[AMA] I Found out about a Competition through OzBargain and Won a Car

so back in 2015 there was a carsales competition where you had to update their new function "My Garage" with your cars and you go into a free competition to win a Peugeot RCZ

I entered. Forgot about it and got a phone call that I had won

Ask me anything

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a397/chicken8/91D74A44-6EB…

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a397/chicken8/E3E2E958-2D7…

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a397/chicken8/0A92E8A5-FF8…

closed Comments

  • i am very jealous

    • +12

      Hi very jealous

      I am Rob

      • And I am Steve Rogers.

  • +2

    Did you keep it or sell it?

    • +2

      The prize package was $66000. which included the price of the car, stamp duty, on roads and comprehensive insurance

      i asked the dealership if they would buy the car off me pre delivery and they said no. It was a 2013 model with 10km on it but thats because the car was not popular and they had alot of stock they couldn't sell. Hence why they wouldn't buy it back.

      I drove it for 9 months since it was free rego and insurance and put about 3000km on it as i had 2 other cars and ended up selling it for $37,500

      • +3

        That's a hell of a depreciation %

        • Well they were selling 2013 “brand new” ones for $50k driveaway when I won. The $66k is their rrp and makes the prize seem greater

          Used 2010 ones are going for $15k these days which I think is a great price for such a unique looking car

  • Will you get an Ozbargain bumper sticker

    • +1

      The car's been sold but i didn't know ozbargain had bumper stickers

      would be interested in a group buy

  • +3

    This gives me hope.. I have entered so many competitions over the years sometimes I feel like it's work and I'm a robot.

    • +5

      This is probably one of the first 5 competitions I’ve entered. I’ve since entered everything I see and have won nothing

    • I've stopped entering the competitions because it was time consuming, despite I once won a fancy canon camera and trip to Sydney for that light show they put on. Maybe I'll go back to competitions and stop reading the forums :)

  • Congrats! :)

  • +14

    Are you aware of the Swiss OzBargain "Finders Fee"?

  • +2

    now that you have a car can you give me a lift home from work tonight?

    need to stop and buy some ciggies on the way home also

    • +1

      If you’re going my way then for sure. Could use a passenger for the T2 lane

      • +2

        Why did the chicken use the T2 lane?

        • because it was a brokeunistudent?

  • How was the car?

    • Good by Peugeot standards but still a long way to go to compete with ts German rivals

      One of the roof lining clips broke and the roof lining would flap about if you drove with the windows open

      Rattles throughout the car

      Satnav/entertainment unit would freeze at times

      All this within 9 months and 3000km

      • They never seem to put any decent hardware into satnav. A pitty when processors aren't that expensive if you're buying a million of them.

  • Hey Chicken28.
    I also was fortunate like you.

    The car RRPd for 41k. I got just under 30k for it with 10km (TEN)
    I gave up selling privately and sold it to one of those "we buy cars from you" people.

    • Wow a fellow rcz owner. Not many of us around

      • +2

        A fellow car-winning-oz-bargainer, not an RCZ owner.
        An Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross for free for me.

  • So, in 2015 you won a 2013 car? Seems a bit suss. to me

    • Yeah it was still brand new and never registered before with 10km on the clock. But they didn’t make any after 2013 in aus and were trying to get rid of old stock

    • +1

      and then an AMA in 2018….

      • +4

        find out its a scam in 2020?

      • Lol. Yeah I came across a pic of it on my phone the other day and thought maybe I should make a thread about it

  • +1

    How come you didn't register your win to get the comp winner badge then?

    • Just went to that page for the first time. Not sure how to register it still. Any guidelines?

      • In the comp page itself once you click mark as entered, after the comp closes you can select mark as winner.

        There's no requirements, you could just lie to get the badge I'm pretty sure, but if you do win a comp that you posted on OzBargain it is nice to do so, don't have to though.

        • Can’t find the comp itself and looks like Carsales asked for a perma ban?

          How do I ad pix instead?

        • +1
        • @pointscrazy:

          No. It was a Carsales create your garage comp

          This is the car.

          [img]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a397/chicken8/IMG_7788.jpeg[\img]

          Pretty sure I have a screenshot of the competition announcement page on my phone somewhere too

  • First reactions to hearing the news?

    • +6

      So when they rang me. It was an Indian girl named priya from memory

      And when she rang and said hi this is Priya from Carsales how are you. I instantly remembered I entered a comp. then my mind raced to find other reasons Carsales would call me and I came up with none. So I just said “I won something didn’t I”

      Then she said. Do you remember entering a competition about 2 months ago for a brand new Peugeot RCZ?

      I said I do now. So I won?

      She said congratulations

      And then I told my wife and she said I’m being scammed.

      • +3

        crap… if i entered and won.. and i got a call from anyone with an indian voice. my initial instinct is always to just immediately hand up. it would have been redrawn. now im not going to be able to stop thinking about all the things i might have won, then lost

        • username checks out

        • @brokeunistudent: your username has strong association with another very 'popular' individual

        • +2

          I'm the same. I'm just wondering how many prizes I've missed out on!!??

          Whenever my wife receives an anonymous call, she answers "Did I win something?" and hangs up if they hesitate.

        • +1

          @PoorStudent: nice try, he said popular

  • +1

    Joined 2008.
    Wins car in 2015.
    Posts AMA in 2018.

    Okaaaay.

    • you'll note that i have rarely posted on the forums prior to this year as well

      i'll post up pics once i upload them

      gimme 5mins

  • +1

    Oh wow.
    How fantastic!
    What a refreshing change from all the people that post complaints and requests for help here

  • was wondering about winners from ozb competitions. Big thanks to all the competition community.

    1. When winners are announced, do you receive an email with a specific header?
    2. I am not active on the twitter I use, or twitch. My gmail gets emails with notifications. Do you get notification via emails?
    3. There are quick ways to get through all the click requirements to enter. Do we get disqualified if we havent (for example) subscribed to youtube?

    Congrats on the car win. I hope you continue entering and participating in competitions. your news supports the competition community well!

Login or Join to leave a comment