STICKAM… I won a webcam… or have I ???
February 18th, 2006
Yes… officially the first thing I have ever won on the web, and what’s more I had fun doing it! I feel kinda guilty for not believing the email that I got, despite the fact that I was mentioned on the front page of their site. I guess I have become very untrusting of any mail from strangers, especially when they are asking you to send your address.
Now I know it might sound funny but I received a non branded email from them, it was just name@stickam.com, which made me very suspicious, especially when I had previously recieved a branded marketing mail previously. Maybe I am being paranoid but I ended up making them mail me back so that I could confirm it was straight up, at the end of the day if they were legit then as far as I see there should be no harm done.
If I was to be honest, I am still a little wary even now but at the end of the day I am going to be moved in a couple of weeks and mr internet person does not have a forwarding address so I guess I will just have to wait and see.
I truely am happy that I have won something and I also really have had a good time using Stickam so far (another post to come) so I just hope it all comes through good. I felt stupid that I wasnt very trusting but at the end of the day, anyone that is sending mail on behalf of a company should represent that company whether it be via a signature or whatever… hell, even the phishers get it 99% right with their ebay / paypal mails. At the end of the day I know I did the right thing… I’ll let you all know how it turns out.
I am curious to hear what other experiences people have had similar to mine and how they dealt with them, I read a really good article the other day but I will have to dig out the link for you all… Please let me know your thoughts…
ExtremeLee Author Comment
February 18th, 2006
Lucky you. Where’s my webcam?!?! :-p
Spilly Author Comment
February 18th, 2006
You should totally just try and win more so we could watch you from 5 slightly different angles, and then you could go forth reeking havoc in chat windows, with 5 heads, and become a legendary technomenace on the interblah….
Alan Author Comment
February 18th, 2006
That sounds like fun
Spilly Author Comment
February 20th, 2006
So did you get your camera then Al? How goes the move?
Alan Author Comment
February 20th, 2006
I dunno if it has arrived yet or not. Been working all day but I am guessing it’ll be here at some point this week if it is going to arrive… I will no doubt take it for a spin on Stickam if I do get it working as my PC is gonna be the last thing I pack!!!
Man I hate packing / moving. I spent the majority of Sunday shredding old documents and trying to make sure i was not taking random junk paper with me. If anything a good excuse for a cleanout but not a job I enjoy.
I would say the worst thing about moving is not having fast internet till you get everything set up. Feels like you have just had a leg cut off or something.