What is a good prize

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1. Sam (13 comments.) says:

   4/4/2006 at 9:17 am

   Although I just bought a new one, I think a 1-2GB thumbdrive is a nice thing for a geek. Seems like portable apps are gaining a lot of traction these days.
2. Mark (5 comments.) says:

   4/4/2006 at 9:33 am

   What prizes would be nice somewhat depends on what kind of price range you’re talking about. At the low end ($50 & under), gift certificates to NewEgg, Amazon, wherever work best. At the high end, an XBox 360, Mac Mini or Palm’s LifeDrive Mobile Manager would be sweet.
3. vamsi (7 comments.) says:

   4/4/2006 at 9:41 am

   um.. a thumb drive or a pen drive with a capacity of 1-2 GB sounds good.
4. Matt B. (13 comments.) says:

   4/4/2006 at 10:04 am

   Yes, a 2GB USB key would rock my boat.
5. jim (6 comments.) says:

   4/4/2006 at 10:28 am

   I have to agree, a 2gb usb key would be a pretty sweet prize. If you want to move up the price ladder, the 360 would be nice too.
6. Dougal Campbell (35 comments.) says:

   4/4/2006 at 10:46 am

   Gift certificates at Amazon, NewEgg, ThinkGeek, etc, would definitely be good. Thumbdrives are pretty cool, unless, you already have one, which many people do. Then there’s stuff like iPod or iRiver. Personally, I’d like a decent GPS unit. How about a really nice laptop bag? Autographed books?
7. Jules (1 comments.) says:

   4/4/2006 at 11:13 am

   A book signed by the author(s) or a messenger bag from Timbuk2.
8. 7la Bzyadah (1 comments.) says:

   4/4/2006 at 12:12 pm

   Gift certificates at Amazon are the most wanted. The reason is that you will give the winners the chance to buy something which will differ from one to another.

   Cheers…
9. Ozh (88 comments.) says:

   4/4/2006 at 12:36 pm

   I like prizes in the form of something I could buy but I’m not buying because I dont really *NEED* it. Like, winning a 2GB usb key would indeed be nice. I dont really need it, hence I’m not buying it myself, but having one would be useful and fun in some cases.

   Makes sense ?
10. Mark (118 comments.) says:

    4/4/2006 at 12:48 pm

    Hehe…I always do the “weigh need Vs want” thing and the darn want side of the scale is almost always higher!
11. CT (5 comments.) says:

    4/4/2006 at 1:59 pm

    Duh, an iPod. All the cool cats have one (or more).

    Although I’d prefer the top-o-the-line ones, even the low-end $69 Shuffles are popular as incentive prizes.
12. Christian Montoya (2 comments.) says:

    4/4/2006 at 2:31 pm

    An I-River H10! I love those things.
13. Emile (1 comments.) says:

    4/4/2006 at 4:00 pm

    A Porsche or Mini Cooper would be one of my answers

    Sorry, I couldn’t resist…
14. wormeyman (2 comments.) says:

    4/4/2006 at 5:02 pm

    ipod
    free services (like logo or site design)
15. Joel Pylkkö (1 comments.) says:

    4/4/2006 at 9:01 pm

    Anything that is no bulk stuff. Like Xbox 360 with golden face plate, 20″ widescreen EIZO lcd or the truly best hardware at the moment pre-overclocked by some famous overclocking wiz…
    hmmph! I guess I’m trying to say that Uniqueness and “makes no true sense to buy” attitude is the thing. Actually the prize doesn’t even need to be really expensive.
    And what comes to those iPods… it’s not cool any more! Every second prizedraw has Ipod on its prize list.
16. Rob Cottingham (5 comments.) says:

    4/5/2006 at 3:20 pm

    Judging by what happened to my wife’s stats when you linked to one of her posts a while ago, how about offering a front-page link from your site for one month?
17. bingu (2 comments.) says:

    4/7/2006 at 8:54 am

    a DC maybe good
18. Dave Vogt (1 comments.) says:

    4/11/2006 at 12:58 am

    Any of the cube goodies off thinkgeek.com

    Other than that, USB storage, service (flickr, etc.) upgrade. Depends very much on the audience and what you can get. iPods are great, but personally I’d rather get pixelblocks.

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