February 21st, 2012
D800 Giveaway on Facebook!
We’re so excited for the upcoming Nikon D800, that we’re giving one away on facebook! Starting today and finishing on March 22nd, we’re running a giveaway contest on our facebook page. Sign up for your first entry, and then gain additional entries by sharing with others.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS
STEP 1: Like pictureline on facebookVisit facebook.com/pictureline and click on the “Win a D800″ page under our profile photo. if you aren’t a fan already you’ll have to “Like” pictureline to gain access to the contest.
STEP 2: Enter the drawingFill out the contest entry form with your name, email address, and which of our mailing lists (if any) you would like to subscribe to. You will gain an additional entry in the drawing for each list you subscribe to. All email lists can be unsubscribed from at any time.
STEP 3: Share for extra entries! Better your odds!After you enter the drawing, you will be able to share this giveaway with others. Each of your friends that enters the drawing because of you will automatically give you an extra entry!* You can return to our contest page at any time to check on how many referrals you’ve gotten.*There are no limits to the ammount of extra entries you can receive.
STEP 4: Bonus prizes!Once you’ve gotten 10 of your friends to enter the contest, return to our contest page and you will be able to “UNLOCK” our bonus prize drawing for 1 of our 3 great bonus prizes.
STEP 5: Win!On March 22nd we will be selecting our winners by random drawing. After selection we will be contacting our D800 winner, and the winners of our bonus prizes as well, to let you know you’ve won. We will also announce our winners on our facebook wall, so be sure to check our wall and your email inbox to see if you’ve won!
We’ve had a lot of questions regarding our D800 giveaway in other countries, and unfortunately due to the varying laws regarding contests and giveaways it is only available to U.S. residents at this time.
visit facebook.com/pictureline to enter
Contest ends March 22, 2012. No purchase necessary. A purchase will not increase an contestants chance of winning. U.S. Residents only. Contestants must be at least 18 years of age to enter. pictureline will not verify receipt of entries. Incomplete entries are void. pictureline is not responsible for entries that are lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, incomprehensible, illegible, damaged, undeliverable or delayed. We reserve the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event that the original promised prize becomes unavailable. Grand prize valued at $2999.95, bonus prizes range from $100-$329. The odds of winning will depend on the number of entries. Unless otherwise noted, all contests and giveaway prizes are awarded via random drawing. Winners automatically grant the use of their name and likeness in the promotion of this and other pictureline contests. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.
49 Responses
2.22.2012
Greetings pictureline guys:
How do we know that the random drawing will be fair? I ask because when I worked for Royce Photo/Graphics (now Royce-it) there was a rigged random drawing for a Browning .22 rifle. Roger and Lynn hand picked the winning ticket. They gave the rifle to one of their better customers in the hope of increasing sales. There was nothing random about the drawing. So how do we know that the drawing will be fair? Will the drawing be audited by an independent firm?
2.22.2012
We’ve created a random selection script that will account for all the entries, and bonus entries, that are acquired. Our past giveaways have been completely random, and have gone to a wide variety of people across the country—both new customers and returning.
2.22.2012
Hello Pictureline!
Is this for U.S. citizens only? The contact information only shows State information and there’s no country there. :-/
2.22.2012
Yeah, I have the same question, I live in Canada and a potential customer since I usually buy gear from EUA dealers.
3.4.2012
Right above your ? this is stated
We’ve had a lot of questions regarding our D800 giveaway in other countries, and unfortunately due to the varying laws regarding contests and giveaways it is only available to U.S. residents at this time.
2.22.2012
The same question, from Mexico …
2.22.2012
Yeah, i’ve the same question either.. i’m from brazil and i can pay the shiping tax if needed.
2.23.2012
this drawing is for the body only correct?! how cool of u guys!
2.23.2012
Sorry but when I enter the contest I just get an error:
MOD_PYTHON ERROR
ProcessId: 8172
Interpreter: ‘offerpop.com’
2.23.2012
Love!!
2.23.2012
Enjoy your Facebook page! I love taking
Pictures!
2.23.2012
I this where we enter?
2.23.2012
Charlene, this page outlines the steps to enter the giveaway. To enter you will need to go to facebook.com/pictureline
2.23.2012
Is it really fair that people offer discounts of service if they have their clients go to the page and submit the friend referral? That does not seem fair to those that are just beginners and just getting into the hobby
2.23.2012
Mr. Mouse, unfortunately that aspect of the giveaway is outside of our control as we have no way of accurately determining who is participating in that way. The winner is set up to be pulled by random drawing, and not by the largest number of friend referrals for this reason.
2.23.2012
Great contest, I’d LOVE to upgrade to a D800!! Good Luck, everyone!
2.23.2012
Hi Riley,
Could you please let us know if people from overseas can enter too.
Cheers
3.4.2012
We’ve had a lot of questions regarding our D800 giveaway in other countries, and unfortunately due to the varying laws regarding contests and giveaways it is only available to U.S. residents at this time.
this is on this page before all the comments
3.4.2012
We’ve had a lot of questions regarding our D800 giveaway in other countries, and unfortunately due to the varying laws regarding contests and giveaways it is only available to U.S. residents at this time.
this is stated on this page above the comments
2.23.2012
Nice contest, but I live in Quebec, Canada and there is only the possibility to select a state… is it open to external USA residents? Nothing says the opposite. Thanks I will enter anyway.
3.4.2012
We’ve had a lot of questions regarding our D800 giveaway in other countries, and unfortunately due to the varying laws regarding contests and giveaways it is only available to U.S. residents at this time.
above the comments is where this posted
2.23.2012
I would really love this awesome camera, and I would put it to good use.
2.24.2012
I would love to win this camera and be able to upgrade my equipment!
2.25.2012
It seems impossible to actually enter the contest. Server overload?
2.25.2012
HI! Sorry to be a thorn, but I’ve learned of 6 people that’ve signed up because of my posting the link on my page. However the contest page says that I’ve had ZERO friends sign up? Was there something else I needed to do? Thank you!
2.25.2012
Whimsy, we’ve had a few reports like this, and you need to make sure that your friends are clicking on the bit.ly link and filling out the form before navigating away from the page. Another thing that would cause inaccurate referral points is if your friends sign up and then ‘unlike’ the page. This would render their entry, and any referral points gained from them, invalid.
2.25.2012
I will be sharing this with all my students! Very cool, incredible camera.
2.25.2012
Kelly every company has laws and such and could loose everything if caught scamming on contest, it truely rarely ever happens. The problem now is so many dishonest people cheat by putting their link on blogs and sweepstake sites which puts them so far a head in contest you can’t beat them, but I still try! lol Thanks this is a great giveaway, good luck everyone!
2.27.2012
Where is the bit.ly link located that we need to click on before signing up?
2.27.2012
where is the bit.ly link that we need to click on from our friends page before registering for this contest
2.29.2012
Thanks for the opportunity. I am a beginner to intermediate, whose d70 is reaching its limit. This would be awesome for me, or any of the other entrants who would like to ugrade, but cannot plunk down 3k. Good luck to all !!
3.3.2012
Thank you so much for the giveaway. Good luck everyone!
3.3.2012
Already a fan!
3.3.2012
A PICTURE IS WORTH A 1000 WORDS
3.10.2012
Thank you for this opportunity, I have been trying to win a good DSLR for awhile so fingers are crossed. Photography is a great thing to relieve stress and open your creative mind.
3.11.2012
I want one of my friends or me to win this camera. It’s awesome! THANKS FOR THE CHANCE.
3.15.2012
Where is the actual entry form. I can not find it on this site or the facebook site?
3.16.2012
Brooke, the entry form is on our facebook page, you will have to ‘like’ us first, and then click on the ‘D800 giveaway’ tab under our profile pic.
3.19.2012
Really guys,Its a give away, doesnt cost Just sign up and hope you win the awesome camera!
3.20.2012
I hate these contest that require us to involve our friends or do surveys that require purchase of any amount of money. I also tried to unlike the page but cant seem to get it off my feed. I want a fair shot. Not do your advertising for you. Get it right which would then be fair.
3.21.2012
Metalissa, you have to unsubscribe from the feed on Facebook after you unlike a page. The only way I can see to do this is to “Like” the page again, then hover over that “Liked” button and a menu will show up that has a check mark next to “Show in New Feed.” Click on that, and it will be unchecked. Then you can unlike the page again.
As for advertising, that’s kind of the point of this whole thing, that Pictureline gets more customers to whom they can advertise. All they have to do to make it “legal” is indicate that no purchase is necessary. And it’s true, you don’t have to buy anything, but they are well within their rights to ask that you “like” their page on Facebook to do it
(Please note, I am not a Pictureline employee, nor are they paying me in any way *lol*)
3.21.2012
Hoping for the best
3.21.2012
I have had friends enter but for some reason my extra entries has a big zero on my referrals. I use the link it gives me but still remains a zero. That has made it a bit confusing and frustrating entering this contest. Am I doing something wrong? I doubt that my friend will re-enter once I find out what the problem may be but at least I asked right. BTW awesome giveaway. Great camera to win especially starting my own business. I rely on my old school camera the D5000. I love it but I know I should upgrade soon.
3.21.2012
Would love a new camera!!!
3.21.2012
I cant wait any longer… PLEASE!!! I so want to win this camera or any other gift! Thank you so much!
3.21.2012
Hey Pictureline!!
This is the camera of my dreams! It would be a huge blessing to own this camera! SO much good in the world to photograph! Sending positive energy out in the universe. Please pick my name.
Your store and staff are fabulous!
Much Grass!
-Kayleen Feil
3.22.2012
Good luck everyone! It’s almost time to find out who won. I wish everyone could win, but since only one person will win I hope it’s me :- )
Highly unlikley I will win since I only have a few point in the system. However, there is always a chance.
3.23.2012
I would love to win
Thanks
3.24.2012
I love all the posts from people stating that they would love to win. Really?! You don’t say?! Did saying that help you to win? I’m betting the answer is “no.”