OzBargain Easter Treasure Hunt 29 March-3 April 2018 - Lots of Xiaomis to be Won!

scotty on 29/03/2018 - 11:17
Last edited 30/03/2018 - 08:11 by 2 other users

Easter is coming up this weekend, and OzBargain is running a treasure hunt from today (29 March) to next Tuesday (3 April) giving away lots of Xiaomi goodies!

It's the 3rd year in a row that we are running treasure hunt event during the Easter long weekend (2016 and 2017). Last year's theme was "Nintendo" and "gaming". With increasing number of Xiaomi bargains and people far from being sick of it. I thought maybe we'll do a Xiaomi-themed treasure hunt this year, with grand prizes as Xiaomi Mi A1 Android phone and Xiaomi Mi Robot Vacuum.

Prizes

Here is the list of prizes that can be found this weekend:

  • 10x Xiaomi Portable USB LED Light
  • 8x Xiaomi Mijia 0.5mm Sign Pen
  • 3x Xiaomi WiFi 300M Amplifier 2
  • 3x Xiaomi Mi Band 2 (2 parts)
  • 3x Xiaomi Mi IV Hybrid Earphones (2 parts)
  • 3x Xiaomi Bluetooth Sport Earbuds
  • 3x Xiaomi 5-Outlet Power Strip
  • 2x Xiaomi Mijia Sensor Night Light
  • 2x Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth 4.0 Speaker
  • 2x Xiaomi Wiha Screwdriver Kit (2 parts)
  • 2x Xiaomi Sling Bag
  • 2x Xiaomi Dafang IP Camera (2 parts)
  • 2x Xiaomi 70 Minutes Car DVR (2 parts)
  • 2x Xiaomi Amazfit Bip Smartwatch (2 parts)
  • Xiaomi Mi TV Box (2 parts)
  • Xiaomi Mi Handheld Gimbal (3 parts)
  • Xiaomi Mi A1 Smartphone (3 parts)
  • Xiaomi Mi Robot Vacuum (3 parts)

For multi-part prizes, you will need to claim all the parts in order to claim that prize. For example obtaining both "Xiaomi Mi TV Box (1/2)" and "Xiaomi Mi TV Box (2/2)" to win the TV box. The "treasures" will start appearing on the site from this afternoon. However different from previous years, they will only appear on random Xiaomi deals from the last 3 months. Yes, only these ones so do not bother wasting your F5 key refreshing OzBargain home page.

How Do I Participate?

Some prerequisite:

  • Must log into your OzBargain account.
  • Accounts currently in penalty box will not able to participate. Please note that cheating / gaming the system, once detected, will result your account getting banned.

When you scroll through comments on a deal tagged with Xiaomi products, you might find one of these squeezed in between comments:

Spot the Mi Treasure

If you spot one, quickly click on it otherwise it might disappear 15 seconds after the page has been loaded. It would then reveal what "treasure" have you spotted, and you need to click on "Claim It" to add it to your inventory, which can be accessed on the Treasure Hunt Market Place page.

Claim the Mi Treasure

On the marketplace page you can

  • See the current status of treasure hunt — how many items are "in the wild", how many have been claimed, and when the next set of items will be released.

  • See your current inventory, i.e. items you have claimed. Note that you can only keep maximum 4 items in your inventory at the same time. Once you have reached 4 items, treasures will cease to appear on Xiaomi deal pages for you.

  • Items that are currently open to trade on the marketplace. You can click on the link "Trade on Marketplace" to advertise your item for 1-to-1 trading with other OzBargainers. You will receive a notification when someone wishes to trade an item with you, and you can decide to accept or reject the trade.

    Trade on Marketplace

    It is especially useful in later part of the treasure hunt to collect multiple parts of major prizes.

Have fun! At the end of the treasure hunt (3 April), for those who have collected at least 1 item, they will see an address form on their marketplace page. Fill that out and I'll send you the prize.

For those who have only collected parts of multi-part treasure — you can still fill in the address form and I'll send you an OzBargain Baggu.

Frequently Asked Questions

Did Xiaomi sponsor this treasure hunt?

I wish.

Do the treasures appear on mobile devices?

Yes

Would ad-blockers block the treasures?

I don't think so.

Where exactly do the treasures appear?

  • Only on deal pages tagged with at least one Xiaomi products. Best place to look for them would be going to Xiaomi brand page on OzBargain.
  • Treasure will not show up on deals posted more than 90 days ago, or deals with less than 10 comments.
  • It will always be in the comment sections between top-level comments.

Will it show up on expired deals?

Yes, as long as that deal was posted within the last 90 days.

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Comments

      • WizardofOZ on 02/04/2018 - 19:35

        Thanks for the update, Scotty! If you need a hand with one to test durability then send me a message, would be more than happy to hear from you :). Thanks again mate for all you do for OzBargain!

  • daydream on 02/04/2018 - 16:20

    So is it all over for everyone who hasn't found treasure yet?

  • own1313 on 02/04/2018 - 16:32

    Now that all the prizes have been collected the hard part is trading for the screwdriver set…

    • dddaaaccc on 02/04/2018 - 18:44
      +1

      I’ve been lucky then as I’ve got both screwdriver part 1 and part 2 with no trading required 😬
      Well, it’s not a lottery win, but still a win 😃

      • own1313 on 02/04/2018 - 22:26

        Congrats man! i have 1/2 a headphone and 1/2 a tv box so at least i will get a bag out of it.

  • Three on 02/04/2018 - 19:07

    Loved it, great fun thankyou.

  • Luxe on 02/04/2018 - 22:32

    Kinda confused where the second part to the Dafang IP camera is! Eating me up inside knowing someone has the part that I need!

    • happycactus on 02/04/2018 - 22:44

      I was in the same boat too - had part 2 of the IP camera but ended up trading it with something else.

      • Luxe on 02/04/2018 - 23:03

        Exactly! Like it’s frustrating knowing that holding onto it does nothing for anyone!

  • happycactus on 02/04/2018 - 22:43

    What happens to those users in the penalty box that have items in the marketplace? Can these still be traded and claimed?

  • nocure on 02/04/2018 - 23:03

    Another great treasure hunt, Thanks Scotty.

  • Moderatorscotty on 03/04/2018 - 05:03

    Please note that I have dropped items from some accounts this morning when the system detected ghost accounts. They are back in the wild ready to be found and claimed.

    Cheating is just not right, whether it's cricket or ozbargain treasure hunt.

    • xponentx on 03/04/2018 - 06:55

      Good luck to everyone back on the hunt. I'm tempted to drop some pieces to try my luck, but I think it's too much of a risk. Here's hoping some of my missing pieces end up on the market now.

    • meatstriker on 03/04/2018 - 09:50
      +2

      I must be quite unlucky, even with 5 items in the wild, cant find one even when going through all the pages.

      • Jeffu on 03/04/2018 - 17:49

        I'm the same. With 2-3 active items in the wild, I couldn't find a single one after scanning 1-15 pages on a few separate occasions. Feels like less of a hunt and more of a lottery at this point but oh well.

        • xponentx on 03/04/2018 - 18:00

          Yep same here. It must be randomly displaying as sometimes I've found one but not claimed it, and then it's no longer on that deal but has popped up on another deal.

          I really want one of the 2 lady pieces to complete a prize, but no luck after running through all deals twice.

        • meatstriker on 03/04/2018 - 18:37

          Yeah maybe we needed to just stick to one valid post and spam F5. Don't know the best strategy

  • meeeeeeee on 03/04/2018 - 12:24

    Huge thanks again for the fun and games.

    I think a fair number of prizes werent completed though - the gimbal and the phone would stand out here

    • Moderatorscotty on 03/04/2018 - 12:27

      Congratulations for the win — great trade this morning.

      • meeeeeeee on 03/04/2018 - 12:33

        Thanks

        I'm pretty sure I am mostly responsible for a 3-way fight for the A1! Which ended in gloom

  • xponentx on 03/04/2018 - 14:01

    Thanks heaps scotty for the fun and for keeping our Easter interesting. My only suggestion for next time, could we have a firm time for the competition end? It's a shame that a few of the prizes didn't get completed due to simply running out of time, although considering it wasn't sponsored, do it however you want.

    • meeeeeeee on 03/04/2018 - 14:20

      I was going to comment that the firm time was midday 12pm AEST like the previous years but I just reread the post and it actually doesn't state a time at all…

      Somehow I assumed that it was the same as last year

    • Moderatorscotty on 03/04/2018 - 15:22

      Yup that's my oversight for not mentioning the end time. I'll extend the hunt until 12AM AEST, i.e. the end of today. There are still 2 unclaimed items, and they are:

      • Xiaomi 70 Minutes Car DVR (1/2)
      • Xiaomi Bluetooth Sport Earbuds (2/2)

      Good luck.

      • xponentx on 03/04/2018 - 21:51

        Got the dashcam piece and completed my dashcam prize after running through like 5 times. I was about to give up too. Thank you Scotty!

  • Slymanac on 03/04/2018 - 19:15

    Thanks for all the fun and prizes :)
    Has the A1 been claimed yet? Because I'm so close, just need one more part.

  • scotty on 04/04/2018 - 09:54
    +5

    Xiaomi Hunt has official ended. Still 3 items to be found and they are:

    • Xiaomi Dafang IP Camera (2/2)
    • Xiaomi Mi IV Hybrid Earphones (1/2)
    • Xiaomi Mi Robot Vacuum (2/3)

    All the winners should be able to fill in the address, and I'll order them this week/next week via various sites. Depending on the speed of delivery hopefully you'll receive the prize by the end of June :P

    • Stucuts on 06/04/2018 - 16:15

      Can the 3 remaining active prizes still be claimed?

      • scotty on 06/04/2018 - 16:51

        No. The hunt is over…

    • spaceflight on 07/04/2018 - 11:22

      Are the Baggu prizes coming from Australia?

      I was going to give mine to a friend who is going backpacking in a few weeks :)

      • scotty on 07/04/2018 - 14:48

        Yes I'll be posting it out from Sydney. It should fit into an envelope.

    • crazynic on 07/04/2018 - 21:50

      Thanks for ordering Scotty u rock ;)

  • So Was Red on 06/04/2018 - 14:57

    Heyo, just a spot of feedback: I check OzB every day and only just found out about this

    • nocure on 06/04/2018 - 14:58

      Maybe go to the live page more often

  • Clear on 09/04/2018 - 11:35

    I intentionally didn't enter this contest and avoided Xiaomi deals. UnOzbargain of me? Yes, but I already have heaps of Xiaomi and don't need anymore.

  • Chemiluminescence on 09/04/2018 - 19:56

    Thanks for running this Scotty.

  • adr8 on 23/04/2018 - 13:40

    Received my 2 prizes today, thanks Scotty much appreciated!

  • nvox on 24/04/2018 - 17:32

    Received Xiaomi pen in today's mail, thank you

  • happycactus on 25/04/2018 - 11:05

    Thanks Scotty, received mine too!

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