OzBargain Easter Treasure Hunt 25-29 March 2016. $2,000+ of Treasures to Be Found!

scotty on 24/03/2016 - 17:39

We ran an OzBargain Treasure Hunt last November to celebrate OzBargain's 9th birthday and that was a great fun. However treasure hunt is probably more suitable for Easter than for a birthday event, so we decided to run the hunt again — this coming Easter Weekend!

Basically,

  • "Treasures" will be appear randomly on the site (for logged in users only). It might appear on the front page or on the new deals page, inserted between deals. It might also appear in individual deal or forum pages, inserted between comments. It might stay on the page for 15 seconds and it would then disappear.

    Click to Reveal the treasure

  • If you see a treasure pops out, click on it and claim it! It would then be added to your inventory, which can hold up to 4 items.

    Click to Claim the treasure

  • For some treasures you need to collect multiple parts in order to win.

  • You can put the treasures you have collected on the marketplace for trading. You can also request a trade with someone in the marketplace.

    Your Items in Marketplace

  • Treasure Hunt finishes at 12 PM Sydney time on Tuesday 29 March. After that if you have any treasure in your inventory, you'll see a claim form in the marketplace where you can put in your delivery address.

There are more explanations in the previous forum thread. This time treasures will also be slowly "released" onto the site so they don't get claimed all at once.

So, what are the prizes. Here are some samples:

  • 30x OzBargain T-shirts
  • 20x $10 "red pocket" that pays to your PayPal account
  • 5x Menulog $20 gift vouchers
  • 2x Xiaomi Mi Band 1S
  • 2x Xiaomi Hybrid
  • 2x Chromecast 2
  • 12x $50 gift cards from various popular shops on OzBargain
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3

Yes I am aware that somehow Xiaomi is over-represented in the prize list, but no, they didn't sponsor the hunt. Since we gave away an X-Wing Lego and an Xbox One in the last treasure hunt, I thought this time we'll also give away

  • Lego Tie Fighter
  • PlayStation 4

All together over $2,400, although maybe not all will be claimed.

I will prepare the treasure hunt system in a minute and the treasures will be released to the wild later tonight.

And a happy & safe Easter to all.

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Comments

  • GiggidyGoo on 28/03/2016 - 16:09

    Thanks for the easter hunt. It was ridiculously addictive. Since I only got half of the earphones, can I please have the left side? Its my good ear…

    • scotty on 28/03/2016 - 16:19

      Since most treasures have been found, if you don't have any other item to trade, you might want to trade your half-earphones with someone who are looking for your half, and has a spare T-shirt or $10.

      • GiggidyGoo on 28/03/2016 - 17:33

        So who has the other half and do they have a second prize they want to trade?

  • tassieeagle on 29/03/2016 - 09:42

    How do we claim what we found?

    • nocure on 29/03/2016 - 10:07

      Treasure Hunt finishes at 12 PM Sydney time on Tuesday 29 March. After that if you have any treasure in your inventory, you'll see a claim form in the marketplace where you can put in your delivery address.

      • tassieeagle on 29/03/2016 - 10:23
        +1

        Thanks I really need to learn to read

  • Pricebeat on 29/03/2016 - 10:26

    Anyone has part 3 of PS4? even if you don't want to trade, I just want to know who has it.

  • blehgg on 29/03/2016 - 11:11

    what happens if no-one has all the parts for the giveaway? and no-one is willing to trade?

    I have no eggs :( but curious never the less

    • scotty on 29/03/2016 - 11:16
      +3

      Then you guys just save me a few dollars :)

      However from what I can see right now:

      • PS4 — someone has all 3 parts
      • Xiaomi Redmi Note — someone has all 3 parts
      • Lego Tie Fighter — someone has all 3 parts

      Actually when I look at the current inventory list — many have already been claimed. Do note that for the multiple-part treasures, there are some "spare parts".

      Anyway. Half of the fun of Treasure Hunt is in the marketplace.

      • blehgg on 29/03/2016 - 11:21

        lucky duckys ~ thanks scotty

        are you gonna announce the winners? :)

        gotta put a calendar reminder for next year!

        • Google Chrome on 29/03/2016 - 12:09

          Could've collected the tiefighter or the redmi if I had 5 slots :( Happy with my prizes anyways.

          Thanks for the treasure hunt.

        • blehgg on 29/03/2016 - 12:10

          @Google Chrome:

          What'd ya win mr chrome? :)

        • Google Chrome on 29/03/2016 - 12:11

          @blehgg:

          Tronsmart charger+ T shirt

          Win anything mate?

        • blehgg on 29/03/2016 - 12:13
          +1

          @Google Chrome:

          nope ~ only saw this post this morning :) I'm ready for next year though….

      • PVA on 29/03/2016 - 12:15
        +1

        can you tell how much time an individual spends collecting the three parts - eg the one with the PS4, did they just spend hours clicking every page on the site?

        • scotty on 29/03/2016 - 12:20

          There are a few with 4 slots filled in their inventory. I don't see how the person who won the PS4 spent more time than others. At the end it is all about trading. I don't look at the history much but the guy who won the PS4 didn't claim those pieces from the pages — most were acquired through successful trades.

        • PVA on 29/03/2016 - 12:26

          @scotty:
          Ah, i see.
          I didnt even look for any myself (I actually forgot after seeing the original post)

  • scotty on 29/03/2016 - 12:24
    +7

    Hi all,

    OzBargain Easter Hunt 2016 has finished!

    For those with treasures in inventory you should be able to put in your address in the marketplace page. If you have won a T-shirt please also indicate the size.

    I will post them out in the next couple of days after I have collected the addresses.

    • blehgg on 29/03/2016 - 12:32

      gg congrats all!

      dibs next years Playstation 4.5

    • bongo007 on 29/03/2016 - 12:40

      Thanks mate, that was good fun.

      My keyboard needs a new F5 key ;)

      • scotty on 29/03/2016 - 14:11
        +7

        Maybe we'll hide a mechanical keyboard for next year's treasure hunt!

    • Ctn on 29/03/2016 - 12:46

      Thanks Scotty for the much needed addictive fun and your generosity with the prize pool.

      Congrats to the lucky ones who won the PS4, Xiaomi Redmi Note and Lego Tie Fighter.

    • lozbargain on 29/03/2016 - 12:59

      Hi Scotty, Thanks for the fun!

      Was there supposed to be an email field on the prize form? (I assume that's how the red packets work? I've only ever used paypal to buy things :) )

      • scotty on 29/03/2016 - 14:12
        +1

        We know your email :) However if PayPal is different from the email address you use to register on OzB, leave it somewhere in the address form.

    • roughana on 29/03/2016 - 17:10

      OzBargain Easter Hunt 2016 has finished!

      Then why is there still 1 Active?

      • nocure on 29/03/2016 - 17:46
        -1

        It wasn't claimed by anyone.

        • [Deactivated] on 29/03/2016 - 18:04

          I'm guessing someone dropped one of their items on purpose. Maybe it was the t-shirt mentioned someone else in the thread. At one stage yesterday it was listed as No Active Prizes with all the available prizes claimed.

  • strapping young lad on 29/03/2016 - 13:18

    Great fun found a ps4 part ended up trading it because only found 1 so i couldnt win it glad somebody did congrats to all winners.

    • Pricebeat on 29/03/2016 - 13:29

      Just curious, what did you trade it for?

  • Pricebeat on 29/03/2016 - 13:34

    Congrats everyone and thanks Scotty, just an idea for next time if you could create something where people can drop their findings that are no longer needed or not useful so that others can benefit from them. Many users weren't online when Treasure hunt finished so it was hard to trade items.

    • bongo007 on 29/03/2016 - 13:59

      There was a Drop Item button in the marketplace.

      • Pricebeat on 29/03/2016 - 14:06

        Yeah I saw that, But if we drop item like that then we can't trade it for something. What I meant is that creating a place where uses can drop their findings rather than dropping them back to hunt. That way other users can pick and choose what they want and drop what is not useful to them.

        • spackbace on 29/03/2016 - 14:11
          +2

          Would mean more prizes won = more money that scotty has to spend ;)

        • Pricebeat on 29/03/2016 - 14:13

          In other words letting users to decide if they want to receive trade requests or just trade it with anything.

        • Pricebeat on 29/03/2016 - 14:15

          @Spackbace: Well prizes are there to be won, lets just give everyone a fair chance lol. In this case if someone found part 3, they already won as they can keep holding on to it and others will have to give up since there are more parts one and two.

        • bongo007 on 29/03/2016 - 15:43
          +1

          So like "Trading"

        • Pricebeat on 29/03/2016 - 16:01

          @bongo007: yeah like trading but with additional option to either receive requests or just let anyone to take item put on marketplace and leave what is not useful to them.

  • moo on 29/03/2016 - 13:34

    Congrats to all the winners. It was fun! Scotty, awesome way to bring some fun into the community. Keep up the good work!

  • SirFlibbled on 29/03/2016 - 14:11

    dammit I didn't even know this was a thing. I remember seeing one too. I just ignored it lol

  • onetwothreefour on 29/03/2016 - 14:55

    Hi Scotty, I won a t-shirt that I have no interest in actually receiving, I was hoping to trade it for something else but nobody offered or accepted my offer on anything I wanted. Please keep it for the next time you do a treasure hunt.

    • moo on 29/03/2016 - 19:30

      There is always an option to 'drop' an unwanted item and put it back into the prize pool?

      • onetwothreefour on 29/03/2016 - 19:38

        There was but i wanted to trade it for something.

    • Scrooge McDuck on 30/03/2016 - 11:43

      Why not offer it to someone here in these comments who might want it?

      • onetwothreefour on 30/03/2016 - 14:11

        Thanks someone has already claimed it.

  • chill on 01/04/2016 - 06:23

    The claim form has gone.

    Too late to get my t-shirt?

    • scotty on 01/04/2016 - 07:30

      I am temporarily disabling the Treasure Hunt module for the day. For those who have won T-shirts but have not put in your address in the form, feel free to also PM me with your (1) postal address (2) T-shirt size (S, M, L, XL or XXL).

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