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phanofwclark said:
I think the official rules said that we should expect 3 days before the winner is announced. Similar to the last promotion, no?

The rules say " Apple will notify winners by e-mail and/or by post at the address provided within approximately three (3) days following selection of each winner. Apple is not responsible for any delay or failure to receive notification for any reason, including inactive e-mail account(s), technical difficulties associated therewith, or winner’s failure to adequately monitor any e-mail account or physical address. The winner must then respond to Apple within five (5) days. Should the winner fail to respond to Apple or be disqualified, Apple reserves the right to select a new, replacement winner. The replacement winner will be the entrant whose Entry was timed at immediately after the previous winner’s Entry. The winners will be listed online at http://www.apple.com/itunes/ within ten (10) days following the End Date. Individuals may request the name of the winners by submitting a self-addressed, stamped envelope before December 31, 2005 to: iTunes500 Contest, 1 Infinite Loop, MS: 60-ITMS, Cupertino, California, 95014, United States. By participating, you agree to Apple’s inclusion of your first name on such list if you are a winner."

I did "Tell a friend" since they started the promotion. It was really hard to judge. It is hard to tell when they take the entry, even for downloading. Is it from the time you click buy (right then) and it starts automatically and with the tell a friend, is it as soon as you press send, or is it when you get the "your message has been sent?"
 
Come on SNAKE EYE's!

I hope I'm the lucky drooler to win this contest. After buying another 159 songs today and about 650+ tunes over the past three months it would be GR8!!!! If not at least new mini would due.

How many songs did you purchase during this contest?




"Think Alike - BE Different!"
 
NVRsayNVR said:
I hope I'm the lucky drooler to win this contest. After buying another 159 songs today and about 650+ tunes over the past three months it would be GR8!!!! If not at least new mini would due.

How many songs did you purchase during this contest?




"Think Alike - BE Different!"

wow 650+ tunes?! That's a lot of cash, I was thinking I was going crazy with 10!


!!!!Z
 
Doctor Q said:
I was impressed that, despite selling something like 150 songs per second near the end, Apple's servers kept up when I went to my shopping cart or tried searching the store, and downloads were not noticeably slower than usual.
That's some crazy bandwidth.
 
The grand winner won on a one-song album! :eek:
What are the chances of winning on that?!
 
Well, I went through and counted the number of winners. Apple says in the official rules of the game:
"Promotion Description. The 500 Millionth Download Promotion (the “Promotion”) is a sweepstakes promotion in which entrants downloading songs through the iTunes Music Store (“iTunes”) will be eligible to win one (1) of 199 iPod minis (4GB model) and one (1) of 199 iTunes song code cards for redemption of fifty (50) songs from iTunes (“iPod mini/50-song card Prize”) (total approx. retail value: U.S. $248.50), or the one (1) grand prize described below (“Grand Prize”):"

As of 11:20P.M. EST, (my time where I live) the iTunes winner list only has 187 listed winners, including the Grand prize winner. Hope this helps. There is still hope and one last chance for us all! :D Good Luck! It's not over yet!
 
So what were your closest download times? The 500 song was downloaded at 14:44. My closest song was at 14:48. So I was off by only 4 minutes :( .
 
killuminati said:
So what were your closest download times? The 500 song was downloaded at 14:44. My closest song was at 14:48. So I was off by only 4 minutes :( .
According to Dr. Q's calculation per second of songs sold, you were only off by about 36,000 songs.
 
Lacero said:
According to Dr. Q's calculation per second of songs sold, you were only off by about 36,000 songs.

Wow. 36,000 songs in 4 minutes. That's a hell of a lot.
 
killuminati said:
The 500 song was downloaded at 14:44. My closest song was at 14:48. So I was off by only 4 minutes :( .
I bought one at 14:42, as the counter passed 499,984,000, and one at 14:46, as the counter passed 499,994,000. I had purposely tried the n+4000 intervals as my plan (lacking any evidence that any particular plan was best). Looks like the counter was at about 499,989,000 when the winning purchase was made.

So I wasn't as lucky as I'd hoped, but my strategy wasn't bad in hindsight. I'll simply have to win my 10,000 tunes next time they have a contest instead.
 
Doctor Q said:
I bought one at 14:42, as the counter passed 499,984,000, and one at 14:46, as the counter passed 499,994,000.
So Dr Q., care to tell us what songs you bought?
 
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