About this contest thing...

AlmuChan · Newb Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 14 Location: Your face.

[size=9]I went to this brickfish.com so that I could sign up for the contest (for the PS3), but I ran into some problems:

1. How do you submit the pic? This shouldn't be so complicated!!!

2. It says that I have to be signed up for this contest, so I tried to register on brickfish, and it asked REALLY personal info. Like my school. Why would they need to know that? Seriously. So I didn't sign up.

Help meh![/size]
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kittyshootingstar · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject:

Yeah, and if you win, they want to know your Social Security number! I just don't get it!

AlmuChan · Newb Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 14 Location: Your face.

[size=9]WHAT!?!?! I did sign up, with fake info about some things, but why would they want to know THAT?

Freaks.[/size]
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Stratadrake · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:31 pm Post subject:

[quote]I did sign up, with fake info about some things[/quote]
Fake info? You should be disqualified for that.

No, really. When the prize is a real PS3, they need to make sure that whomever wins is a real person with a real mailing address they can ship it to.
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kittyshootingstar · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject:

Yeah, but you didn't answer why they want to know your Social Security number. No one needs to know that to ship you a playstation.

AlmuChan · Newb Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 14 Location: Your face.

[quote="Stratadrake"][quote]I did sign up, with fake info about some things[/quote]
Fake info? You should be disqualified for that.

No, really. When the prize is a real PS3, they need to make sure that whomever wins is a real person with a real mailing address they can ship it to.[/quote]
[size=9]Well, it wasn't really fake (or at least I don't think you would consider it.) I simply told them that I didn't go to school. When I typed in my zip code and all that jazz it had my exact school district. Almu got angry.

WHY WOULD THEY ASK THAT!?!?!?!

And why would someone make a fake mailing address for a PS3. That's just...ridiculous.

Dumb, dumb, dumb. Not only that, but it seems as if no one knows about this site. I would've liked more feedback for my efforts. Seriously. XP [/size]
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Battou · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:24 am Post subject:

The Social Security Number is to verify that you are who you say you are and that you exsist. That is why they ask, to put it simply they will not send prizes to fake/ficticious people who do not exsist.

*EDIT* on a further note, If my memory serves me correctly half of that information (I.E School and what not) was optional.
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AlmuChan · Newb Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 14 Location: Your face.

[size=9]I see. Kinda sounds silly, but I suppose it's understandable. However, to be truly honest, I feel that this contest was very disorganized. Very lackluster. I've entered contests before and none of them got this in depth with personal stuff. Perhaps it's because it was figured that everyone would [i]exist[/i] when they entered their [i]existing[/i] art for an item of such great value.

I dunno. It's my opinion. Perhaps next time, such a contest could be a bit more...tidy?[/size]
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Stratadrake · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject:

This contest is sponsored by a completely different company from FAC (as opposed to your everday casual "FAC contests"). That's part of the reason why, they have their own rules and reasons for requiring registration information.
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AngelusMortis · Very bored Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 159

You do realize that the prize is a PS3, right? They probably would care more about where they send their PS3 and who gets it because that's a huge investment right there. The last contest I won had only a cash prize of $100 US, and even though they didn't ask for my social security number, that doesn't compare to a PS3 because it costs even more.

kittyshootingstar · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject:

[quote="battou"]The Social Security Number is to verify that you are who you say you are and that you exsist. That is why they ask, to put it simply they will not send prizes to fake/ficticious people who do not exsist.[/quote]

no one needs to know your Social Security number to verify that ya exist. Geez, no wonder so many people get scammed every day. you do know what people can do with that number right? That, plus the required info they ask for (name, address, etc), can be used to steal your identity.

Sorry if I'm being paranoid, but that's just the way I was raised. I was raised to have more common sense than most people. Which isn't saying much, considering what you see on the news every day...

Stratadrake · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject:

[quote]Well, it wasn't really fake (or at least I don't think you would consider it.) I simply told them that I didn't go to school. When I typed in my zip code and all that jazz it had my exact school district. Almu got angry.[/quote]
I'll take back what I said earlier, for optional fields that need not be filled in.

Brickfish.com does not require your SSN as part of the site's registration. Is that part of the entry procedure for the FAC logo contest?
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AngelusMortis · Very bored Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 159

This is their policy on private information:

[quote][b]Brickfish Privacy Policy[/b]
Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not generally trade, rent, or share your Personal Information with third parties, unless you ask us to do so.

We may provide your Personal Information to third party service providers who work on behalf of or with Brickfish to provide some of the services and features of the Brickfish movement and to help us communicate with the members of our movement. However, these service providers do not have any independent right to share this information (except pursuant to a legal requirement such as a subpoena or warrant).

We may make your Personal Information available to other organizations whose products or services we think you might find interesting. If you are a California resident and you would like to know (1) the categories of Personal Information that we disclosed in the prior calendar year to third parties about you for the purposes of the third parties’ marketing and/or (2) the names and addresses of such third parties, please contact us via email at: membersupport@brickfish.com

Although we currently do not have a parent company, any subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control (collectively, "Affiliates"), we may in the future. We may share some or all of your Personal Information with these Affiliates, in which case we will require our Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.

If our company or our assets are acquired by another company, that company will possess the Personal Information collected by us and it will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.

We may disclose your Personal Information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on Brickfish; (b) to protect or defend the rights or property of Brickfish, users of our Website, or third parties; or (c) to investigate or prevent suspected fraud, illegal activity, threats to safety, or violations of the Terms or Use or this Privacy Policy.[/quote]

kittyshootingstar · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:56 am Post subject:

They ask you to give your SSN to claim a prize. Maybe it's just the way my parents taught me, but I smell something fishy. And it's not just my cat's food. Anyways, I'm not entering, so I really don't care, actually. I was just curious as to why they would even ask one person for this kind of sensitive information.

AngelusMortis · Very bored Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 159

Instead of asking us, since we're completely clueless, I think you should have just asked Brickfish to begin with.

Hawk4444 · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:57 pm Post subject:

heh, isnt' there another way to verify that you exist besides giving your SSN?

also i can't figure out how to submit my drawing either. ARG
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cstdenis · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:10 pm Post subject:

I think they may want the SSN for tax reasons (best guess).

If you have a real problem with it -- ask them.

Hawk4444 · Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:30 am Post subject:

you can send them a message but then they ask for all sorts of things like who is it too. and if you don't know who its going to. you can't send it. Sad

sadness......

also i got it all done and submitted now. Can you vote for yourself once per day. ?
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