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   posted: Nov. 24, 2008 @ 12:03p

HatHed said:It is true - any of you could make a video and upload it to YouTube...but hopefully, the "advertising" that comes from your video submissions in this challenge will promote what a fun and vibrant community we have at FatWallet. Our intent is to have more to share with each other. Besides, I have one of these cameras and, it's pretty darn cool. Rock on!I rest my case...


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   posted: Nov. 24, 2008 @ 12:34p

I'll take it
Thanks


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   posted: Nov. 24, 2008 @ 1:01p

onion said:FrugalFreak said:
$678 Newegg for Canon HD Camcorder
$65.79 Buy.com for Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0
$61.14 TheNerds.com for Battery Charger CG-800
$64.99 CDW for Battery Pack BP-809(S)
$109.99 JR.com for Video Light VL-5
$108 Abe's of Maine for Wide Lens Converter WD-H37 II
$109.95 Buy.com for Tele Lens Converter TL-H37
$23.69 Amazon.com for Soft Carrying Case SC-A60
$99.00 JR.com for Bogen 190XDB Aluminum Tripod (Black).
_____________________________________________________
$1,320.55 Total Prize. Seems quite a reward to me.
The camera is worth $550, the rest of the items you have priced are typical accessories marked up 500%...you have been on FW long enough to understand this.

I also understand FW must pay bills so we can HAVE a community and you have a place to complain


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   posted: Nov. 24, 2008 @ 3:58p

Guys, please, stop arguing and just make your video if you're interested, or skip it if you're not. I already know mine is not the best, but it WAS the best effort I could make. But please, stop holding it up as some pitiful example of how any monkey with a digicam could still win this, and go ahead and BE the monkey (think Chevy Chase in Caddyshack).

BE the monkey.


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   posted: Nov. 24, 2008 @ 4:05p

i think the "advertising" value of videos uploaded to youtube is pretty low. (far too low to complain about abusing the community)

They'll be viewed by fatwallet community member, and people searching youtube for "fatwallet". We're not asking uploaders to stuff their descriptions with "funny" or "naked" or "carebears" (or other popular search terms) in order to get the fatwallet 'advertisements' in front of non fatwallet members.

We could certainly hire a professional to make a commercial for us - but then it doesn't capture the views of the community as it'll be directed by staff. We want to capture the creativity and the passion of the fatwallet members.

What we gain, is a better understanding of what people like about our site and how they use it. We're not asking you to tattoo fatwallet.com on your forehead or anything extreme.


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   posted: Nov. 24, 2008 @ 4:16p

Did someone say Care Bears?


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   posted: Nov. 24, 2008 @ 4:28p

onion said:HatHed said:It is true - any of you could make a video and upload it to YouTube...but hopefully, the "advertising" that comes from your video submissions in this challenge will promote what a fun and vibrant community we have at FatWallet. Our intent is to have more to share with each other. Besides, I have one of these cameras and, it's pretty darn cool. Rock on!I rest my case...

Phew, councilor, please approach the bench.

I don't think we're trying to hide anything we're doing. We're having a fun contest that you can choose to participate in for the chance to win some cool stuff. Or, you can choose to not participate and keep walking on past the thread. Your choice.


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   posted: Nov. 24, 2008 @ 5:41p

MVP9596 said:Phew, councilor, please approach the bench.

I don't think we're trying to hide anything we're doing. We're having a fun contest that you can choose to participate in for the chance to win some cool stuff. Or, you can choose to not participate and keep walking on past the thread. Your choice.Well then we'll leave it at that but I dont think you will find many people willing spend the time creating a video just for a chance at winning a prize. A better incentive would be to offer everyone who participated something small (FW branded USB flash drives maybe?) and the winners the grand prizes.


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   posted: Nov. 24, 2008 @ 5:51p

naked dancing care bears.... i think we have ourselves a winner.... now to make the video


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   posted: Nov. 24, 2008 @ 6:43p

an entry

2 Captured ♥s

Hope You enjoy the video

Good Luck fellow participants


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   posted: Nov. 24, 2008 @ 6:57p

ehh.. what the heck.. cant hide it no more..

My entry


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   posted: Nov. 25, 2008 @ 8:17a

FrugalFreak said:

 
Grab your popcorn, pour your beverage 
 and gather your family.                                                
 I now introduce 
 Fatwallet Member 
 FrugalFreak's Fatwallet.com 
Wow, the suspense was killing me - I was on the edge of my seat!


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   posted: Nov. 25, 2008 @ 9:05a

an entry

Fortune Cookie

Hope You enjoy the clip


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   posted: Nov. 25, 2008 @ 9:33a

Good job guys! These entries have been very creative!


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   posted: Nov. 25, 2008 @ 9:39a

appreciate all efforts


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   posted: Nov. 25, 2008 @ 6:11p

I really need to make one of these videos


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   posted: Nov. 25, 2008 @ 7:53p

Hey, I think it'd be nice to win the grand prize, but I'll settle for 2nd, 3rd, heck even 4th. I enjoy doing things with a camera, now, I don't know about the others but I figured why not, I get to create something fun and be able to show what I like to do. Plus getting a prize or two wouldn't hurt. So I'm in. =) Expect my entry last minute though, lol. Good luck to all.

Also, for those that are complaining about how such a prize is only a few hundred dollars, it's not costing you much to make a video, let alone make a video, if you choose to...You have an option to do it, no one is making you. I appreciate this contest. It's a camera, cmon, it's not money coming out of your pocket. The least it's taking away from you is less than 1 gb(or less?) of space on your hard drive. You've got nothing to lose.


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   posted: Nov. 26, 2008 @ 5:13a

Here's mine: Finding Fatwallet
I actually got sick, spinning in that chair. Like, 'need to go to the toilet' sick.


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   posted: Nov. 26, 2008 @ 5:15a

by what time do the videos need to be linked?


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   posted: Nov. 26, 2008 @ 12:35p

kelchild said:by what time do the videos need to be linked?
In the OP, it says
Upload your video to youtube.com, including a link back to this topic, then post the video link in this topic on or before Nov. 30, 2008

But since you're in Japan.. i'm not sure. They probably mean 11:59 PM somewhere in US.. so sometime December 1st morning for you.


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