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iTunes Billion Competition

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Apple are celebrating the run-up to their 1 billionth song downloaded through iTunes.
Info:http://www.apple.com/itunes/1billion/

And how they are doing so!!

For every 100,000th song downloaded starting from 950,100,000 - they are giving away:
  • 1 4GB iPod Nano
  • 1 U.S. $100 iTunes Music Card (for any media type - including video)

But this is where it get's impressive. For the lucky one who downloads the 1 billionth song, the lucky (and he/she can only be deemed 'git' lol) will get this lovely package:
  • 1 20-inch iMac
  • 10 60GB iPods (5 white/5 black)
  • 1 U.S. $10,000 iTunes Music Card

So get buying - and good luck!

Because I'm so nice too, here's another goodie I'll share with you. You can enter the 100,000 song competition through an online form which allows you 25 entries per day. Legally, they have to offer this as 'no purcahse is necessary'.

Here's the link:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/1billion/entryform/

Enjoy!!!
 
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Sounds like a ploy to get people to buy songs...:mac:
 
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Ok, so how can we track how many songs have been dowloaded?
 
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if that IS accurate, then its kind of like a game at Los Vegas. It's like gambling ... trying to buy a song right when you think you'll be able to be the 100, 000th, (or i billionth)

buy the way ... 10 ipods? that's a kind of wireeedd prize.
 
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surfwax95 said:
Sounds like a ploy to get people to buy songs...:mac:

that is exactly what it is....i might have to put in my 99 cents for this one!
-chris
 
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I wounder... is the iMac Intel or PowerPC?
 
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Now, the smart person would gather like $200 and as soon as it hits under 200 before the 1 billionth song just buy 200 of them on the spot.


Seriously, I bet more than one person is going to do that. Apple have a good ploy going on here... screw buying just one song at a time though, no gather your money while every one else goes for the 100,000th thing.

$200 on songs is worth what you'd get. Though millions of other people will do the same thing you're doing.
 
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surfwax95 said:
Sounds like a ploy to get people to buy songs...:mac:
Definitely a ploy, but you don't have to pay a cent to enter. Fill out the form up to 25 times a day, it's in the link!!!
 
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how does the entry form work? You fill it out and when do they draw from it? Are you supposed to fill it out and enter it every 100,000 songs?
 
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piece of apple said:
...buy the way ... 10 ipods? that's a kind of wireeedd prize.

That's what I was thinking too. But you could hook your friends and family up.
 
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cool.

the grand prize should be
1 powermac quad
1 23in display
1 MS office pro
1 60 gig ipod

that would be sweet
 
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why ms office pro?

you should get photoshop CS2
 
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I really am going to be buying alot of songs when it gets close.. turn my friends present of a 25$ giftcard into someting alot bigger!
 
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mr g5 said:
cool.

the grand prize should be
1 powermac quad
1 23in display
1 MS office pro
1 60 gig ipod

that would be sweet

Meh, ebay the ipods and the iTunes gift card, and you'd have all that
 

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