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1 Billion iTunes Contest

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the slavering-and-drooling-accountants dept.

pvt_medic writes "Apple has announced their newest contest for the 1 Billionth iTunes song downloaded. Every 100,000 downloads someone will win an iPod nano and a $100 giftcard, with the grand prize being an iMac, 10 iPod (60GB), and $10,000 credit at iTunes. Looks like business is going well for Apple."

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  1. 10 iPods? by Mr.+Sketch · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm curious, what does one do with ten 60GB iPods? It seems that you keep one for yourself and sell the other 9 on eBay. Maybe give some to your friends? Maybe give an iPod to your senator?

    It just seems like ten iPods is a lot for one person and will just end up being given away.

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    1. Re:10 iPods? by nEoN+nOoDlE · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Well, I think Apple is expecting the person to give them away. Then there's 9 more iTunes customers.

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  2. Re:Cheap Bastards by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Mathematically challenged much? You also forgot to take into account the fact that Apple don't get to keep that dollar for themselves; the majority goes straight into the pockets of the recording companies.

  3. Sell the extras. by sfgoth · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Otherwise they probably threw in the extra 9 iPods just to make it more prohibitively expensive & hope that the winner can't claim the prize.

    Maybe they threw in the extra 9 iPods so you could sell them on eBay to pay the taxes?

    Or maybe they don't actually care either way.

  4. Re:Entry open to... by elmegil · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So basically only US citizens get a way to enter for free. As required by US law. Why is that surprising?

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