Phew! We made it! Do you have any idea how hard it was yesterday to NOT ask everyone who came in the door if they were hopping?
So, here's what happens next.
May 9th - Deadline for passports to arrive at Mariner's Compass in Bath. All the info is on the passport. Shops are also sending all the chauffeur slips from their shops to MCQS.
May 13th - The Shop Hop committee will meet and draw the winners. Since there has been some confusion, I want to outline how that will work. If you visited ALL 37 shops, your name goes into the first drawing. Whoever wins the GRAND PRIZE is no longer eligible for other remaining prizes. Everyone else is. At that point, we add the names for the next tier of prizes. Those winners are not eligible for other remaining prizes, but everyone else it. And so on. After all the tiers are gone through, we will pull for the gift certificates and then the sponsor gift baskets. There will also be one Children's Prize.
We have 37 shop donated prizes, 37 shop gift certificates for $50 each AND a nice selection of sponsor gift baskets (still not sure how many we'll have...).
Winners of tangible items will be notified BY MAIL. You will receive a Prize Claim Certificate stating what item you've won and where you can get it. Prizes must be picked up in person by June 29, 2013. Please present your prize claim certificate when picking up your prize. All shops will know the name of their prize winner. Gift certificate winners will receive their gift certificates by mail.
Please keep in mind that the drawing of prizes and notification process does not happen in ten minutes. This will be a day, if not days, long process. DO NOT call on May 14th to find out if you won. Even if you did, I won't tell you. This is not meant to be rude or unprofessional, just realistic!
From what I've heard from hoppers and shop owners, this was the best hop yet. As I've said before, without hoppers, there is no hop. So thankyou, again, to everyone who participated. See you in 2014.
GOOD LUCK!
Thank you! This was a fabulous experience. This comes from someone who did this for the first time. There were 4 of us, 3 of which did all 37 shops. Very well done to all involved!
ReplyDeleteIt was a great hop and my thanks to all the shops that participated and for the organizers who did a great job. Well done.
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