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Thank you for playing the AltaVista Daily Instant Win game, and for contacting us about your concerns. Over the Fourth of July weekend, we experienced some technical difficulties. While our system did correctly select legitimate daily winners, it also incorrectly informed many other Members that they were Instant Winners. Because your Instant Win notification was one of these errors, your account will not be credited with a 500,000-Points award.
Please note that in accordance with the rules of the Instant Win game, a Member is eligible to play the game once per day by clicking the link to the game page one time only.
We appreciate your understanding in this matter, and have deposited 2,000 bonus Points in your AltaVista Rewards account to make up for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We?ve also deposited a second 1,000 Point bonus in appreciation of your help in notifying us of the problem. You can view your account balance by visiting the Member Center at http://shopping.altavista.com/user/login.sdc.
Your satisfaction is important to us, and we sincerely hope you will continue to take advantage of the many benefits of AltaVista membership, including Web-wide shopping, fantastic rewards, and exceptional customer service.
Our Daily Instant Win game is now functioning properly, so please stop by
http://shopping.altavista.com/rewards/ssiw.sdc for your chance to win.
Sincerely,
The AltaVista Team
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Anyone else?
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