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Who won the environment contest

290 points posted to Dell Web Site, Sales Strategies, Service and Support by badblood 08/30/07

Dell ran a contest to see who could come up with the best idea to improve Dell's record on protecting the environment. We were promised the results on a Friday some weeks ago, but mysteriously the result never came.

Tell us who won. Or tell us that no one did because all the ideas were stupid. Tell us anything. Just don't tell us we'll get the result by Friday!

badblood
08/30/07		 yes a reference to it is still under 'ideas in action'. They may be covering their tracks, back peddling. Tread carefully my friend. Something fishy is going on in Dellistan.
davmcn
08/30/07		 Hey Guys
Badblood - Ok....one thing doesn't surprise me it wasn't posted...It's Dell Comon.
Petzy: I Bet he forgot.
petzymathuram
08/30/07		 @ badblood your grey matter is less, better sharpen your memmory and keep up your promise. you are holding such a great post, you should be able 2 help Dell and me......;)
I have deal with you now....;)
You take care of us, inturn we will take care of you...........;)
badblood
08/30/07		 Understood petzy but there is the greater good to consider.
petzymathuram
08/30/07		 I cant get you....sorry...plz ...need more explanation..;)
jmxz
08/30/07		 I'm sure it's '**COMING SOON**' and they'll announce it in the same timely manner that they tell Nasdaq and the SEC about their accounting results.
jervis961
08/30/07		 http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=dell+green+contest+ideastorm+j...< is a cached version of dell_admin1 promising an update.
davmcn
08/30/07		 Ha, i remember seeing that , why is that on Yahoo.com?
jervis961
08/30/07		 I tried searching on google and couldn't find it so I tried yahoo and found the cached version. Since they had made the promise to supply the results I had them delete it. I figured I could take their word for it ( when will I learn? ).
badblood
08/31/07		 We have them cornered. We have evidence. I will be contacting my lawyers! Well I would if I had a lawyer.... anyway.
jervis961
08/31/07		 Forget the lawyers contact the press. :)
dell_admin10
08/31/07		 Changed status to **UNDER REVIEW**.
dell_admin10
08/31/07		 Right now our Environment team is narrowing down the ideas. I will keep you posted on the progress. Thanks!
jmxz
08/31/07		 This makes me wonder if they get automatic email&pager alerts when the word "lawyers" shows up in a comment.
Perhaps that's the new way of getting attention that works faster than profanities?
dell_admin10
08/31/07		 @ jmxz Profanity is never the answer ;) "Lawyers" and "alert the papers" are not as important as "tell us"

@ badblood Thanks for the reminder to update
jervis961
08/31/07		 I thought this was decided already??
petzymathuram
08/31/07		 Hi Badblood,

I think Dell considers your requests with quicker action. As soon as you mentioned the word lawyers, the Dell_Admin popped up with great speed......hmmm not bad....Badblood I request you to speed up this Dell_Admin1 who is working on and on tirelessly on my job.as well......;)
My Request to you .plzzz......;)
badblood
09/10/07		 It's getting ridiculous. Dell advertised a competition and a prize and an announcement date. All ideastorm users who submitted ideas marked under the category 'environment' during that time were valid participants in the competition, yet no information has been released. You cannot host a competition then just decide that you don't want to do it anymore or delay indefinitely. It's probably illegal. The competition was probably illegal. Don't you have to get a license or something to hold competitions like that?
jervis961
09/10/07		 Still waiting for an answer too.
petzymathuram
09/10/07		 @ GB, competitions are illegal? Perhaps now Dell is giving a wait time with a cause. Try to find out what hinders them.....;)
badblood
09/10/07		 petzy this is the USA and the USA is a highly regulated country. You need a license to do just about anything.
petzymathuram
09/10/07		 well thats fine GB, I do 100% aggree that USA is a highly regulated country...By the way that picture posted by Jervis really looks horrific....;)
badblood
09/10/07		 It's a self portrait. It's jervis waiting for an answer
jervis961
09/10/07		 I'm dying to find out the answer. :D
petzymathuram
09/10/07		 O. no my friend......;)....;)
badblood
10/16/07		 Status **NONE**
jervis961
10/16/07		 You would think we would have an answer by now....
badblood
10/16/07		 You'd think so, but I guess they are trying to back out.
petzymathuram
10/16/07		 If people like Al Gore who was never heard of earlier for any Environmental Initiative before suddenly popped up for the Nobel Prize..along with a bearded Pachouri.....
Dell has all the potentiality to make its mark as a "Green Global Leader"
Whats your opinion Ga Ga?.....;)
badblood
10/16/07		 O
petzymathuram
10/16/07		 Hey common Ga Ga..you seem to have your spirits low and down today....Cheer up plz...;)
who said Dell can never achieve anything other than assembling, delivering and marketing computers?.....
it will, It shall and it is achieving.....step by step....;)
Now I reuest you to volunteer and tell me which are the other areas that Dell is interested in creating an Integrated-championing? Education? Health Serivce?, Social Network?, Mass media?...Information Technology? in which field you require Dell to lead over here?....there are many eminent people around to help you Dell...dont worry...;)
So sit back and relax. Dell will surely establish itself in the days to come....Hence Cheer up and keep marching ahead....;)
jervis961
11/01/07		 LOL
badblood
11/10/07		 dell_admin1 any news on the status of this contest?
jervis961
11/11/07		 badblood they posted an update on Direct2Dell about some environmental guru doing a guest spot there. I sent in a comment asking if that meant we were going to finally get an answer. :)
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Idea originally posted 11/13/07
WHO WON THE E-N-V-I-R-O-N-M-E-N-T-A-L C-O-N-T-E-S-T??

Yes this is a duplicate idea but Dell doesn't seem to remember to answer questions so I reposted it for badblood. I even spelled it out nicely so maybe they will understand this time. It has been months we have been trying to get an answer on this. WAKE UP DELL!!

UPDATE: I found the posting on Direct2Dell about the contest. IT ENDED JUNE 26TH.

http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/06/05/17314.aspx

I don't mind it being merged as long as they answer the question. :)
badblood
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
I don't think it's a duplicate. It's a repeat. You can never underestimate the need to repeat things to people who are not listening....
premcv
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
Oh the contest that was held way back? I "assumed" the results were announced when it should've been. Oh well...
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
Nope both badblood and myself have asked several times. We've been promised an answer over and over but still haven't heard anything.
badblood
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
We are ready to sue Dell for fraud, just as soon as we've raised enough money.

HOW MANY LEMONADES HAVE YOU SOLD NOW JERVIS?
badblood
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
by the way has anyone seen the literary light who is our admin recently? Do you think those folks down at salesfarce, how do you American's say, 'popped a cap in her a*r*e'?
premcv
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
LOL bb, there, there easy now!
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
I sold one to my mommy but had to give her a kick back for supplying the makings. I'm behind $12 so far after a business lunch (a guy's gotta eat). How you doing with the lawn mowing?
cosh
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
If I thought they had something better to do, I would demote this as being a distraction. But since we all know that without regular repeats they'll not do anything about anything anyway.....
premcv
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
Lol cosh!

@jervis, bb: I've been selling hot-dogs, and so far I've just about made some $$$. Don't worry, we'll get it straightened out.
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
Well isn't tomorrow the much rumored big day of announcements? Maybe we'll get news then.
badblood
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
did anyone just read that the iPhone didn' really go off too well in Europe. Looks like they're sick of all the hype.
badblood
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
weather's nice down here....could be rain but.
premcv
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
Yes bb. iPhone hasn't done too well in other parts except US. So I'll wait and see how it does in India! But then again, having it tied to one provider is the b*mmer!

@jervis: I hope there are some substantial announcements as they had indicated.
badblood
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
what are the announcements? Did dell_admin1 promise something again?
cosh
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
I haven't heard about any announcements..... Reliable communications with Dell as always.

When was the contest? Maybe the problem is everybody's forgotten what dates it was running on and now they don't know what ideas to include.
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
No badblood internet rumors of big announcements at open world or some such conference. XPS m1530, XPS one, Latitude XT those kind of things have been tossed arround.
badblood
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
that sounds exciting. Actually I am lying, I'm not excited at all.......
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
Yeah but it is something at least.
premcv
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
Something is better than nothing.
jorge
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
I think they're waiting till the environment actually improves before declaring a winner. I wonder if that will be when Summers are colder and we almost freeze in the Winter to prove global warming has stopped? Either way its spells doom for me.
badblood
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/13/07
nothing here.
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/14/07
Nope. They have taken the ignore anything from jervis961 approach. :)
premcv
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/14/07
Lol, they better not, jervis!
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/14/07
Seems like it, I may have to blow up again, nah thats getting old isn't it. :0
premcv
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/14/07
Nah, that's one way of getting their attention, worked the last time around, didn't it? :)
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/14/07
Didn't accomplish anything though, just got their attention. Now they are afraid to even post there again because they know they are wrong.
premcv
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/14/07
Yea, I know! Wonder what would happen, if that happened again. Would love to see their reaction. Will there be any reaction? ;)
badblood
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/14/07
wonder what the point is really. What now that dell_admin1 has been murdered by salesfarce people....
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/14/07
badblood check out my new idea to dump salesforce. The comments are very interesting. :)
cosh
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/14/07
Glad to see that they got back to us about this then.
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/14/07
I've been posting about it here and Direct2Dell on the environmental blog posts. but nothing. You would think that since it ended on June 26th they would have an answer by now since it was to be based on the ideas with the most votes during the time.
premcv
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
Heaven knows when they will announce. They said soon, on a different thread, but...
cosh
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
@jervis961 - Is it really based on the idea with the most votes? I can't find that.
cosh
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
Incidentally, there's 622 ideas from the time period June 5 to June 26, 37 of them now merged. Sorting them by highest score and picking the first one remotely to do with the environment I came across this: Switch to New Lithium-Sulfur batteries: Carries a longer charge, double the lifetime, Environmentally friendly, no toxic heavy metals, cheaper to produce, lighter weight
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
I thought I had linked to it but here is the direct2dell blog about it.

http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/06/05/17314.aspx

They say the best ideas but I thought they had said most votes at one time. They said up to 5 winners.
cosh
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
The voters are idiots. Can't do it based on votes. Let Dell decide what's the best.
jorge
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
@cosh: I'd love to see who picks up the award if it is the idea with the most votes! HA!
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
Does reg have multiple accounts or something jorge?
premcv
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
That's what I was wondering, jervis!
jervis961
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
Well, jorge has made a lot of innuendos about multiple accounts but he makes sure to stay vague.
premcv
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
As vague as he can possibly can! Typical jorge!
jorge
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
Well if waiting to see who actually picks up reg's award vague? Its a statement to want to see it happen so I can visualize it, how is that vague? The vague part is not knowing who reg is (in real life), I think we'd all want to put a face to go with the name? Or am I wrong to want this?
premcv
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
You are not wrong to want it, but that you know something more than most of us, IMO, in wanting to see who picks up reg's award.
jorge
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
I only know what you know and what he posted and what was posted about him. I may of read too much?
premcv
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/15/07
Ok!
cosh
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/24/07
@DUPLICATEOF 73597: Who won the environment contest

Would a merge be better than deletion?
natalie_davis
11/24/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 11/24/07
@cosh et al., I will merge this with the other.
petzymathuram
11/24/07		 Hi DA12...I think you are busy " Weaving " the Ideas together?...I mean the Dell Idea Weave...;)

good ..good...;)
davmcn
11/24/07		 Merging
petzymathuram
11/24/07		 Nope Weaving...;)
davmcn
11/24/07		 lol.
badblood
11/25/07		 So the answer to the question 'who won the environment contest' is to merge it with another idea.....interesting, though somewhat disappointing.

WHEN WILL IT END DELL. WHEN. OH MAKE IT STOP. JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION.

yes I am shouting.....
petzymathuram
11/25/07		 Y is Ga Ga's question not answered?....

Dell give him an answer please
badblood
11/25/07
jervis961
11/25/07		 badblood - DA1 gave me an answer in another idea but never updated this one. Don't ask me where it was, I was blasting her about something. The answer is that they are still trying to contact the winners before making an announcement. She may have mentioned some of them not having a good email address but honestly I cannot remember.
petzymathuram
11/25/07		 Hi Ga Ga....cute picture...;)..its time for my bedtime Prayer too
cosh
11/26/07		 I found DA1's answer on the IdeaStorm prediction contest idea. Since that is up for deletion, I'm copying the response here so we have a record of it.

This was posted on November 14:

@jervis961 - yes, I've seen all of your environmental contest rants... we know who the winners are and have been working out the details for the grants to the non-profits. It didn't make sense to announce the winners before the details for the grants were worked out. Also, a few of the winners have not responded to our emails to them, so we had to wait until we added the ability to change your your email address, so that those who registered without a real email address could remedy it. In the spirit of transparency, that's why it's taken so long to close out the contest. I'm very sorry you're frustrated by the contest. I am too, and will do everything I can to close it out quickly.
jorge
11/26/07		 I say lets move on to the next in line with a good e-mail address! I think jervis961 has waited long enough!
jervis961
11/26/07		 Badblood too. I do remember that exchange now. Didn't she disappear after that.
jorge
11/26/07		 Darn merges! I thought it was jervis961's idea, sorry badblood, hopefully you're not waiting next to cosh, I don't think he has rations for two?
jervis961
11/26/07		 badblood started the idea, I just took the ball and ran with it. Obviously reposting ideas doesn't work as DA1 still didn't update the correct one. :)
petzymathuram
11/27/07		 still no answer?
badblood
11/27/07		 Dell is as accountable as any large bureaucracy. Inneficient. Deficient.
badblood
11/27/07		 Just found this. How rude that they didn't comment under this idea. Made me all upset and ranting and could have just written this here....goodness.

dell_admin1
Nov 14
@jervis961 - yes, I've seen all of your environmental contest rants... we know who the winners are and have been working out the details for the grants to the non-profits. It didn't make sense to announce the winners before the details for the grants were worked out. Also, a few of the winners have not responded to our emails to them, so we had to wait until we added the ability to change your your email address, so that those who registered without a real email address could remedy it. In the spirit of transparency, that's why it's taken so long to close out the contest. I'm very sorry you're frustrated by the contest. I am too, and will do everything I can to close it out quickly.

Suppose it means none of us won the contest.
jmxz
11/27/07		 I take it to mean that someone who didn't give Dell a real email address won. I told them I'd give them a real one on request; but they didn't request one from me, so I assume it's not me.
 
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