Tofugu Giveaway: Win $200 Of Flutterscape.com Goods

July 6, 2010 by Koichi

In the last couple months, we’ve done two Flutterscape.com giveaways. This is the third, last, and by far best in the series. You’ve gotten your hands on Cupmen and Midori Otoko, but now it’s time for you to choose what you want to win from the awesome Japanese products site.

Win What You Want

Flutterscape (if you haven’t figured it out by now) is a site that sells Japanese goods… with a twist. Regular people in Japan take pictures of items in their local area (at stores, and such), and then they put those pictures up on Flutterscape with a description, price, and so on. They buy the product from their local store when you pay for the item (your money goes to Flutterscape and is kept safe until Flutterscape gets the item to ship to you), and then you get the product a little bit later. Because of this business model, there are a ton of fun things on the site… which makes it hard for me to choose what I want to giveaway, and why I want you to choose for me.

Everyone has different things that they want, and everyone wants something ridiculous from Japan, so now’s your chance. You can choose ~$200 worth of goods from Flutterscape.com and win it (then get it shipped to your home).

How The Contest Works

This is a pretty high-prize contest, so the contest rules are a little more difficult (compared the the previous two).

You do have two choices, though. You can either write a blog post somewhere (I like WordPress, if you don’t have a blog right now and want to create one), or you can create a video and upload it to YouTube. Both have equal weight in terms of scoring, so choose the one you like most. Here’s how the contest works:

Go to Flutterscape.com and find approximately $200 worth of things you’d want to win. It can be whatever you want as long as it’s found on Flutterscape.
Write a blog post or make a video telling me why you want/deserve these things you picked out. Be creative!
In the blog post / in the YouTube description section, link to the items you talk about / want to win, so I can make sure they exist and you’re not making stuff up.
Send your entry to contests@tofugu.com. Contest ends July 21, 2010.

Scoring system is a combination of random and preference. I’m going to take my favorite blog posts and my favorite videos, and then I’ll probably amidakuji them to pick a random winner out of my favorite 6-8 entries.

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There you have it. ANYTHING YOU WANT. I’m really looking forward to seeing what you want. Feel free to link to your entries in the comments as well! Okay! Go ahead, get started! Questions? Pop them in the comments. So, what do you want to win?

P.S. If you like funny Japanese products, you should follow @flutterscape on Twitter.

About Koichi

Tries too hard to be a hoopy frood who knows where his towel's at. Wants to change the way people think about learning. Makes: Tofugu, TextFugu, and WaniKani. Follow him: @Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.

http://twitter.com/roflolmaomfg Christian Herrmann

Awesome contest!
Is this available for countries outside of the US? Like… for Germany? I mean the site itself AND the contest.
http://www.tofugu.com koichi

Yep, you should be all good!
http://twitter.com/roflolmaomfg Christian Herrmann

Awesome!
I'll start writing a blog post soon, then.
Edking96

Deserve to win? Damn, guess I'm out…
Chatmail54

look at this now i can be recording videos if i win! http://www.flutterscape.com/product/no/595
http://www.tofugu.com koichi

I don't know if ANYONE really “deserves” to win, though. I'm more interested in seeing what people do to make me THINK they deserve to win :P
http://www.tofugu.com koichi

haha! That's awesome! There was another neat spy-cam thing I found on Flutterscape earlier too, that I wanted to get. I think it was a button that recorded video. So many places that don't allow cameras that I really want to record….
http://www.facebook.com/people/Samantha-Mercado-Saballos/665700105 Samantha Mercado-Saballos

this feels like an essay.
hm.
this might take a while to write.
http://twitter.com/sayuri_09 amanda gannon

i was wondering,could u send me a link to where you want us to submit our post plz! caould u send it to me on youtube if u can

im sasukefreak12
http://twitter.com/sayuri_09 amanda gannon

also,i can use my xanga blog right? yes,i still use xanga lol
http://twitter.com/sayuri_09 amanda gannon

nvm
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http://www.senshuu.com senshuu

Agh, you're right. There are too many things on that site. Now I don't even know what I want.
Super fun awesome contest, btw.
http://www.senshuu.com senshuu

Oh yeah, had a question. What if the item on Flutterscape says “not currently available to buy”? Should I mention it anyway? So far the few things I've eyed say that. :C
http://www.facebook.com/Sekaikun Lawrence Chan

I love contests!
So i wanted to ask what about the shipping? should i include it in the 200 bucks?
erika

When is the deadline?
http://blog.rainbowhill.com.au/ Rainbowhill

Just a tip for those of you new to Flutterscape. If you can't find anything that you want browsing the site, jump in and make a request for something that you do want. Flutterscape's army of personal shoppers will rush out and often to compete to get it for you for the best price.
http://blog.rainbowhill.com.au/ Rainbowhill

If it's not currently available, you can ask the seller to re-list it. Or just post a request. A lot of things say that because after 12 days listed products automatically de-list. This is to protect both buyers and sellers, because you wouldn't want to order something that was no longer available. As a seller I wouldn't want anyone asking me for something I couldn't supply them with.
http://blog.rainbowhill.com.au/ Rainbowhill

Hi Erika, Contest ends July 21, 2010.
Brandon

According to your Youtube video you're supposed to be making more videos and blog posts since Tofugu, TextFugu, etc. is now a full time job for you. I can't help but to notice that it has been three days since you have made either! I can't speak for TextFugu since I am not a member [very unfortunately]. Can't quite afford the prices at the moment. =[

Lol. I'm just kidding, keep doing [more of] what you're doing. I love this site. =]
http://www.senshuu.com senshuu

Ooh, yeah. OK, thanks! I could really get into this site… (I found some exclusive Japanese Club Nintendo stuff, want some of it sobaaaad)
http://www.tofugu.com koichi

yep, please do!
http://www.tofugu.com koichi

July 21, I think
sophiebee

Oh no this contest ends in 3 days. Going on a 2 week holiday with no internet sounded like a good idea but…. Well I'll try make a video because this prize would be heaps cool!
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http://twitter.com/aleloz Ale Lozano

I already want to know who's gonna get his/her desired japanese stuff!
http://twitter.com/aleloz Ale Lozano

I already want to know who's gonna get his/her desired japanese stuff!
http://www.tofugu.com koichi

dont' worry, it's coming. Lots to go through!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_77SHO4MXVEBI6CPPEMZTRSZAOA Ro

:*(
http://www.tofugu.com koichi

not since the contest ended!