PDA

View Full Version : ***CLOSED*** Monday Competition * winner * clemos *



Robin
29-11-10, 10:02
Morning everyone.

Snow is falling in Manchester..... at a rate of 1 flake a minute :(

Trying a day-long comp today as a result of the discussions we had over the weekend :)

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Monitors/19+Inch+LCD/BenQ+G925HDA+19%22+LCD+Monitor+?productId=42347

I suspect a few people wouldnt mind a monitor!

Customer Services phone call this morning...


Customer: The copy of Windows you sold me is not genuine! I have wierd messages on screen!

CS: What is it saying?

Customer: It says 'Safe Mode' in the corners of the screen! That means it's not safe!

CS: /facedesk


True or false? :D

Guesses in by 10pm tonight!

watercooled
29-11-10, 10:03
False for me Robin

and a great prize again.

Nathan94
29-11-10, 10:03
True! Probably thought: safe mode? no viruses! YEY! and then panicked, not restarted and rang you! :D

atomiclard
29-11-10, 10:03
Funny, but probably false.

Rozen
29-11-10, 10:04
hahaha false i hope :)

wuyanxu
29-11-10, 10:05
sounds made up.... soo: FALSE

funny though. :D

joker3327
29-11-10, 10:06
False....users need a little knowledge to boot into safe mode lol...

Simon.
29-11-10, 10:06
I really hope thats false! ;)

ZodiarK
29-11-10, 10:06
ill have to go with true just becuase it should be.

paz45
29-11-10, 10:06
True..........lol

messychoir
29-11-10, 10:06
False..

Ice Tea
29-11-10, 10:06
False.

Bigian88
29-11-10, 10:08
False from me :)

Tolmandary
29-11-10, 10:08
I'm going to opt for FALSE as well, afraid someone who knows that little about computer would probably not know to move the cursor to boot into safe mode when given the option.

gray.woodford
29-11-10, 10:08
awesome prize there guys!! has to be false.

Aaron
29-11-10, 10:09
True....

Marv
29-11-10, 10:09
True.

No snow here in the south, plenty of ice though.

redrooster303
29-11-10, 10:09
false......nice prize:)

zeameth
29-11-10, 10:09
false

conoflex
29-11-10, 10:09
So daft it has to be TRUE!

mac124
29-11-10, 10:10
Going to say false.

Quality prize :D

Lorem-Ipsum
29-11-10, 10:10
Going to have to go with false here.

Nice story though.

BurningFeetMan
29-11-10, 10:11
False from me today

Great prize!

Mr Moose
29-11-10, 10:12
True ! because there are people like my brother out there....

wonderlust
29-11-10, 10:12
False ;)

scrivz69
29-11-10, 10:14
I go for true, nice prize.

InvaderGIR
29-11-10, 10:14
I'm going to go with...

False

cinek
29-11-10, 10:14
I'm going with FALSE

portway
29-11-10, 10:15
true!

Pepp77
29-11-10, 10:15
Has to be true.

mikeyuk3
29-11-10, 10:17
true LOL FACEDESK!

StuartyB33
29-11-10, 10:17
going for TRUE

Pain
29-11-10, 10:17
False for me Robin.

Fantastic Prize Btw :D

Jackster
29-11-10, 10:17
TRUE....WINDOWS SAFE MODE IS NOT SAFE :0

alexnifty
29-11-10, 10:19
Gotta be a falsie :)

Dunny774
29-11-10, 10:20
false

come on some people arent that dumb :D

BreadMurderer
29-11-10, 10:20
I'm going to say FALSE.

Great prizes! The one comp a day seems better to be honest.

Ninjacat
29-11-10, 10:21
false

KarlHungus
29-11-10, 10:21
False!

Toonshorty
29-11-10, 10:22
Going to say true on this one.

mikebs
29-11-10, 10:23
Defo True

Nomad2k3
29-11-10, 10:23
Too much snow here, and cant get to sea cos the harbor has frozen over :(

Anyways I think ill go for false on this one.

zshanks
29-11-10, 10:25
TRUE I think for this

therealmrhead
29-11-10, 10:29
False, but some people are that stupid.

Clunk
29-11-10, 10:29
I'll say true, against my better judgement.

ThunderFlash
29-11-10, 10:33
Going with true on this one :)

zaz
29-11-10, 10:34
Nice, would make a great prezzy for Ma.

False !

skaface
29-11-10, 10:41
I'm going to regret saying this...but false.

Onyourcase
29-11-10, 10:42
True it has to be

Spaceboy
29-11-10, 10:42
Falsies ;)

glennthegreat
29-11-10, 10:43
false

purplecatlover2003
29-11-10, 10:46
ill go with false :)

Delta Whiskey
29-11-10, 10:53
Got to be FALSE

Oxigin
29-11-10, 10:54
Has to be false

Burn-IT
29-11-10, 10:57
false

IanS
29-11-10, 10:58
Got to be true!!!

kg08
29-11-10, 11:03
False..

EzyRyder
29-11-10, 11:04
TRUE!!!

Ratty
29-11-10, 11:04
gonna go with False
someone that daft woulda hit the power button and run before it blew up LOL

Skeese
29-11-10, 11:05
False.... I hope :lol:

tawmjk
29-11-10, 11:05
This Morning? No, it's got to be false.

guardy
29-11-10, 11:08
True :)

Zaim
29-11-10, 11:09
lol, im going with True.

Snufus
29-11-10, 11:17
I'm really hoping it's false, but I'm gonna have to say true :|

heavywater
29-11-10, 11:18
True.

Ryan
29-11-10, 11:19
True....

PedRoUk
29-11-10, 11:19
False

SilveR_172
29-11-10, 11:21
False I'm going with , would love a new monitor

brsjake
29-11-10, 11:22
True i think

Mokey
29-11-10, 11:24
I'm gonna go with false.

Baggio18
29-11-10, 11:27
Now, time for reverse psychology, sounds false, so I am going for true!

clemos
29-11-10, 11:32
I'll go for... false!

Smifis
29-11-10, 11:34
FALSE!

It has to be

Broadsword1976
29-11-10, 11:36
Falseness I'm guessing.

tjcp
29-11-10, 11:36
I'll say TRUE. If you have no computer knowledge then if unsure you would/should play safe and check.

rayf
29-11-10, 11:38
I'll have to say FALSE.

Serhan
29-11-10, 11:38
True I would say...

ali991
29-11-10, 11:40
I'm going for true

Gunslinger
29-11-10, 11:41
i'm probably going to kick myself for this, but logic tells me that if they installed it, then they actually read the warning boxes that annoy you throughout the install, and safe mode has enough of those explaining itself... so i'm going with FALSE

If this turns out to be true, then i think we need a new forum section "Recordings of dumbass customer service calls" so we can vote for the dumbest one each week :D


btw...


Snow is falling in Manchester..... at a rate of 1 flake a minute :(

with a comment like that, can we assume that tomorrows comp will start with


Sorry for the late posting, got stuck in 12 inches of snow this morning and was late in !

:chairfall: :lol:

Rhett
29-11-10, 11:42
False I think..

sb89
29-11-10, 11:43
I'll go with true.

Gunslinger
29-11-10, 11:46
oops, how rude of me, forgot to say.... great prize :thumb:

R1gg4
29-11-10, 11:46
False....

Smiggy
29-11-10, 11:48
False.............

Cloak
29-11-10, 11:52
I say its true :D

Huge Pear
29-11-10, 11:52
i am going to say false. and i certainly wouldn't mind having a monitor

michaelkenward
29-11-10, 11:54
False.

Faisal
29-11-10, 11:54
i'm probably going to kick myself for this, but logic tells me that if they installed it, then they actually read the warning boxes that annoy you throughout the install, and safe mode has enough of those explaining itself... so i'm going with FALSE

If this turns out to be true, then i think we need a new forum section "Recordings of dumbass customer service calls" so we can vote for the dumbest one each week :D


btw...

with a comment like that, can we assume that tomorrows comp will start with

:chairfall: :lol:

Lol nice one, that would be funny but you never know they could get it bad on Tuesday.

Anyway I think my choice has been altered somewhat now that I've seen everyone else's views so I'm going to think about this and post much later lol. Oh and I'm making a list again since this seems like it's going to be a busy thread.

Daphne01
29-11-10, 11:58
I think it's true ;)

Tainted
29-11-10, 12:00
I'll have to go with false.

You don't know how much I could use this monitor right now!

:rolleyes:

Bry
29-11-10, 12:02
Gonna go with false on this one....

Sent from my HD2Droid using Tapatalk

k3vst3r
29-11-10, 12:05
reckon it's true, kind people when pop up appears on web page, this web page require you download a anti virus program an just click yes :p little do they know just got infected :o

tystar
29-11-10, 12:07
Gonna go with false, probably based on a true story though.

sunjoo
29-11-10, 12:10
True...

Mercian_uk
29-11-10, 12:12
true.

Faz
29-11-10, 12:15
it's a hard one. The conversation does not sound genuine, but the idea may be true.

TRUE for me.

dexta211
29-11-10, 12:19
I'll try for True.... As always!

Magatame
29-11-10, 12:22
False, my monitor has been acting up too lol this would be nice :D

ratties
29-11-10, 12:48
I will go with True just cos it made me smile

ChrisJB
29-11-10, 12:50
False

Linbrikat
29-11-10, 12:52
False as well

MagicEvie
29-11-10, 13:01
I'll call false on this one :)

Hydey
29-11-10, 13:03
False :) Funny though ^_^

Humph
29-11-10, 13:07
I think it is true

Zenmaster
29-11-10, 13:11
False
I think Robin is telling porkies again :D

Oscar99
29-11-10, 13:12
Yeah i'm gonna go for False, story seems a bit far fetched lol.

jason
29-11-10, 13:14
false

nonkynink
29-11-10, 13:15
False I reckon :thumb:

Mr. Lime
29-11-10, 13:29
ill go for false :)

Mrs. Limette
29-11-10, 13:30
True :)

Dunx
29-11-10, 13:33
Lets try False.

power fuse0
29-11-10, 13:35
Going with a bit of german here, falsch.





Which is false, by the way

Will
29-11-10, 13:36
False, but based on a similar story ;)

fullfatmilk
29-11-10, 13:38
False

633Squadron
29-11-10, 13:44
False, but get them to pack the unit up and send it back to you anyway, as they are too stupid to own a computer.... :D

ScunnyUK
29-11-10, 13:45
I'll say False :)

k3vs
29-11-10, 13:45
nyahaha. True

Lynx
29-11-10, 13:46
I hope true!

Col
29-11-10, 13:50
I'm going to say false.

Somehow I think a user stupid enough to not know what Safe Mode is would not be buying a copy of Windows on its own.

Rikeard
29-11-10, 13:51
True for me.... nice prize....

ancientian
29-11-10, 13:53
false ... I hope ...

Snakedoc
29-11-10, 13:53
That be true.

monstermash
29-11-10, 13:59
Very much TRUE

AndyG
29-11-10, 14:12
Thats got to be False..

AaronWHUFC
29-11-10, 14:14
False.

deej101
29-11-10, 14:23
I used to work on a IT helpdesk, and can believe this...True from me.

callumburns
29-11-10, 14:29
Has to be true :lol:

death
29-11-10, 14:29
false

niceguyrichy
29-11-10, 14:32
tossed a coin, it came up TRUE ! :D

poorboys
29-11-10, 14:36
True all the way

winstonngo
29-11-10, 14:45
false? Sounds farfetched

pobbrett
29-11-10, 14:45
i'm gonna go false

mark22
29-11-10, 15:11
True!

FlasH
29-11-10, 15:14
Gonna say True :)

{SAS}TB
29-11-10, 15:19
Great prize and both options seem so likely so after much deliberation *crosses fingers* ill say "False" :D

Spudeh
29-11-10, 15:24
'It's so clever, it's retarded...'

True.

MickyElliot
29-11-10, 15:27
False :)

Enji
29-11-10, 15:30
falseeeee

Peter
29-11-10, 15:37
I guess true.

PeterStoba
29-11-10, 15:39
False with elements of truth!

I3R0K3N7FEET
29-11-10, 15:46
true hgehehhe

Mr. Pineapple
29-11-10, 15:51
False

A Ginger Sheep
29-11-10, 16:01
false

dav532000
29-11-10, 16:09
FALSE:)

aspella
29-11-10, 16:19
True.

aspdend
29-11-10, 16:22
nice prize again...

I am gullible enough to believe most of these stories are true...but today I am saying FALSE

Mr Banana
29-11-10, 16:32
False, man this is a good prize :D

doctorfonz
29-11-10, 16:33
true!

f12f12
29-11-10, 16:35
ill go false, but would love it to be real.

Focus
29-11-10, 16:50
Just has to be false :D So I'll go with False :)

Ellyll
29-11-10, 16:54
I think False

Pullen
29-11-10, 17:00
Argh sounds like it can be made up yet it could be true, want to win this so I can replace the family pcs monitor as its ancient, I'll say FALSE

HecklerUK
29-11-10, 17:16
I'll go with false on this one... could really do with a monitor too... want to try eyefinity. :)

grancomp
29-11-10, 17:16
true - its too funny not to be

McFunk
29-11-10, 17:54
False for me :)

Oli356
29-11-10, 18:01
Great prize.


Ummm, true

Adecc
29-11-10, 18:10
It sounds like it's been made up but I'll go with true.

sibeer
29-11-10, 18:16
Your a trustworthy guy robin, I say TRUE

estwest7
29-11-10, 18:25
gonna have to go against my OH - FALSE!

Rhys
29-11-10, 18:27
False

:D

Mrs-Panicatak
29-11-10, 19:07
False

zakdel
29-11-10, 19:12
false. Why would it enter safe mode. Not many people who would be that dumb know how to get into it :P

Faisal
29-11-10, 19:43
False.

Naphta
29-11-10, 19:46
True - i'm calling you out.

2down
29-11-10, 19:56
False I hope, I could do with a decent monitor after the invertor board failed on my last one I am stuck with a tiny 15" backup

Ozzy Powers
29-11-10, 20:00
hmm...i'll say false.

AmdOverclocker
29-11-10, 20:13
going to say false on this one :D

Josh
29-11-10, 20:21
True, to be different!

Maniac
29-11-10, 20:22
False

BlindCatBlue
29-11-10, 20:57
True, and I can well believe it.

GentleGiant
29-11-10, 21:01
False, this is Windows 7 ! Crashes are a thing of the past :ninja:

Finners
29-11-10, 21:10
got to go false dont know where they would get its not genuine by it saying safe mode in the corners

SlimJim
29-11-10, 21:10
False... I Think :surprised:

Tricky
29-11-10, 21:16
Going with True :)

Koolpc
29-11-10, 21:22
True.........

David84
29-11-10, 21:25
hmm I'm going to say false

Dark Matter
29-11-10, 21:46
False :)

ThunderFlash
29-11-10, 21:52
7mins...........................

Faisal
29-11-10, 22:01
Guess it's closed, good luck everyone

death
29-11-10, 22:28
i feel for the person doing the working out on this one tbh but as allways gl ever one :popcorn:

mikeyuk3
29-11-10, 22:30
good luck

ThunderFlash
29-11-10, 22:37
O Robin, where art thou?

Faisal
29-11-10, 22:38
i feel for the person doing the working out on this one tbh but as allways gl ever one :popcorn:

I made half a list and I really badly failed since I left the list at college, which I can only access tomorrow :(. I failed yesterday to making a list all day and then almost near the end of the competition I had to go London, hopefully tomorrow I'll successfully make one.

Anyway looks like Robin's been held up :(.

Gunslinger
29-11-10, 22:42
http://swordsofmightforum.com/images/smilies/Bitingnails.gif

ThunderFlash
29-11-10, 22:44
Anyone who answered false may as well go to bed tbh.

Us true crew will stick around.

Pain
29-11-10, 22:46
I hope the weather hasnt struck him, hopefully he's got home OK.

Faisal
29-11-10, 22:46
I knew it!




btw...

Snow is falling in Manchester..... at a rate of 1 flake a minute :(

with a comment like that, can we assume that tomorrows comp will start with

Sorry for the late posting, got stuck in 12 inches of snow this morning and was late in !

:chairfall: :lol:

:knock:

ThunderFlash
29-11-10, 22:54
Did Robin ever get a signal like Batman which we could use....?

Faisal
29-11-10, 22:57
Did Robin ever get a signal like Batman which we could use....?

Don't worry, just go to sleep, you know True is wrong anyway :).

ThunderFlash
29-11-10, 22:59
:confused:

I was the customer on the phone in the conversation, that's why I know it's true!

mikeyuk3
29-11-10, 23:00
doubt at he will get in late well depends where he is, Manchester is fine we had like 10 mins of snow about engoth snow to make a snow ball.

Faisal
29-11-10, 23:01
:confused:

I was the customer on the phone in the conversation, that's why I know it's true!

:cop: So your the one that drives Aria's CS team mad and helps Robin make up these questions? Lol.

I was just thinking, I have free internet on my phone, I'm going to jump in my cosy bed whilst listening to the radio and checking for updates :).

power fuse0
29-11-10, 23:03
hour later and it's still open. Tut Tut Robin/any one else

Col
29-11-10, 23:08
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2574155625_e705035075.jpg

Bigian88
29-11-10, 23:09
My powers are weak!

Im afriad my modly skills only apply for posts in the games section

Oli356
29-11-10, 23:09
My powers are weak!

Im afriad my modly skills only apply for posts in the games section
You must feel small!

Pain
29-11-10, 23:14
Oh I thought Manchester was heavily hit with snow, up here in Newcastle we now breathe snow.

Bigian88
29-11-10, 23:22
Oh I thought Manchester was heavily hit with snow, up here in Newcastle we now breathe snow.


We've just got a bit of frost thats all, im in newcastle this weekend for my mates 21st so i`ll no doubt enjoy the snow whilst im there :D

Pain
29-11-10, 23:23
by the time you get here itl all be slush! it already is beginning now, the swampy streets are appearing

Bigian88
29-11-10, 23:25
its supposed ot get colder as the week progresses so it'll be ice and slush - winning combo for a messy night of drunken fun...

Pain
29-11-10, 23:27
Ha, its not stopping the girls like... On the way back from work on saterday I saw loads of them going out with practicaly nothing on! storming through Newcastle like troopers on a mission.

Broadsword1976
29-11-10, 23:32
I think there might be some very sad stories if some of the ladies don't wrap up a bit over the weekend :(

I3R0K3N7FEET
30-11-10, 00:12
hope that noone got hurt :/

Aaron
30-11-10, 00:27
Looks like everyone was busy tonight!

Competition closed at 10pm - so I make post 177 the final entry? :)

Faisal
30-11-10, 00:56
Aww, guess we have to wait until tomorrow. oh well guess i can sleep now. lol

coiler
30-11-10, 01:16
Answer was false. Comp closed at 10pm.

Winner to be announced in morning.

Coiler returns to man fluness!

Gunslinger
30-11-10, 01:19
Thanks for letting us know :)

hope your feeling better in the morning

Aaron
30-11-10, 01:29
:confused:

I was the customer on the phone in the conversation, that's why I know it's true!


Answer was false. Comp closed at 10pm.

Winner to be announced in morning.

Coiler returns to man fluness!
Interesting....

GentleGiant
30-11-10, 08:07
The monitor on the Childrens Pc at Kindergarten has just broken, so winning this would be a great help; there is no way the boss will cough up for a new one this close to Christmas.

Faisal
30-11-10, 08:22
Anyone who answered false may as well go to bed tbh.

Us true crew will stick around.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :chairfall::chairfall::lol: What did I tell you? True is FALSE! and False is TRUE!

Oh and good luck everyone.

guardy
30-11-10, 08:22
Coiler returns to man fluness!

Man flu pah! My son's got scarlet fever!! :(

Good luck everyone :)

Dunny774
30-11-10, 08:56
Answer was false. Comp closed at 10pm.

Winner to be announced in morning.

Coiler returns to man fluness!

tension building much ?? xD

coiler
30-11-10, 09:56
Clemos is the winner

pm me your address details.

thanks :)

scrivz69
30-11-10, 09:58
Congrats Clemos.

{SAS}TB
30-11-10, 10:00
Congrats matey :D

NickCPC
30-11-10, 10:05
Well done clemos :)

Mokey
30-11-10, 10:07
Congrats mate, cracking prize. :thumb:

Nomad2k3
30-11-10, 10:13
Gratz clemos :D

ThunderFlash
30-11-10, 10:35
Well done clemos! :)

SilveR_172
30-11-10, 10:36
Clemos is one luck mo fo :P Ive been on the forum a couple of months and hes won alot ! Well DONE ! =)

Tainted
30-11-10, 10:48
Congrats Clemos. :)

Gunslinger
30-11-10, 11:03
Congrats Clemos :)

Robin
30-11-10, 11:11
Bah! Clemos! :D

Sorry I'm not in the office. Had something really important to do.. hope the admincat is looking after you all!

Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

Gunslinger
30-11-10, 11:16
bwahahaha .... your stuck in snow arent you :lol:

Adecc
30-11-10, 11:21
Congrats to Clemos.

Delta Whiskey
30-11-10, 11:58
Congratulations Clemos. :D

Robin
30-11-10, 12:05
Not stuck in the snow! I have skillz!

Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

clemos
30-11-10, 16:16
Cheers people. :D PM'd you coiler.

mikeyuk3
30-11-10, 16:46
Sorry i haven had time to say it but congrats, very very ironic but my tv/monitor broke this morning but its still under grantee so not all is broke