Tool Talk

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Papaw on June 20, 2011, 04:01:43 AM

Title: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: Papaw on June 20, 2011, 04:01:43 AM

If there is an interest, we'll start up the weekly giveaways again. We have a volunteer for the first one.

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: fliffy42 on June 20, 2011, 04:27:03 AM

I was going to start one the other day but got busy lol. I would like to see the giveways start again for sure!!!!

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: Papaw on June 20, 2011, 04:40:53 AM

Vote in the poll!

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: 64longstep/Brian on June 20, 2011, 04:50:58 AM

I think it's a great way to keep things interesting and spread the tools around…

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: amertrac on June 20, 2011, 06:14:04 AM

I think that it should be displayed on Monday and decision and notification on Friday. people loose interest when it takes two weeks to find out who wins   bob w.

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: eddie hudson on June 20, 2011, 08:18:50 AM

Start it back up. While I never entered one, I did enjoy seeing what stuff someone will give away. Some of the things were really nice.

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: RLT on June 20, 2011, 09:22:47 AM

Always good for getting more interest in the site. Usually gets the lurkers to join in.

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: Dustin21 on June 20, 2011, 03:25:10 PM

hmm so far looks like ill have to pick up some interesting items at the flea  with the votes..

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: keykeeper on June 20, 2011, 05:52:20 PM

I also was gonna post a giveaway as I had noticed they had stopped since the "crash of 'ot-eleven'".

If anyone that wins can't post one, let me know and I'll post one for them.

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: BRwrench on June 20, 2011, 07:37:50 PM

I believe I was the last winner before the crash,  so I also will be willing to do a giveaway. (Just have to look through my extra tools and pick out some nice ones.)

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: Ken W. on June 20, 2011, 08:59:38 PM

I have a few items I can donate.

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: Dustin21 on June 21, 2011, 05:28:48 PM

well looks like its a go... ill post something up thursday night if  i dont someone please remind me :)

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: Papaw on June 24, 2011, 08:14:45 PM

Dustin, if you have something, post it on Sunday or Monday with a Friday drawing if possible. If you don't have anything, let us know soon, we have several volunteers.

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: Dustin21 on June 24, 2011, 11:10:15 PM

Quote from: Papaw on June 24, 2011, 08:14:45 PM

Dustin, if you have something, post it on Sunday or Monday with a Friday drawing if possible. If you don't have anything, let us know soon, we have several volunteers.

didnt obtain anything worthy of the tool talk crowd at the flea and dont know where anything is at the moment i guess ill take next week then..

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: bonneyman on June 25, 2011, 12:25:20 PM

Can you fill me in on how the give-away works? I do remember seeing it on the old forum, but never gave it much thought.

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: Papaw on June 25, 2011, 02:51:29 PM

KenW is going to offer the first one, starting Sunday with a drawing on Friday. I think we will ask for volunteers and set up a rotation.
I started doing this in a fit of craziness, having seen similar elsewhere, I called it Papaw's Crazy Giveaway.
The way it worked in the past was that a member would offer something, and those wishing to be considered as winner would post in the giveaway thread and the offerer would draw a name and send the item to the winner postage paid. Back then the winner then was to offer the next prize, but it sometimes didn't work out and someone else had to step up.
Prizes were all over the map, usually an old tool that was a duplicate, odd, or otherwise interesting.
This is a way to keep interest in the forum and to draw new members.

Title: Re: Tool Talk Weekly Giveaways
Post by: Wrenchmensch on June 28, 2011, 01:02:17 PM

Ditto. How does a giveaway work?