HP Magic Giveaway Winding Down

Well, the HP Magic Giveaway is coming to a close soon. My goodness, did the rules and method of entry vary.

Some of the sites required membership, which is no big deal, many sites offering giveaways require that. You also can't blame them for wanting to increase traffic. I have found a few sites that will prove useful in the future that I would not have thought of visiting prior to the giveaway. There are some I would not visit again.

I'm really glad for the blogs that after meeting their minimum requirements, which in most cases were easy to follow, used a random draw to choose the winner. A lot fairer way to all involved. I personally stayed away from the contest type and the ones wear the blog owners were looking for a "best" story. Many of us have plans to giveaway a portion of the prize, but just don't have the ability to write a WOW story. For many of us, giving to family and friends is more important than to give to an organization, which seemed to be what a few of the sites preferred (many of the ones looking for the WOW entry). I do believe that the majority of us that entered have intentions of sharing, one way or the other. Question. How do you make I want to give (these items) to my dad just because I love him, he would have fun with them and it would give me a warm fuzzy feeling inside, sound exciting?

I am curious about a couple of things, on most of the sites, it was said the prize was supposed to be to one winner, but there were three of the blogs that split up the prizes and ran the giveaway as a contest. Two blogs (one for sure) dropped out of the competition. I wonder if HP will find a way to distribute those prizes.

Congratulations to those who have won and the best of luck to all of us for the final draws. Thank you to the blogs hosting the giveaway, they had a lot of extra work on their hands.