Follow the rules you put in pace, write your code so that it cuts off voting when it should, and respond to emails within three business days like you say...
I was an entrant in your Frosty Project Contest for Wendy’s. I wrote to question the declared winner for the Video category. The following email explains in further detail why.
Throughout the contest I noticed that under your entries tab as votes came, in the
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Follow the rules you put in pace, write your code so that it cuts off voting when it should, and respond to emails within three business days like you say...
I was an entrant in your Frosty Project Contest for Wendy’s. I wrote to question the declared winner for the Video category. The following email explains in further detail why.
Throughout the contest I noticed that under your entries tab as votes came, in the number of stars changed. I believed this showed who was in which place throughout the Final Grand Prize Voting Phase of the contest.
At 12:00 a.m. ET on July 29, 2010, just after the contest should have ended (according to the official rules which are shown below), I was on my computer and saw that my video was in first place by approximately an entire star. I have pictures and screen shots to show this. I took these screen shots and pictures because I noticed in previous phases of the contest that even after the deadline had passed you could continue to vote.
Your official rules state:
“4. Timing: The Contest begins on June 23, 2010 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET"), ends on July 28, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Contest Period") and consists of seven (7) phases, some of which overlap, as set forth in the chart below. The Sweepstakes begins on June 23, 2010 at 12:00 a.m. ET and ends on July 13, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Sweepstakes Period").
Phase
Start Date (at 12:00 a.m. ET)
End Date (at 11:59 p.m. ET)
Submission 1
6/23/10
6/29/10
Voting/Judging 1
6/23/10
7/1/10
Submission 2
6/30/10
7/6/10
Voting/Judging 2
6/30/10
7/8/10
Submission 3
7/7/10
7/13/10
Voting/Judging 3
7/7/10
7/15/10
Final Grand Prize Voting Judging 3
7/19/10
7/28/10
The Famous Group's computer is the official time-keeping device for the Promotion.”
From http://apps.facebook.com/frostyproject/Rules.aspx
When I woke the next morning I saw that I was no longer in the lead. I feared at that point that it was possible the other contestant had continued to receive votes past the deadline stated in the official rules and would be declared the winner. When the Grand Prize Winners were announced on July 30, 2010 it confirmed my fear when the other video had won.
If what I have stated above is the case I believe that I should be the video grand prize winner of the Frosty Project Contest. If that is not the case I would appreciate an explanation of how the votes were tallied so that I may better understand why my entry was not declared the grand prize winner.
Thank you for your time in this matter and I look forward to hearing back in a timely manner. Feel free to respond to my emails I have sent in the past.
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