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A total of 402 entries were counted and submitted to Random.org List Randomizer. The winner of a brand new Moleskine Colour a Month Daily Planner 2010 is…

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Update: Please make it easy for us to track your twitter accounts. As long as you use the format provided below you will definitely be counted. For protected accounts, you may leave a message in the comments below that you tweet about this so I can “follow” you, or just follow @avalonph. If you use a comment user name that is different from your twitter name, do inform us. In short, make it easy for us to track you. Thanks!

The year 2009 has been an excellent year for the Moleskine notebook. They’ve expanded their product line, and more people Philippines included, are using it to expound their creativity.

Avalon.ph has been a regular destination for competitively priced Moleskine notebooks. We’ve quickly sold out our stocks of the Moleskine 2010 planner — except for one.

To thank all those who have patronized our website the past 11 years (yes we’re that old), as well as a welcome to those who are visiting Avalon.ph and its blog for the first time, we’re giving away the last Moleskine 2010 planner we have!

Now, let’s get straight to the point!

Win One (1) Moleskine Colour a Month Daily Planner in 12 Notebooks 2010: 12 different soft coloured covers + hard cover case.

Moleskine Colour a Month Daily Planner in 12 Notebooks 2010 (link from Moleskine.com), retails for Php2,750.00 locally. This is your chance to own one for FREE!

Just answer:

What are you thankful for this 2009?

a) Answering directly in the comments section below gives you one (1) point.

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b) Answering in your blog with a link back to this post gives you three (3) points. You must indicate in the comments section below where to find your blog (with your answer). AND, very important, you must spell Moleskine properly in your blog post, do not forget the “E”.

c) One (1) point when you use your active twitter account (as of 11/30/09) and tweet about this contest. Make sure you include the #avalonph hashtag for me to easily track your tweet. Please take note that I cannot track ‘protected’ twitter accounts. If you have one and intend to avail of this extra point you should know what to do (follow avalonph). Exact format of tweet should be as written below in order to qualify:

RT @avalonph: Win a Moleskine Colour a Month Daily Planner 2010! Check out details at www.avalon.ph. #avalonph

You may tweet using your own variation as some of you like to share stuff like this on twitter, however they will not count as an entry. No spamming, no twitter cheating (using both personal & corporate/shared accounts). In short, play fair.

d) if I like your entry, you get plus two (2) points. This is purely my unbiased, unbribable and fair discretion.

All entries for additional points should be verifiable. Maximum available points is six (6). All entries will be summarized before the electronic raffle to be done through random.org’s List Randomizer or something similar.

Too much work? Satisfied to submit a silly, rushed, boring entry just for the sake of submission? Think again, up your chances to win this:

This contest/sweepstakes will run from December 1, 12:01am until December 15, 9:00pm Manila time. Sweepstakes is only open for those with a Philippine-based address that’s serviceable by major couriers.

Sweepstakes winner will be announced before 8:00am December 16. Winner must give their contact information before 12nn December 18. We will exert best effort to communicate with the winner, but if efforts fail we will use our discretion in choosing a new winner. Remember, this is a 2010 Planner so it is essential that the winner receives the item before 2010! We hope that’s clear for everyone especially those planning a long vacation this Holiday season.

Loophole or oversight regarding rules- common sense apply. Avalon.ph is the SOLE arbiter to decide on issues with regards to this contest/sweepstakes.

Good luck everyone!

Image credit: Journaling Arts (Beautiful Living) & Amazon.com

Congratulations to Chel of The Casual Observer blog! You won a Moleskine Pocket Ruled Notebook + Php500.00 worth of Avalon.ph Gift Certificate!

Thank you very much to Oodles and Goodles for hosting the contest, and a big thank you to all those who participated. The Moleskine Blog Hopping Giveaways 2009 – Series 2 is suspended at the moment but we will be back! Be sure to add us to your RSS feed so you won’t miss any announcement, or simply add our Social Media accounts:

Yahoo Messenger: avalonph
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/avalonph
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/avalonph
Plurk: http://www.plurk.com/user/avalonph
Multiply: http://avalonph.multiply.com

Buying a gift and can’t decide what to give your friends? Why not give them Gift Certificates? Avalon.ph Gift Certificate comes in denomination of Php300.00, Php500.00 and Php1,000.00 and they make excellent gifts! Let them decide what they want to get, hassle-free!

Avalon.ph generates a unique code that allows the recipient to receive an equivalent amount off of items purchased on the store. The recipient is automatically notified via e-mail if the buyer opts to do so. Or you may opt to e-mail yourself the unique code and give it to the recipient. Partially redeemed Gift Certificates can be used again until fully redeemed.

Once again, we apologize for suspending the contest at the moment because we want the focus of people to be about helping others. Thank you very much for your understanding.

* For privacy of entries real names of entries via website purchase were cut using first 2 letters of first name, and 3-6 letters of last (as you can see some weird names listed above). No real names were submitted in the list randomizer unless you used your real name displayed on the website to submit your entry.

Congratulations to Ka(ren) Punza(lan) [name disclosed w/ permission]! She purchased 4 Moleskine Notebooks last September 10, received 4 entries and was picked by random.org’s list randomizer as the winner of the Neil Gaiman SIGNED book giveaway!

Thank you everyone for participating! Watch out for our next giveaway so keep checking our website, this blog or better yet, add us to your RSS feed.

Still can’t get enough of Neil Gaiman? Here is your chance to win a SIGNED copy of Neil Gaiman’s Adventures in the Dream Trade (trade paperback edition)!

SIGNED by Neil Gaiman

This giveaway is part of Avalon.ph (still) celebration of our 10th year online. We are one of the longest running online shopping websites in the country. You can read a quick history and timeline here.

Adventures in the Dream Trade is one of Neil Gaiman’s harder-to-find book locally. The book covers Neil Gaiman’s web log during the publication of American Gods, some essays, introductions, stories, poems and song lyrics.

Just how can you win this amazing signed book?

Complete this phrase: “Ten years ago……..”

Be creative, sentimental, funny or just be honest! Feel free to add images if you write your entry in your blogs. I reserve the right to disqualify tasteless entries.

So how to submit an entry?

Easy/basic:

a) Answering in the comments section below gives you one (1) point.

or

b) Answering in your blog, with a link back to this post gives you three (3) points. You must mention Avalon.ph in your blog entry. Note: one blog per person/entry.

On blog entries, I will award you one (1) extra point if I like your post. This will be purely based my personal discretion and I expect myself to be stingy with it.

Basically that’s it, you are now qualified to win this Neil Gaiman signed book.  But wait! Want to have more chances of winning? We are giving options to submit more entries that’s worth the effort.

Advanced:

- Twitter – one (1) extra point. You may also follow our Twitter account: avalonph. Twitter entries can be easily traced as long as you use the following tweet format:

RT @avalonph Win a SIGNED copy of Neil Gaiman’s Adventures in the Dream Trade! Exclusive giveaway only on www.avalon.ph #avalonph

I suggest you copy and paste before you tweet. Helpful comments before RT is okay, the rest must be entered once and as is during the contest period (Aug 26 – Sep 22). Please do not spam.

Sorry, no Plurk entries because their search system isn’t optimize to guarantee your entry gets counted.

- Purchases on Avalon.ph. For every valid purchase worth Php500.00 on Avalon.ph, you will earn one (1) extra point. This is valid during the contest period (Aug 26 – Sep 22) and must already be paid/fulfilled before the end of the contest period. There is no limit to the number of points to be awarded.

I’m tempted to include a Facebook point reward system but I believe that’s too much already. However, I will deeply appreciate if you “share” the contest details once it is posted in our Facebook Page. If you are not a fan of Avalon.ph yet, here’s our Facebook Page link: www.facebook.com/avalonph. We also have giveaways exclusive to our Avalon.ph Facebook Page Fans so make sure you add us up.

This giveaway will run from August 26 until September 22, 2009, 11:59pm Manila time. Raffle is only open for those with a Philippine-based address that’s serviceable by major couriers. Raffle will be through Random.org or other facilities that can handle random drawing.

Raffle winner will be announced before 12:00nn September 23. We will exert best effort to communicate with the winner within 5 days, but if efforts fail we will use our discretion in choosing a new winner either through a re-draw or pick #2.

As much as we want everything fair and square there might be unseen issues. Loopholes or oversights regarding rules- common sense applies!

So what are you waiting for? Good luck! Most of all, reminisce something in your life ten years ago!

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