MacGrab.com

January 7, 2006 · 19 comments

I just found a great site called MacGrab that lets you enter a simple contest every 4 minutes and have the opportunity of winning two great mac applications; AppZapper and Menuet. Once you give it your email and name it will start a timer, but you need to stay by your computer because it will ask you whether you want to have a chance at winning AppZapper or Menuet. I think you have a change to win iClip as well, but it might be randomly. If you don’t win the first time, it submits you to the next round to win again. I suggest playing on off-peak hours. That being said, I just won licenses to both applications within 10 minutes of entering. Great stuff, definitely worth a try if you’ve got a Mac.

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1 William Pramana January 7, 2006 at 8:56 pm

I won a license for AppZapper, but the license key I received is invalid.

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2 Paul Stamatiou January 7, 2006 at 8:57 pm

Really? I have yet to test it out because my mac isn’t with me right now. But that would be a shame if it doesn’t work.

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3 Jeff Smith January 7, 2006 at 8:59 pm

I have the same problem with mine. Not to mention the fact that the serial number looks like it might be a joke…

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4 William Pramana January 7, 2006 at 9:03 pm

I won the license for both app, the serial for both app is B0GU5-S3R1AL-NUMB3R.

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5 Paul Stamatiou January 7, 2006 at 9:06 pm

That’s the same one I got… ugh that’s lame. Sorry guys.

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6 Jeff Smith January 7, 2006 at 9:09 pm

No worries, pretty bad marketing idea if that’s what it is though. Not to mention that they list MacAddict and MacUpdate as partners.

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7 Jeff Smith January 7, 2006 at 9:11 pm

Sweet! Two bogus copies of Menuet!

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8 cavemonkey50 January 7, 2006 at 9:13 pm

Yeah, I’ve been on their site now since you posted this article and the same four people keep on winning. Two in the one round, then the other two win the next, and it repeats. This is very, very fake. Grr, well the things that appear too good to be true usually are.

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9 MarkMS January 7, 2006 at 9:34 pm

Yeah, I thought something was fishy when I wanted to learn more about “menuet” but the website was under construction. Searched Yahoo, Google, Version Tracker and Macupdate for that app and had no luck. I hope my email address is not used for spam! Their “Terms Of Use” and “Official Rules” page are down. I should have known!!! *kicks himself*

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10 cavemonkey50 January 7, 2006 at 9:37 pm

I do have to say one thing. For a fake site, they have some cool flash, and apparently a very good backend for sending out the fake serial.

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11 Dennis January 7, 2006 at 10:51 pm

I won both applications and was given the same key as you guys. Bummer!

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12 sean January 7, 2006 at 11:20 pm

Hey guys, just thought I would clear this up…..

http://www.macthemesforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=2746&highlight=macgrab

Licences went live for a little over an hour then were switched back over to the fake ones. And if you’re curious….. yep, I won them both. :) )P

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13 Brian January 8, 2006 at 1:55 am

Hi All,

I don’t know how this site leaked out. We’re currently testing it. The contest will become live on Tuesday the 10th at 9:00 am.

From that point, we’ll be having a give-away every 5 minutes during Macworld Expo show hours. So, from 9:00 am PST to 5:00 pm PST.

If you do that math, it’s almost 400 registrations per application that we’ll be giving away.

Sorry for any inconvenience if you won (before you could)!

But stay tuned, those who know about it first will have a better chance I would imagine.

Kind regards,

Brian Ball
AppZapper.com
MacGrab.com (starting Jan 10 at 9:00 am PST that is)

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14 Brian January 8, 2006 at 1:58 am

One more thing,

Menuet has not even launched yet and may be why you can’t find it!

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15 Josue Salazar January 8, 2006 at 2:29 am

Brian, now with that note on the top of the page, we know it’s not working just yet.

Maybe you should email those of us who won a Bogus Serial Number with a valid one? :)

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16 Paul Stamatiou January 8, 2006 at 2:44 am

Thanks for clearing things up Brian. I hope the contest does well. Even if I don’t win a copy of AppZapper I’ll likely purchase it; it’s a fantastic little app you’ve got there.

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17 BlogContestSite.com January 8, 2006 at 5:50 am

Hey..this is cool! Thanks for the tip.
jane

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18 Paul Stamatiou January 10, 2006 at 5:02 pm

I just won a copy of AppZapper (legit serial). Great stuff. Now I’m trying to get Menuet.

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19 Redscowl Bluesingsky January 16, 2006 at 1:49 pm

I entered and won once, but I think it’s useless applications…

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