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We're thrilled to be able to offer a Grand Prize for the BIGGEST IKEA Fan Contest consisting of the following:
Attend the 2010 IKEA Catalog Launch event as a guest of IKEAFANS.com.
Have dinner and drinks on us!
$100 IKEA Gift Basket courtesy of IKEA
More to be announced!
How to Enter:
Create a New Thread IN THIS FORUM telling us why YOU are the biggest IKEA Fan.
Do you have the most extreme IKEA home?
Have you gone to great lengths (or distances!) to get IKEA in your home?
Maybe you have an IKEA showroom-worthy home?
Are you the world's most accomplished IKEA hacker?
You can tell us your story in words and images, or by recording a video and linking to it (upload it first to YouTube!). Make it good because the first qualifier for the contest content and quality!
How to Boost Your Chances of Winning:
The second method by which we'll judge entries is through the amount of publicity generated by an entry! Get your family and friends to 'vote' for your entry in the following ways:
Post a reply to your thread
Link to the thread from other blogs/websites
Post a link to the thread on Twitter or Facebook
Digg your entry, or post bookmarks to Furl, Yahoo Buzz or other social bookmarking sites
Get creative and figure out new ways to promote your entry!
Please don't spam us or other sites - that would violate the spirit of the contest and invalidate your entry.
As the entrant, you can also post your own link to the thread and simply ask your friends and family to retweet or 'Like' your link. Have them post in your thread all of the places they've 'voted' for you (including links to their retweet, blog entry, Digg/Furl/Yahoo Buzz etc) so that we can count the votes! Final decision to be made by IKEAFANS Staff.
Rules:
1. Must be a registered IKEAFANS.com community forums member. Register here.
2. Must be 21 or over to win (we'll be going out to dinner and drinks on the 27th!)
3. Must be available to attend events in NYC on July 27th in the evening (update: evening events on the 27th are actually optional) and July 28th from 11am -2pm.
4. Must be able to provide own transportation to and from NYC and lodging if applicable to attend event. We will not be able to provide accomodations or reimbursement for the trip expenses. But we'll buy you dinner!
Additional Legal Stuff:
Due to the legal issues surrounding contests we have to have the following text in order to avoid nasty legal problems:
"All contest entries become the property of IKEAFANS.com, and IKEAFANS.com may use any of the entries for any purpose whatsoever, without further compensation to the entrant."
We at IKEAFANS are big believers in the spirit of the law as well as the letter though, and we will be quite willing to work with anyone that has a legitimate request or concern. We're reasonable people, let us know if you have a problem and we'll work with you . See Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy for a basic understanding of how we do things. The short version is: We're real people and we do our level best to protect our member’s privacy and treat them as we would our local friends and family.
Hi, what exactly is the "Attend the 2010 IKEA Catalog Launch event"? I have attended numerous launch events from electronics to books, but never seen launch event for Catalogs. Where will it be held, and what is the program outline? Will there be giveaways, will there be reporters, etc.. What makes it so different that attendees will be honored or feel lucky to be there? It looks like it is two days long as well.
As Susan laid out in the post above, there's a gift basket as well as the offer of dinner with the staff of IKEAFANS.
I certainly enjoyed going last year- I got to meet IKEA designers from all over the world in addition to the head of IKEA North America. Talking with them about their design philosophy, how they source materials, and what IKEAFANS want from IKEA was amazing. I also got some great swag- which I still actually use (how often can you say that?). Most importantly, I got to see ALL the new items and colors in a very impressive installation.
If you're not a big IKEA fan, I can understand why this wouldn't be your cup of tea- on the other hand, if you really are A FAN, it's a blast. I wish I could make it this year!!
Hi! The launch 'event' is a 3 hour invite-only event on Tuesday from 11am until 2pm with special sneak previews of new products to come in the new catalog year. Things can take time to roll out into the stores, and at the event, you get a chance to touch and feel the new stuff before it hits the shelves. Guests will be largely press - both from mainstream press and online blogs, and such but also will probably include IKEA bigwigs and other marketing types from agencies which work with IKEA. And, as Kelly said, you get to talk to the designers and folks from IKEA in Sweden about how products came about, etc. It was super fun last year, and an event not many people get to attend.
We're making it a bigger event by celebrating the launch of the new catalog (and all the new stuff in it!) NY style! In addition to the event itself, we're going to hang out and have dinner and drinks, and the winner gets to take home a $100 gift from IKEA as well as the 'goodie bag o'swag' they always provide.
If you're not local, and you're not excited about the new products to come in the 2010 catalog, it's probably not very exciting. But I'm excited!!
Thanks, I understand and of course, this site being "ikeafans.com" and not "I-Like-Ikea.com" it is definitely a great chance for those fans to attend this. It will really be tough to get anyone to travel to NY just for that, though.
I just wanted to say that the "Must" part probably will keep number of entrants to low. "3. Must be available to attend events in NYC on July 27th in the evening and July 28th from 11am -2pm."
Nevertheless, being a NY'er, I will probably end up entering this but it is tough to say I can attend this if -no matter how unlikely it is- I end up winning.
From our point of view, being able to go the event is kind of important! We don't expect people outside the NY area to fly in for it- even though I and quite a few others did last year.
You are right - the MUST part doesn't need to apply to dinner and drinks on the 27th. We'd LOVE to meet you that way, but the 'real event' is on the 28th from 11am until 2pm. That's all you really need to be there for, but we can't offer a raincheck on the dinner as we're coming in from far reaches for this.
Oh, and so far, you have super great chances of winning as we only have 3 entries so far! Show us some pictures! Show us some IKEA love!
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