Viral video + chance for free wireless festival ticket!

fisheddie · 21-06-2005, 09:15

I know there is a thread been locked due to possible spamming here about the wireless festival, cos i was going to reply to that one!

well, i have just come across this modded (Chris), where you will find a video from O2 and the link from the vedio goes back to the O2 Blue Room(I suppose that's why the other post had been locked! if you feel necessary then please remove this post as well!). then there is a simple question to be answered for your chance to get VIP tickets!.

What is the Blue Room thingy anyway?? oh well, i don't care, just a simple answer with my O2 PayG number. Wish me good luck with the whole prize draw thing!

[ADMIN EDIT - SIMON M] Please can you make sure that you get the links right, and make it look somewhere near decent ...

Paul K · 21-06-2005, 09:37

Your first link is pointing somewhere completely different due to a java link at the front of it. If one thread has already been locked on a subject you would be better off asking the team before starting another one on the same topic

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Oh and the blueroom link goes back to the same site as the banned link in the other thread.

Ramrod · 21-06-2005, 09:38

..........and we have a nasty swear word in the title

Paul K · 21-06-2005, 09:50

Before anyone clicks on that link under the video, it does not go to the O2 blueroom site which is:
modded (Chris)
It goes to
modded (chris) which is not registered to O2.

Stuart · 21-06-2005, 09:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by fisheddie

I know there is a thread been locked due to possible spamming here about the wireless festival, cos i was going to reply to that one!

well, i have just come across this modded (Chris) , where you will find a video from O2 and the link from the vedio goes back to the O2 Blue Room(I suppose that's why the other post had been locked! if you feel necessary then please remove this post as well!). then there is a simple question to be answered for your chance to get VIP tickets!.

What is the Blue Room thingy anyway?? oh well, i don't care, just a simple answer with my O2 PayG number. Wish me good luck with the whole prize draw thing!

[ADMIN EDIT - SIMON M] Please can you make sure that you get the links right, and make it look somewhere near decent ...

Actually, the link you gave is a false link. As far as I can tell, it has nothing to do with O2 (I put details of who the name is registered to in the other thread), so anyone who files out the form is giving their mobile number to some random person. Who knows what he or she will do with it.

The ACTUAL O2 Blueroom is at modded (Chris)The original link was deleted because it appears to be a scam.

Nemesis · 21-06-2005, 10:05

been trying to find the response we got from O2 on this .... but can't ... can one of the other Admins attach it .... closed in the meantime.

Nemesis · 21-06-2005, 16:05

Reply from O2

Quote:

Afternoon.

My name is Dermot O\'Mahony. I am Head of Production for www.o2.co.uk. I noticed you\'ve locked us out here because of our Blue Room microsite. If you check the Blue Room you\'ll see it can be accessed via o2blueroom.co.uk as well as thru o2.co.uk/blueroom and blueroom.o2.co.uk so it is sitting within the O2.co.uk domain.

the Squirrel Power film is a bonafide O2 offer for tickets to the O2 wireless festival. this promo is only running until tomorrow and as long as it is locked our business is impacted.

Thanks for your consideration about our domain, however can I ask that you revert asap so that we can continue with the promo. if you require anything further, you can call me at the O2 Head Office on 01753 628006 (switchboard) and ask for me by name.

Thanks for your help
Dermot O\'Mahony
Head of Portal Production

Thread Re-opened

philip.j.fry · 21-06-2005, 21:06

Quote:

Reply from O2
and as long as it is locked our business is impacted.

My heart bleeds.

Chimaera · 21-06-2005, 21:13

Well I emailed O2 earlier (as I am a customer!) and got the following reply:

Quote:

Dear Elaine,

Thank you for contacting O2 Customer Service.

I have checked and can see that this is not a spoof website. This website relates to exclusive promotional offer launched by O2 for its customers. For more information on this, please click on the links given below:

http://www.o2.co.uk/

modded (Chris)

If you need further information regarding this matter, please reply to this email. For further details about O2, please visit our online Help Centre at:

http://www.o2.co.uk/help

Kind regards,

Dinesh Aneja
O2 Customer Service.

I still can't work out why the domain isn't registered properly for the Blue Room part of the site?

Stuartbe · 21-06-2005, 21:13

owwww. what a shame

I wonder how much they have contributed to the site apart from spamming it ? Bet they have not paid a penny !!!

What makes them think that they can come on here and spam us and then complain that we locked the thread

I wonder if any of the team invited them to post there adverts on here ? I dont think so !

I personaly think that the thread should just be zapped - I dont know about anyone else but I am not in the least interested in this company's or any other company's promotional offers !

Just my 10p worth...

Chimaera · 21-06-2005, 21:19

The thing is, instead of getting people to post (I didn't say the meat product word!

) about the competition page on here, why didn't they target their customers by email? I'm on O2 online customer and this was the first I'd heard of the Blue Room. I won't be entering any competitions though!

**Chris** · 21-06-2005, 22:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon M

[b]Reply from O2

Thread Re-opened

Somebody want to mail them and suggest when they register their domains, they go about it in a more professional manner than to give crap like

Quote:

Registrant:
Lucy McFarlane

Registrant's Address:
8 Blackburn Court
Brixton
A1 1AA
GB

as registrant details?

bmxbandit · 21-06-2005, 22:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris T

Somebody want to mail them and suggest when they register their domains, they go about it in a more professional manner than to give crap like

networksolutions whois gives the address 'Berners St London A1 1AA GB', registrant 'DAIS'.

inspires confidence, doesn't it...

EDIT: odd. doesn't any more!

**Chris** · 21-06-2005, 23:24

OK, after a little team discussion this evening, we are now closing this thread again and removing links to O2's little piece of commercial activity. Mr O'Mahony has been emailed and advised that he is welcome to advertise his products on our site so long as he is happy with our usual terms and conditions, which are published and available for anyone to inspect here: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/about/4/...ng-information

It is not acceptable for someone to get stroppy about their business being 'impacted' as a result of us declining to give them free ad space!