Comments on: Verizon’s BlackBerry Storm challenge hits San Francisco, 100 Storms given away

By: doh_doh_doh

doh_doh_doh — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:30:23 +0000

Hi,
just want to give updates for those that are waiting for the Storm.
I won the phone during Storm challenge in SF.
I just got it today…YESSSS.

So, for those that are still waiting, it’s coming )

ps. You can always email the marketing company if you don’t get yours shortly. The email is on the back of the winning card they gave you when you won the phone.

Happy holiday.

By: b

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:25:16 +0000

Still haven’t received mine. Contacted the marketing company (momentumww.com) and they indicated that the phones would go out sometime after November 21st. They also mentioned that the phones should be received prior to January 1st. Seems like a rather large window, but that is what I’ve been told.

By: ALex

ALex — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:09:31 +0000

Okay, so I won one of the phones and I’m pretty psyched about it (definitely due for an upgrade). However, that was a while ago, the phone has been out for a week now and I still haven’t received it. Has anyone else gotten theirs yet?

By: likeabite

likeabite — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:46:36 +0000

P.S. I just did the Storm Hunt in NYC…I went during lunch and found a bumch of people around the area looking as well. The locations were relatively close to each other and I got to 3 locations but it took my ass forever to figure out what the clue was or else I could’ve gotten to a lot more. You just go inside…txt the clue and pick up a scavanger hunt map with the picture of the Storm in the front. Most of the stores are clothing and accessories stores that contain them.

By: B

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:57:55 +0000

The ‘challenge’ was merely waiting in line for two hours. Only two people in that time failed to win a phone.

By: TJ

TJ — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:03:32 +0000

i was told they will be available on the 11th in the Sacramento area.

By: Irene

Irene — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:55:14 +0000

California…red?

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:49:16 +0000

Will this thing be there tomorrow in SF? Or will it move on somewhere?

By: Mark Twain

Mark Twain — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:55:52 +0000

I dunno if I can drive to chicago (its 4 hours away) but man I am tempted. Doubt that it will come to Detroit

By: El

El — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:34:39 +0000

I WON! I raced to SF (about 25 minutes away) and got in line, waited about 2 1/2 hours and got one! Well worth the wait, I LOVE VERIZON. You also get a $50 gift card (accessories or bill). They were basically giving them away, about 95% of people who tried won-super easy. This totally made my day.

By: matrix2004 from HOFO

matrix2004 from HOFO — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:29:31 +0000

When is it coming to Chicago? I’m in Chicago.

By: cybourg50

cybourg50 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:33:45 +0000

It’s over… The rain got the best of the storm…

By: john grego

john grego — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:25:59 +0000

got there at about 2:30pm and they were all out, still had the booth up, but people were only playing for jabra bluetooths. Chicago is next from what i heard, and i spoke to one of the verizon reps, and she had me send her the link to this post in an email. pretty cool i think she might be one of the marketers for the event.

By: kansei

kansei — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:24:17 +0000

I hope they come to Phoenix so I can win one and get it working on Sprint to ditch my crappy Blackberry Curve 8330

By: Allen

Allen — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:10:37 +0000

They’re down to just five Storms.

By: cardinalgill

cardinalgill — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:01:04 +0000

I just got back as well. The next city is definitely going to be Chicago and they’re going to be changing up the rules there to make it harder.

When I went, about 19 of 20 people in front of me won…I did NOT want to be the idiot who couldn’t do it, ha. I threw up a few pics and a video of the booth…

http://mobile.huddler.com/forum/thread/295/two-huddlers-win-blackberry-storms-in-sf-first-touch-storm-grab

By: dave

dave — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:59:12 +0000

how the hell do you find out what cities they are going to? can someone ask them?

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:52:55 +0000

So here’s the follow up as I just went back to the booth to get more information.

- They will be hitting up five more cities after SF, but they don’t know which ones yet.
- It was scheduled to run until 7PM tonight, but as so many people were winning so fast, they may end before 4pm. That being said, by the time I got up to the booth, they had already given out around 50 devices.
- They may have to change the rules in the next city as too many folks were grabbing tickets stuck to the ceiling and walls which makes it too easy.
- You need to grab 7 tickets in 30 seconds.
- The marketing group who is organizing the event is called Momentum.
- You get a free cookie with a picture of a storm cloud. Tastes like crap, but you need it while waiting in line the 30-40 minutes.
- Someone in the audience complained that if we get a free phone, Verizon should throw in a free year to go with it. So a few minutes later they announced that they would be giving a $50 certificate towards activation for winners.
- They don’t know the official launch date yet, but they seem to think it was definitely happening this month and likely before Thanksgiving.
- Yes, I won a free phone.

By: Dannyboy

Dannyboy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:52:33 +0000

damn…… I wish i worked in SF. I woulda taken lunch as soon as I heard about this event. I doubt there will be any there by the time i get there tonight

By: Teddy G

Teddy G — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:42:21 +0000

Here are some pics and an account from two of the winners:

http://mobile.huddler.com/forum/thread/295/two-huddlers-win-blackberry-storms-in-sf-first-touch-storm-grab

By: Q-Pop

Q-Pop — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:28:56 +0000

Oh Lord. I hope they’ll come to D.C. They’ll definitely come to D.C…. right?

By: kalikidtx

kalikidtx — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:24:49 +0000

there are only about 20 Storms left the rep said 10 minutes ago. Almost everyone who tries wins, he said theres an almost 70% chance of winning the phone.

The rep also mentioned the 2 year contract price on the phone will “most likely” be $329 minus a $70 rebate and shoudl be out on the 14th?

Thats what the Verizon rep said at the event…

By: Tommy L.

Tommy L. — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:24:24 +0000

While I know I shouldn’t underestimate the allure of free stuff, I don’t know how successful this technique will be in SF. If they want people to stop they need to make it really obvious what it’s about, with lots of pictures of the Storm everywhere and some more eye-catching stuff. “FIRST! TOUCH! STORM! GRAB!” Is just going to confuse people. There’s always something that looks similar to this going on in SF, and I honestly wouldn’t know this from a rally for the rights of non-indigenous sand crabs. Pump it up RIM and VZW.

By: Unicorn56

Unicorn56 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:56:47 +0000

Read the stuff on the Storm hunt and I think you’ll see they are not actual phones hidden in NY, they will be some kind of display or something that will have a CODE NUMBER written on the. The release says, find all the numbers to have a better chance to win a Storm. So, you just find the numbers and probably go online and use them to enter a drawing.

By: likeabite

likeabite — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:36:22 +0000

I don’t they’ll follow Vodafone’s pricing and if they put this on 34th like you’re asking for Chris you wouldn’t have a chance…there’s way too many people there and on 42nd…maybe 14th might work…but even then I don’t know…if any of us wanted a chance in NY it’d be a problem most places in Manhattan because by the time we made it there all the free ones would be gone.

By: thepunvert

thepunvert — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:22:15 +0000

If this thing gets Voda’s pricing plans, wouldn’t that make the Storm “free” at launch anyway? (With 18mo – 2yr. contract rebates)

Not that I’m against being locked in a windtube and desperately grasping for free stuff. I’ve been basically doing that same thing in my Verizon contract anyway.

By: ChrisNYC

ChrisNYC — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:58:10 +0000

@carsly

“How about bringing that show to the Big Apple? If you can make it here…

Right in front of Madison Square Garden on the Plaza would be ideal for this.”

The site says that they are going to hide a bunch of them around Manhattan, and you hunt for them, on Nov. 6.

By: chev

chev — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:46:48 +0000

By “red” state, it was a half hearted attempt at polical humor… I know, leave that to John Stewart

By: BB-addict

BB-addict — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:27:46 +0000

so when is the offical launch?

By: carsly

carsly — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:16:44 +0000

How about bringing that show to the Big Apple? If you can make it here…

Right in front of Madison Square Garden on the Plaza would be ideal for this.