Nikkole
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- Jan 16, 2006
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Someone wrote this on Slickdeals.net -- Absolutely hilarious, thought I'd share; Apparently, I'm unable to copy & paste before sending... Let's try this again.
I have composed the following timeline of this promotion, for your reading pleasure, based on phrases heard throughout the promo:
1/26 Day 1:
7:48amPST 10:48amEST - (7.5 min)
1:27pmPST 4:27pmEST - (7.5 min)
"OMG I just booked an all inclusive 5 star resort worth $5,000+"
"NICE!! I got a $16,000 5 star hotel for 7 nights!"
"oh sh*t" - LMT
1/27 Day 2:
8:21amPST 11:21amEST - (5 min)
5:42pmPST 8:42pmEST - (5 min)
6:05pmPST 9:05pmEST - (5 min)
"Crap, where did all the ultra-expensive 5 star luxury resorts go???"
"My hotels vanished!!! But somehow mysteriously come back after the promotion was over"
<Frantically revising their T&C> - Lastminutetravel
1/28 Day 3:
3:43amPST 6:43amEST - (7.5 min)
4:05amPST 7:05amEST - (7.5 min)
"Use this program called c4c, autorefresher, enounce, etc!"
"sweet, I guess I'll take the free 4 star hotel,...but where's the 5 star ones??"
"Does anyone know if you can book more than one hotel per person??"
"So how do I use c4c, autorefresher, enounce, etc?"
"LMT sucks."
"LMT rules."
"Taxes. You will be paying income tax, sales tax, and state tax!" "No I will not be!"
1/29 Day 4:
5:18amPST 8:18amEST - (5 min)
10:12pmPST 1:12amEST - (5 min)
10:27pmPST 1:27amEST - (5min)
"OH crap, c4c stopped working; everyone come to chatango!!"
"who are these 700 other people in the chat room with me??"
"How many bell tolls was that and how many Hallelujah's were in the video??"
"the people that are posting wins are shills! LMT is the biggest scam evar!"
"OK, the promo is over for today, Kevin and Janice have gone to bed. Good Night, guys."
1/30 Day 5:
5:47am EST - (7.5 min)
6:41am EST - (7.5 min)
"OMG I missed 4 booking periods! why did i go to bed?"
"they lied to us. Lets sue!"
"Hey Janice! come check us out, we're on slickdeals and on chatango. We are hoping to break a world record on the most people in a chat room."
2/2 Day 6:
Random!!! ARGGHH!!!
"Hey honey, come look at this, there's 2000 people in this chat room!...why haven't they started the booking period yet?"
"Class-action lawsuit. I have contacted my attorney general and my lawyer will be called in the morning."
"GOOOOOOOO!" "LIES!!!! YOU LIES!!!!....oh wait, i think its random now."
2/3 Day 7:
NO LONGER A SET 15 min TIME Block! Is happening continuously throughout the day to people. It is more of just a random thing now. When it happens not everyone will see it, just a select few.
"Sigh, I have never even seen the video..."
"Is my IP address blocked?"
refresh. refresh. refresh.
2/4 Day 8:
???
"come to the new private chat room to get insider tips"
"use c4c again!"
"LMT sucks."
"I just booked with 1:30 left and it said "Sorry, the promotion is over. Try again tomorrow!"
2/5 Day 9:
"Crap, the video keeps looping over and over."
"What time zone are you in???"
"What is your ip adress????"
2/6 Day 10:
"Hey guys, I'm new here. I need rooms to Disney...where do I start and when does this promo end?"
(LINK)
I have composed the following timeline of this promotion, for your reading pleasure, based on phrases heard throughout the promo:
1/26 Day 1:
7:48amPST 10:48amEST - (7.5 min)
1:27pmPST 4:27pmEST - (7.5 min)
"OMG I just booked an all inclusive 5 star resort worth $5,000+"
"NICE!! I got a $16,000 5 star hotel for 7 nights!"
"oh sh*t" - LMT
1/27 Day 2:
8:21amPST 11:21amEST - (5 min)
5:42pmPST 8:42pmEST - (5 min)
6:05pmPST 9:05pmEST - (5 min)
"Crap, where did all the ultra-expensive 5 star luxury resorts go???"
"My hotels vanished!!! But somehow mysteriously come back after the promotion was over"
<Frantically revising their T&C> - Lastminutetravel
1/28 Day 3:
3:43amPST 6:43amEST - (7.5 min)
4:05amPST 7:05amEST - (7.5 min)
"Use this program called c4c, autorefresher, enounce, etc!"
"sweet, I guess I'll take the free 4 star hotel,...but where's the 5 star ones??"
"Does anyone know if you can book more than one hotel per person??"
"So how do I use c4c, autorefresher, enounce, etc?"
"LMT sucks."
"LMT rules."
"Taxes. You will be paying income tax, sales tax, and state tax!" "No I will not be!"
1/29 Day 4:
5:18amPST 8:18amEST - (5 min)
10:12pmPST 1:12amEST - (5 min)
10:27pmPST 1:27amEST - (5min)
"OH crap, c4c stopped working; everyone come to chatango!!"
"who are these 700 other people in the chat room with me??"
"How many bell tolls was that and how many Hallelujah's were in the video??"
"the people that are posting wins are shills! LMT is the biggest scam evar!"
"OK, the promo is over for today, Kevin and Janice have gone to bed. Good Night, guys."
1/30 Day 5:
5:47am EST - (7.5 min)
6:41am EST - (7.5 min)
"OMG I missed 4 booking periods! why did i go to bed?"
"they lied to us. Lets sue!"
"Hey Janice! come check us out, we're on slickdeals and on chatango. We are hoping to break a world record on the most people in a chat room."
2/2 Day 6:
Random!!! ARGGHH!!!
"Hey honey, come look at this, there's 2000 people in this chat room!...why haven't they started the booking period yet?"
"Class-action lawsuit. I have contacted my attorney general and my lawyer will be called in the morning."
"GOOOOOOOO!" "LIES!!!! YOU LIES!!!!....oh wait, i think its random now."
2/3 Day 7:
NO LONGER A SET 15 min TIME Block! Is happening continuously throughout the day to people. It is more of just a random thing now. When it happens not everyone will see it, just a select few.
"Sigh, I have never even seen the video..."
"Is my IP address blocked?"
refresh. refresh. refresh.
2/4 Day 8:
???
"come to the new private chat room to get insider tips"
"use c4c again!"
"LMT sucks."
"I just booked with 1:30 left and it said "Sorry, the promotion is over. Try again tomorrow!"
2/5 Day 9:
"Crap, the video keeps looping over and over."
"What time zone are you in???"
"What is your ip adress????"
2/6 Day 10:
"Hey guys, I'm new here. I need rooms to Disney...where do I start and when does this promo end?"
(LINK)
