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chelec
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Joined: 26 Nov 2006
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Location: London

 		Golden Jigsaw
Have you seen this puzzle game - www.goldenjigsaw.com. It looks fun (if long) - complete 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle by finding pieces over the net. the first to complete gets $1million.

Then you read the small print:

"Infinite Ideation Limited, creators of the Golden Jigsaw are a permission based marketing company. By agreeing to these terms and conditions you are giving Infinite Ideation Limited and their clients the right to use your details to send you information, offers, products and services that are available."

And the hunt is based on receiving emails from them and then going to sites. Not to sure I want in on this one as I guess it will be heavy marketing and advertising. But clever idea though.

[EDIT] Moved to Timewasters --Gisk

PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:29 am
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flo
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Location: UK

 		It was mentioned in the paper this week too, so went to the site to check it out, and definitely didn't like their T&Cs and privacy policy either.
Looks like a gigantic advertising and data collection thing to me - 1000 jigsaw pieces - how many companies are they going to pass on my info to?!

PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:13 pm
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Uberg33k
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Joined: 10 Apr 2006
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 		After going to the website, does anyone else get sort of a bad vibe off of it?

PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:30 pm
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degravedi
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 		From what I can tell, any online business can purchase a puzzle piece to put somewhere on their site. So people looking for the pieces are given clues which lead them to a site with the piece and then have to scour the site to find it. So it's just like paying for guaranteed advertising.

I can't say that I like their Privacy Policy, but the fact that they don't require a phone number makes it good enough to play anyway. It's simple enough to toss junk mail in the recycle bin and a temporary email address takes care of any junk email.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:44 pm
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Palm
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Joined: 06 Jun 2007
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 		First Clue
Did anyone get the first clue in an e-mail? I downloaded the board today, and in the directions it states that we are to receive an e-mail with the first clue. I never received it and would like to get started. Thought I would give it a try, but surfing to over 1,000 sites does sound like a bit much. Anyone else trying it? Can you share the first clue so I can get started?

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:56 am
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DarkHuman
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Joined: 19 Apr 2006
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 		wow, you got the board like 2 seconds after that part went live. Before that it was a message that said they didn't expect 1/2 the world to visit their site. (it went live faster than it should....3 hours.) so i'd expect the 1st clue then.....i'm DL'd the board now, so if i get a new email message, i'll pass it along. Very Happy
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gameforit
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 		 DOWNLOADING
cant download it
Hi wondering if anyone can help,i cant seem to even be able to download the board can anyone HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP Crying or Very sad

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chelec
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Joined: 26 Nov 2006
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 		looking at the Bourne videos on YouTube, on of the related videos was from this puzzle:

http://youtube.com/user/thegoldenjigsaw

Don't know how it adds to the mix.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:18 am
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Palm
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 		1st clue
Thanks - let me know if you get the 1st clue. I have a feeling with 1/2 the world visiting their website it will be quite difficult to win a million dollars and wondering how the time factor (UK) will affect anything.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:27 am
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Palm
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 		Re: DOWNLOADING
cant download it
gameforit wrote:
Hi wondering if anyone can help,i cant seem to even be able to download the board can anyone HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP Crying or Very sad


Don't worry, and keep trying. There is a message on the myspace bulletin board that says:


"Well, we were prepared for all our registered users to come and download the jigboard at 12 noon, but we weren't prepared for half the world to visit the site all at once aswell.
Everything is being sorted as we speak and the jigboard will be ready for download as soon as possible.
Thanks for your patience."

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:30 am
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gameforit
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 		Downloading
im actually in the uk and its now nearly 4pm,I get the icons come up saying pc download ,mac etc.but when i try too click on any of them no little hand appears..

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DarkHuman
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 		ok,if you go to the download page, you don't get a hand. from there i went to clues and back to download. then i got a hand, and downloaded it.

EDIT: also recieved NO EMAIL with 1st clue. i'm guessing that might go out at 1pm (2hrs, 4 minutes)
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gameforit
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 		 your a sweetie
Hey dark human your a sweetie it worked thankyou very very much..As you are all in America i promise if i receive an email with clue i will post it.. Laughing

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DarkHuman
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 		thanks! Cool I did get a new email, but it just said the game would start imminently, and it gave me the golden jigsaw website again.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:46 am
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dboz777
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 		pieces
golden jigsaw
I found six of ten pieces at www.naturalcollection.com. If it is going to be this hard to find all ten, I will never make it!!!

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:35 pm
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