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1260 points posted to IdeaStorm by j.bandringa 04/21/07

There's a lot of interesting ideas on IdeaStorm. It’s time to motivate people even more!

Why not give the persons who posted the most popular ideas, put into action at Dell, a free Dell computer of their choice?

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jervis961 04/21/07	The only problem with that is that they are mostly all Linux(good idea by the way). Alot of other good ideas are hear waiting to be found in a sea of Linux and other duplicate posts. If you look at the list of top contributers you will find that the majority of them came posted one idea at the start of the site and either never returned or have had very limited interaction afterward. I wouldn't say that deserves a reward of a new computer, maybe a discount or something.
joffe100 04/21/07	Isn't the satisfaction that you are changing the world good enough?
saleemohaib 08/27/07	Well I think some kind of discount or gift hamper would be nice incentive from Dell. A computer might be to much
sam265 Jun 9	Merged Idea originally posted 04/30/07 Prizes to reward IdeaStorm users Giveaways and coupons would encourage use of this site (and sales for Dell).
watts Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted 05/02/07 everybody's out to get a freebie. Can't particpation be reward in and of itself?
sam265 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted 05/03/07 I'm interested in helping the greater glory of Dell, but if we're contributing to shareholder value, why shouldn't we get a piece?
watts Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted 05/04/07 buy stock
sam265 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted 05/09/07 maybe they should reward us with stock
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted 05/18/07 Beef or Chicken Stock?
dwood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Everyone on here has submitted an idea at least one time, (I hope) but what if the idea gets implemented and makes Dell significant profit (ie an idea brings up Dell sales by 2+% for a quarter) I would think that if an idea brings up the said, then they send you a laptop/desktop of those categorized by % of increase you idea brings. 2% gets you a beginner -top of your choice, 3-5% gets you an intermediate -top as defined by Dell sales team 6-9 gets you any Above average -top and 10% + gets you any -top you wish.
dwood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 It would be nice if someone would help me refine this idea.......
anji Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Your numbers sound good, but I'm sorry... It's not as if this one would ever be implemented. I think Dell is good as far as corporations go but I don't see this happening, although it would be nice. And fair. And altruistic(in a sense). And honorable. :)
dwood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I wouold say that the percentages might not be realistic, seeing now how much Dell makes a year,,,,,,,
dwood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Actually, seeing that Dell as a company makes an estimated 60 BILLION, the Ideas should NOT be based on Percentages. I will think about how it should be dont later.
cosh Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Box o' chocolate would do me as a reward.
dwood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 you probly spent 2x that much just for the camera
ro_bro Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 points like credit card points that can be applied as a rebate would be nice.
mattclark71 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Run a rewards scheme, each idea that gets implemented the user gets awarded points to spend on Dell accessories.
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 What about partially implemented?
leolonewolf_nw08 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I don't know if I would neccessarily want the FIRST one that came off the line. Might have a few to many bugs LOL.
sugarbear Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Partially or fully implemented. Either way the person should receive some thing.
sugarbear Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 This has been brought up before, on the site.
theideasman Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Great idea! This would finally make the ideastorm more than just a way for dell to steal our ideas, lol. Seriously though it would be nice if we could get something for our ideas. Afterall if we never thought of them, dell would never have implemented them.
winoffice Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 And not just on accessories, but on all Dell products. jervis961: for partially implemented, maybe reward partial credit (in comparison to fully implemented)? For example, if the idea is fully implemented, then give a certain amount of credit that can be used toward the purchase of Dell products. If the idea is half done, then give half of that amount.
jesse_l Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 this is a very good idea, I passed the link to this thread over to the Rewards PM for consideration on possibly trying to implement this idea.Thanks!
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Good luck.
sugarbear Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 We can hope jervis961.
theideasman Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Awesome news from dell! We might get a reward for helping a multi million dollar comapany at last!
mathoda Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 There's a number of ways this could work. The simplest way is to give something back to the people who have contributed ideas on Ideastorm who meet some basic threshold. Dell could also give better discounts for those who have provided ideas that are unique and heavily approved of by the community. However, Dell should carefully consider how this might lead people to game the votes on ideastorm.
mauricio_martins Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I don't think some "basic threshold". But Dell could reward people that had their ideas implemented. this approach has got to benefit IdeaStorm... No repeated posts. This is a thing that everybody complains and no actions have been taken to minimize duplications and worthless ideas!
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I'm sticking with my sticker Idea, Dell loves stickers so you (we) all get an "I voted on IdeaStorm" or "I posted an Idea on IdeaStorm" sticker. You'll get your sticker after submitting a self addressed envelope with a check of $29.95 for a sticker.
power3d Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Hi! What are the points, attributed to us in Ideastorm, for? Something useful to do with them, would be to allow us to use them to get discounts in Dell's site. At least participation would increase in Ideastorm, and we would get some benefit. Thanks :)
mugunth Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Wonderful idea.!!! If only it were implemented... :(
lorax1284 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 They'd have to change the scoring mechanism and recalculate all the points: you get points for posting an idea. If you thought the ideaspam was bad now, just imagine what'll happen if this kicks in.
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I see that as a good thing at this point.
power3d Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Yes you are right (lorax). Perhaps the score shoud be given by popularity and, if an idea was utilized by dell, extra points should be given.
mugunth Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Yes... The point system of IdeaStorm is totally useless... The following people jmxz 10059 1099 189 7. badblood 9411 2162 144 9. reg 9056 1449 129 10. yesmathew 7503 170 12 11. jervis961 7453 7707 165 12. jorge 6448 7714 148 Have contributed to IdeaStorm most, but stil they are not the top contributor. 2. robinjfisher 15778 1 1 3. ootleman 14780 2 2 4. pawprintz 12434 2 2 5. agreer 11983 3 1 8. gergnz 9086 6 1 These people who have contributed only 1 or 2 ideas are on the top, because their idea is Linux related, and the community supporting them go and promote their ideas, thereby giving them an edge over... Dell should offer more points for creating an idea, and even more for "Under Review" ideas and so on...
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 What about for NOT NOW ideas LOL!
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Take away points for not now ideas.
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 That idea will soon be updated to "partially implimented" since they are doing the member spotlight on the Dell community site.
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Hell yeah, but I'm not holding my breath.
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Hey! NOT NOW means maybe tomorrow LOL! So half a discount. Community spotlight, oh that would be so funny, can see them spotlighting me any day now.
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 You might be surprised. Who knows.
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Ah, but if they give you a 10% coupon watch out for the . 10% off purchase of $2000.00 or more. Discount cannot be combined with any other discount, offer or incentive.
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 My favorite is a coupon for x amount off anything in the store. excludes Bose, Sony, Infinity, Polk, hell anything you would be interesting in buying is excluded.
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I'm still waiting for my VIsa Points rewards check I requested!
newbs Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 This is a great idea! nice way to reward the community for all the contribution, i think.
aurora7207 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Thousands of Dell customers have contributed to the IdeaStorm site, and have provided Dell an invaluable resource for addressing customer concerns. Linux, OpenOffice, solid state drives, hanging onto XP, and thousands of other ideas will help Dell remain competitive with other vendors, and possibly retake the #1 spot in the PC industry. I feel that those that have contributed great ideas should be rewarded for thier brilliance with great rewards! So, what about it Dell, how about rewarding those that care the most? XPS 720's for everybody! :) http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/XPS_720_H2C-blog.jpg
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Better check that M-TV didn't copyright that!
lamar_air Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 If you help Dell with good ideas they can benefit from then you can be rewarded by trading in your Points for a discount on your next purchase! Introducing... Idea Storm Rewards program!
phubert Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Great idea... why hasn't DELL thought of this! :-D ** Looks like you need to delete one of them, tho... ???
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Because, why give anything away when you don't have to?
phubert Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Incentives?
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 This would reward the people who post duplicates and crappy ideas as well as the good ones. They would need to fix the whole point system first.
jmxz Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I'm somewhat surprised they haven't tossed a "IdeaStorm" coupon of the same value of the ones they're running other places. ( http://www.fatwallet.com/cash-back-coupons/Dell-Home-Systems ). This wouldn't cost Dell much of anything because most IdeaStorm users would probably find the same value coupons somewhere anyway.
phubert Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 mmmmm... either I OVERLOOKED that "trading in your Points" bit OR I just took that as a reference to the ACTUAL, judged QUALITY of posts, which would make sense. Certainly, the 'point accrual' would be fairly meaningless. HOPEFULLY, Dell is doing MUCH more than merely looking at the number of votes to determine what is worthy of review and action and what is not.
badblood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I've seen this idea before......
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 several times
goldy Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I agree with Jervis961. If this were implemented it would cause a huge increase in spam (and probably even bots) so people could get discounts.
lamar_air Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Duplicate, Please merge idea with a previous.
phubert Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Again, clearly if this were to work for Dell it would need to be based on the value DELL REVIEWERS JUDGED for the posts, not on the POINTS assigned in IdeaStorm. Change it to that, and it could be worthy.
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 It would still encourage duplicates.
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 a duplicate has yet to emerge.
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Sure they have some have even made the front page.
lamar_air Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I added it to the Delete Requests since there are many others
badblood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 It should be merged so as not to lose the votes.
lamar_air Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Admin1 please merge upon deletion
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Yea, merge with that idea.
dell_admin1 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Here one this could be merged with: http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/67594
badblood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 these ones are http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/62713<
dell_admin1 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Nice finds badblood! You're right.
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 They're all different. One is for Cash the other for Rewards (suggestions of a computer) and the other you pay for points, how is that the same? You people using English or am I missing something? You have not read any of the ideas have you?
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Oh forgot this one is asking for Discounts, yet another different idea.
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Even a semi-dupe needs to be merged.
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 They're all ideas to help Dell so merge them all then.
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Good idea.
dell_admin1 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 The purpose of the comments section is to iterate and better an idea -- the merges don't need to be identical - but if the idea that is merged into the original idea somehow builds on or betters the original, that is the goal. Make sense?
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 if you think merging is unfair you can voice your opinion here. http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/68439/IdeaStorm_apply_your_rules_univer...
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I'm with you dell_admin1 makes sense to me.
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 @dell_admin1: they are not the same nor is there any building to yield a merge. If they are let us know what this build is on these ideas.
dell_admin1 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 @jorge - IdeaStorm Rewards program - specifically, this idea could be merged into this idea: (http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/67594) make sense? The other two that badblood pointed out are probably not the best matches.
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I've disagreed already as to its matching or lack of. Do your duty.
badblood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 You could take the older, slightly dissimilar, idea and change it to incorporate the newer slight dissimilar idea? actually I don't agree with merging either, it saps individuality.....
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I agree with badblood, but I've done that throughout this thread. I still see no point or building that has lead to a merge.
jorge Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Thanks to pranavtrehun007, I see the double vote bug is still around.
badblood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 jorg Yeh I did the double-vote again somewhere....you've got to be really quick, on a wireless connection which is about to crash firefox by too much buffering (or whatever the hell it's called)... lot's of unique conditions have to be in place. It will be difficult to remedy.....like learning the special attack in Mortal Combat. .....Mr. Merger ..... Shooters..... we went through all this before and I remember opposing it vehemently.
dell_admin1 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I've got an answer on the double-vote bug - it happens when we take the site down for a minute for scheduled maintenance... it's usually only down for 30 seconds, but if someone votes at the moment it comes down, it may be counted twice. There are only a handful of instances of this, but we're working on the fix. Thanks.
badblood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 No it doesn't. It's a SPECIAL ATTACK. This takes maximum skill, which only a few special people have. I have the POWER!
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 So if I use my turbo button maybe?
badblood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 That won't work, you need to go deep inside your consciousness, remain focussed.......overload your connection.....feel the power.....and then strike the mouse - BAM, BA BAM, BAM.... Practice grasshopper. I have done it twice.
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 So have I.
badblood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 really. Did you use the west-wind swimming dragon left foot technique?
jervis961 Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 I used the Sponge Bob technique
badblood Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Very nice! And effective too. And I see you have children!
richard_b Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 Changed status to UNDER REVIEW.
richard_b Jun 9	Merged Comment originally posted Jun 9 We are currently reviewing a range of options that relate to "rewards" ,as well as recognition, for a number of our websites (i.e IdeaStorm, the Dell Community Forums, Direct2Dell etc.) that bring members of the "Dell Community" together with opportunities to work and share together. Stay tuned for more in the coming months
theideasman Jun 11	Awesome news dell. Really hope it gets to the implementation stage :]
thebittersea Jun 11	as far as i can tell, this idea has been implemented.
sugarbear Jun 11	@thebittersea. Do you know of any one receiving a free Dell pc?
jervis961 Jun 12	I haven't gotten one. :(

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