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Ok so here's the deal. You might have heard about this on TV:

If you have an American Express credit card, go to My Life My Card.com (http://www.mylifemycard.com) and check out these awesome deals!

The website is giving away awesome deals on major purchases every day. One deal, one day. You can look up this week's purchases, how many of each are available, how much they cost, and how much they would normally cost (if not on sale).

A word of forewarning: These are great deals, but they are not cheap!!! Many of these deals are over $1000. For example, today's deal is a luxury travel package from Abercrombie and Kent (not the clothing A&F bastards) for $2500. It normally costs $25,000. So it's an awesome deal, 90% off. There are plenty of terms and conditions for the deals, so make sure to read the conditions first!

You must use an American Express credit card in order to buy these products at these prices.

Supposedly at some point you'll be able to buy a brand new BMW for $5000. Or so says the TV commercial.

Check out this site, if only to see how the other half lives!
 
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If I could get a BMW for $5000 brand new I would just re-sell and buy a civic. I could really care less about my car as long as it is not a POS junker that constantly does not have problems.


Chris
 
[quote name='b3b0p']If I could get a BMW for $5000 brand new I would just re-sell and buy a civic. I could really care less about my car as long as it is not a POS junker that constantly does not have problems.


Chris[/quote]

Well yeah, I mean, one could get it, and if they sell it for even half sticker price they'd have enough for a down payment on a small house.
 
[quote name='shadow9689']How does this contest work?
There are only 3 BMWs being sold for $5,000.
?
Am I missing something?[/quote]

They're being sold for $5000 but you gotta be an AmEx card holder and it's only 1 BMW at 12pm, 4pm and 9pm this upcoming monday. There's still one more chance after monday though. The last 3 will be sold then (but I forgot the day).
 
Yeah, how can you be the one to buy it? Is it a drawing for the opportunity to buy it or is it first come first serve for each of those three times?
 
No, it's not random. It's first come first serve. It's based on the clock that they have displayed on their website. When it rolls over to the time they designate (12PM, 4PM, and 9PM) they will sell off a certain number of products (in the case of the BMW, one at a time) on a first-come-first-serve basis.

If any of you have used woot.com, then this concept should be very familiar to you.
 
[quote name='opportunity777']I have two AMEX cards lucky me :p

My brother's friend has an AMEX black card if any of you have ever heard of it ... :)[/quote]

Have you actually seen the black card? These things are exceedingly rare and are only given out to... like.. the top 2% of the richest people in the world. I mean they come with a personal attendant for God's sake! There are also a lot of fakes floating around, again because they're so damn rare.

But hey, if he does have it. That's freaking sweet. You could (theoretically) buy a whole damn airplane with one of those things if you wanted to!! Now that's buying power!
 
[quote name='Xtreme331']No, it's not random. It's first come first serve. It's based on the clock that they have displayed on their website. When it rolls over to the time they designate (12AM, 4PM, and 9PM) they will sell off a certain number of products (in the case of the BMW, one at a time) on a first-come-first-serve basis.

If any of you have used woot.com, then this concept should be very familiar to you.[/quote]

So, at 12 AM on their site, a few ten thousand people will be buying a BMW, in hopes of getting one for $5000?
...Where do you buy the BMW? From the site?
And, if you buy one at 12 AM and you're not the first, do you have to actually buy the BMW?
 
[quote name='Xtreme331']No, it's not random. It's first come first serve. It's based on the clock that they have displayed on their website. When it rolls over to the time they designate (12AM, 4PM, and 9PM) they will sell off a certain number of products (in the case of the BMW, one at a time) on a first-come-first-serve basis.

If any of you have used woot.com, then this concept should be very familiar to you.[/quote]

Actually, it's 12pm (noon not midnight). If anyone hasn't checked out the site yet (and I think it's been posted already) here it is:

http://www.mylifemycard.com/mywishlist/mywishlist.html
 
[quote name='shadow9689'][quote name='Xtreme331']No, it's not random. It's first come first serve. It's based on the clock that they have displayed on their website. When it rolls over to the time they designate (12AM, 4PM, and 9PM) they will sell off a certain number of products (in the case of the BMW, one at a time) on a first-come-first-serve basis.

If any of you have used woot.com, then this concept should be very familiar to you.[/quote]

So, at 12 AM on their site, a few ten thousand people will be buying a BMW, in hopes of getting one for $5000?
...Where do you buy the BMW? From the site?
And, if you buy one at 12 AM and you're not the first, do you have to actually buy the BMW?[/quote]

No, if you click on the link and it says, sorry try again, you don't buy anything. You buy the car from the site. Check out the link I posted. Simply put, if you try to buy the BMW right at 12pm and you're person #2 you're shit outta luck. *Soup Nazi Voice*: No BMW for you!
 
[quote name='shadow9689'][quote name='Xtreme331']No, it's not random. It's first come first serve. It's based on the clock that they have displayed on their website. When it rolls over to the time they designate (12AM, 4PM, and 9PM) they will sell off a certain number of products (in the case of the BMW, one at a time) on a first-come-first-serve basis.

If any of you have used woot.com, then this concept should be very familiar to you.[/quote]

So, at 12 AM on their site, a few ten thousand people will be buying a BMW, in hopes of getting one for $5000?
...Where do you buy the BMW? From the site?
And, if you buy one at 12 AM and you're not the first, do you have to actually buy the BMW?[/quote]

Ok. Maybe I'm not being perfectly clear. Let me try again.

They are selling ONE BMW at 12PM, ONE at 4PM, and ONE at 9PM. You visit the site and click on the "I want it" button. If the item you are attempting to buy (in this case a BMW) is still available, you will be taken to a page where you enter your AMEX card number and shipping address, etc. If the item is already sold, you get a message saying "Not Available." You are buying the product directly from AMEX, who has acquired these items directly from the products' parent companies. AMEX is giving these items to its cardholders at deeply discounted prices to "thank their cardmembers for their business throughout the year."

If you have any more questions click HERE to view their FAQ. Hopefully this will clear up all the confusion.
 
[quote name='jaykrue'][quote name='Xtreme331']No, it's not random. It's first come first serve. It's based on the clock that they have displayed on their website. When it rolls over to the time they designate (12AM, 4PM, and 9PM) they will sell off a certain number of products (in the case of the BMW, one at a time) on a first-come-first-serve basis.

If any of you have used woot.com, then this concept should be very familiar to you.[/quote]

Actually, it's 12pm (noon not midnight). If anyone hasn't checked out the site yet (and I think it's been posted already) here it is:

http://www.mylifemycard.com/mywishlist/mywishlist.html[/quote]

Oh yeah. 12pm would be noon huh? :oops:

My bad! Sorry!
 
[quote name='opportunity777']I have two AMEX cards lucky me :p

My brother's friend has an AMEX black card if any of you have ever heard of it ... :)[/quote]

I used to work as an intern for amex and my boss told me about those cards. They're called Centurion cards and are only available by invitation only. I think the person has to spend atleast 200 grand a year to be considered for it
dunno what benefits comes with it though
 
[quote name='jesta2817'][quote name='opportunity777']I have two AMEX cards lucky me :p

My brother's friend has an AMEX black card if any of you have ever heard of it ... :)[/quote]

I used to work as an intern for amex and my boss told me about those cards. They're called Centurion cards and are only available by invitation only. I think the person has to spend atleast 200 grand a year to be considered for it
dunno what benefits comes with it though[/quote]

Is that personally or can you get it if you're the CEO and your company spends over 200K
 
[quote name='jaykrue'][quote name='jesta2817'][quote name='opportunity777']I have two AMEX cards lucky me :p

My brother's friend has an AMEX black card if any of you have ever heard of it ... :)[/quote]

I used to work as an intern for amex and my boss told me about those cards. They're called Centurion cards and are only available by invitation only. I think the person has to spend atleast 200 grand a year to be considered for it
dunno what benefits comes with it though[/quote]

Is that personally or can you get it if you're the CEO and your company spends over 200K[/quote]

From what i know of it, you have to personally spend that much. It's a personal card, not a business card, but oh man are the perks great. You call AMEX up, tell them you what you want, they arrange it and charge it to the black card. No hassle on your part. Must be nice to be rich. =P~
 
[quote name='chakan']Am I the only person who finds it hilarious we're even discussing Amex Black on this board?[/quote]

Hey, we can dream can't we?
 
[quote name='Xtreme331'][quote name='chakan']Am I the only person who finds it hilarious we're even discussing Amex Black on this board?[/quote]

Hey, we can dream can't we?[/quote]

Who sez we're dreaming??? :cool: :whistle2:k
 
Anyone else try this crap? I'm not sure what kind of publicity AMEX planned on generating with this site, but if it's a negative one they succeeded. I tried for the car three times today at 12:00:00, 4:00:00, and 9:00:00 each time it said, "You missed it!". I figured I wouldn't get the car anyways, but it could at least give me the hope that by entering my info I might have a slight chance of winning. No way anyone typed their information in, or even had a script run and complete in less than one second.

My wishlst? More like AMEX is on my shitlist. Bah Humbug.
 
Are you sure you did according to the site? The times are set for Eastern Standard meaning East Coast times. So if you live in the Midwest (which is where I'm at), you'd hafta do it at 11am, 3pm, and 8pm (an hour ago which I did and of course didn't get through)
 
[quote name='kaw']Anyone else try this crap? I'm not sure what kind of publicity AMEX planned on generating with this site, but if it's a negative one they succeeded. I tried for the car three times today at 12:00:00, 4:00:00, and 9:00:00 each time it said, "You missed it!". I figured I wouldn't get the car anyways, but it could at least give me the hope that by entering my info I might have a slight chance of winning. No way anyone typed their information in, or even had a script run and complete in less than one second.

My wishlst? More like AMEX is on my shitlist. Bah Humbug.[/quote]

Am I the only one on here who got the car? :lol:
 
[quote name='guessed'][quote name='kaw']Anyone else try this crap? I'm not sure what kind of publicity AMEX planned on generating with this site, but if it's a negative one they succeeded. I tried for the car three times today at 12:00:00, 4:00:00, and 9:00:00 each time it said, "You missed it!". I figured I wouldn't get the car anyways, but it could at least give me the hope that by entering my info I might have a slight chance of winning. No way anyone typed their information in, or even had a script run and complete in less than one second.

My wishlst? More like AMEX is on my shitlist. Bah Humbug.[/quote]

Am I the only one on here who got the car? :lol:[/quote]

bitch u lie!!!!!!! :lol:
 
[quote name='jaykrue']Are you sure you did according to the site? The times are set for Eastern Standard meaning East Coast times. So if you live in the Midwest (which is where I'm at), you'd hafta do it at 11am, 3pm, and 8pm (an hour ago which I did and of course didn't get through)[/quote]

Nope, Eastern time here.
 
[quote name='kaw']Anyone else try this crap? I'm not sure what kind of publicity AMEX planned on generating with this site, but if it's a negative one they succeeded. I tried for the car three times today at 12:00:00, 4:00:00, and 9:00:00 each time it said, "You missed it!". I figured I wouldn't get the car anyways, but it could at least give me the hope that by entering my info I might have a slight chance of winning. No way anyone typed their information in, or even had a script run and complete in less than one second.

My wishlst? More like AMEX is on my shitlist. Bah Humbug.[/quote]

You had to type in info? When I tried all day today, I just clicked on the 'I want it' button and a popup window told me it was 'checking to see available quantities'. But that's as far as I got all 3 times.
 
[quote name='jaykrue'][quote name='kaw']Anyone else try this crap? I'm not sure what kind of publicity AMEX planned on generating with this site, but if it's a negative one they succeeded. I tried for the car three times today at 12:00:00, 4:00:00, and 9:00:00 each time it said, "You missed it!". I figured I wouldn't get the car anyways, but it could at least give me the hope that by entering my info I might have a slight chance of winning. No way anyone typed their information in, or even had a script run and complete in less than one second.

My wishlst? More like AMEX is on my shitlist. Bah Humbug.[/quote]

You had to type in info? When I tried all day today, I just clicked on the 'I want it' button and a popup window told me it was 'checking to see available quantities'. But that's as far as I got all 3 times.[/quote]

No, he didn't get an info page. He said he wished he would have gotten one to at least ease the pain a bit :)

Secondly, if the info page comes up it means you won (supposedly), so as long as you keep the window open you should be able to take your sweet ass time to put the info in.

There's also a long delay, and sometimes it would kick me off the "I want it" window and tell me the server was at max capacity. Overall, it is a cool concept, but very poorly implemented.
 
[quote name='opportunity777'][quote name='jaykrue'][quote name='kaw']Anyone else try this crap? I'm not sure what kind of publicity AMEX planned on generating with this site, but if it's a negative one they succeeded. I tried for the car three times today at 12:00:00, 4:00:00, and 9:00:00 each time it said, "You missed it!". I figured I wouldn't get the car anyways, but it could at least give me the hope that by entering my info I might have a slight chance of winning. No way anyone typed their information in, or even had a script run and complete in less than one second.

My wishlst? More like AMEX is on my shitlist. Bah Humbug.[/quote]

You had to type in info? When I tried all day today, I just clicked on the 'I want it' button and a popup window told me it was 'checking to see available quantities'. But that's as far as I got all 3 times.[/quote]

No, he didn't get an info page. He said he wished he would have gotten one to at least ease the pain a bit :)

Secondly, if the info page comes up it means you won (supposedly), so as long as you keep the window open you should be able to take your sweet ass time to put the info in.

There's also a long delay, and sometimes it would kick me off the "I want it" window and tell me the server was at max capacity. Overall, it is a cool concept, but very poorly implemented.[/quote]

Ah, ok. Thanks for the clarification. It's a good thing there's supposed to be one more chance.
 
[quote name='jaykrue'][quote name='kaw']Anyone else try this crap? I'm not sure what kind of publicity AMEX planned on generating with this site, but if it's a negative one they succeeded. I tried for the car three times today at 12:00:00, 4:00:00, and 9:00:00 each time it said, "You missed it!". I figured I wouldn't get the car anyways, but it could at least give me the hope that by entering my info I might have a slight chance of winning. No way anyone typed their information in, or even had a script run and complete in less than one second.

My wishlst? More like AMEX is on my shitlist. Bah Humbug.[/quote]

You had to type in info? When I tried all day today, I just clicked on the 'I want it' button and a popup window told me it was 'checking to see available quantities'. But that's as far as I got all 3 times.[/quote]

It did the same deal for me. I clicked on the button right when the clock turned 12:00 (and 4 and 9), and it it did the checking available quantities for a second, then it said "You missed it!".

That's why I thought it seemed sketchy. I really doubt someone managed to type in their information in a second. I think it should at least let me try to enter my CC information, so I can feel that I lost by slow copying & pasting.

Sorry, I just thought it was a crappy contest and needed to vent. :?
 
[quote name='jaykrue'][quote name='opportunity777'][quote name='jaykrue'][quote name='kaw']Anyone else try this crap? I'm not sure what kind of publicity AMEX planned on generating with this site, but if it's a negative one they succeeded. I tried for the car three times today at 12:00:00, 4:00:00, and 9:00:00 each time it said, "You missed it!". I figured I wouldn't get the car anyways, but it could at least give me the hope that by entering my info I might have a slight chance of winning. No way anyone typed their information in, or even had a script run and complete in less than one second.

My wishlst? More like AMEX is on my shitlist. Bah Humbug.[/quote]

You had to type in info? When I tried all day today, I just clicked on the 'I want it' button and a popup window told me it was 'checking to see available quantities'. But that's as far as I got all 3 times.[/quote]

No, he didn't get an info page. He said he wished he would have gotten one to at least ease the pain a bit :)

Secondly, if the info page comes up it means you won (supposedly), so as long as you keep the window open you should be able to take your sweet ass time to put the info in.

There's also a long delay, and sometimes it would kick me off the "I want it" window and tell me the server was at max capacity. Overall, it is a cool concept, but very poorly implemented.[/quote]

Ah, ok. Thanks for the clarification. It's a good thing there's supposed to be one more chance.[/quote]

The odds of you winning the car (or most any of the items) are fairly poor. I tried different tactics each time, and all of them failed. The problem is there is a huge delay when a bunch of people get on to "bid", and when that happens the results are unpredictable, since you have no real way of measuring exactly how long it will take from the time you hit the button to when it should check to see if you won the item.
 
[quote name='kaw']It did the same deal for me. I clicked on the button right when the clock turned 12:00 (and 4 and 9), and it it did the checking available quantities for a second, then it said "You missed it!".

That's why I thought it seemed sketchy. I really doubt someone managed to type in their information in a second. I think it should at least let me try to enter my CC information, so I can feel that I lost by slow copying & pasting.

Sorry, I just thought it was a crappy contest and needed to vent. :?[/quote]

At least it told you that you 'missed it'. It just hung on the 'checking quantities' window for me.
 
[quote name='opportunity777']The odds of you winning the car (or most any of the items) are fairly poor. I tried different tactics each time, and all of them failed. The problem is there is a huge delay when a bunch of people get on to "bid", and when that happens the results are unpredictable, since you have no real way of measuring exactly how long it will take from the time you hit the button to when it should check to see if you won the item.[/quote]

Yeah, I know but it's still fun to try. So do you suggest clicking on the 'I want it' button right at 3:59 instead of 4:00 to give yourself some clicktime leeway?
 
[quote name='juicedup1']I would buy that BMW, I am going to try tomorrow at 9:00,how many BMW's do they have available? Only 1 per the time they mention?[/quote]

You missed it. It was for monday only. I think it's coming up again next week.
 
[quote name='kaw']Anyone else try this crap? I'm not sure what kind of publicity AMEX planned on generating with this site, but if it's a negative one they succeeded. I tried for the car three times today at 12:00:00, 4:00:00, and 9:00:00 each time it said, "You missed it!". I figured I wouldn't get the car anyways, but it could at least give me the hope that by entering my info I might have a slight chance of winning. No way anyone typed their information in, or even had a script run and complete in less than one second.

My wishlst? More like AMEX is on my shitlist. Bah Humbug.[/quote]

If you had read the details you would have learned something kinda odd.... Their "giveaway" clock is synchronized with the US national atomic clock. They tell you that because of internet lag, the clock you see on the website is actually about 3 seconds behind the "official" clock. So you might have been better trying to click around 3:59:57, etc.

Plus, come on man! Thousands of people were flooding that website trying to buy that car, and you didn't get it? What do you expect? You can't win everything. Deal with it.
 
I posted this deal, was all excited about it, and was definitely going to try and get the BMW, and then... well...

I was working at noon so no bid there. But I got off at 3:00 and made it home with plenty of time. Unfortunately i was so tired, i dozed off on the couch and woke up at 4:10 when my dog nudged me 'cause she needed to go pee. Then at 9:00 i was busy playing Prince of Persia on my new Xbox and totally forgot about the BMW! Doh! oh well. I'll have to keep an eye out to see if they offer the car again.
 
Does anyone know if american express actually has any of the items? Today i tried twice to get the zen micro and i clicked at exactly 12 and 4 but they both said "you missed it" . Im gonna try again at 9 but i dont think im gonna get it. :(
 
^^ Can't physically confirm that they haev 'em 'cause i haven't won any, but then i can't imagine that AMEX would offer these deals and then not have ANY of the products they were selling. Just remember: this stuff is really popular and a LOT of people are trying to buy them all at the same time you are. There is a chance you will not be able to get any. Good luck though!
 
Alright Guys! This is the last few days of these great deals!

Sunday you can buy two nights for two in a suite at the Bellagio for $999. Expensive, but the Bellagio is so nice.

Monday you have your last shot at the remaining 3 BMW Z4s for $5000.

Tuesday is the last day of the promotion and you can buy a Delphi MyFi XM personal satellite radio for $125 (of course you have to pay the subscription fees for satellite radio, but whatever).

As of yet, i have bought nothing, but have drooled over several things. Good luck to all in these last few days!
 
I actually got lucky and won one of the Zen Micros. They've charged my AMEX, so hopefully its already been shipped.
 
[quote name='qlos']I actually got lucky and won one of the Zen Micros. They've charged my AMEX, so hopefully its already been shipped.[/quote]

Well congrats to you then! Let us know how this turns out for you!
 
Update: I got my Zen Micro today w/ 50 free songs from MSN. Not bad for $70 ($80 with tax and shiipping)
 
Cool qlos! have fun with it.

So i'm guessing no one wound up with a BMW huh? I sure didn't. oh well... Did anyone even try this last time?

Anyway, Happy Holidays to all, and enjoy this happy time of year (or just go to the malls and watch the idiots like i do, it's fun!). :D
 
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