 11:59 AM

you would of won to!..hahah..get those shady bastards..

Modshack · 07-07-2010, 12:01 PM

Sibze · 07-07-2010, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Modshack

Liquid_G · 07-07-2010, 01:00 PM

so because you didn't win, you think it was fixed...

Here, let me use this to play you a song called "Cry me a River"

Bkuz · 07-07-2010, 01:14 PM

This past Memorial Day weekend the Nissan 370Z NISMO contest website had issues,
370Z Sports Car Enthusiast Challenge & Sweepstakes. First, the site was difficult to get into, you would enter your e-mail address and the site did nothing. Finally, the website let me in, I entered my e-mail address and answered all three questions correctly. The website then proceeded to give my ranking and it said it was number 1 out of 1 contestants??? How can that be??? Last week I was 700 out of 50,000 contestants. I sent an e-mail to the NISMO contest website. I had no response!!
Today, June 2nd I went on the NISMO website,370Z Sports Car Enthusiast Challenge & Sweepstakes, entered my e-mail address and answered all three question correctly and received a ranking of 1300??? How can that be!!! I was 700 last week!!!! And to top it off the two ranking people listed
as number 1 and 2 had 341 questions correct out of 171 questions and 221 questions correct out of 120 questions??? Also the website said there were 45,000 contestants? How can that be, last week there were 50,000 contestants. The database got corrupt over the Memorial day weekend!!!

m4a1mustang · 07-07-2010, 01:23 PM

Memorial Day? Today, June 2nd? WTF are you posting from a hot tub time machine?

KillerBee370 · 07-07-2010, 01:27 PM

What difference does it make if you were contestant 1 or 50,000? It's a random drawing.

And ummm.....

spearfish25 · 07-07-2010, 01:32 PM

Dude really thought he was gonna win a Nismo

It's like last week when I got lucky and won a free t-shirt. Then I bought some Powerball Lotto tickets and I was convinced that my good luck the week before meant I'd definitely win the Powerball. Hmmm, didn't work out though.

What is this garbage about ranking in a sweepstakes? What do you think the difference would be between someone at 700 and someone at 701? Do you really think those numbers mean anything?

Good luck working to get to the #1 contestant position in the next randomly selected winner sweepstakes...

Montez · 07-07-2010, 03:42 PM

As of the 5th they are still sending out emails saying that you have not logged in in 7 days, please log in to help your chances of winning........The promotion ended on the 28th of June and when you click on the link it says sorry the promotion has ended, no place can you see whom the winners are or if they did the drawings yet....lol

KillerBee370 · 07-07-2010, 04:17 PM

It's possible that a few words come to mind when reading the postings pertaining to this "contest"...

Poorly run
Terrible execution
Ambiguous circumstances
Sh*tty followup
Sore losers (who already drive a Z for godssakes)

However "fixed" doesn't really factor in.

davids81 · 07-07-2010, 07:07 PM

First, I have to tell the OP, you're fighting a losing battle. No one is going to listen to your complaints about not winning the contest, because you are a biased party. Sorry, man. I lost too, but I'm ok with it.

Second... The more entries into a lottery drawing, obviously, the higher your chances of winning (see NBA draft lottery). This isn't hard to figure out.

Third... The contest ran thru MEMORIAL day... Yes, we know that Independence day just happened. But, we are also aware that the contest ended on June 28th... so the chances of Independence day being the day that the database corrupted, and skewed the results, is slim. Memorial day, however, was right in the middle of the contest (like the OP described) and allowed him (and everyone else in the contest) to log back in, and answer the trivia questions.

370Zsteve · 07-07-2010, 07:44 PM

30Z owners have such 370Z lust.......I see it every time I pass one on the road.

07-07-2010, 11:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bkuz Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 9 Drives: 350Z Rep Power: 15	370Z NISMO Contest was Fixed Hello Everyone, The 370Z NISMO contest was fixed!!! On Memorial Day the contest database crashed!. When it came up for a few days it told everyone that they were number one for the contest. A few days later the standing were fixed but some peoples' standings were increase by a few hundred. I had a standing of 721 before the database crashed and after it was supposed to fixed, I went to 1321! Also the number of contestants went from 50,000 to 65,000! I contacted the people who were running the contest and they blew me off. I wrote them that their contest was no longer accurate and where did 15,000 people magically appear from? I contacted Nissan and the people from the Z Convention and everyone blew me off. A relative of someone who works for Nissan probably won the NISMO!! How can this be considered a legitimate contest?? BKuz

07-07-2010, 11:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
phelan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: CA Age: 38 Posts: 9,513 Drives: Scoobaroo Rep Power: 3406	A few days for a nationwide 'win a new car' contest? 15k doesn't sound THAT surprising to me. so...how's that spam filter treatin' ya? __________________ 凛 ('Rin') - 2009 Nissan 370Z With silence comes peace. With peace comes freedom. With freedom comes silence.

07-07-2010, 12:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
Modshack A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Greenville NC Posts: 2,883 Drives: 370Z Sport Rep Power: 976	__________________ Steal my car! (SOLD)...Now Porsche Cayman S Oil Cooler DIY: Here!

07-07-2010, 01:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
Liquid_G A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chicago Burbs Posts: 1,439 Drives: 09 370z Supercharged Rep Power: 43	so because you didn't win, you think it was fixed... Here, let me use this to play you a song called "Cry me a River" __________________

07-07-2010, 01:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
Bkuz Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 9 Drives: 350Z Rep Power: 15	Reply This past Memorial Day weekend the Nissan 370Z NISMO contest website had issues, 370Z Sports Car Enthusiast Challenge & Sweepstakes. First, the site was difficult to get into, you would enter your e-mail address and the site did nothing. Finally, the website let me in, I entered my e-mail address and answered all three questions correctly. The website then proceeded to give my ranking and it said it was number 1 out of 1 contestants??? How can that be??? Last week I was 700 out of 50,000 contestants. I sent an e-mail to the NISMO contest website. I had no response!! Today, June 2nd I went on the NISMO website,370Z Sports Car Enthusiast Challenge & Sweepstakes, entered my e-mail address and answered all three question correctly and received a ranking of 1300??? How can that be!!! I was 700 last week!!!! And to top it off the two ranking people listed as number 1 and 2 had 341 questions correct out of 171 questions and 221 questions correct out of 120 questions??? Also the website said there were 45,000 contestants? How can that be, last week there were 50,000 contestants. The database got corrupt over the Memorial day weekend!!!

07-07-2010, 11:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141520	memorial day? indepenence day?

07-07-2010, 11:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
wishihadnav A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 90090 Posts: 1,851 Drives: Force Fed Nismo Rep Power: 183	you would of won to!..hahah..get those shady bastards..

07-07-2010, 01:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	Memorial Day? Today, June 2nd? WTF are you posting from a hot tub time machine? __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

07-07-2010, 01:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
KillerBee370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: So Cal baby! Age: 51 Posts: 5,964 Drives: with passion Rep Power: 321	What difference does it make if you were contestant 1 or 50,000? It's a random drawing. And ummm.....

07-07-2010, 01:32 PM	#11 (permalink)
spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1856	Dude really thought he was gonna win a Nismo It's like last week when I got lucky and won a free t-shirt. Then I bought some Powerball Lotto tickets and I was convinced that my good luck the week before meant I'd definitely win the Powerball. Hmmm, didn't work out though. What is this garbage about ranking in a sweepstakes? What do you think the difference would be between someone at 700 and someone at 701? Do you really think those numbers mean anything? Good luck working to get to the #1 contestant position in the next randomly selected winner sweepstakes... __________________ 2013 Cadillac V-Wagon, RIP Z Last edited by spearfish25; 07-07-2010 at 01:35 PM.

07-07-2010, 03:42 PM	#12 (permalink)
Montez Track Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Manhattan Beach, Ca Posts: 604 Drives: 16 LEX GS,09 Z,03Max Rep Power: 16	As of the 5th they are still sending out emails saying that you have not logged in in 7 days, please log in to help your chances of winning........The promotion ended on the 28th of June and when you click on the link it says sorry the promotion has ended, no place can you see whom the winners are or if they did the drawings yet....lol

07-07-2010, 04:17 PM	#13 (permalink)
KillerBee370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: So Cal baby! Age: 51 Posts: 5,964 Drives: with passion Rep Power: 321	It's possible that a few words come to mind when reading the postings pertaining to this "contest"... Poorly run Terrible execution Ambiguous circumstances Sh*tty followup Sore losers (who already drive a Z for godssakes) However "fixed" doesn't really factor in.

07-07-2010, 07:07 PM	#14 (permalink)
davids81 Base Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 26 Drives: Callaway Rep Power: 14	First, I have to tell the OP, you're fighting a losing battle. No one is going to listen to your complaints about not winning the contest, because you are a biased party. Sorry, man. I lost too, but I'm ok with it. Second... The more entries into a lottery drawing, obviously, the higher your chances of winning (see NBA draft lottery). This isn't hard to figure out. Third... The contest ran thru MEMORIAL day... Yes, we know that Independence day just happened. But, we are also aware that the contest ended on June 28th... so the chances of Independence day being the day that the database corrupted, and skewed the results, is slim. Memorial day, however, was right in the middle of the contest (like the OP described) and allowed him (and everyone else in the contest) to log back in, and answer the trivia questions. __________________ -I think your powdercoated wheels look ricey!! Last edited by AK370Z; 07-07-2010 at 08:18 PM. Reason: NO NAME CALLING

07-07-2010, 07:44 PM	#15 (permalink)
370Zsteve A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Gold Coast CT Posts: 10,599 Drives: 2019 Corvette G.S. Rep Power: 42	30Z owners have such 370Z lust.......I see it every time I pass one on the road. __________________ SOLD MY Z MARCH 2018 - another Core OG moves on - new ride 2019 Z Corvette Grand Sport - no mods necessary but already have eyes on HFC and intakes LOL IT NEVER ENDS.

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