Registration for a free Rigel G110

[Scott Tichenor]

OK, let's get started. I hope everyone will enter their name and email address in the Rigel giveaway. Tell all your friends to drop by and visit our little community and drop their name in the hat as well. Spread the word... or, don't if you think it'll improve your chances.

One note: please read the instructions and rules for posting. No need to load up the drawing with multiple email addresses. Don't spend the next week taking out free Hotmail and Yahoo addresses and then another week checking them all on June 16. That won't fly.

Finally, I'd like to thank the folks at Rigel for their generosity in making this possible. Sure, not all of us can win, but someone somewhere will be getting Christmas in June pretty soon. Thanks Pete Langdell, Peter Mix and the staff at Rigel.

Now get busy! (http://www.mandolincafe.com/giveaway.html)

[mmukav]

Yahoo!

Thanks again Scott!

My names' in, now I can dream a little Rigel dream!

Mike

[PhilGE]

Cool. I'm in for the drawing. Thanks, Scott, Pete, Peter, and Petra. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

-Phil

[ShaneJ]

I'm in....wish me luck! (yeah, right!) Good luck to all!!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[aries753]

Me too, me too.

Let the games begin.

[TommyK]

Sayyyyy, that's purty. Should I post my address now and save you the email postage?http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[glauber]

Well... here goes nothing! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

thanks, Scott!

[OdnamNool]

wow.

[jasona]

In.

Thanks Peter^2 and Scott!

[Staramouche]

I'm in!!

Thanks Scott!

[billkilpatrick]

... i want my arms around you
i'm so glad i found you
and so i beg yoooooouuuuuu
... let it be me ...

[OdnamNool]

wow.

[angrymandolinist]

And now, the longest two weeks in history begin...

[legendarytones]

well another entry into another contest. i ain't never won nothing, and if i win this it should make up for all the losses. yeeha;[ the former word was said in subdued voice}.

[bluegrassjack2]

I'm in and thanks a lot Scott for your time and effort, you must be some great kind of guy.

[keymandoguy]

well on this first day all of us who allready signed up will either be on top or on the bottom day of drawing. Anyway best wishes for whoever wins. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[ira]

thanks for arranging this scott. what an amazing opportunity....for me?http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif???http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[mandopete]

We don't have to write an essay or tear off the box-top?

This is way too easy!

<span style='font-size:19pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>Thanks to Scott and the folks from Rigel!</span></span>

[Gibby]

praying praying praying http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Thanks so much Scott and Rigel.

[Larry S Sherman]

I lost every Red Sox "ticket lottery opportunity" in the Spring, so at least I haven't used up any contest-Kharma yet this year. Good luck everyone, and I'll be jumping up and down if I win (don't tell my Gallatin that I entered).

Larry

[garyblanchard]

Thanks to all for this contest, and good luck to all who have entered!

[Knowlesy]

I'm in and so is the wife, if she wins I'll never hear the end of it! (she is a player!)

[Scott Tichenor]

Not to depress anyone but the registration is progressing nicely. Three hours short of 24 hours and there are 1,277 registered with still two weeks to go.

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[legendarytones]

I'm going to the races to see my pony run, and if I win any greenbacks we sure gona have some fun. That is some interesting numbers, that actually don't make me feel any better, cause I'm the type of " lucky " guy who would have probably put my money on Custer at the Little Big Horn!

[ronlane3]

Well Scott, those odds are still better than the lottery. I think I will sign my entire family up, that way if they win, they can give it to me as a Christmas present. HEHEHEHE

[TeleMark]

The last thing I won was tickets to see the Dead in `89, so I gotta think I'm due...

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Thanks, Scott!!!

[Pedal Steel Mike]

The last thing I won was tickets to see the Dead in `89, so I gotta think I'm due...

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Thanks, Scott!!!
I actually won some money in one of those gazillion dollar givaways. They kept sending me notices that I would double my prize if I subscribed to some magazines of bought some products, which I never did, but I kept returning the forms till I received a check.

My winnings? A grand total of 38 cents.

[fredfrank]

I wonder how many of the 6251 registered Cafe members will actually enter. Can't imagine why anyone wouldn't.

[otterly2k]

sign me up!
last thing I won was a Tom Rush album off a folk music radio program round about 1980... here's hoping...:p

[Gibsonman]

The more we have the better. Good luck everone. Thanks to Rigel and to Scott.

[Jackie Walters]

Wow- I just got a Laura Ratcliff Silver Angel, and if I won this Rigel, I'd feel soooooooo guilty..
Okay..I'm over the guilt..I hope I win.
THANKS SCOTT YOU'RE THE BEST AND SO IS RIGEL...
Keeper of the flame..
Angelfire

[PaulD]

Thanks Scott and Rigel... what a great giveaway! I don't expect to win... surprise me!

Angelfire... you think you feel better, but if you win the guilt will be back... let me be the first to offer a new home for your Rigel if you win! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

Paul Doubek

[sirmando]

Well my name is in for the mando. I hope I will win because the way things are going I will not be able to afford a mando like that ever. Keeping my fingers crossed http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[8ch(pl)]

I was hoping that I would be the only one entered and win by default. I guess I am a bit naive.

[flairbzzt]

I'm in. Call me when it's "time". Or page me. Or stand outside and yell "Rick! Rick!".

[Doug Edwards]

Let's see, 34 posts and 706 views so far. What's the count on the sign up?? The odds have to be better than the lottery and I'm still hopeful about that.

[maidofclay]

I'm in too. Good luck to everyone. I'm sure whoever wins will give it a loving home. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[mad dawg]

I'm in, and I'll get to work right away on my acceptance speech.

[stevem]

I'm in. Giddy up.

[Pedal Steel Mike]

Scott, please let us know the total number of entries. I'm curious and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

[Tim]

I wonder how many of the 6251 registered Cafe members will actually enter. Can't imagine why anyone wouldn't.
How many of those 6251 registered members are really current members? #I was looking for a member who posted about a particular mandolin and found that he hadn't posted in 18 months.

[Scott Tichenor]

Scott, please let us know the total number of entries. I'm curious and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Just passed 1,900

[JamesBryan]

Like alot of folks I'm usually a little leery about tossing into a "free giveaway." But knowing Scott and seeing this beaut of an instrument, I don't see any reason for reservations. I'm still curious, what's the story on this? I figure that Rigel and MandolinCafe will receive publicity and good vibes for generosity and promotion. Any other background????

[Ken Sager]

James,

They love us! Isn't that enough?

Thanks Scott, Peter, Pete, and everybody at Rigel.

[Dale Ludewig]

Yup- I'm in. Even as a builder. Maybe it will at long last allow me the opportunity to own, substitute "afford" a Rigel.

Fred Frank- I hadn't looked- there's THAT many registered members of the cafe. How cool! So okay, all you lurkers out there, start to talk! That's an order!

Just kidding, but for those of you who don't post because you think you have nothing to add or a "silly" question- rethink. This place is kind of like walking into a room with everyone happy to see you and talk to you. Join in. Let's overload Scott's server!

Thanks Scott and all of you folks at Rigel.

[John Soper]

I remain in debt to the person who pointed me toward this website. Scott, your labor of love is appreciated by all of us.

Got my fingers crossed on this one, but I won't hold my breath... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[jim simpson]

If I win I promise to donate all my other manodolins to charity (yeah, right!).

[Scott Tichenor]

Like alot of folks I'm usually a little leery about tossing into a "free giveaway." But knowing Scott and seeing this beaut of an instrument, I don't see any reason for reservations. I'm still curious, what's the story on this? I figure that Rigel and MandolinCafe will receive publicity and good vibes for generosity and promotion. Any other background?http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
We do it because we can, and because it's fun. As previously mentioned, the generous party here is Rigel. We'll pick up the shipping and insurance out of our pocket but they're footing the biggest share of the bill.

If Rigel gets a bit of attention in the process, and you can rest assured they are, who can argue that's a bad thing?

[ald]

Oh, dear, I submitted my e-mail address and forgot to put my name. Have I disqualified myself?

ald

[Pedal Steel Mike]

Scott, how many entries have there been so far?

And have any other builders expressed an interest in doing the same thing at some future date?

[Fred_Murtz]

Cool --- Thanks for setting this up.

OK, the last thing I won was a bowling ball when I was in 5th grade (I'm 46 now), so no one else enter, and everyone who has entered should withdraw! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[mad dawg]

Hmmm...I wonder if this could revive that ill-fated Gibson giveaway. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[berkeleymando]

Many thanks to Scott for organizing this one - I'm signed up and on board!

[OdnamNool]

I want to win this mandolin so badly... I need it! I need it! For my sanety! Can anyone imagine such a fine thing? Wow, oh wow... My fingers are crossed... (Guess my chances of winning the Eastman Logo contest, and hence, the Eastman mandolin... are nill...) Humph. I really did have a cool design...

[Scott Tichenor]

Scott, how many entries have there been so far?

And have any other builders expressed an interest in doing the same thing at some future date?
2,800+ and growing, but slowing Mike (still getting around to listening to your CD btw).

There will definitely be another mandolin giveaway at some point in the future but I have no interest in doing it every month. That'd be a bit unrealistic I think.

[angrymandolinist]

I can't even imagine how much advertising would be needed on the site to afford giveaways like this every month.

[Steve Davis]

Thanks Scott and Rigel. Let it be me please.

[aimee]

I called all my friends and told them where to sign up. If she doesn't have too much work to do at the office, she will, too.

[Tim]

I hope my son wins. #I think he could give it as a father's day gift.

[Karen Kay]

We signed up. #The only thing we have ever won was a package of hotdogs about 25 years ago. #But we put them to good use as we were very poor. ##
Thanks to Scott, & the folks at Rigel.
K&R

[8ch(pl)]

Only 9 days before I get my new Rigel!!!!!

[Scott Tichenor]

A reminder registration ends Wednesday.

[Pedal Steel Mike]

I lost a close friend to cancer yesterday. Former national banjo champion and Bill Monroe alumnis Winnie Winston.

Since I already have 2 Rigel mandolins, I don't need a 3rd. If I win, please auction the mandolin off and give the proceeds to the American Cancer society.

[good_ol_al_61]

Sorry for your (our) loss, Mike. An old African proverb states, "When an old man dies, a library burns down". How true it is. We can all be thankful that special people touch our lives and hopefully WE are that special person to someone else.

In the meantime, I've already bought a new stand for the Rigel. It will be well taken care of here.

Thanks Scott T. for this "contest". It must be very taxing to the servers and system administrators to pull this off. Kudos to all those working behind the scenes.

AND a special thanks to Rigel for making this possible.

[TommyK]

We signed up. #The only thing we have ever won was a package of hotdogs about 25 years ago. #But we put them to good use as we were very poor. ##
Thanks to Scott, & the folks at Rigel.
K&R
Who the heck would raffle off a package of HotDogs? Oh well, if you need 'em who cares.

Ya know if everyone would stop postin' here to be postin', the thread would drop out of sight and there'd be less entrants to the contest and the odds would be better for those of us who have reg....
Awwww heck, I just did it myself.

Got a spot picked out in the basement for my Rigel. It's cool and humidity controlled in the summer ya know.

[dtb]

If'in I win this mando, I'm selling it, to buy hot dogs for my poor family. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[newblue]

I keep checking my email, waiting for the good news. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Karen Kay]

The hot dog deal was a scratch off thing at Safeway in Manhattan KS in the early 80s. #Karen was in graduate school (art) and I was bartending. #Free hotdogs were a BIG deal. #Pretty funny looking back. #We are doing better now. # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
RT

[man doh]

Has the winner been notified yet??

[arbarnhart]

Has the winner been notified yet??
No, I haven't.

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[GVD]

Has there ever been anytime in the last 20 years that one of you wasn't in school? #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

If you had kept those hot dogs they might still be in pristine shape. #Check This Link Out (http://www.stinkymeat.net/)

GVD

[mad dawg]

Has the winner been notified yet??
No, I haven't.

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[ShaneJ]

Hey mad dawg & arbarnhart, when y'all get the email that says I won the Rigel, please forward it on to me. Thanks! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Karen Kay]

GVD
Nope, we (esp me) are evidently permanent students. Speaking of Stinky Meat, once on a ski trip to Colo, in the days of CB radios, we cruised behind a trucker whose handle was "Sneaky Pete" but since we thought everything was funny, we kept calling him Stinky Meat. Surprized he didn't go Stephen King on us. Thanks for the memory! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
RT
Good Karma to everyone in the contest!
BTW we are OTD for the Wakarusa Fest in Lawrence. Jam band capital of the world for this weekend!!!
3 days. Tons of acts. Even some mando content!

[maidofclay]

I really enjoy reading the words of wisdom and the comedic bantering on this site. You are a wonderful group to be a part of, and I'm sure that you will all be overwhelmed with joy, when I win the mandolin. What time is the draw BTW? Waiting very impatiently...and very excited for whoever wins!

[arbarnhart]

it says on the home page that they have a winner, so I am guessing Scott has already been in contat with someone other than me.

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Actually, I still appreciate the chance. Maybe next time...
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[Windflite]

Nuttin' in my inbox either...Maybe next time for me as well!

[Wadefox]

Well, Mad Dawg was close. It _was_ someone from Oakland.

I just got the message from Scott a little while ago. I can't believe it. I don't think I ever won anything. Thanks to Scott, Rigel, and Scott's daughter, who selected the random number that picked the winner.

I can't wait to get my hands on that mando. So much for work. . .

Wade

[Windflite]

Congrats Wadefox!!! Play 'er good!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[mad dawg]

Well, Mad Dawg was close. It _was_ someone from Oakland.

I just got the message from Scott a little while ago. I can't believe it. I don't think I ever won anything. Thanks to Scott, Rigel, and Scott's daughter, who selected the random number that picked the winner.

I can't wait to get my hands on that mando. So much for work. . .

Wade


Well I'm happy that it's going to a good home nearby.

Congrats Wade!

[PaulD]

Congratulations Wade, I would be having a hard time focussing on work too! I'm envious... but I'm sure I'm not the only one. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif I hope you get many years of great picking out of it! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

It was great of Scott and the folks at Rigel and everyone involved to put this thing together. Thanks again to you all! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[maidofclay]

Congratulations to Wade and thanks to Rigel and this site for such an amazing opprotunity. Can't wait to see what exciting events will happen next.

[Tom C]

Congratulations you lucky dawg. Thanks Scott for the enjoyment of anticipation.

[Tim]

... Scott's daughter, who selected the random number that picked the winner...
How did that work? #Did she select a number by drawing? #"Pick a number between 1 and 5000"? #

Was this really a random selection?