We have our first winner to cross 100:

@kareem40 (67 posts since contest start, 111 combined thanks)

The next four are in a tight race, good luck to all!

Mike

This is fantastic. Thank you Mike. I need a new fancy mouse

There is tons of value here, with or without prizes.

Kareem

We will send the gift cards all at once when all five pass the 100 threshold, so hang on a few more days

Mike

Tip Announcing more prizes! This is just a little bit more of what we're giving away -- in total, more than $18,000 of prizes in total as part of our 10-year celebration!

The first five members beginning NOW Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US that write new posts that meet the following conditions below, will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card:

a) Only posts created after now (see the time of this post) will count.
b) Your new posts must receive 100 or more "thanks" combined
c) The thanks received count is cumulative -- multiple posts count cumulatively, so write several!

Notes:
a) Your post can be in any section of the forum except the Off-Topic, Tech Support and Jokes forum.
b) Site sponsors, vendors and moderators are excluded from consideration.
c) In the event of a tied number of thanks, the member who has the most "thanks received" overall in their user profile will be the winner
d) Winners of past "10-year thanks contest" events will be excluded, to give everyone a fair chance

Important Tip:
You can write multiple posts. All posts after Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US will be considered, not just your first one.

Write high quality posts to receive more thanks/appreciation from members!

First five members who hit this will each get a $50 Amazon Gift Card!

Let the race begin! I'll post regular updates to this thread letting everyone know where they stand in the contest.

Mike

This is fantastic. Thank you Mike. I need a new fancy mouse

There is tons of value here, with or without prizes.

Kareem

Tip Announcing more prizes! This is just a little bit more of what we're giving away -- in total, more than $18,000 of prizes in total as part of our 10-year celebration!

The first five members beginning NOW Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US that write new posts that meet the following conditions below, will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card:

a) Only posts created after now (see the time of this post) will count.
b) Your new posts must receive 100 or more "thanks" combined
c) The thanks received count is cumulative -- multiple posts count cumulatively, so write several!

Notes:
a) Your post can be in any section of the forum except the Off-Topic, Tech Support and Jokes forum.
b) Site sponsors, vendors and moderators are excluded from consideration.
c) In the event of a tied number of thanks, the member who has the most "thanks received" overall in their user profile will be the winner
d) Winners of past "10-year thanks contest" events will be excluded, to give everyone a fair chance

Important Tip:
You can write multiple posts. All posts after Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US will be considered, not just your first one.

Write high quality posts to receive more thanks/appreciation from members!

First five members who hit this will each get a $50 Amazon Gift Card!

Let the race begin! I'll post regular updates to this thread letting everyone know where they stand in the contest.

Mike

Tip Announcing more prizes! This is just a little bit more of what we're giving away -- in total, more than $18,000 of prizes in total as part of our 10-year celebration!

The first five members beginning NOW Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US that write new posts that meet the following conditions below, will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card:

a) Only posts created after now (see the time of this post) will count.
b) Your new posts must receive 100 or more "thanks" combined
c) The thanks received count is cumulative -- multiple posts count cumulatively, so write several!

Notes:
a) Your post can be in any section of the forum except the Off-Topic, Tech Support and Jokes forum.
b) Site sponsors, vendors and moderators are excluded from consideration.
c) In the event of a tied number of thanks, the member who has the most "thanks received" overall in their user profile will be the winner
d) Winners of past "10-year thanks contest" events will be excluded, to give everyone a fair chance

Important Tip:
You can write multiple posts. All posts after Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US will be considered, not just your first one.

Write high quality posts to receive more thanks/appreciation from members!

First five members who hit this will each get a $50 Amazon Gift Card!

Let the race begin! I'll post regular updates to this thread letting everyone know where they stand in the contest.

Mike

Update day 11 (was out yesterday):

Username, (number of posts / number of thanks)
@kareem40 (125 posts since contest start, 219 combined thanks) --- View kareem40's thanked posts
@NW Trader (39 posts since contest start, 119 combined thanks) --- View NW Trader's thanked posts
@Silver Dragon (26 posts since contest start, 105 combined thanks) --- View Silver Dragon's thanked posts
@mtzimmer1 (34 posts since contest start, 104 combined thanks) --- View mtzimmer1's thanked posts
@MiniP (33 posts since contest start, 89 combined thanks) --- View MiniP's thanked posts
@DavidHP (30 posts since contest start, 67 combined thanks) --- View DavidHP's thanked posts
@Massive l (8 posts since contest start, 58 combined thanks) --- View Massive l's thanked posts
@Rrrracer (16 posts since contest start, 56 combined thanks) --- View Rrrracer's thanked posts
@OldGerman (13 posts since contest start, 51 combined thanks) --- View OldGerman's thanked posts
@reno57540 (24 posts since contest start, 50 combined thanks) --- View reno57540's thanked posts

Mike

Wow! Thanks again to Big Mike for the prizes and for keeping this community going for 10 years — so far!!

So we have four out of five winners:

@kareem40, @NW Trader, @Silver Dragon, @mtzimmer1

Once the fifth winner crosses 100, I'll award all the prizes!

Mike

Tip Announcing more prizes! This is just a little bit more of what we're giving away -- in total, more than $18,000 of prizes in total as part of our 10-year celebration!

The first five members beginning NOW Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US that write new posts that meet the following conditions below, will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card:

a) Only posts created after now (see the time of this post) will count.
b) Your new posts must receive 100 or more "thanks" combined
c) The thanks received count is cumulative -- multiple posts count cumulatively, so write several!

Notes:
a) Your post can be in any section of the forum except the Off-Topic, Tech Support and Jokes forum.
b) Site sponsors, vendors and moderators are excluded from consideration.
c) In the event of a tied number of thanks, the member who has the most "thanks received" overall in their user profile will be the winner
d) Winners of past "10-year thanks contest" events will be excluded, to give everyone a fair chance

Important Tip:
You can write multiple posts. All posts after Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US will be considered, not just your first one.

Write high quality posts to receive more thanks/appreciation from members!

First five members who hit this will each get a $50 Amazon Gift Card!

Let the race begin! I'll post regular updates to this thread letting everyone know where they stand in the contest.

Mike

Day 12, we have our five winners:

Username, (number of posts / number of thanks)
@kareem40 (145 posts since contest start, 259 combined thanks) --- View kareem40's thanked posts
@NW Trader (44 posts since contest start, 132 combined thanks) --- View NW Trader's thanked posts
@MiniP (43 posts since contest start, 121 combined thanks) --- View MiniP's thanked posts
@mtzimmer1 (38 posts since contest start, 117 combined thanks) --- View mtzimmer1's thanked posts
@Silver Dragon (28 posts since contest start, 113 combined thanks) --- View Silver Dragon's thanked posts

Congrats to the five winners of this contest! I'll be in touch shortly to deliver the gift cards.

Everyone, there are still thousands of dollars of prizes up for grabs. Many will be given away randomly based on your posts in this thread where you share your story, see post #2 for details.

Mike

Congrats to the five winners of this contest! I'll be in touch shortly to deliver the gift cards.

Everyone, there are still thousands of dollars of prizes up for grabs. Many will be given away randomly based on your posts in this thread where you share your story, see post #2 for details.

Mike

@Big Mike

Thanks for the gift card!! Just used it to get some goodies for my new phone

Thanks again!!

-P