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Look What FedEx Dropped Off

written by John Chow on December 7, 2008

While I was out for lunch on Friday, the FedEx man tried to drop off a package. Since I wasn’t home, he left a doorknocker to let me know that he’ll be back on Monday to try and deliver it.

I didn’t want to wait over the weekend to find out what got sent to me. This being the holiday, I figure it was some nice gift from a manufacturer or sponsor. Fortunately, the FedEx office is only about 10 minutes from my place. So instead of waiting over the weekend, I just waited until 5:30PM and then drove to the FedEx warehouse at YVR to get the package. Those who were following me on Twitter will already know what was in the package. Those who were not following me can find out by watching this video.

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

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{ 49 comments }

Get this Product December 7, 2008 at 8:54 pm

Sweet. Nothing better than when the cash arrives :) Can’t wait to see if I win!!

Chris Jacobson December 7, 2008 at 9:02 pm

Looking forward to the drawing for this contest! w00t!

Ben Pei December 8, 2008 at 3:43 am

Yeah me too!!!

Trevor December 8, 2008 at 7:31 am

Wow, this is crazyy. Who’ll win!

Quality landing pages December 8, 2008 at 12:25 pm

Niice. I could use that 1k!

Steven-Sanders December 7, 2008 at 9:27 pm

Cash is always good.

I hope the best person wins the money!

Everyone who participated deserves it though.

Azmi December 7, 2008 at 10:03 pm

But most people wouldn’t want to give $5,000 grand to charity.

John Chow December 7, 2008 at 10:40 pm

That’s why most people are not rich.

Li Weng December 7, 2008 at 10:45 pm

Awesome! Give and you shall receive.

Azmi December 7, 2008 at 11:02 pm

very true ‘giving is receiving’

Takumi86 December 8, 2008 at 6:37 am

If there is any person like that, then you can called it Scammer

ATLANTA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER December 8, 2008 at 10:05 am

Your lifestyle will determine the network of people you’ll be around. If you give money away and are willing to show that you are thankful and humble with what you have then those types of people will be drawn to you and you will be drawn to them. If you hang with people who are generous then they of course will be generous to you

ZK@internet Marketing Blog December 8, 2008 at 2:26 pm

well said…pay it forward

GM Worker December 8, 2008 at 4:00 pm

sort of an azzhole comment to make. we are heading into a very difficult economic climate. you may lose everything you have, lose the cockiness.

blogmerchant December 8, 2008 at 8:33 am

Nice, I already know what I’m spending it on :)

Writers Needed- No Experience Required- Make $250/hr December 9, 2008 at 2:19 pm

whoa…where do I sign up…i already have my charitable event i want to donate too.

TechZoomIn December 7, 2008 at 9:05 pm

Hope that cheque will be mine :)

Cupid Blogger December 7, 2008 at 9:38 pm

That is cool..Cash is definitely good…that is really the dot com mogul dream…hehee

It is a good contest where i can make money and also can give it charity…i want it…law of attraction….

BillyWarhol December 7, 2008 at 9:42 pm

Xmas came Early!! ;) ) Good Luck Everyone********* Peace*

Azmi December 7, 2008 at 9:59 pm

Oh wow! 6K! Congrats John, money just pours in to your pockets.

Azmi December 7, 2008 at 10:01 pm

I typed my last comment before seeing the entire video. But anyways just getting this check boosts your popularity even more so congrats.

Azmi December 7, 2008 at 10:02 pm

John also, I’m eagerly waiting on the post for November’s Income. I can’t wait for that post.

Li Weng December 8, 2008 at 2:19 am

Just curious.. Why are you so keen on getting this? Does it give you motivation?

SATA December 7, 2008 at 10:40 pm

Well worth that 10 minute drive to FedEx……

MoneyBlog December 7, 2008 at 10:47 pm

That is great

John Creek December 8, 2008 at 12:05 am

Yeah John!!!!

1000 $ for a new macbook!

Laura-Whateverebay December 8, 2008 at 12:21 am

How cool! Many bloggers are having contest now, but this is the best one! I have two charities already in mind!!

The Freelance Cartoonist December 8, 2008 at 2:02 am

Okay, I’m entering the contest.

Business Minder December 8, 2008 at 2:57 am

Excellent idea :) Cheers

Make money online December 8, 2008 at 3:07 am

cool man, that’s gr8.. why only you get such big checks ? :D

Ben Pei December 8, 2008 at 3:42 am

Sounds like a surprise!

Ganesh - Online Bull December 8, 2008 at 4:24 am

Good thing Chow. I wouldn’t mind getting a surprise like this too.

BusinessX December 8, 2008 at 4:32 am

John Chow shows the best use of videos in his blog. He built curiosity leading people to the video and then reinforced the xr.com contest. With his video posts of Pho, blogging posts, UGM, Vancouver happenings, he provides a lot content from life. I guess that is the dotcom lifestyle. A lot to be learned here.

Li Weng December 8, 2008 at 4:53 am

Sure thing. You can learn so much about content creation, more precisely, creating content that just gets a lot of traffic from this blog. The man sure is at the forefront of all this stuff.

Pheak.T December 8, 2008 at 7:48 am

John you the man, i started following your blog because of how interesting some things is coming from you. good luck to everyone who enters!

also john i noticed in the video you rocking a high top, taking it back i see =P

Nick Throlson December 8, 2008 at 8:10 am

John thats great that your doing this I’m sure charity’s all over the world would love to have the money giving back always lies in the success area

affiliate secrets December 8, 2008 at 8:48 am

Hmmm… How` bout buying the newest iMac ? :)

Ann Warner December 8, 2008 at 9:01 am

awesome!
:)

TYCP Entertainment Magazine December 8, 2008 at 9:37 pm

What a nice amount of money!

uwak December 10, 2008 at 9:02 pm

congrats….very big package…great result

artakus December 12, 2008 at 12:54 am

cool john!

game-girl December 13, 2008 at 4:20 am

The money looks pretty. The banknotes are always very photogenic! Foreshortening is very impressive. Looking at photos of cash is useful for health.

game-girl December 14, 2008 at 4:46 am

Atlanta wedding photographer says as s great phylosophy professor. I agree people around is a reflection of yours, the mirror in which you see your own ”face”. The wisdom is easy to realize. Thank you.

game-girl December 15, 2008 at 5:15 am

To GM worker. To my mind our losts don’t depend on our cockiness. They are connected with the feeling of fear and anticipations of bad happening. Losing and receiving are the two sides of one process called ”the life”

game-girl December 18, 2008 at 3:37 am

$5000 is a pretty sum of money for charity. I hope John will tell us what it would be spend on. Kind thoughts fill your mind and make you happy.

game-girl December 19, 2008 at 4:09 am

I’ll be happy for the winner.It doesn’t look like inthe famous song ”The winner takes it all, the loser standihg small”. In the case the winner takes quite enough, feels happy,has got congratulations and no losres at all. on the contrary all the people dealing with it are happy. Thank you.

game-girl December 22, 2008 at 4:05 am

John has been always sharing progressive ideas. He tries to touch upon human souls. He’ll manage it all right.

Seo Creations December 11, 2008 at 5:40 am

No, that is not work everyone

ATLANTA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER December 11, 2008 at 2:53 pm

I know it took some time but I just signed on up. pick me pick me