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$6,000 Contest from John Chow and XR.com

written by John Chow on November 24th, 2008

Boy! Have I got a contest for you! After I donated the $5,000 that XR.com sent me, Richard Lau asked me if I would like to do the same thing for a reader? With that, I would like to present the $6,000 Christmas Contest!

The winner will received $5,000 for the charity of their choice plus an additional $1,000 so they can buy something nice for the holidays.

That’s right! $6,000 of pure cash! None of this crap about winning something that’s “valued” at $6,000. To enter the contest, you need to sign up for an account at XR.com. Then you need to write a blog post about it. The post should link back to this contest, include the name of the charity you’re playing for, what you’ll do with the extra $1,000, and a review of XR.com. Richard asked that you link to XR.com using the keyword Tiny URL because that’s what they create. However, you are free to use whatever descriptive keyword you think fits them. Here’s an example.

John Chow is holding a new contest to give away $6,000 in CASH! $5,000 would go to the charity of your choice and $1,000 will go to you to spend however you want. If I win, I would give the $5K to [insert charity] and I would put the $1,000 into [a big party! Or whatever].

The contest is being sponsored by XR.com. XR.com is a tiny url service that [insert the rest of the review]. Sign up for an account and check it out!

Once your post is ready, send a trackback to this post. If you link to this post, the trackback should send automatically. If it doesn’t go, then enter the URL to your post in the comments. The deadline for entry is December 24. Winner will be drawn on December 27 at the last Dot Com Pho of 2008.

This is your chance to win big for your favorite charity and win big for yourself. I’m looking forward to reading the entries and discovering all the great charities out there. Good luck and enter now!

Rich Chick said on November 24th, 2008 at 10:37 am

That’s so decent of him! Good luck to everyone participating, I think I’ll sit this one out :)

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Free Web Hosting said on November 24th, 2008 at 11:04 am

How about $5k for us $1k for the charitites?

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John Chow said on November 24th, 2008 at 11:07 am

Why stop there? Why not all for you and nothing for the charities? Please study the concept, “Give and you shall receive” if you don’t understand.

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Colin Klinkert said on November 24th, 2008 at 11:15 am

Yeah its a good ratio and well worth entering, just for the charity alone, lets alone the pretty good prize money to the winner in cash

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how to cure acne said on November 24th, 2008 at 11:19 am

That is extremely generous of him! It is so awesome to know their are people like this out there.

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Wesley Novack said on December 8th, 2008 at 1:01 pm

Doesn’t look like I posted a trackback, so I’ll post my contest entry link here: http://webchief.blogspot.com/2008/12/6000-contest.html

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Ritesh said on November 24th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

I give, and I am not expecting anything in return.
I’ve emailed you.
my best,
Ritesh

thebestDINNERintheworld.com

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Make money online said on November 24th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

very well said.. $1k is enough for that… i will participate for good cause…

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Mubin said on November 27th, 2008 at 4:56 am

Im sorry you took offense to my comment John, but is this the same person that promised the revenue to his “bloging experiment” to go to charities, but as soon as you started making some decent money decided against that?

Please get off your high horse.

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Study Babes said on November 24th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

lol i cant believe someone even said that

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Rowell said on November 24th, 2008 at 10:17 pm

I hope he meant it as a joke but still..

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Joe said on November 24th, 2008 at 10:33 pm

Yeaaa…. Yeaaa.. you guys are all saints. right.

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Faisal Anwar said on November 30th, 2008 at 8:16 am

wth, that would be good but this reward is for charity and I support whatever John’s doing. You go John!

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Eranda said on December 9th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

why don’t you bend over? :-)

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Taris J said on November 24th, 2008 at 11:45 am

Thats an excellent idea for a contest and a great Holiday idea!! I’ll have to put some thought into this one!! :)

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The History of Johnchow.com said on November 24th, 2008 at 1:52 pm

why sit this one out, its so easy to do. I’m getting started on mine now :)

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Ian Fernando said on November 24th, 2008 at 10:40 am

damn that is what is up john! giving to the holidays to a charity and cash for a fellow reader of yours! this is going to be a viral holiday!

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Pheak.T said on November 24th, 2008 at 10:44 am

what a deal, good advertising for xr.com as well.

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Anthony Carbone said on November 24th, 2008 at 10:44 am

Who gets the charitable tax write off receipt? XR.com or the winner?

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John Chow said on November 24th, 2008 at 10:54 am

It would depend. You can claim the tax receipt but then that $5,000 you donated will have to be claimed as income to you. The end result would be you owe money. If XR.com donate directly to the charity in your honor, they get the receipt but you don’t get the income hit. You will need to claim the $1,000 as income however.

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Chris said on November 27th, 2008 at 6:28 am

Does it really matter. Just as long as the money goes to help a good cause.

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Tim Jones said on November 24th, 2008 at 11:02 am

Going to write my post, now.

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No deposit bonus said on November 24th, 2008 at 11:03 am

Wow one of the coolers contests you’ve ever had John :)

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eric tan said on November 24th, 2008 at 11:05 am

Will participate… Awesome philantrophy day after shock

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Mike Panic said on November 24th, 2008 at 11:18 am
|1f34|-|1r3 said on November 24th, 2008 at 11:19 am

this is just great John..Just wait for the entry from me !

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steven wilson said on November 24th, 2008 at 11:37 am

Got the post up now John,and I am sure all the homeless animals over at the shelter will thank you if I win.

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James Wilcox said on November 24th, 2008 at 11:56 am

Perfect time for a charitible contest! I’m sure Habitat for Humanity will thank me when I win! :)

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Rowell said on November 24th, 2008 at 12:04 pm

A contest that does something great! $6k for a charity would absolutely be awesome, especially in these economic times. I’ll be participating and good luck to everyone else!

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phobos said on November 24th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

Count me in as well :) will post something later

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bz said on November 24th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Unique Blogger said on November 24th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

John you got my attention! I’m just wondering how will you pick the winner. Randomly choose from the candidate list or?

Regards

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John Chow said on November 24th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

Right now, it’s a random draw but that’s not written in stone yet.

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Unique Blogger said on November 24th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

Ok thanks for the answer. I’m just interesting if i have some chances.

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Freeman59 said on November 24th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Great idea ! I’m in on my blog : http://www.freeman59.fr/?p=3145

$5000 for les “Restos du coeur” great charity that give some food for all that live in the street (especially in this period)

$1000 for me for giving a contest on my blog ($250 reward) and $750 to buy a new camera and make some ads ;)

i’m linking here because the backlink don’t show automatically !

Julien

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Nick Throlson said on November 24th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

Going to post about it in couple days count me in on this

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ZK@Internet Marketing Blog said on November 24th, 2008 at 2:19 pm

I am blogging this….will send you the url

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DollarDevil said on November 24th, 2008 at 2:26 pm

I’m all about this contest. It’s too bad the contest doesn’t end sooner to make for an even better Christmas for some. It’s okay, I plan to review and post about XR.com in the coming days and will have a trackback link for you ready to go soon!

Regards.

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Kile Gates said on November 24th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

In case my Trackback didn’t work here is the link.
http://affiliateshowdown.com/john-chows-and-xrcom-generous-giveaway/

Thank you very much and you guys are a god send. Have a wonderful and Happy Holiday!

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IronBlogger - Blogging Tips and Tricks said on November 24th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

Very nice to see you donating to charity again. I’ve seen many bloggers getting into the habit of donating there extra earnings. This is a great habit and I love to see it.

Your a very big inspiration chow, keep it up.

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Snow said on November 24th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

wow, $6,000 is absolutely a cool prize! :)

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Affiliate Confession said on November 24th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

Nice, I’ll take some of that $1,000 and buy my wife an iPod for Christmas and give the $6,000 to uh…I’ll have to think about that, there’s lots of great things to give that kind of cash to in our area.

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John Chow said on November 24th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

$1,000 for an iPod? What’s it made of? Gold? :)

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T said on November 25th, 2008 at 1:05 am

In some countries in eastern Europe you can find an Ipod at even 1000$…. Stores around there are just ripping off people.

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Ryan McLean said on November 24th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

Hey John,
Thanks for the opportunity to do this. I claim this idea because I wrote this idea in the post where you said you received $5,000. I said you should make it a competition and give the readers a chance to win it. So I hope I win the competition.
Here is a link to my post http://www.smarterwealth.net/2008/11/win-6000-on-john-chow/ which will go live in about 14 hours.
I did everything you said…signed up for xr.com and posted about the competition so I really hope I win (I don’t often win competitions). Good luck to all (especially me)

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Play Games Win Prizes said on November 24th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

Talk about a high roller! :D

-Mike

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Shannon said on November 24th, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Wow What a wonderful gift for the holiday.

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gendut said on November 25th, 2008 at 12:03 am

great news and gift in year end of 2008

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WMW said on November 24th, 2008 at 4:36 pm

I think i’m going to give this one a try John, its for a good cause.

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Seo Creations said on November 24th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

Another $5k for charity is nice. Best of Luck for all them

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AffiliateObsession said on November 24th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

I just might take part in this excellent contest. Thanks again John!

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The Little League Coach said on November 24th, 2008 at 7:54 pm

I hope I win for the sake of the kids! Here is my post:

http://thelittleleaguecoach.com/i-am-going-to-win-6000-for-yssg/

And here is an article about the charity:

http://thelittleleaguecoach.com/my-life-just-changed-forever/

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Rowell said on November 24th, 2008 at 10:24 pm

I really wish I had $5k just lying around so I can give it to charity rather than trying to win. Even if I don’t win this contest I will donate as much as I can.

http://www.rowelldionicio.com/contests/john-chow-contest-wins-you-6k/

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jesse grant said on November 24th, 2008 at 10:40 pm

Thank John and Xr.com , here is the link where I did my contest entry linking back to both your sites . :P Good luck everyone

http://freewebsitecash.com/blog/post/2008/11/24/john-chow-contest.aspx

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Eman said on November 24th, 2008 at 11:12 pm

Great idea! And will participate.

Thank you.

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gendut said on November 25th, 2008 at 12:00 am

wow…..great challenge with ……great prize…..!!!!

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German Romance said on November 25th, 2008 at 12:28 am

Wow, it is just getting better all the time. Keep up the good work guys!

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Simon said on November 25th, 2008 at 12:37 am

Oi, John! I’m from New Zealand. Just letting you know that the NZD/USD exchange rate is looking pretty good at the moment. If you give the money to me and my charity, we could make it stretch a loooooooooooong way!

For those who want to know who my charity is: http://www.thoughtsfromdownunder.com/archive/2008/081125.shtml

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Ross "The Pit Boss" said on November 25th, 2008 at 1:20 am

Hey Moto - John!

Been following you on Twitter, and this caught my attention. This is indeed a worthy contest, and I’ll definitely enter it straight away. $5,000 to our favorite charity is very generous, and I’m sure whoever wins, their chosen charity will appreciate the extra cash.

On a side note, are you going be at Interop in Vegas this coming May? I’m gonna try to be there, and could use another dose of Moto Party Madness. ;-)

Ross (Tolemac on Twitter and at TTZ)

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shun2u said on November 25th, 2008 at 1:58 am

but the XR.com seems so simple..

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donsanchez said on November 25th, 2008 at 2:09 am

Should a little german boy like me try that too? Hmmmm…

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teens make money online said on November 25th, 2008 at 2:45 am

wow, this is a big amount. i’ll post about the contest after this. keep up the with the big prizes!

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jobucks said on November 25th, 2008 at 4:01 am

wow, $1000 dollars is enough for me to have a big party if I won

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Seo Creations said on November 26th, 2008 at 5:22 am

Have you written blog post yet?

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@seavista said on November 25th, 2008 at 7:04 am

Great contest..I love these types…everyone wins.

If you are looking for a great charity try:

http://autismspeaks.org

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TechZoomIn said on November 25th, 2008 at 8:34 am

Am into the contest!

Here is my post: http://www.techzoomin.com/yet-an-another-blog-contest-by-johnchow-of-worth-6k/

If i win the contest i will give $5k to Autismspeaks.org and will host a contest like this with the help of other $1k :)

That John for giving an opportunity to try my luck :)

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Erz said on November 25th, 2008 at 9:05 am

Here’s my entry:
http://blogwiz.info/index.php/2008/11/25/xrcom-john-chows-contest/

My account name at xr.com is blogga.

Thanks!

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Tanya (aka NetChick) said on November 25th, 2008 at 9:12 am

Hey John! I’ve blogged this… (I don’t think the trackback worked, so here’s the link: http://netchick.net/2008/11/25/wow-this-is-a-great-contest/)

Thanks! Best of luck to everyone!

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Jacob said on November 25th, 2008 at 10:08 am

Good luck to everyone participating! That is a lot of money for some Christmas fun, and also a good time to give to charity. :)

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Ian Evans said on November 25th, 2008 at 2:02 pm

John,

Having just lost a dear friend to heart disease my entry would send the whole $6000 to hear research at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. Here’s my url:

http://www.digitalhit.com/evansabove/archives/2008/11/25/xrcom-and-paying-it-forward or http://xr.com/7if

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annoyedtrader blog said on November 25th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

nice contest!

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rhyan said on November 25th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Trisha Lyn Fawver said on November 25th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

Great idea for a contest around the holidays John. My post is showing up in the trackbacks below and is also at http://www.trishalyn.com/2008/11/who-would-you-donate-5000-to/

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Crystal Groves said on November 25th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

Awesome idea, John. I should be in the trackbacks below, but a direct link is also here: http://crystal.earth-byte.com/john-chow-and-xrcom-donating-6000/

Yay for Charity :)

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Carl said on November 25th, 2008 at 7:30 pm

I don’t think the pingback went through.. so http://www.k-rad.hk/just-trying-to-win-some-money/

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BusinessX said on November 25th, 2008 at 10:39 pm

Great idea with the awesome charity give but some really decent cash also for the winner. Richard Lau is a great guy and hope XR.com works out for him.

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Media6 said on November 25th, 2008 at 11:36 pm

Is it possible for me to join?? I created my first very own customized website last may and I am getting visitors lately.. The purpose of the site is for me to practice coding..

Anyway, I really wanted to help the charity this Christmas especially the National Charity here in the Philippines..

I’ll post a comment here once my post is up..

Thanks for the oppurtunity

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dzerom said on November 25th, 2008 at 11:44 pm

i will join this cool contest to help other Filipinos…

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Desmond - DesmondBlog.com said on November 26th, 2008 at 1:46 am

I love such contest! Awesome!

Sent my trackback.

Thanks

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Nick Throlson said on November 26th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Film-Book dot Com said on November 26th, 2008 at 11:51 am

Very cool contest John. If I have the time, I will enter as well.

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HelloKit said on November 26th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

My Movable Type does not pick up your Trackback URL for some reason. Here’s my post:
http://www.confoozled.com/archives/six_thousand_cash_from_john_chow_and_xrcom.php

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indocontest said on November 26th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Dhyarga said on November 26th, 2008 at 7:14 pm

xr.com user id musyodik

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Media6 said on November 26th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Carey Suante said on November 26th, 2008 at 11:59 pm

Blogged:http://zoaw.blogspot.com/2008/11/john-chow-gives-away-6000-cash-if-i-win.html

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Wim said on November 27th, 2008 at 3:42 pm

John, is it ok if the article is in dutch?

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FreeMoneyMakerPlus said on November 27th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

I hope I win….

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MoneyBlog said on November 27th, 2008 at 4:26 pm

Great contest ! I’m in on my blog :http://afacereonline.ro/contest/john-chow-holding-contest-give/

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joanjoyce said on November 27th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Brad Burnie said on November 27th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Nilo said on November 27th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Nilo said on November 27th, 2008 at 7:24 pm

Please check my post, hope you like it http://xr.com/fds

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Media6 said on November 27th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

I used a self-programmed blog.. So it doesn’t do trackbacks.. Here’s the linkhttp://www.media6.co.cc/blog/10/Christmas-contest-from-John-Chow-and-XR.com.html…

Hope I win

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Media6 said on December 3rd, 2008 at 4:41 pm

Let me correct it. http://www.media6.co.cc

My user id in XR.com is ertaboy356b

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game-girl said on November 28th, 2008 at 12:25 am

The idea has a great spirituat value. It is vague what to do. What is the average salary now in the USA?

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gadis said on November 28th, 2008 at 3:43 am

wow, win 6,000 amazing

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Clarisse said on November 28th, 2008 at 3:48 am

This is a really nice contest. It’s a good way to help those people who really need the money. Here’s my post: http://such.dazzling-notes.info/2008/11/28/6000-contest-from-john-chow-and-xrcom/

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Dhadha said on November 28th, 2008 at 5:49 am