Posted by neil on 11/09/06 22:00

"P Pron" <paulatspambegone.pron@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4rh410Frbs88U1@mid.individual.net...
> This was an offer that ran last week in the Independent - collect three
> passwords from the paper, and a fourth one from their website, and choose
> one of *ten* World Cinema titles from Play.com.
>
> I did the necessary, and the "unique voucher code" necessary to place the
> order was sent by Play at 14.47 today.I clicked on the link just under an
> hour later, to find that there was only one title left - A Very Long
> Engagement (2 disc edition). I haven't seen it, and it's got Audrey Tautou
> in it, so I've ordered it.
>
> BUT I can't help wondering just how many copies they had of all the other
> titles, if they ran out so so quickly. Did anyone here actually get to
> choose between the ten titles specified in the original offer?
>
> Presumably the offer was intended to promote both the newspaper and
> Play.com, but I have to say that it hasn't had a particularly positive
> effect on my view of either....
>
> paul
>
> PS The full original list was Hotel Rwanda; Jean De Florette; Manon Des
> Sources; A Very Long Engagement; Amores Perros; Crouching Tiger Hidden
> Dragon; Tsotsi; Fitzcarraldo; Breathless; Amelie
>


I was also sent the wrong code "token" and when I finally got the proper one
there was one film left but I already had Fitzcarraldo in my basket, I
wonder if i will get it.

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