"Missing Droid X Real-World Give-Away" Contest (1st Post:Updated)

[mahers]

I will be out in your area today. Gotta stop by Fry's to pick up a few things

Few blocks away from me. I work across the street from the Sports Authority and Sam's Club!

 

[cg06]

nice thought there, but #13 pretty solidly references near canadian border, and ny 13 is in brooklyn

EOT Canada is a business dealing in the Arthritis Specialists industry. EOT Canada is located in Brooklyn, NY on 55 Washington Street.
Yeah its a stretch. And the SF thing is off too.

 

[mahers]

Yeah well my wife gets my money.. I gotta buy her one now at full price...I didn't really even want it for me...encrypted bootloader and all. But my wife would have loved it

 

[potterdood]

what if 1 of the reps created a page here and gave their "thoughts" which would lead 1 of us to it, just dreaming!

 

[jr0065]

What an unproductive day ..
Both due to the fact that no Droid X was found
AND
due to keeping up to date on this thread I have done minimal work today.

 

[zane!]

what if 1 of the reps created a page here and gave their "thoughts" which would lead 1 of us to it, just dreaming!

Most of us agree that the reps are completely out of the loop on this whole promotion. Probably ran by a 3rd party advertising firm.

 

[jasonh]

what an unproductive day ..
Both due to the fact that no droid x was found
and
due to keeping up to date on this thread i have done minimal work today.

qft

 

[beerhound]

Then I quit, cuz by then, it will be the 15th and we can all be done with this nonsense and buy one. Unless, of course, they send like 10+ tweets a day for the next several days, becasue that's what it will take at this rate.

Sadly, I think that is how it is going to turn out. I was pulling for you and Morbid to find them, but I must be a pessimist because I'm just seeing this as a marketing stunt instead of a giveaway for the "true" droid x fans.

Cleveland is ~225 miles away, I won't be making that trip no matter what clues they post. I do hope I can contribute to someone else finding a free droid x, but I'm skeptical about how early any of us are going to be holding our new phones.

 

[turboxtofu44]

Damn this thread is moving fast, so not sure if someone mentioned this but:

Based on the latest clue, it says "Back to the east coast for a Droid designate #21 sighting. Tell the family you’ll be late." Seems to imply that the previous one, #18 (interstate 80 clue), is in the west of midwest lol. I guess that at least narrows down to 1/2-1/3 of the nation?

 

[arcturussage]

I'm convinced they haven't placed the phones yet.

In fact, I don't even think they know WHERE they're going to put the phones. They're just waiting to see what people guess and will eventually use those guesses to pick locations.

 

[potterdood]

Most of us agree that the reps are completely out of the loop on this whole promotion. Probably ran by a 3rd party advertising firm.

yeah I agree with that too, I didn't mean a vzw rep, I just meant someone affiliated with the marketing company that is leading us on...lol

 

[mahers]

WOOP,

Is there any way to see how many people have posted to this thread? What if we all protest VZW stringing us along and boycott this stupid phone! We will put such a dent into them via bad PR that they'd have to give us all a free phone for being sucker punched into believing free phones actually existed!!!

 

[jradicle11]

WOOP,

Is there any way to see how many people have posted to this thread? What if we all protest VZW stringing us along and boycott this stupid phone! We will put such a dent into them via bad PR that they'd have to give us all a free phone for being sucker punched into believing free phones actually existed!!!

Because the phone is amazing? They didn't have to do this little hunt.

 

[woop]

WOOP,

Is there any way to see how many people have posted to this thread? What if we all protest VZW stringing us along and boycott this stupid phone! We will put such a dent into them via bad PR that they'd have to give us all a free phone for being sucker punched into believing free phones actually existed!!!

Haha, unfortunately there is not.

 

[beerhound]

looking at all the consolidated hints on the first page, i'm definitely thinking that when they are found it is going to have something to do with the red droid eye...so far it's been the whole ad campaign for the phone...other than that i've got nothing...morbid you should try that place on nebraska ave that joelr was talking about if you are still over there

Yes. I've been leaning that way for awhile. I think the "you'll know it when you see it" and "hey look at that" clues are referring to the droid eye on the live wall paper in all the screen shots. Add that to all the HDMI references and I still think we are going to see that red eye on a HD display or maybe something as large as a jumbotron display at some sports venue.

 

[jr0065]

WOOP,

What if we all protest VZW stringing us along and boycott this stupid phone!

whoa, whoa! .. That's crazy talk. I will still be at the VZW store next week to get mine. (That is if I haven't found #6 by then )

 

[jmnelson419]

what an unproductive day ..
Both due to the fact that no droid x was found
and
due to keeping up to date on this thread i have done minimal work today.

ditto

 

[zane!]

yeah I agree with that too, I didn't mean a vzw rep, I just meant someone affiliated with the marketing company that is leading us on...lol

Ah, I see. We should "find" one of them and "convince" them to tell us the locations of the phones.

WOOP,

Is there any way to see how many people have posted to this thread? What if we all protest VZW stringing us along and boycott this stupid phone! We will put such a dent into them via bad PR that they'd have to give us all a free phone for being sucker punched into believing free phones actually existed!!!

If they were really stringing us along they would be doing a lot more damage than good with this campaign. It would make most national news sites and every tech sites headlines. I doubt they'd risk that.

Also, remember some of the first clues: "REPORT: Surveillance confirms all Droid X have dispersed. Each one is in a separate site." and "The missing Droid X phones aren’t going anywhere else. Unless someone finds them before you.". There is no way to read these in any other way except that the phones are out there, waiting to be found. Unless that are blatantly lying to us.

 

[mahers]

whoa, whoa! .. That's crazy talk. I will still be at the VZW store next week to get mine. (That is if I haven't found #6 by then )

I know, I know. Dammit, I tried.

 

[woop]

Few blocks away from me. I work across the street from the Sports Authority and Sam's Club!

Trader Joes?

Also, remember some of the first clues: "REPORT: Surveillance confirms all Droid X have dispersed. Each one is in a separate site." and "The missing Droid X phones aren

 

[morbid_realities]

Hell we had fun thinking of doing the geocaching thing now. My 6 year old had a blast

 

[woop]

Hell we had fun thinking of doing the geocaching thing now. My 6 year old had a blast

Glad something positive came out of your adventures.

 

[mahers]

Trader Joes?

Ha! Nope. In the offices across from TJs and Sports Authority at Concord Airport Plaza. You mentioned you were in Concord a lot, do you work out here?

 

[arcturussage]

Take a look at this new just posted on Droid Life

Random DROID X Orders Arriving Early? - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

 

[woop]

Ha! Nope. In the offices across from TJs and Sports Authority at Concord Airport Plaza. You mentioned you were in Concord a lot, do you work out here?

I actually work in San Francisco (financial district/downtown area though, so I'm a bit out from Lombard. Otherwise I'd go there everyday on my lunch break lol). I live in the east bay and enjoy going out to eat or shop in the Concord/Walnut Creek area