HB 1,000,000 message views countdown contest

#1: Post by HB » May 23rd, 2006, 9:32 pm

The Home-Barista.com and Counter Culture Coffee countdown contest!

"Coffee Driven People, People Driven Coffee"

Huh? What does this mean? Each time you click a link to read a post, the site's message view count increases. Hard to believe that it's been almost one million clicks in one year. Well, a lot of them are probably google spiders and other bots. But hey, it's still cause to celebrate!

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UPDATED 05/31: Congratulations jesawdy, you've won a Summer of Coffee from Counter Culture! But there's something for everyone else!

MarkO wrote:All of us here have had so much fun reading the contest thread. Many thanks to H-B for hosting, and to everyone who participated. In appreciation for the enthusiastic membership of H-B, we'd like to offer a coupon for $5 off any online coffee purchase. To use the coupon, simply type 'hbmillion' (without quotation marks) at the coupon prompt.

The offer is valid through Sunday June 4th.

All the best,

Mark

Thanks to all who entered and shared their pithy comments, it was fun.

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How do I enter? This contest thread is "special" -- your reply to this thread will automatically include the current view count from the forum index page (i.e., "These messages has been seen 974K times" near the bottom). Reply with one or more excerpted sentences from http://www.counterculturecoffee.com and you're in the countdown contest. See the example post that follows.

How do I win? The member whose post is (a) closest to a milestone without going over and (b) the entrant's excerpted sentence has not been previously posted.

What can I win? The grand prize is a summer of coffee with winners at each 5,000 message views milestone:

980,000 views = one bag of Counter Culture Coffee
985,000 views = one bag of Counter Culture Coffee
990,000 views = one bag of Counter Culture Coffee
995,000 views = one bag of Counter Culture Coffee
1,000,000 views = summer of coffee from Counter Culture Coffee (one bag of coffee per week for 12 weeks)

Entrants can win more than one milestone.

Questions about the rules? Reply to this thread. Questions about the contest will not be considered entries. An entry must include an excerpt from Counter Culture Coffee's website to be considered valid (any phrase will do as long as it's unique).

Reminder: Replies to this thread cannot be modified or deleted. You can enter as many times as you wish by replying, but each excerpted phrase from http://www.counterculturecoffee.com must be unique and spammish replies will be disqualified. Limited to residents of the lower 48 United States. Offer void where prohibited. Keep in mind that the site performance degrades noticeably when there's near simultaneous posts; those submitting last-second entries ("snipers") risk missing the milestone.

May 25th, 2006, 10:30 am

This post is an example valid contest entry (the excerpt below is from the Counter Culture Coffee home page, second paragraph; the 'quote' tags are optional).

We've found that the more informed about coffee you are, the better we are forced to perform. So, browse around, join our 'insider' newsletter, and by all means let us know what you think!

Note that the "Total views" below was automatically added when the reply was posted and cannot be changed.

Total views: 976187

#3: Post by **jesawdy** » May 25th, 2006, 11:20 am

First post... ever!

This will be fun!

We have a mission to create cutting-edge coffee people, and this mission extends beyond our employees to our retailers, friends, and ultimately to the general public.

-Jeff

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#4: Post by **Ken Fox** » May 25th, 2006, 11:50 am

We've been singing praises for this region's coffee all year, and this Super Lot deserves special recognition. We paid the co-op more than double our contracted price for this coffee, sending the clear message that we are eager to pay up for an extraordinary coffee experience. Although it goes without saying, it was well worth it!

- Peter

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#5: Post by **MarkO** » May 25th, 2006, 12:12 pm

Hey Everyone,

Major Congratulations to our friend Dan and the success of Home-Barista.com!

We're proud to be a part of this milestone celebration and look forward to sending some of our coffee to the lucky winners.

Thanks for participating and good luck!

-Mark

Total views: 976527

#6: Post by **beta14ok** » May 25th, 2006, 12:29 pm

"We're not trying to change the world, just the way it thinks about coffee"

You folks are certainly gittin-er-done!

Cheer,
dmm

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#7: Post by **woodchuck** » May 25th, 2006, 1:07 pm

Learn how a coffee buyer makes his living--by tasting coffee all day!

Sounds like a dream job to me. Congrats Dan on getting close to that 1,000,000 mark!

Ian

Total views: 976702

#8: Post by **HunkaBurninLove** » May 25th, 2006, 1:34 pm

Wow, this is a unique contest

We're not trying to change the world, just the way it thinks about coffee.

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#9: Post by HB (original poster) » May 25th, 2006, 1:49 pm

HunkaBurninLove wrote:Wow, this is a unique contest

Thanks, but your entry needs to be unique too (see beta14ok / David's reply above).

#10: Post by **Bob Barraza** » May 25th, 2006, 2:22 pm

I'm waiting to cup this sweetie!

This Cup of Excellence coffee made available by Counter Culture today originated at 1700 meters (5600 ft.) above sea level on Anacleto Uluri's magnificent farm Pico del Tucan, or "Toucan's Beak."

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