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Win a Share of 150 Boxes of 52 Mars Bars Worth $104 from Mars
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gnv9 on 29/11/2018 - 10:04 marsenoughchoc.com.au (1926 clicks)
47 entrants, 7 wins (7 unique winners)
Last edited 30/12/2018 - 19:25
47 entrants, 7 wins (7 unique winners)
Last edited 30/12/2018 - 19:25
Dates
Closing Date
08/01/2019 10:00am
Prizes
Description
52 Mars Bars in a Custom Campaign Box.
No. of Prizes
150
Total Prize Pool
$15,600.00
Entry Requirements
Open To
Australia-wide
Entry Limit
Unlimited
Entry Methods
Website
Prerequisites
n/a
Use google.com.au to search for a "how to" question that the Promoter has curated (Qualifying Search Term). Upon submitting a Qualifying Search Term, an ad placement containing a link to the competition website will appear.
The first valid submission for each Qualifying Search Term received by a computer-generated system will win the prize.
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Thought i'd test with one of their 3 examples dealt with so far to get the 'Too late somebody's beaten you here' just to see if it was working but I guess it's too smart for me xD
I don't see anything either. I tried using some examples, but I don't see any relevant ads at all and also with Ad blockers off.
Ooo the 'How to win powerball' example actually pops up with an ad link…Well at least I know it works now. None of the others do
It's doable folks!
How to block numbers:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/264607375560802304/51…Some notes, hints or random thoughts for fellow ozbargainers who are chasing down some chocolates~
Ad blockers off (duh)
Close enough is good enough - I actually searched up how to block telemarketers. Searching up both leads to the same link.
Accounts / Search history will mess with results! My primary email showed completely different results to my secondary email, which were different again to my housemates search results. Could be something to do with ad / search settings too. A winning answer may not show up any ads at all as in above comments >.>
The ads do not always show up on the first page nor always at the top~ Looks like they typically show up in the first 3 or so pages. So scroll!
Best of luck folks, and enjoy the hunt~ Mine only came about whilst out for brunch, and the table next to me were having a loud discussion about telemarketers…
I've found two ads so far with different search terms but both ads just take me to https://www.marsenoughchoc.com.au/how-it-works
It says if it's already been found it will show you a "Too late" message similar to the Powerball one so I really don't understand what's happened - maybe other people have won on my terms but they've not updated the website yet?
Anyone else having the same issue?
Yeah it's strange like that. What you described didn't happen to me but it did occur to my housemate.
From what we can figure, it popped up because he previously went to the website, and it then shows up as a visited history.
Such a tease…
And omg…"How to win Mars Bars" was an actual answer. Pretty sure my housemate tried that, and we joked Mars wouldn't be that self-referential.
This just happened to me. I wish I knew whether it's invalid.
I did it!
"How to speak French"
I was at it like a madman last Friday for an hour, just typing in random combinations.
Only took me 5 minutes today.
Well done! I still think I've found two but every time I search them and click the ad it takes me to "How It works". Did you find this happened at all when you searched on Friday?
I didn't find anything at all on friday to be honest. And I did have my ad block off as well.
I was telling my wife just then about this comp and she came back with similar results, taking her to the 'how it works' page.
She however was using mars bars in her search queries
So queries like
"how to deep fry mars bars"
"how to melt mars bars"just came up with the 'Oh, so you like mars bars, huh?" ad and then leads back to How It Works page.
I'd avoid using mars bars in your searches completely.
Definitely not using mars bars in my searches but good shout!
One is "how to make pancakes" - you're welcome to replicate and see what I keep getting! I'll keep my other one secret for now!
The box has arrived! Ridiculously fast…
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/264607375560802304/51…
Ok, I just won again….
how to stop snoring
I've got one box going to my workplace to share with colleagues and the other to my house to share with my wife.
As per T&Cs - 25.Multiple prizes are permitted per Eligible Entrant.
Oh nice~
Housemate won a box too.
Kind of want to keep trying to see what other combinations are out there. But wouldn't know what to do with so much chocolate…
And adding 'mars' to the end seems to help for me. Otherwise I actually got proper snoring clinic ads when I tried your answer =.=
I think the ads disappear after they've been found?
Ads hang around for a while. I still see the "How to win powerball" link and a few others.
Oddly enough I cant see my own winning answer.
Congrats to the winners so far. Seeing these winning questions just motivates me to keep trying!
2nd Win - How to get rid of bed bugs.
Though technically this belongs to someone else. Who I swear cracked the joke about bed bugs and the comp but never tried googling it.
3rd win - how to use google
I'm getting good at this now.
Hi, what do the ads look like when you win? I'm sure Ive searched some of the winning ones before but nothing showed up? Thank You
Powerball example: https://i.imgur.com/6PdfAxB.png
But yeah…buggered if I know why the ads shows up sometimes and sometimes not.
Thank you, thats what I had imagined they would look like. Think I'll give up on this one they don't seem to come up and can't work out how to make sure all ad blockers off that sort of thing that may be stopping them. Never mind :) Thank you, Good Luck!
did just win; how to know if a guy likes you.
thanks o.pcongrats. i noticed a lot of the search terms are related.
I won last week with How to make small talk. Did anyone get an email confirmation of their win?
I haven't received any for my 3 terms.
Okay thanks!
I wasted so much time on this today :(
Did anyone win anything recently?Re: wasted time. Me too! I have not been able to win. There are searches now appearing on the website that I feel like I had already searched much earlier.Oh well.
I got one box delivered today.
Waiting on the other two.
Please give me some :'(
Box delivered today, thanks OP! :D
Winner winner chocolate dinner.
I could spend a lot of time on this comp. Glad I only found it last night!
I wish I had found this competition earlier. It's driving me mad. I keep finding links that lead to nothing.
Just won with "how to make pancakes"…now I wait for chocolate. Thanks heaps OP.
Congrats!
Although, hmm, interesting. I made that search pretty much the day after this comp link was posted and I received an Ad from Mars, but it was not a winning search.
It is even up above in one of the comments.
There's a lot of others I have searched earlier and they are now appearing in the Mars website. Maybe Google/Mars doesn't like me…
I keep finding ones that aren't listed as being found, but it takes me to the main page for the competition.
I assume one of the marketing people got in to their adwords account and adjusted previously non-winning search terms in to winners.
Today is the last day of the comp and they still have 100 boxes left to give out.
I'll see if I can win some more before 5pm.
100? There were only two squares to fill in on the answers page. I thought that was it?
@SephirothFF: 150 boxes in total.
66 boxes have been claimed now.
The answers page rolls continuously every time a new search term is found.
@tallkid123: Yeah. I didn't realize that. I thought most were claimed already. Well, I guess I'll keep trying as I'd love to win a box. I'm not having much luck though.
Oh trust me, it isn't you~
Two weeks after my initial blitz / keenness into this comp, I come back to check the list and…yeah pretty sure i've searched up half those phrases.
Just won a second box of Mars Bars
do you just make up random search .. how to …. and pick an google auto complete
ha ha my tried again, next question, how to make gravy, boom! free mars bars!
Congrats on the win Just made up random searches
Won 4th box - how to use photoshop.
My previous comment was correct. Looks like it will be a free for all today!
Great to see the comp is still running :D
Ended up stopping~ Massive struggle to hand out chocolate from the first box XD and still got 2 between my housemate and I~
Keep going folks! Grab ye 'Christmas' choc's before they run out!
How are you doing this wizardry?! Nothing I try works but after one is revealed I retry my similar search and it comes up. Or one that I searched before will be found after I searched it.
Well…all I can say is persistence pays off~ (And I typed some tips based off experience above, and even adding 'mars' changes results).
The searching isn't that great. There's a whole bunch of different reasons why it could work for some, not for others.
tallkid123 could be on the mark. Last day and Mars flipped some switches and now it's a free for all~
Alternatively, Google is messing with results based on our own personal search history, location etc. So some of us will never see certain winning results. I cannot, for the life of me get my own winning answers to provide the winning links again…yet "How to win Powerball" consistently shows up with the link.
@Gnilgorf: I tried "how to sell a house" last night and this morning and someone won just now with it! D:
Clearly I'm not meant to win any Mars Bars.
@compacc: Keep trying! Never know what will happen! Got just under 7 hours to go~ GO GO GO GAMBATTEEEEE~
I found this term awhile ago but it was one of those terms which led to the how it works page if you clicked on it.
I figured it would be a valid term towards the end of the comp so I just tried it this morning.
You'll notice I mentioned 'how to melt mars bars' earlier at the top of this page. Turns out that one was also a winner.
Apart from that, I got first 3 boxes in rapid succession earlier on. Just luck.
Just won with "how to sell a house". :-)
I actually searched "how to buy a house" but that's the page it took me to.
Ok, now this is ridiculous. I searched this severel times and nothing. I also searched "How to meditate" a few days ago and then it was a winning answer yesterday. Then I searched "how to knit", which wasn't on the answers page two minutes earlier, and it said someone beat me there. Absolutely frustrating.
Haha same for me mate. Crazy! I searched buy house, sell house, knit .. I'm stumped.
So I have a search term (not on the list), get the add but is just links back to the how to page- anyone had this happen?
It's happened to a lot us. I have no idea why.
Yup it's happened with a few searches for me.
Thanks- at least I know I am not doing something wrong (except not choosing the winning term!)
I cant work out how to send you a message but can you PM me?
Somethings definitely going on with the searches, I've previously searched how to use photoshop and how to meditate and the ad just took me to the home page now they're on the list!
I finally got one! Been trying all morning.
Thanks winner!
Bloody hard this one, been searching all morning but have just found links to the competition page
What do you mean, links to the competition page?
for example i tried 'how to make mars bar slice' and it had a ad saying you must really like chocolate, click the link etc from mars, but it just sends you to the competition home page. The one in OP's link
Ohh gotcha. I thought you meant you found ways to get links to the winning competition entries. I was up til 2 trying to win this bloody thing, I'm sleep deprived!
I won! But I couldn't submit the form. I've contacted them on their official site.
What did you win with?
I couldn't claim my prize so I've contacted Mars and waiting to hear back from them. I better not post it yet in case someone else could still claim it. It's not showing up in my search results anymore but it could in someone else's.
I typed in "How to install" and the suggested search box showed "How to install artificial grass" so I clicked on it. It said the winning answer was "How to lay turf".
How did you go with this? did they end up replying? Ive just had the same problem come up.
Oh yeah, I just realized by post above was a bit but vague (that's what happens when you copy and paste and don't reread it). I was meant to post that they did follow up and my post above explained how I got my winning answer. I took screenshots when I won and they verified and confirmed my win after I emailed them. If you took screenshots, send them to Mars and you should be fine.
Great! thanks! I messaged them with screenshots too, so fingers crossed.
searched all day and got nothing. looks like they will not give all the boxes away
Maybe they'll extend it? They must have more than half left.
The terms & conditions have been updated. This now ends at 10am Melbourne time on 08/01/2019.
I just won my second box with "How to beat the heat".
ive tried over 200 searches. Just cant crack this one sadly.
Don't give up. I tried a LOT of searches before I found one.
Has anyone received an email after they won?
Or even received their mars bars?If you check out some earlier posts in this thread, you'll see some people who received their Mars bars very quickly after winning. When I won my first box and had to email them to prove I won, they contacted me saying they'll be sent after January 6. I assume there's a delay due to the Christmas break so if you haven't received them yet, don't worry. I didn't receive an email after my second win.
Thanks for that info
They don't contact you. They just send you all your Mars Bars.
I found one but the link just shows the "sticky search-uations_" page but doesn't actually do anything. I've tried contacting Mars via facebook messenger, their website contact form (its broken), tried calling Mars, but they have no idea. I guess I've given up :(
Yep, It has happened to a lot of us. I have no idea why.
I suspect there's some sort of geo-location or IP blocking for those who are having trouble winning this. I gave up in late December after possibly 100s of searches (probably hours wasted…), as I'm 100% sure quite a few of the questions I searched earlier did not win, even though they have since now appeared on the site.
Absolutely no luck with this one. I have no idea and isn't from lack of trying.
I'm guessing they still have plenty to give away. Will they extend it again?
I can't even get any of their ads to appear now, even with previous winners. Hmm.
same here. some of the questions ive guessed, and seen them appear later on mars site. somethings up.
Comp is definitely over mates. Page no longer working. Mars has given away 'enough chock'
So is anyone else actually seeing any of the mars competition ads show up? Cause I sure don't.
(Ad blockers off)