Yes, the time is once again almost upon us: The Annual DC Rainmaker Giveaway Extravaganza. While most of my neighbors are out on vacation, I’m here to step up the game and wake up the neighborhood. Or at least, keep me awake.
Next Wednesday (August 9th) starting at exactly 12:00AM US Eastern (0600 CET/CEST) the pinnacle of sports technology giveaway awesomeness will commence…again.
Once again last year topped all previous years. Thousands of dollars in gadgets were given away to people everywhere on this little blue planet (everyone is welcome). Here’s a summary post for all the craziness that went down last year: Trainers, GPS watches and bike computers, power meters, action cams, you name it! There’s even a table with all the goods.
But as with every previous year, I aim to make it bigger and better. Bigger prizes, worth more, more unique. Cause as always, bigger is definitely better. The conversation with Clever Training pretty much goes: How can we step it up again? And I’ve got some nifty stuff up my sleeve this year to do just that. I’ll be giving away the future. Or, something like that.
Like the previous two years, I’ll be giving something new away every 2 hours. This means that every two hours a new giveaway starts and the previous one closes (i.e. 12:00AM, 2:00AM, etc…). The entry period will only be open for two hours for each giveaway, during which you need to leave a comment on that specific post. One comment = one giveaway You can comment on each of the 12 giveaways throughout the day. So be sure to plan your entire existence on Wednesday around being able to enter during that two hour period for each giveaway.
Not clear on how you enter/win? It’s simple:
A) At 12AM US Eastern, visit dcrainmaker.com.
B) Click on the the giveaway post for that hour.
C) Drop a comment on that post.
D) Sit back and hope for the win!
E) Repeat two hours later…for the rest of the day.
F) Bask in the glory.
So if you need to barricade yourself in the pain cave, bathroom, or other small facility for 24 hours to ensure proper attention to entry periods, that’s totally acceptable. Just do what you need to do! If you aren’t sure how to convert your time zone to Eastern time, you can use this little tool to figure it out. Though, it doesn’t really matter as long as you know what time everything starts in your country.
Cause yup…it’s gonna be awesome…again.
Note that the giveaways will be announced promptly on Twitter – so that may be easiest for those that are following along there!
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Yes!
IT’S HAPPENING! :D
Yay! oh…
On hols…
Wahey! free euro data roaming…
Calendar programmed for 4 hourly reminders :-)
Automation fail
If you time it right then you can get away with every 4 hours ish. i have 07:55 set so i can get the end of the first 2 hrs and the start of the next.
Midnight, 3:55, 7:55, 11:55, 15:55, 19:55, 22:00
Manually set alarms for next week.
I will be in France, hence the timings :-)
Finally I’ve organised to be on holidays at a good time of year. No work to get in the way of DCR comp entries.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
Thank for doing this Ray!
Thank you for doing this, now I just need a lot of luck!!!
Hi Ray.
Just to help us European dudes, what time will it be in Paris or London when you start ?? 00.01 on the 9th August ?
Sorry to be a bit thick……
Cheers for the good Reviews – invaluable….
Nick
It’ll be 06:00 (6AM) in Paris when it starts. Or 05:00 (5AM) in London.
yeah!! we have to weak up very soon to participate xD
Just want to make sure I set my alarms correctly…in the second paragraph you say Wednesday, but in the fifth you say Tuesday. I’m assuming that the Wednesday one is correct since you mentioned the date, but I don’t want to miss anything!
Should be Wednesday – fixed!
Bigger and Better?!!!!!!!
This could be my year!!! Oh please, oh please
Wishing…wanting…..
hohoho
Do you need some kind of account to participate?
No account needed at all!
Wooww this sounds awesome! How many participants attended the previous give away and on what base a Winner will be picked?
Succes to all!
The selection is random (using Random.org). Last year it was about 3,000-5,000 per product (12 products in total).
I choose the winning ticket, please
A 1 in 4000 chance at winning a 400 dollar gadget is worth 10 cents. This compares well to many online contests, but if you spend 30 seconds on the entry process that’s minimum wage.
GAME ON!
Counting on my DCR Voodoo doll for luck.
Hell yeaaah
My Birthday! I gotta win get a birthday present right?
Thanks Ray!
Great reviews and giveaways too!
Thanks Ray! I can’t wait :)))
Sweet!
J’y serai!
Netus velit.
YARRRrrrr!!!!
Anyone else realize this means the Edge 1030 won’t be out till at least Thursday at the earliest? You know Ray will get an early unit to look at so he can have some writeup on it for release and he won’t post it right before or during the giveaway.
What’s better than tech? Free Tech
Cool!
Yey!
Yes
Let’s do this!!
can’t wait!
I can’t wait! good luck to everyone who enters!
Oh, man … I gotta long haul flight on Wednesday (prayforwifiprayforwifiprayforwifi)
MTB rider.
Thank You
Thanks for the contest.
Waiter, 1 Powermeter please *wave*
Thx alot!
Can’t wait until tomorrow!
Awesome Venture – TY Ray for all your (very) informative reviews – the giveaways are just an awesome bonus!
I want it all!!! And I want it now!!
As always, I won’t win anything. But it will be fun to try and hope :D
airing patiently all the way in south Africa
Looking forward to it!
Tick tack! Almost less than 30 minutes to start the EXTRAVAGANZA TIME!!!
Getting pumped!
thanks ray,,,,waiting
let me get this please….. :D
I want to bask in the glory of winningness!!! Random number generating gods of mersenne twister please be kind to me!
JIHOEEEEE!!!
I need luck!
After 36 marathons I think a watch will help
Would work with that drone, love it!
I would buy a drone but dont have possibility for it, this is my dream to have it once :)
Love to learn drone photography
Hi again!
Oink oink.
Nice stuff. Good luck to everyone.
Cheers,
Any luck yet?
Hope to win something. Thank you DC Rainmaker.
I enjoy the reviews! Keep them rolling!