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09-16-2018, 12:16 AM
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Brandon Aldridge baldridge exotics/Powder Blue Exotics contest scam for followers???
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09-16-2018, 07:01 AM
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Neither of those business names brings up anything on a FB search.
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09-16-2018, 08:53 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PowderBlueTegus
*Giveaway* Decided I’m gonna do a giveaway. The winner will receive a 100% het albino Blue Ice Tegu for free (just pay shipping). To enter you must follow my instagram @baldridgeexotics , and comment done with your Instagram name once you’ve completed those steps. The parents are posted below. It starts today, and the deadline to enter is September 12th.
@baldridgeexotics @baldridgeexotics
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So who is the winner? Was there in fact a winner?
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09-16-2018, 09:01 AM
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This is what I found on Facebook I screenshot most of the writing and skipped the gifs
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09-16-2018, 09:03 AM
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Some of them
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09-16-2018, 09:04 AM
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#6
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The last two
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09-16-2018, 09:06 AM
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#7
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From Instagram Community Guidelines
Foster meaningful and genuine interactions.
Help us stay spam-free by not artificially collecting likes, followers, or shares, posting repetitive comments or content, or repeatedly contacting people for commercial purposes without their consent.
https://help.instagram.com/contact/3...f=page_content
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09-16-2018, 09:07 AM
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#8
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And I agree this was a horribly run contest, if not a scam. No mention of even having a Facebook entry list as well as this website or never making it clear who won.
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09-16-2018, 09:25 AM
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I think that if someone takes part in a large contest like this, the handling of the contest itself becomes an advertisement for the businesses involved. There was a recent very large BOI thread on a different tegu contest and in my opinion one of the parties injured his own reputation by the way he handled the issues.
Here, not announcing the winners, not thanking the contestants for their time, sends a red flag. I'm left wondering where the winner was valid or whether this was all a setup. Had I taken the time to go follow on Instagram and then be let down like this, I might go to the link I posted above and let Instagram investigate.
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