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dirtycat

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Quote from: wogaut on April 28, 2012, 11:54:45 AM

So Cablepair, what will it be?

I suggest you define an end date, pick the block hash after that end date and use that method to determine a winner:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/closed-50gh-1-week-mining-contract-worth-230-btc-77442
That method works even with non-continuous ticket numbers.

Otherwise I'll ask you to refund my BTC.
At this point I don't think any amount of advertising will sell all the tickets (unless you buy them yourself).

And I hope others will start to make requests to determine an end date for this and have some decision.

+1

server

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Quote from: wogaut on April 28, 2012, 11:54:45 AM

So Cablepair, what will it be?

I suggest you define an end date, pick the block hash after that end date and use that method to determine a winner:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/closed-50gh-1-week-mining-contract-worth-230-btc-77442
That method works even with non-continuous ticket numbers.

Otherwise I'll ask you to refund my BTC.
At this point I don't think any amount of advertising will sell all the tickets (unless you buy them yourself).

And I hope others will start to make requests to determine an end date for this and have some decision.

+1

wogaut

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So Cablepair, what will it be?

I suggest you define an end date, pick the block hash after that end date and use that method to determine a winner:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/closed-50gh-1-week-mining-contract-worth-230-btc-77442
That method works even with non-continuous ticket numbers.

Otherwise I'll ask you to refund my BTC.
At this point I don't think any amount of advertising will sell all the tickets (unless you buy them yourself).

And I hope others will start to make requests to determine an end date for this and have some decision.

wogaut

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Cablepair, I believe this is the time for you to speak up...

dirtycat

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well ill take my bitcoin back if refunds are gonna be sent out.

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Quote from: Transisto on April 25, 2012, 02:51:53 AM

Quote from: server on April 23, 2012, 05:45:05 PM

Quote from: tarrant_01 on April 23, 2012, 04:39:36 PM

Options:

1. Add an end date.
2. Refund all btc and sell it.
3. Sell it and split the money - expenses to those who have tickets.
4. Halve the price of tickets and give every ticket holder another ticket selected at random.
5. Pay for more advertising and lose more money.
~~6. Do nothing.~~
7. Once you've reached more than ~600$ + 60 btc worth of ticket, slowly buy the remainder and be done with it. (April 3)
8. Mine with it and share profits among those who purchased tickets.

Just ideas.

Card now worth ... ~450 $ ... going down.

It's not the ideal mining card anyways.

Transisto

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Quote from: server on April 23, 2012, 05:45:05 PM

Quote from: tarrant_01 on April 23, 2012, 04:39:36 PM

Options:

1. Add an end date.
2. Refund all btc and sell it.
3. Sell it and split the money - expenses to those who have tickets.
4. Halve the price of tickets and give every ticket holder another ticket selected at random.
5. Pay for more advertising and lose more money.
~~6. Do nothing.~~
7. Once you've reached more than ~600$ + 60 btc worth of ticket, slowly buy the remainder and be done with it. (April 3)
8. Mine with it and share profits among those who purchased tickets.

Just ideas.

Card now worth ... ~450 $ ... going down.

server

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1 BTC =1 BTC

Quote from: tarrant_01 on April 23, 2012, 04:39:36 PM

Options:

1. Add an end date.
2. Refund all btc and sell it.
3. Sell it and split the money - expenses to those who have tickets.
4. Halve the price of tickets and give every ticket holder another ticket selected at random.
5. Pay for more advertising and lose more money.
~~6. Do nothing.~~

Just ideas.

tarrant_01

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Options:

1. Add an end date.
2. Refund all btc and sell it.
3. Sell it and split the money - expenses to those who have tickets.
4. Halve the price of tickets and give every ticket holder another ticket selected at random.
5. Pay for more advertising and lose more money.
6. Do nothing.

Just ideas.

dirtycat

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So where is this going?

wogaut

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Quote from: cablepair on April 19, 2012, 10:31:39 PM

Quote from: jamesg on April 19, 2012, 09:56:53 AM

Quote from: cablepair on April 19, 2012, 09:12:45 AM

I am looking for ways to speed things up, and I dont mind spending money to do so - if anyone has any advertising suggestions I would be happy to hear them!

Thanks for playing!

At some point you are going to spend more on advertising than receive in ticket sales. At what point does it make sense to cut your loses and call this thing done?

I will not change the terms of the raffle, it would be dishonest. The terms I made at the beginning of this raffle will not be changed, it would be wrong to change them for better or for worse...

People who have actually purchased tickets have been contacting me and giving me ideas on how I can better advertise and I appreciate stuff like this, I will be following through with this and please keep them coming boys I have no problem spending money if it will further this raffle, I will do what it takes to make this happen.

Well, I'm not so sure about that, I would think it would be unfair to sit on people's coins forever and keep the prize, in case all tickets are not sold.
That's debatable for me, and I guess many others would agree depending on how long this is going to continue, after all BTC is about the >50% Cheesy

For future raffles you might want to put in an end date in case that there are not all tickets sold. Of course then you have the issue of picking a winner with a sparse set of ticket numbers, that requires additional rules (like trying the next block if a match to a valid ticket number cannot be found, or re-indexing the ticket number base to have a new smaller set of sequential numbers).

Anyways, just more than 20% sold, that's better than last time I checked.

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Quote from: jamesg on April 19, 2012, 09:56:53 AM

Quote from: cablepair on April 19, 2012, 09:12:45 AM

I am looking for ways to speed things up, and I dont mind spending money to do so - if anyone has any advertising suggestions I would be happy to hear them!

Thanks for playing!

At some point you are going to spend more on advertising than receive in ticket sales. At what point does it make sense to cut your loses and call this thing done?

I will not change the terms of the raffle, it would be dishonest. The terms I made at the beginning of this raffle will not be changed, it would be wrong to change them for better or for worse...

People who have actually purchased tickets have been contacting me and giving me ideas on how I can better advertise and I appreciate stuff like this, I will be following through with this and please keep them coming boys I have no problem spending money if it will further this raffle, I will do what it takes to make this happen.

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Quote from: cablepair on April 19, 2012, 09:12:45 AM

I am looking for ways to speed things up, and I dont mind spending money to do so - if anyone has any advertising suggestions I would be happy to hear them!

Thanks for playing!

At some point you are going to spend more on advertising than receive in ticket sales. At what point does it make sense to cut your loses and call this thing done?

cablepair

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Quote from: dirtycat on April 19, 2012, 12:55:10 AM

looks like your selling a ticket a day.. should have this wrapped up in about 8 months.. im excited!

I am looking for ways to speed things up, and I dont mind spending money to do so - if anyone has any advertising suggestions I would be happy to hear them!

Thanks for playing!

dirtycat

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looks like your selling a ticket a day.. should have this wrapped up in about 8 months.. im excited!

cablepair

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gigavps: if your concerned why not buy a ticket yourself?

We actually have sold three tickets today, also

You havent seen anything yet buddy, I am buying up advertising but it takes time. I am involved in two advertising auctions right now , one ends in 9 hours and my big one (buying four advertising slots on the forum) ends in 2 days.

I dont know why 3 days is so concerning, the terms are very simple and plain for everyone to see, theoretically this raffle could go on for 100 years but I am going to do my best to make sure that it ends as soon as possible.

I will not change the terms of the raffle, that would be wrong.

I will continue to push advertising and spend money on advertising until all the tickets are sold, if yours or any one elses expectations are that this raffle is going to only last a week or that if things slow down I am going to change the terms of the raffle you are mistaken and should not buy a ticket.

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Quote from: jamesg on April 12, 2012, 11:43:56 AM

Quote from: wogaut on April 12, 2012, 11:36:00 AM

Test, 1, 2, 3, test! Is this raffle still on?
Seems you lost steam...

Looks like 56 tickets have been sold now.

So I've seen advertising for this raffle but no more ticket sales. Cablepair, what is you plan to finish out this raffle with no sales made in the last 3 days?

cablepair

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Time to start another push in advertising! Big CoinAD Advertisement going up today among others

3 More Days until Our Four Advertising Slots on this Forum Begin - that will be a big push

lots of tickets left

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Thanks to everyone who has participated!

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Quote from: wogaut on April 12, 2012, 11:36:00 AM

Test, 1, 2, 3, test! Is this raffle still on?
Seems you lost steam...

This is to be expected, we are in a lull at the moment but I am gearing up for a big round of advertising. For one thing I am buying four advertising slots on this forum which will start on the 17th, that is going to be a big source of ticket sales

Also going to renew ads today at:

feedzebirdz / twitter
CoinAd.com
Anonymous Ads

also organizing facebook campaign - and looking into a way to get bitcoin newbies into the action with easy coins

dont worry we have another surge of ticket sales coming on the horizon - thanks for being patient!

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Quote from: wogaut on April 12, 2012, 11:36:00 AM

Test, 1, 2, 3, test! Is this raffle still on?
Seems you lost steam...

Looks like 56 tickets have been sold now.

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