Contest Promoter Issues

To the winners of the Cartel contest (who have been previously notified), I apologize for the failure of the promotional company to provide your prizes. You have all expressed thanks for the alternative prizes and I truly appreciate your understanding.

The promoter promised to send me the prize packs prior to the end of the media hype so that I could announce winners here on Any Given Tuesday contemporaneously with the exit from the bubble by the band. That never occurred. I asked more than once when I might expect those prizes, and was told the prizes were coming from the sponsors of the contest, but had not yet arrived. More recently, I inquired about the prizes since we were well past the end of the contest and explained that I would prefer to avoid reporting to my readers that the company fell through. I regret to report that M80 neglected to respond to my email and have therefore neglected to satisfy their end of our agreement.

As a small-time blogger like myself, it is hard to burn a bridge with a promo/PR agency, but I will not take lightly a failure to come through on a promise both to this site and, by proxy, its readers. Without an explanation and clarification for my readers why the prizes fell through, I will no longer provide press for that company. Nor will I post any information about contests unless and until I either have the prizes in hand to give to the readers, or a contract or other enforceable writing indicating how fans will receive their prize.

Thanks again to the contest winners for graciously accepting your back-up prizes. I hope you enjoy them, and all future contests will not end in this fashion.

Cartel Become the Band In A Bubble Today! Enter to win prizes!

Today, Cartel enters the Bubble to record their next album. Be sure to enter Any Given Tuesday's Cartel contest for your chance to win cool prizes from the band.