David F. (The Mighty Mobelfakta) has submitted his bracket. We will post both his and my bracket (when I get a chance to fill it out) before 9 am tomorrow so you can laugh at us (and also for verification purposes). You can view his bracket here. (Hint: Once viewing David’s, you can then view your bracket in case you lost your printout).
Daily Archives: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Mid-day Update
As of 4 pm, we are at 53 entries which 7 more than we had at this time last year. But last year’s pace went at a torrid rate as the evening rolled on and into the morning, so although we are likely to top 100 entries (and therefore, a 5th place prize), it’ll be hard to top the 114 entries we had last year. A lot of regulars are now starting to enter with 10 of the past 17 entries having been with us for at least EIGHT years.
PayPal is Deemed Evil (So I’m not calling them that, just deeming them to be so)
PayPal apparently now charges fees for receiving money of any type if you click their button. They even take fees for donations! Apparently the charitable giving is to PayPal, not the recipient. Don’t know how long this has been going (I checked last year’s payments and they didn’t do this then) but I found out by accident because PayPal doesn’t SHOW you they took fees, just what the “gross” amount is. So when I’m seeing $10 across the board, everything looks fine. Click on details, and presto, halfway down the page, -59 cents for fees. I’ve contacted those who aleady paid and asked them to volunatarily make up the difference (purely optional on their part, their entries still count and I’ll absorb the fees).
The website should be updated, but if you just want to send just $10.00 (no credit card payments), you have to do it the old fashioned way and log in to PayPal, click Send Money to “[email protected]“, choose a PERSONAL reason (not a PURCHASE reason) such as Gift, and send.
If you don’t mind paying $10.61 (regardless if it’s PayPal funds, eCheck, Credit Card or personal bank account), click the PayPal button on your web bracket confirmation page.
Despite all this, PayPal is still the easiest and most convenient solution out there and it allows us to accept credit card payments. Just wish they weren’t all Pelosi-Reid about this.
Record Tuesday!
First off, congrats to Arkansas-Pine Bluff for making the REAL part of the bracket. Have fun losing to Duke.
We got a record 23 entries for a Tuesday (topping 2006’s 21 entries) for a total of 32 thus far (in 2008 we had 39 at this point). Our mainstays are slowly coming in. We have nine new entries (from six people). Three have entered twice and one trying their luck with the max 3. Though history shows us that since 2005, you have higher percentage of winning one of the top prizes with one entry than with 2 or 3 (5.1% vs. 2.8%). However, one person has won something the past 3 years so maybe you feel lucky? Also, of the 91 times people have submitted multiple entries, just 3 of the 11 who have won something did so on their 2nd or 3rd bracket (meaning if the other 8 just entered one bracket, they would have won anyway). But it does pump up our entry count, so thank you!