SmartyPig

Well – we had over 280 entries into our $100 (3 $100 winners) Twitter and Facebook contest! We asked, “This month, TransUnion reported the avg combined debt for bank-issued credit cards dropped to 8-Year low. What is it?” The answer: $4,951, down more than 13% from last year, according to this recent article.

We ‘played’ a summer activity in finding our winners (randomized to the top 20 people):

Congrats to sr316@, stanley.fam@ and missylizzylucy!

Top 20: fmsimplicity, pdxtexan@, lexiquin, yogagirl, amcgee@, adnewcomb, prengleskp, nnauger.24@, marianne@, katelyn.yamamoto@, JaymeSquire, melissanazal@, alyfunk, KEN6@, emilyolson80, wol97@, zvm

Just a note: Those with @ after their names were submitted via Facebook.

We couldn’t let August go by without having our monthly contest! We’ll be giving away 3 $100 gift cards on Tuesday, August 31 at 2pm CST.  As usual – we will tweet/post a Facebook question and give our followers 15 minutes to reply for a chance to win.

The format:

1. After 15 minutes, we will be picking 20 random people with a number generator from the pool of correct answers.
2. We’ll use an old favorite to help in selecting three gift card winners.
3. We’ll post the process here on our blog, so everyone can follow along!

Make sure:

1. You’re following us on Twitter or are a fan on Facebook
2. We’ll ask the $100 question on Tuesday, August 31 at 2pm CST.
3. Answer the question correctly for your chance to win!
4. If you are answering via Facebook, you will need to email us the answer (email to be provided at contest time) within the 15 minute time frame.

Remember: if you don’t already have a SmartyPig account, it’s free to set one up! Winner must be in the US.

Good Luck!

We had exactly 202 correct answers from both Facebook and Twitter for our June 2010 contest. We asked: What US state is our new US bank partner headquartered? The answer: Our new partner bank, BBVA Compass is headquartered in Alabama.

We randomized the list for the top 20 and picked 3 winners by playing a summertime favorite:

Congrats to our winners: @alindeman (we like to say alin-de-man), @remodelsolution and taradelin@ (Facebook winner)

Thanks to everyone who played and good luck in next month’s contest. Just so you know, here are the top 20:  mbchilton, jake_ia, jtmccorkle@ (Facebook), bragdonh@ (Facebook), Tony_Leo, CaseyG2782, m_weber, carmen.contreras@ (facebook), EsterLinn, amyraelle, jcorley, soZealous, neilbode, mcschoon, beth.clevenger@ (Facebook), dvdzrus49, OUMicki