I’m Giving Away an iPhone 3G!

Thursday, Jun 12, 2008, 12:21 pm | In General

Yep you read that correctly. I’ve decided to give away a brand new iPhone 3G. That is the NEW iPhone that was announced this past week here at WWDC in San Francisco, CA. The phone will be brand new, in the box never opened. All you’ll have to do is take it up to AT&T and get it activated.

So how is it going to work?
Well the contest will last until July 11th (The release date of the new iPhone 3G) and on that date, I’ll pick someone at COMPLETE RANDOM from the people who have completed the steps below successfully. I’ll then contact that person, get their info, and ship them a new iPhone 3G that day.)

What do you have to do?

Well there’s just 5 easy steps to be entered into the contest:
1.) Follow Me On Twitter (http://twitter.com/jakemarsh)
2.) Add Me On Pownce (http://pownce.com/jakemarsh)
3.) Subscribe To My RSS Feed of my blog (http://feeds.feedburner.com/thejakemarsh)
4.) Sign Up For The TileStack Beta Program (http://tilestack.com)

5.) This is the really important bit:

Email iphone@thejakemarsh.com with “ENTERING IN THE IPHONE CONTEST” in the subject line.
Your email will have to contain some type of proof/screenshots to the 4 things above. (I will be checking them all). This will be your “entry form” so don’t forget to do this part!

But wait, IMPORTANT! AHHH IMPORTANT!
There’s two small catches:

CATCH ONE: You MUST CC your best friend on the email so they have a chance to win too! If you don’t, you won’t be entered in the contest, also make it real, this is supposed to be fun so don’t CC ‘bestfriend@myfakefriends.com’.

CATCH TWO: My twitter follower count must be above 20,000 followers by July 11th, so tell all your friends about the contest so that they might win too


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  1. Interesante Macho Man, pero lo dudo que mis amigos vayan a entender tus instrucciones… anyway good luck guys!

    Comment by Dan — June 12th, 2008 at 12:32 pm #

  2. not a bad marketing strategy.

    + 7.299 twitter followers in a a month, will be interesting to see if that works out!

    not entering because I don’t want to sign up to pownce.

    Good luck everyone!

    Comment by Benedikt — June 12th, 2008 at 12:32 pm #

  3. Huh. That does seem like work… and hey, btw, props on your Say Anything shirt - I only noticed cause I’m wearing the same one today. *score*

    Comment by Jerid — June 12th, 2008 at 12:32 pm #

  4. just fyi.. i’m thinking you typed the address for your twitter page incorrectly.. it’s twitter.com/jakemarsh is it not?

    Comment by Ken — June 12th, 2008 at 12:34 pm #

  5. hm one question. i as a not us citizen, am i allowed in this neet contest? because (may the luck be with me) if i win i couldn’t go to an at&t shop (here in germany the iphone will be served by t-mobile) etc.. same problem for everybody else not living in your shiny little country ;)

    Comment by coffeejunk — June 12th, 2008 at 12:34 pm #

  6. n/m looks like you caught it already.

    Comment by Ken — June 12th, 2008 at 12:35 pm #

  7. Too complicated. Just give me the iphone now.

    Comment by TWD — June 12th, 2008 at 12:41 pm #

  8. […] goes, I’m official giving away an iPhone 3G to one of you. Rules & all info are here: http://thejakemarsh.com/663/ 1, 2, 3, GO! digg_url = […]

    Comment by Ok guys here goes, I’m officia… | Jake Marsh Is Awesome. OMFG. — June 12th, 2008 at 12:43 pm #

  9. Nah. Too complicated. I’ll just buy one… and what exactly is Pownce?

    Anyway, to everyone else in the contest… bonne chance.

    Comment by Jonathan Rothwell — June 12th, 2008 at 12:55 pm #

  10. i would enter but i doubt i’ll get it activated. but i can still use the other functions but not the phone, right?

    Comment by Outsanity — June 12th, 2008 at 1:02 pm #

  11. Done, and done!

    Good luck to everyone who successfully enters :)

    Comment by Noah — June 12th, 2008 at 1:04 pm #

  12. @Outsanity: All 3G iphones must be activated in the Apple or ATT&T store. You can’t just buy one and take it home w/ you, without first signing up for a 2 year plan.

    So…. we’ll see how Jake gets around that one.

    Comment by Noah — June 12th, 2008 at 1:05 pm #

  13. iphone 3G must be activated at time of purchase - you cannot buy one and send it to someone to be activated…

    Comment by Schnable — June 12th, 2008 at 1:06 pm #

  14. I just sent you an email. Done!

    Comment by Matt — June 12th, 2008 at 1:06 pm #

  15. TileStack won’t give me a code yet. Can I just screen shot their acknowlegement?

    Comment by Jason — June 12th, 2008 at 1:07 pm #

  16. @Jason - yeah that’ll do just fine :)
    @Schable & others: Don’t worry, i have friends that work for both apple and at&t so it won’t be a problem.

    Comment by Jake Marsh — June 12th, 2008 at 1:09 pm #

  17. Way to pimp yourself out! You’re forgetting one very small detail…. a lot of your followers (like me) are from the UK (and not the US) so your competition thingy is actually incredibly biased to those who live in the same country as you….

    … way to exclude a whole bunch of your ‘loyal’ followers.

    Comment by Selina Wragg — June 12th, 2008 at 1:11 pm #

  18. @Selina Wragg - don’t worry if the person is overseas,
    I’ll make arrangements to make sure they get a
    useable iPhone 3G.

    Comment by Jake Marsh — June 12th, 2008 at 1:15 pm #

  19. Gone dun it all! Best o’ luck to all!! XD

    Comment by Mark Daniel Miller — June 12th, 2008 at 1:18 pm #

  20. Diggin It Jake! I need a new phone badly!!!

    Comment by Laura Iriarte — June 12th, 2008 at 1:35 pm #

  21. Ahhh, ok well then that sounds better…. hmmm you have my attention now Mr Jake.

    Comment by Selina Wragg — June 12th, 2008 at 1:45 pm #

  22. Who’s holding a gun to your head telling you to have 20,000 followers by July 11, or ever? Why should you care?

    Comment by Rick Wolff — June 12th, 2008 at 2:11 pm #

  23. Actually, he has a catch in the contest that a winner will only be chosen if he has 20,000 twitter followers by the end of the contest. Since he still needs 7000 new twitter followers by July 11th, it’s in a user’s best interest to get the word out. After all, 1:7000 odds of winning is much better than 0:ANY NUMBER.

    Comment by website design — June 12th, 2008 at 2:43 pm #

  24. Oh sweetness. I’m in.

    Comment by Garret Ohm — June 12th, 2008 at 2:53 pm #

  25. Nah, I’ll bide my time and wait for the i-Phone Shuffle…

    ONLY 1 BUTTON!!!! CALLS RANDOM PEOPLE!!!

    Comment by Yes, macs are good for graphics, but not good for me. — June 12th, 2008 at 3:35 pm #

  26. Not to rain on your parade but..isn’t the new iphone going to _require_ in store activation? How are you going to get it unactivated?

    http://gizmodo.com/5014764/iphone-3g-pricing-and-activation-details-30-unlimited-data-activated-in-store-only

    Comment by Yan Pritzker — June 12th, 2008 at 3:42 pm #

  27. […] you are interested in entering Jake’s contest, see his post on this blog here. If you do enter, I wouldn’t mind knowing about it…maybe leave a comment here? Good […]

    Comment by Another iPhone Contest | Phoenix Area Real Estate Blog — June 12th, 2008 at 3:46 pm #

  28. Tilestack says:
    “We’re sorry, but the request you made is not allowed at this time.”

    Comment by Wolfger — June 12th, 2008 at 3:54 pm #

  29. Im following you, but im from norway..

    Comment by Lordlarm — June 12th, 2008 at 4:22 pm #

  30. This idea is stupid. It’s just like one of those “Win a Free iPod scams”.

    I’m un-following your jack-ass.

    As a web-developer I would have thought that you understood the community. It’s not worth my time to follow you and then get and edit screen caps to send to you…I might as well go buy an iPod. Not worth my time in dollar bills bro.

    You have a decent vidcast.

    Take care

    Comment by asn — June 12th, 2008 at 7:07 pm #

  31. I just hope that I get to win it…I am just another guy from India(considering the fact that Indians must be a vital part of your followers list).It was midnight when I received your update on my Nokia 2310:p…I will not only digg the link you provided,but also tell my 183 friends on http://www.orkut.com to do it.thats a promise.
    cheerio.
    Shreyansh(www.p4poetry.com/author/shreyansh)

    Comment by Shreyansh Mazumdar — June 12th, 2008 at 9:32 pm #

  32. […] goes, I’m official giving away an iPhone 3G to one of you. Rules & all info are here: http://thejakemarsh.com/663/ 1, 2, 3, GO! […]

    Comment by June 12, 2008 at a glance | David Chan's Blog — June 13th, 2008 at 1:47 am #

  33. So, is this only open to US residents then?

    Comment by Rajinder — June 13th, 2008 at 2:23 am #

  34. No thanks, I’ll keep my BlackBerry.

    Comment by neuor — June 13th, 2008 at 1:02 pm #

  35. […] those who missed, i’m still giving away an iPhone 3G - details are here: http://thejakemarsh.com/663/ digg_url = […]

    Comment by for those who missed, i’m stil… | Jake Marsh Is Awesome. OMFG. — June 15th, 2008 at 5:12 pm #

  36. i think catch 2 is a bit unfair since ones hard work doing steps 1 - 5 can be completely a zero sum game for the participant, if you don’t break spot #13 for the most twitter follows (which 20,000 would put you at according to twitterholic). if you removed clause #2, id enter your contest

    Comment by jacob daniels — June 15th, 2008 at 6:26 pm #

  37. […] for those who missed, i’m still giving away an iPhone 3G - details are here: http://thejakemarsh.com/663/ […]

    Comment by June 15, 2008 at a glance | David Chan's Blog — June 16th, 2008 at 2:06 am #

  38. Yay!! SO thrilled that you can make some sort of arrangement for us peeps overseas… I am gonna do it right away !!
    Lucky for me that i don’t have to that much work see ya guys that iphone is mine!1

    Comment by Gulddina — June 16th, 2008 at 8:13 am #

  39. Well it doesn’t look like you’re gonna even come lose to the 20,000 mark on twitter. You’ve barely budged in the last week that I’ve been following. Is there some sort of backup plan and alternate give away? I was really hoping to see this thing succeed!

    Comment by Mike — June 16th, 2008 at 8:52 am #

  40. Yeah. Right.. 20,000 followers. :P

    Comment by Lawrence — June 16th, 2008 at 9:16 am #

  41. Not entering but good luck to everyone. Let know if you ever decide to give away a Macbook Pro. :)

    Comment by Dave Mora — June 17th, 2008 at 11:30 am #

  42. […] is a daily reminder about my iPhone 3G giveaway contest - http://thejakemarsh.com/663/ digg_url = […]

    Comment by This is a daily reminder about… | Jake Marsh Is Awesome. OMFG. — June 17th, 2008 at 11:42 am #

  43. […] This is a daily reminder about my iPhone 3G giveaway contest - http://thejakemarsh.com/663/ […]

    Comment by June 17, 2008 at a glance | David Chan's Blog — June 18th, 2008 at 1:17 am #

  44. […] still giving away an iPhone 3G !- contest ends July 11th - so enter now! Details: http://thejakemarsh.com/663/ digg_url = […]

    Comment by I’m still giving away an iPhon… | Jake Marsh Is Awesome. OMFG. — June 20th, 2008 at 9:43 am #

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    Comment by Jake Marsh is Giving Away an iPhone 3G + 1 Year Of MobileMe! « Life Interupted — June 20th, 2008 at 10:04 am #

  46. It took me all of 3 minutes to enter this contest. Hyperbolic discounting aside, I’m in it to win it!

    Comment by SheilaMc7 — June 20th, 2008 at 2:36 pm #

  47. sounds good. Your are paying for the 2 year contract to, right? You can’t get a new iphone without activating at the store and locking into a contract.

    So, what are you going to do if the winner won’t sign up and pay for a 2 year contract, but still wants the iphone as advertised. there are reasons that one may want to do this.

    Comment by Jeff — June 20th, 2008 at 2:50 pm #

  48. […] Marsh, the web developer guy, wanna give away a new iPhone 3G. You have to do 5 steps to make him propular. You need to follow him on Twitter and Pownce, then, subscribe to his blog. […]

    Comment by   Free iPhone 3G from Jake Marsh — winandmac.com — June 21st, 2008 at 12:33 am #

  49. […] I’m still giving away an iPhone 3G !- contest ends July 11th - so enter now! Details: http://thejakemarsh.com/663/ […]

    Comment by June 20, 2008 at a glance | David Chan's Blog — June 21st, 2008 at 1:15 am #

  50. Awesome contest. I just sent you the email and I trully hope I’ll be the lucky one who wins the iPhone :)
    Thanks for all this.

    Comment by Alex — June 22nd, 2008 at 5:41 am #

  51. […] 1. Jake Marsh […]

    Comment by 10 Places For iPhone 3G Giveaways/Contests » Gabe Jacobs Blog — June 22nd, 2008 at 12:09 pm #

  52. […] 1. Jake Marsh […]

    Comment by 10 ways to get FREE iPhone 3G | iPhone 2.0 — June 22nd, 2008 at 12:26 pm #

  53. Great contest! Just one question and an FYI for you:

    What if TileStack hasn’t added us yet — is it proof enough to include a copy of the email they sent, or the screen showing we requested to join the beta?

    Also, I subscribed to your feed via Bloglines.com but for some reason they’re not picking up your FeedBurner feed correctly — their site says you haven’t had new posts at least for the last month. FYI!

    Comment by Carolyn Bahm — June 24th, 2008 at 10:15 am #

  54. Nice idea…
    If I was monetizing my blog, I would do something similar to get more readers. Lets see.. the iPhone is coming to India in a couple of months!

    Comment by Munim — June 29th, 2008 at 8:53 pm #

  55. […] Jake for an iPhone The Jake Marsh has an iPhone 3G for anyone that’s willing to email him, subscribe to his RSS, add him to Pounce, […]

    Comment by How to win an iPhone 3G | Electricpig — July 8th, 2008 at 2:46 am #

  56. X fingers crossed X

    Comment by shreyansh — July 11th, 2008 at 3:46 am #

  57. oh ..your twitter followers are not above 20.000 .. so noone will win .. bummer :(

    Comment by anita — July 12th, 2008 at 6:07 am #

  58. and the winner is????
    Not me as you can read..
    http://piratec.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/iphone-lazy-pixels.html

    Comment by piratec — July 14th, 2008 at 12:35 pm #

  59. I’m amazed at the amount of ingrates. Jake is doing a cool thing. Appreciate it. Doing the few steps he asked for takes 5 minutes. To the guy who said it isn’t worth his time…..you’re making $4.8 million/year? I need your job. Go Jake!

    Comment by Rick Gundzik — July 25th, 2008 at 9:50 am #

  60. I may be the only one who got a new iPhone to replace his old one this week. A new old one! which I think is better that the new 3G.
    http://piratec.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/iphone-lazy-pixels-end.html

    Comment by piratec — July 25th, 2008 at 11:34 am #

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