Email from Red Thread Studios re: Free Film - The Last Station

L7Alice7 on 01/03/2010 - 13:01

I can't find the original listing for this free film promotion, I guess it has been removed.

Here is an email I just received from Red Thread Studio.

"At some stage over the weekend Oz Bargain placed an invitation to attend a screening of THE LAST STATION on their website. Unfortunately Oz Bargain did not have the authority to do so and as such all bookings placed through them over the weekend have been cancelled. This includes the booking made by you.

Each cinema runs a doorlist for these invitation only events and as your booking has now been deleted from our system, your name will not appear on the doorlist and you will not be granted entry.

I apologise for any inconvenience this may case and urge you to take up any complaints with Oz Bargain."

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  • takezo on 01/03/2010 - 13:15
    +1

    Yep…got that also.

    Wonder what the deal was with it seeing that there were no restrictions when signing on for it.

  • roadtrip24 on 01/03/2010 - 13:25

    The magazine that ran the promo is for teachers/lecturers in film media. I wonder how they know where people booked from. I suppose it'd be annoying if you were one of their members and seats were always filled before members got a look-in.

    I guess we'll have to wait and see if we all get the "cancel" email.

    • h4lcyon on 01/03/2010 - 13:41

      Each time you click a link, the site that the link was hosted on (in this case OzB) is tagged as the 'referrer' which forms part of the information that is presented to link's web host (Red Thread Studios).

      This is so they can track where the traffic to their site is coming from.

      This always happens unless you specifically block it using a firewall, or by changing your browser settings.

      • takezo on 01/03/2010 - 14:22
        +1

        So if the link wasn't clicked from OzB, and instead copy and pasted into a new browser, would this have then leave it without a referrer?

        If OzB does anything, it certainly teaches organisations ahard lesson on how to properly define and setup any special offers.

        • h4lcyon on 01/03/2010 - 15:19

          Yes, that is one way around it :)

  • rakeycakey on 01/03/2010 - 13:41

    got the email too
    Urging me to take up complaints with ozbargain aye ;)
    heh
    saw it coming. was rather suprised the same thing didnt happen back when the paranormal activity screening was running

    • takezo on 01/03/2010 - 14:22
      +1

      who do we complain to? :P

  • tomsco on 01/03/2010 - 14:57

    I'm angry rabble rabble :p

    Well I guess you can't lost them all. Next time I'll get those suckers by copying and pasting the URL :)

    • tomsco on 01/03/2010 - 14:59
      +8

      On that note, we should take this deal to Nando's to see if they'll match it.

      • kakt on 01/03/2010 - 15:01
        +1

        I got the email too……

        "Tomsco"…. I agree .. seem like the Grill D and Nandos all over again.

        As far as I could read the terms & condition.. its 1st come 1st serve….

  • tomsco on 01/03/2010 - 15:20

    Does anyone know the website so we can see if there are still tickets available?

  • retiredfeline on 01/03/2010 - 15:44
    +1

    Sounds like the same sort of mistake that Bang The Table made. If they had wanted to restrict access to the registration site they should have put in appropriate authentication. It's no good putting up a website and hoping that it will not be discovered.

  • Mikinoz on 01/03/2010 - 15:57
    +2

    Red Studios flick pass the problem that they created to Ozbargan, nice .

    Next time i get in trouble with the wife i am sending her here :)

  • tomsco on 01/03/2010 - 16:09

    EDIT: Links removed

  • scotty on 01/03/2010 - 16:30

    Well. Please do not post links to Screenings.org.au. The reason why the offer was pulled has been outlined in this forum post. Some of the related domains are permanently banned to prevent those "freebies" from being posted, but the problem with Red Thread Studios is that for many new films they might have completely different URLs on different domains. Unless ATOM and RTS tell us in advance there is no way we can "help them" by limiting their offers from appearing on OzBargain.

    And I do get quite a few "complains" in emails. I even get complaining emails from some who got their tickets cancelled (10 of them!!!) and some have no idea what OzBargain is. Well…

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