Giveaway #3 & Marathon Winners

Petfinder ended their contest early and thanks to your help, the rescue we were all rooting for won 1st place!

Congratulations to kat1205 (#446) for winning giveaway #3. She's won a $100 KAMsnaps gift certificate, a yard of Ooga Booga fabric, and a $60 designer Disney Couture Snow White handbag from Loop NYC.

Congratulations also to our 2 Grand Prize Marathon winners. There were 17,313 entries in total throughout the marathon--whew! The winners are Shaina (#2524) and Sarah W. (#16,418, which comes out to be #163 in giveaway #3)--you've each won a $100 KAMsnaps GC!

We have awarded over $1,000 in gift certificates throughout this marathon! This is what Santa Claus must feel like.

And everyone who participated in the marathon ends up winning because you've each earned a 25% off coupon code. To claim your coupon code, please follow these steps:

1) Send an email to sales at kamsnaps.com from the email address that you stated in your giveaway comment. Your email must exactly match what you wrote. If you have multiple email accounts, make sure you are sending the email from the account you stated in your comment.

2) In your email, note which of the 3 giveaways you entered. If you entered more than 1, you can just note the most recent one you entered.

3) Include your full first and last name in your email.

Limit 1 coupon per person, and coupon will expire Oct 31, 2010. Please get your request in by Sept 15 and allow a couple of days for us to issue your coupon as you can imagine how much time it will take given all the entries we had.

Thank you again to everyone who participated. It benefited a really good cause and we hope you had fun! We had the opportunity to get to know some of you a little better and we are very grateful to have made some new friends. Be on the lookout for future giveaways.

Going to the Dogs Giveaway MARATHON Starts Now - Petfinder Contest

Now until Sept 28, 2010, we will be holding a series of giveaways to benefit animal rescue. Read the instructions carefully because this is going to be a doozy.


The Going to the Dogs Giveaway Marathon:
From now through Sept 28, KAMsnaps will be running back-to-back giveaways to encourage participation in voting for the Petfinder Contest. Giveaways are open to everyone, no matter where you live. There will be a KAMsnaps gift certificate prize for each giveaway that anybody can win, regardless of what country you live in. However, jewelry and other physical prizes cannot be sent outside of the US.

Marathon Giveaway #1

• Ends August 9, 2010.
• Open to residents all over the world (non-US residents may win the gift certificate, but we cannot ship the necklace outside of the US unfortunately).

Prizes
The winner of this giveaway will receive a $25 KAMsnaps gift certificate plus a Freshwater Pearl Necklace from www.PearlParadise.com. A certified appraisal certificate comes with the necklace, which has an appraised value of $945.

If the winner of this giveaway lists a referrer, their referrer will also win a $15 KAMsnaps gift certificate.

We will also select a winner for a $15 KAMsnaps gift certificate on every day that I am listed in the top 3 as having received the most votes in the Petfinder contest. Top 3 status will be checked every night at 9PM Pacific Time.








How to Enter

Mandatory entry:
This is the mandatory entry. If you don't do this entry, none of your other entries will count.

Vote for me in the Petfinder World's Best Pet Parent contest. You can use this link to go directly to my page (I'm on the 4th page):

http://www.petfinder.com/best-pet-parent-contest/gallery/finalists?entry_index=0&offset=48&limit=16

You will need to sign up for a Petfinder account if you don't already have one. Once you've signed up, you can vote as many times as you want--just click on the "Refresh" button of your browser (better yet, "F5" on your keyboard -- it's faster) after each vote. Remember, the more times you vote, the better chance I have of winning, which means the more prizes we will give out!

**Please do NOT use macros, scripts, or any other automated programming -- that's against the rules and your votes will be disqualified.** Official rules.

After you've voted, come back to this page and leave a comment with the following:

1- the first 5 characters of your Petfinder login.

2- the number of votes I've received after your vote (see image below).

3- your email address (so we can contact you if you win). To avoid spam, it's best to leave your email in a form similar to: sales at kamsnaps dot com. If you prefer not to leave your address, make sure you are signed in to Blogger and that we can contact you through your user ID.

4- if somebody told you about this giveaway, note them as your referrer and include that person's first name, last initial, and email address (example: Referred by Sean M friendATyahooDOTcom).

Tips on How to Vote:
Using the keyboard as much as possible instead of the mouse will speed up the voting process.

- Use the F5 button to refresh your browser after you've voted.

- If you have several tabs open, use CTRL+TAB to switch to the next tab.

- If you have several browsers open, use ALT+TAB to switch to the next browser.


Additional entries:

- Vote for us 5 more times. Remember to hit the "refresh" button after each vote. Leave a comment with the number of votes I've received after your last vote. There is no limit on how many times you can enter this way. Leave 1 comment per 5 votes.

If you vote lots of times in a roll, you don't have to come back here to leave a comment after every 5 votes. Vote as many times as you want consecutively, then when you're done, come back here and leave 1 comment per 5 votes and write "5 votes" in each comment. For the last comment, leave the vote count and your email. This will save you some time.

- Tweet about this giveaway. 1 comment per day - leave the URL to your tweet in the comment. You may tweet the following:
Huge KAMsnaps.com & jewelry giveaway @KAMsnaps - Ends 8/9 http://bit.ly/c6DnGu (pliers, snaps, presses & more)

- Write about this giveaway on your Facebook wall. 1 comment - leave the URL to your FB wall in the comment.

- Blog about this giveaway. 1 comment - leave the URL to your blog post in the comment.

- Share this giveaway on any open forum discussion (please abide by forum rules). 1 comment - leave the URL to your discussion in the comment.


The winning entry numbers will be determined by random.org.

Feel free to send us an email at sales @ kamsnaps.com (remove the spaces) if you have any questions--don't post your question here as we may not see it. Good luck!


Winners List
Congratulations to these winners! Winning once does not exclude you from winning again, so the more you enter, the more chances you'll have.

- Daily bonus ($15 GC):

#873 Sarahsewta

#1427 Shaina
#45 Our Busy Little Bunch
#1981 Shaina
#2136 Shaina
#3320 Shaina
#1238 Holly B
#3698 Shaina
#2493 Shaina
#2990 Sarahsewta
#858 Memphistiger
#4449 Shaina
#5254 Sarahsewta
#7035 Sarahsewta
#1264 Cat
#6174 Kat1205
#2800 Sarahsewta
#6155 Shaina
#569 Natalie A
#15190 The Carrolls
#10107 Shaina
#1529 Sarahsewta

- Facebook challenge ($100 GC):
Holly B.
Amanda K.
Amy L.

Going to the Dogs Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to #51 Andrea S for winning our most recent Going to the Dogs Giveaway! Andrea will be the recipient of a $25 KAMsnaps gift certificate, a $25 Squishylicious.com gift certificate, and a beautiful $280 Philippe Ferrandis designer necklace.

Thank you to all those who participated. If you've now signed up with Mr.Rebates, don't forget to visit there first to see if your online purchases qualify for cash back. Remember, not only will you save money, but because you signed up using our benefiting non-profit charity as a referral, they will also receive 20% of your earnings! A very easy way to lend a helping hand towards a good cause without costing you a penny.

Sassy, an 11-year old boxer/lab dumped at an overcrowded shelter as a result of a divorce.


Buddy, a 9-yr old golden retriever mix also surrendered to an overcrowded shelter.


These past couple of weeks, as part of the Walkin' the Bark Rescue volunteer team, I was able to help get these senior dogs out of the shelter and into foster homes where they will live comfortably until the are adopted.

Sassy's all smiles now that she's part of a home again--which includes a small dog and a cat!


There's Buddy, after his terribly matted hair was shaved off, enjoying a walk with Popeye, a 2-legged rescue.


For more info on these dogs and more, visit http://fosterdogblog.blogspot.com/.

Going to the Dogs Giveaway - $280 Philippe Ferrandis Necklace

Our next Going to the Dogs Giveaway starts now. For those of you who are new to our giveaways, we're calling this one "Going to the Dogs" because it helps to benefit a non-profit animal rescue. You'll see how further down.



The Prize

The winner will receive 3 prizes. First, a $25 gift certificate to our online store, www.KAMsnaps.com.

Second, a $25 gift certificate to Squishylicious.com. Squishylicious has all sorts of fun tees for the whole family, including the baby. They even have a selection of bibs and onesies. (Thank you Squishy for donating this prize to our giveaway!)

And the biggest prize of all, the winner will also receive a beautiful Palm Beach pendant necklace by French couture designer Philippe Ferrandis, worth $280. You can read a bit more about Philippe Ferrandis here.

An Extra Prize & Winner

The retailer donor has generously offered to add a 2nd prize if there are at least 700 entries to this giveaway. If that happens, a 2nd winner will be selected to receive a stunning Philippe Ferrandis Jaipur Crystal Bracelet, worth over $230. So encourage your friends and family to enter this giveaway!

How to Enter

- This giveaway is open to US residents only. Must be at least 18 years of age to enter.

- Leave your email address in at least 1 of your comments so that we can contact you if you are the winner. To avoid spam, emails should be in this form: sales at kamsnaps dot com

- If it says 1 comment, leave 1 comment. If it says 2 comments, leave 2 comments, and so forth.

You must do BOTH of these entries to qualify:

1) Leave 1 comment with your favorite print (other than the ones shown above) from Squishylicious.com.

2) Sign up for a Mr.Rebates account using this link: http://www.mrrebates.com?refid=138696. You must use that link. You may also enter dogs at walkinthebark.org (replace the "at" with @) as the Referrer. Once you've signed up for an account there, come back here and leave 2 comments with the first 5 characters of the email address you used to sign up.

Now what exactly is Mr. Rebates and why should you join? Here's a brief overview of how it works:

1. Go to the Mr. Rebates website and log in (register through this link if you're not currently a member: http://www.mrrebates.com?refid=138696)

2. Search for the online store you want to purchase from. They have over 2000 stores listed (including eBay) as well as tons of coupon codes for each store.

3. Click on the link to that store. It will then take you to that store's website.

4. Make your purchase as usual.

5. You'll earn cash-back for a % of your purchase. You'll need to accumulate at least $25 for a payout, and it does take 90 days for rebates to be processed (to account for returns, exchanges, etc), but after the first 90 days, if you use Mr. Rebates on a regular basis, you won't even notice.

6. Plus if you refer others, you will earn 20% of their rebates as well. And that's how by using Mr. Rebates, you can help our benefiting charity raise funds by just doing what you normally already do -- online shopping! Just be sure to use this link to sign up: http://www.mrrebates.com?refid=138696.

Note: If you already have a Mr. Rebates account, it will not qualify as an entry to this giveaway. You must sign up for an account using the link above (so that it will benefit the charity).



Additional Entries

Make sure you do BOTH of the entries above, otherwise none of your other entries will count.

1) Publicly follow our blog and comment with the name you are following under. You can click on the button on the right sidebar if you're not already a public follower. 1 comment.

2) Follow KAMsnaps on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway. Leave a comment with a link to your tweet. Click here to become a Twitter follower if you aren't one already. 1 comment.

You may tweet the following: Win a $280 Philippe Ferrandis necklace & $25 Squishylicious GC @ http://bit.ly/9yT8VK @KAMsnaps #giveaway

4. Go to www.KAMsnaps.com and sign up for the Mailing list (left sidebar). If you are already signed up for the list, just state that in the comment. 1 comment.

5. "Like" us on Facebook and write a Facebook review about us here. Your review can be about our products, service, giveaways, whatever you want as long as it is relevant to KAMsnaps. 2 comments.

6. Write about the giveaway on your blog or website and comment with the URL. 2 comments.

7. Grab the KAMsnaps button to your blog or website and comment with the URL where it can be found. The HTML code for our button can be found on the bottom right sidebar under "Grab Our Button." 2 comments.

8. Write a review for any of our products on www.KAMsnaps.com. If you own one of our presses or pliers, you can add a review at the bottom of the press product page or the pliers product page. If you've already left a review for our press or pliers previously, write a review for another of our products. 2 comments.

9. Any purchase made from www.KAMsnaps.com beginning June 1, 2010 qualifies for 3 comments. Leave 3 separate comments and include your order #.

10. Any purchase made through Mr. Rebates (to any store listed there) after you have used the link provided above to sign up qualifies for 3 comments. Leave 3 separate comments and include the first 5 characters of your Mr. Rebates email address and the date of your Mr. Rebates purchase. If you make more than 1 purchase, each one qualifies for 3 comments. (You must use this link to sign up in order for any of your comments to count: http://www.mrrebates.com?refid=138696.)

Winner(s)

Deadline to enter is June 28. The winner(s) will be chosen by Random.org and will have 48 hours to contact us to claim their prize. If no contact is made within 48 hours, another winner will be chosen.

Good luck!

Winner of our Going to the Dogs Giveaway

Congratulations to #18 Heidi Jane Blankets for winning our giveaway! She'll receive a $25 KAMsnaps.com gift certificate plus over $500 in designer jewelry and handbags.

And over $400 was raised for non-profit animal rescue! Woohoo!

Thank you to all who participated. Check back soon for more giveaways! We have some beautiful jewelry you won't want to miss.