Bass Player is giving away a Sterling

[adouglas]

Sterling, GK head and GK cabinet sweepstakes....

Enter early, enter often.

http://www.bassplayer.com/story.asp?sectioncode=75&storycode=11718

 

[Mr_Phunk]

Damn only US and Canada...

Check the rules (no. 3). Whats up with this???!:

In order to win a prize, residents of Canada will be required to answer correctly a time limited mathematical skill testing question to be administered via telephone.

Is that a joke?

 

[impact07]

Damn only US and Canada...

Check the rules (no. 3). Whats up with this???!:



Is that a joke?

Nope, it's the law. Canadians have to win a game of *skill* to get their prize.

 

[phatduckk]

sweet .... i could use another Sterling

 

[adouglas]

Nope, it's the law. Canadians have to win a game of *skill* to get their prize.

You mean spelling my name and email address right isn't a skill?



Hey, you get 400 points on the SATs just for writing your name....

Gawd, I hate low standards.

 

[Mr_Phunk]

Nope, it's the law. Canadians have to win a game of *skill* to get their prize.

That's unbelievable! What the hell is the reasoning behind this? Who came up with this stupid law?

 

[adouglas]

That's unbelievable! What the hell is the reasoning behind this? Who came up with this stupid law?

Ottawa. Or maybe London.

From the Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweepstakes

"Because of the perceived deceptive nature of sweepstakes, they are heavily regulated. The US, Canada, and individual US states all have laws covering sweepstakes, resulting in special rules depending on where the entrant lives. Notably, Canada and several European countries require entrants to solve a mathematical puzzle, making it a contest of skill, in order to overcome requirements that would classify sweepstakes as a form of gambling."

 

[Mr_Phunk]

Oh I see, it's a loophole to avoid it being classed as "gambling".

Yeah I just thought that was really odd

 

[nashman]

I'm in on the contest ... thanks!

I hope I can answer the quiz correctly. Imagine winning and messing-up on the math equation. I should have entered my Son's name.

 

[adouglas]

I'm in on the contest ... thanks!

I hope I can answer the quiz correctly. Imagine winning and messing-up on the math equation. I should have entered my Son's name.

Your question:

If it takes a chicken and a half a day and a half to lay an egg and a half, how long does it take sixteen monkeys to kick all the seeds out of a banana?

You have 30 seconds, starting...now.

 

[midopa]

I shall submit an entry everyday.

 

[Postal]

I'm in.

 

[hankSRay]

Too cool, I'm already building up my rig to be a mini version of that (Sterling, 1001RBII and a Neo 212) but if I could somehow win that, I'd be one happy camper.

 

[cgworkman]

My luck's not that good. But it would be nice....

 

[bovinehost]

I don't know where my new Bass Player magazine is, but I did see the photo - wasn't it a dual pickup Sterling? HS config?

 

[Psycho Ward]

Is it a lefty?

































didn't think so...

 

[AnthonyD]

I believe you get to pick the options...

"Winner gets to choose from the over 25 high gloss color finishes and multiple pick-up configurations."

Not clear if this includes lefty, though...

 

[Randracula]

I've already won the Sterling so everybody can stop putting in their entries now

 

[shamus63]

I'm in. If I win, I'll sell it right away to pay for a new Bongo!

 

[nashman]

Ummmmmm ... bananas have no seeds?