OzBargain 2018 Members' Monthly Awards

scotty on 06/02/2018 - 20:37
Last edited 04/01/2019 - 17:54

Here's a new post for announcing 2018's monthly members awards. We have been doing these monthly awards for the quite a few years now (2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017) to recognise and reward those who had made significant contributions on OzBargain. Usually those who have posted the popular deals / competitions, but also occasionally those who are helpful in providing useful comments.

Winners receive prize of $100 in either gift cards or PayPal credit.

Winners

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  • scotty on 06/02/2018 - 20:38
    +19

    January 2018

    Winners for the first month this year are:

    Congratulations!

    • cypher67 on 06/02/2018 - 23:00
      +2

      (especially when they are close to $80k high-yield investments)

      Well played Scotty, thats gold!

    • [Deactivated] on 09/02/2018 - 21:25
      +2

      No love for Savas?

  • wordplay on 06/02/2018 - 20:40
    +1

    thanks all (and scotty) and congrats!

  • [Deactivated] on 06/02/2018 - 20:48
    +3

    I DIDNT WIN
    REDRAW

  • ronnknee on 06/02/2018 - 21:21
    +2

    Award for the most total negative votes received?

    • [Deactivated] on 06/02/2018 - 21:27
      +1

      that's the monthly statistics usually come out mid month.

      • ronnknee on 06/02/2018 - 22:38

        A statistic is not an award.

    • thetrain on 06/02/2018 - 22:12

      I'd be keen I'm in contention for that =D

    • dingdong3000 on 06/02/2018 - 22:31

      It's jv

  • Being Askhole on 06/02/2018 - 22:30
    +5

    Wow. that is amazing surprise .. Didn't know about this reward system earlier..
    Thanks Scotty.. :)

    • [Deactivated] on 06/02/2018 - 22:33
      +2

      good one ashole

      • [Deactivated] on 06/02/2018 - 22:33
        +2

        i mean askhole

        • Being Askhole on 06/02/2018 - 22:36
          +4

          hehe..thanks…. typo :P .. BA will also work though ;)

    • PJC on 07/02/2018 - 05:47
      +2

      Well done!

  • Halo375 on 06/02/2018 - 22:33
    +1

    Nice work.

  • Reidyy123 on 07/02/2018 - 05:34
    +3

    Thanks Scotty for this reward! This reward system is something I never know existed here on ozbargain.

    Also I’m sorry to everyone who got their Ethernet cables cancelled. Mine were also cancelled.

    • Clear on 07/02/2018 - 09:00
      +2

      They got cancelled? Mine was shipped!

    • hogwarts on 10/02/2018 - 18:40
      +1

      Thanks to you for this. I was actually looking for one at a similar size and with my luck, mine arrived on Friday.

  • scotty on 05/03/2018 - 15:19
    +6

    February 2018

    Winners from last month:

    • jackofspade for posting the deal of the month, FREE Kogan Mobile Prepaid Voucher Code. With 12,000+ click throughs to the deal I wonder how many SIM cards have actually Kogan given away.

    • Being Askhole for posting the most number of deals last month. 176 deals in a 28-day month (probably a record, but I'll have to lookup) and 84 of them getting on the OzBargain front page.

    • gnv9 for posting the most competitions last month. She posted 309 comps including the competition of the month, Win a Renault Koleos Life from Seven Network.

    • pegaxs for posting informative comments. One of the top 10 commenters last month (451 comments) but with the highest voting average. Just let me use this opportunity to remind people not to reply OP with pointless/off-topic comments in forum. Often we'll see someone asking a genuine question in our community forum, but none of the first replies are on-topic, let alone helpful. These comments will be flagged as off-topic or unpublished by moderators.

    Congratulations!

    • pegaxs on 05/03/2018 - 18:40
      +4

      No way! You mean I beat out @tuzii and @BrodenIt ? Wow!

      I'm just here trying to help out and give back where I can! Cheers, scotty. :D

      • Scab on 05/03/2018 - 19:22
        +3

        You cannot beat The Broden.

        • silverrat23 on 05/03/2018 - 20:00
          +3

          But in Ozbargainland, the Broden beats you.

      • [Deactivated] on 05/03/2018 - 20:25
        +3

        winner winner, chicken dinner

      • sss333 on 09/03/2018 - 21:14

        They're now both in the sin bin, did winning a monthly award give you that power 😮

        (Joking of course)

        • pegaxs on 09/03/2018 - 23:04

          Wow! tuzii is out till the start of April. Someone dun goofed. Big time…

          I did think it was weird that I hadn’t heard a peep from either of them in a few days.

          I don’t mind them. Most of the time their comments are pointless and harmless… Guess they said something they shouldn’t have…

        • [Deactivated] on 05/04/2018 - 23:37

          @pegaxs:
          i said bad things, but im back
          xoxoxox

        • pegaxs on 05/04/2018 - 23:42

          @tuzii:

          *fist pump*

          By all means, shitpost, but just be a bit more careful this time. It was weird for the last month going to threads and neither you or BrodenIt had top off topic/comedic value post. :D

        • [Deactivated] on 05/04/2018 - 23:43

          @pegaxs:
          i gotta get to 10k posts ;)

        • pegaxs on 05/04/2018 - 23:48
          +1

          @tuzii:

          Less than 300 to go. So that’ll be done by Saturday afternoon! :D

          I look forward to reading some of your new content. Had a month off, you must have some great, new material ready to unleash…

        • PJC on 06/04/2018 - 00:48

          @tuzii: Congratulations on your successful return from the Penalty Box, Dear Leader! It must have been a holiday compared to Pyongyang.

  • Scab on 05/03/2018 - 19:25
    +6

    for posting informative comments

    I think there's been a mistake Scotty, I should have been awarded that.

  • Being Askhole on 05/03/2018 - 19:34
    +1

    Can't believe it.. :) Once again awesome surprise… love my OZB mates.. its becoming family :D
    Thanks Scotty.. cheers..

    • Scab on 05/03/2018 - 19:57
      +4

      its becoming family

      If you keep up the good work Scotty will eventually invite you over for dinner.

  • scotty on 06/04/2018 - 12:35
    +12

    March 2018

    These are the winners for last month's OzBargain Members Award:

    • PJC and his nicely compiled Seiko watch deals won the deal of the month in March with most votes. PJC has also posted 4 other watch deals last month from brands such as Tissot, Frederique Constant and Oris.

    • Being Askhole for posting the most deals last month — 175 deals with +33.2 vote average. Top categories are "Electrical & Electronics" (35 deals), "Gaming" (35 deals) and "Home & Garden" (24 deals). 3rd consecutive win for BA.

    • gnv9 for again totally dominating the competition section of OzBargain, including most popular comp (Win $15,000 Cash from Network Ten), most clicked comp (Win Bordeaux River Cruise from Scenic) and just the total number of competitions posted (308 comps with +11.3 vote average). It's also 9th consecutive win for gnv9.

    • Each month I also go through highly voted comments manually to find poster of informative comments. This month the winner is Len2801 for giving some suggestions in that AAMI insurance dispute thread that's both informative and useful. Hopefully the OP of that thread has this sorted out soon.

    Congratulations to all the winners!

    • MathNerd on 06/04/2018 - 14:11
      +8

      Well done to all. Well-deserved awards.

    • pernunz on 07/04/2018 - 00:50
      +4

      Congrats PJC. I posted my Kogan deal on the 1st of March and was nervously watching for the entire month! Glad to lose to a post with so much effort.

      • PJC on 07/04/2018 - 01:11
        +2

        Thank you! Yours was a huge success with thousands more clicks than mine. Well done!

    • sween64 on 07/04/2018 - 14:10
      +1

      Who had the most controversial comment? Lots of Up and down votes.

      • scotty on 07/04/2018 - 14:51
        +2

        #1, #2, #3. Full report will be released later this month.

  • Being Askhole on 06/04/2018 - 13:15
    +8

    Thanks Scotty and Congrats to all champions 👍🍺..

  • PJC on 06/04/2018 - 14:11
    +8

    Thank you very much indeed and congratulations to Being Askhole, gnv9 and Len2801!

  • [Deactivated] on 06/04/2018 - 15:05
    +7

    Much appreciated Scotty and mods, as always. To PJC/Being Askhole/Len2801 - wonderful contributions, congratulations :)

  • xev on 06/04/2018 - 15:47
    +6

    Congrats PJC, very well deserved. :)

    Congrats to Askhole, gnv9 and Len2801 as well.

    • PJC on 06/04/2018 - 18:41
      +5

      Many thanks.

  • scotty on 07/05/2018 - 14:38
    +6

    April 2018

    These are the winners from last month:

    Congratulations!

    • SydOzber on 07/05/2018 - 17:21
      +3

      Thank you Scotty. Am so excited 😀

  • PJC on 07/05/2018 - 18:47
    +1

    Congratulations chaps.

  • Splashtash on 07/05/2018 - 19:49
    +3

    Wow, this exists O.O epic!!!!

    • PJC on 07/05/2018 - 20:06
      +1

      Well done.

  • scotty on 05/06/2018 - 17:28
    +7

    May 2018

    Winners for the OzBargain Members' Award last month:

    Okay. Enough self promotions. Congratulations to all the winners!

    • sss333 on 05/06/2018 - 17:38
      +3

      A certain Ozbargainer certainly did have way too many Big Macs, surprised they didn't get an award for that effort 😂.

      Anyway congrats to the winners.

    • tightarse on 05/06/2018 - 18:41
      +6

      Wow, what an unexpected surprise! Thanks Scotty, and well done to all the other contributors :)

  • scotty on 12/07/2018 - 14:55
    +5

    June 2018

    Sorry about the delay — been away earlier this month. Here are the winners of members' award last month:

    • tightarse for posting the deal of the month, eBay.com.au 11% Site Wide on 11 June. It got promoted to the OzBargain front page in 4 minutes & 2 seconds, and have received +2203 votes, which is the 4th most voted deal on OzBargain so far (behind eBay, eBay and PayPal deals). TA has also posted the most clicked deal last month, 20% off TGG at eBay.

    • Smalot11 for posting the competition of the month, Win $10000 from nib Health Funds with +135 votes & 343 OzBargainers marked themselves entering the comp. Hopefully one of you guys win the comp!

    • Being Askhole for posting the most deals in June 2018. 177 deals averaging +39.2 votes, 71 of them landed on the front page, most popular being Free Mind Maps Pro with +406 votes.

    • gnv9 for posting the most competitions in June 2018. 301 comps averaging +14.5 votes (that's almost 10 comps posted a day). Win 1 of 3 Sony Wireless Headphones being the most clicked competition & the 2nd most voted last month.

    Congratulations!

    • Smalot11 on 12/07/2018 - 15:36
      +3

      Thanks Scotty, congrats to all!

      Fingers crossed an OzBargainer takes home the $10,000. 😊

    • BlazinPast on 22/07/2018 - 01:48
      +3

      I'm sorta concerned about Being Askhole. He just disappeared? He posted a bunch of posts/comments on the 3rd and that was the last time he's logged on since. He even had 4 consecutive chatty badges up until that point. Does anyone know if he's ok?

      • sween64 on 22/07/2018 - 08:58

        On holidays maybe… hopefully…

      • sss333 on 22/07/2018 - 10:47

        I hope it wasn't because a certain user seemed to be trolling him.

  • scotty on 06/08/2018 - 19:47
    +8

    July 2018

    Winners from last month:

    Congratulations to all!

  • scotty on 08/09/2018 - 10:45
    +9

    August 2018

    Winners from last month:

    • 1112223334 for posting the deal of the month, Officeworks Price Beat Guarantee policy update with almost +2000 votes. Basically Officeworks removed the requirement of identical warranty, making it possible to ask OW to price beat grey imported items by 5%. It was posted by an employee with a few other OW employees contributing in the comments (as well as Officeworks HQ take-down requests & attempts to get details on those employees).

    • gnv9 for posting the most voted comp (Win PS4 Pro Bundles from Sony), most entered comp (Win a Bauhn TV & Soundbar from ALDI), most clicked-through comp (Win Commodore Calais V from Network Ten) and the most number of competitions posted (414 comps).

    • chibot for advancing in being a deal-posting bot & beating their own record last month. They have posted 236 deals in August with vote average +36.30, and 80 of them got onto the OzBargain front page. Most popular being 15% off Sitewide at eBay US.

    • RichardL, who is one of the latest power users, for being extremely helpful in updating deals and giving insightful comments on many topics especially anything related to power banks.

    Congratulations to all.

    • dylo on 08/09/2018 - 18:38
      +3

      Awesome work gnv!

      • [Deactivated] on 10/09/2018 - 09:16
        +2

        Thank you dylo, was a good month for comps :) Congratulations to the other members and as always I’m grateful to scotty/mods for the award.

    • Clear on 08/09/2018 - 19:26
      +4

      (as well as Officeworks HQ take-down requests & attempts to get details on those employees).

      I take it that you got bombarded with emails from OW HQ demanding info on the posters? Ridiculous considering their policy is public.

      • 1112223334 on 10/09/2018 - 10:42

        I had no idea either. Thanks to Ozbargain for having my back!

    • sween64 on 08/09/2018 - 23:37
      +4

      1112223334 for posting the deal of the month, Officeworks Price Beat Guarantee policy update

      Has to be the best ever first post from any user!!

      • PJC on 09/09/2018 - 00:06
        +2

        An enormous achievement.

      • 1112223334 on 10/09/2018 - 10:39
        +1

        I've peaked too young :(

  • scotty on 11/10/2018 - 15:54
    +8

    September 2018

    We'll be doing something different for September — awarding contributors who have not yet been award this year. We are getting to a point where it has always been the same group of people posting most deals or competitions, and the same group of users winning our monthly awards. However OzBargain is a big community with thousands of other contributors, and here are some notable award winners from September 2018:

    • Darkii for posting the confirmation photo of upcoming AmEx Shop Small deal, a deal that has been very popular in the past. It was one of the top 10 deals last month, and it should get more popular when November hits.

    • Katie2014 has been posting quite a lot of competitions back in 2015 and 2016, took a break and has been back posting comps again. Last month she posted 158 competitions including the most clicked comp — Win Coles Little Shop Display Case from Nova100.

    • pifts for his/her random act of generosity of giving away Domino's ThickShake voucher when someone posted a WTB in Classified. This one is actually recommended by a moderator — yes we do look out for these kindness in the comments.

    • alvian for his work as a power user last month — 379 edits over 337 deals/forum posts.

    Congratulations!

    • RichardL on 11/10/2018 - 16:02

      Congrats alvian, well deserved for all your hard work with the editing!

      • alvian on 11/10/2018 - 18:56
        +1

        I am speechless. Thanks team for the award.

        • Taegukgi on 12/10/2018 - 09:34

          Well done alvian. Thank you to the power users for correcting my posts!

    • Clear on 12/10/2018 - 19:04
      +2

      Good job scotty. It's always good to see some new names in the mix. Good job on pifts too for the random act of generosity. That's probably the one part of the site I don't frequent and probably should start.

  • scotty on 14/11/2018 - 19:51
    +7

    October 2018

    Sorry about the late announcement. Here are the winners for last month's awards:

    Congratulations!

    • BlazinPast on 15/11/2018 - 14:29
      +2

      Thanks! Wasn't expecting to win it again :)

  • scotty on 12/12/2018 - 19:46
    +5

    November 2018

    Monthly members award announcement seems to get later & later. Here are the winner for last month:

    Congratulations!

    • Being Askhole on 14/12/2018 - 12:04
      +4

      Thanks a lot Scotty and congratulation to TA, VegemiteKid, gnv9 .

  • scotty on 04/01/2019 - 17:52
    +9

    December 2018

    Here are the monthly awards winners last month. For this month we are giving prizes to top 3 deals & top competition posted in December:

    Congratulations! For 2019 we'll start a new post in the next couple of days & a bit of rule changes.

    • sss333 on 04/01/2019 - 17:57
      +6

      Wow, I won, thanks scotty and team.

      • Being Askhole on 06/01/2019 - 16:56
        +2

        Congratulations sss333 , chrysilis, forumninja & gnv9

    • Katie2014 on 04/01/2019 - 18:59
      +3

      Congratulations to all the winners :)

      Some great deals + the Nissan Pathfinder comp was a fantastic comp - wonderful to see a lot of OzB winners!

    • chrysilis on 05/01/2019 - 12:44
      +2

      Awesome, thanks scotty!

  • forumninja on 05/01/2019 - 09:21
    +3

    Thank you scotty, the team @ OzBargain and all OzBargainers!

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