Hey Askvillers,
We've been working hard throughout the year trying to make sure that Askville is a great place to ask and answer questions, have intellectual and fun discussions with real people, and meet others with similar interests. The success of Askville is attributable to each and every one of you who spend your valuable time coming to Askville and making it a great community.
Questville Delayed
That said, due to all the great ideas and feedback we've received from the community and the corresponding changes we've made to the site, we unfortunately were not able to allocate enough resources into developing Questville. We are still committed to building Questville and our team is eager to dedicate more resources toward its development, but as many of you had expected, we will be delaying Questville for another year. To be clear, we will still be working on improving Askville, but in the following year we will be dedicating more resources to Questville development, which will mean new features and improvements on Askville will come at a slower pace than what you may have seen in the past. We apologize for not being able to deliver Questville on time, but we hope your experiences on Askville has been worthwhile.
Askville Store is now Open!
To thank everyone who has given great feedback and ideas, reported countless number of bugs, welcomed newbie Askvillers to the community, and submitted great questions, answers, and discussions throughout the year, we've decided to open up the Askville Store where you can redeem your Quest Gold (formerly Quest Coins) for Amazon Gift Cards, Askville t-shirts, or Askville coffee mugs!
For a limited time and while supplies last, Askvillers can redeem their Quest Gold for $100 and $50 Amazon.com Gift Cards, Askville.com t-shirts and coffee mugs*. This special promotion will start today, November 29, 2007, is subject to change thereafter and expires on the earlier of December 31, 2007 or when Askville's supply of Amazon.com GCs is depleted.
There are a couple of rules and restrictions:
- You can only redeem one (1) of each item that is sold in the store (e.g. you can only redeem your Quest Gold for one (1) $100 Gift Card no matter how much Quest Gold you have in your account).
- Since there are two (2) different t-shirt designs and two (2) different coffee mugs, you can redeem your Quest Gold to get both t-shirts and both coffee mugs.
- All redeemptions are final so *please* make sure you are certain that you want to redeem your Quest Gold for that item.
- For T-shirts and coffee mugs, you will need to provide a shipping address. Once you've submitted your redemption request, the AskvilleMayor will contact you to receive your shipping address. Shipments will occur approximately 4-6 weeks after you submit a valid shipping address.
- For Amazon.com GCs, within 2-4 weeks after you submit an eligible redemption request we will send an email to the email address used for your Askville account, which will contain a claim code and instructions for redeeming your Amazon.com GC for products at the Amazon.com Web site. Use your Amazon.com GC to shop from a huge selection of books, electronics, music, DVDs, software, apparel, toys, and much more.
- We reserve the right to refuse redemption for any Quest Gold that were not earned in accordance with our terms and conditions, policies, or community guidelines.
Click here to redeem your Quest Gold
We hope this will make the pain of the Questville delay a little bit more bearable and will make your holidays a little bit more cheerful. Thanks again to all the great Askvillers who have made this site so great in so many ways. Please continue to give us feedback and we hope to continue to make Askville a great place to ask... answer... meet... play!
Thanks,
The Askville Team
*Amazon.com is not a sponsor of this promotion. Amazon, Amazon.com, and the Amazon.com logo are registered trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Amazon.com GCs are issued by ACI Gift Cards, Inc. Restrictions apply to Amazon.com GCs. Amazon.com GCs are redeemable only for purchases of eligible products on www.amazon.com and may not be redeemed for cash, unless prohibited by law. See www.amazon.com/gc-legal for complete terms and conditions.
