HubLove - Official Contest Thread
Discussion here for the HubLove Contest, which launches today.
HubLove Contest
98- darkside
- 4757 posts
- Joined: 3 years ago
- Hubs: 218
- Followers: 1136
Looks fan-hubbing-tastic!
A shame I'm in Australia,
99- Zsuzsy Bee
- 3168 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 130
- Followers: 960
I agree with you Darkside! I'm in Canada so I'm out too. How about a hearbroken crying smiley.
Zs
86- Inspirepub
- 2108 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 104
- Followers: 658
I'm in Australia, too.
We should make our own contest ...
Jenny
85- Betty Jo Petty
- 119 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 20
- Followers: 130
Good luck to everyone on this one. Nice prizes! bjp
Darkside, I didn't realise you were from Oz, too. That makes three of us so far in this thread. Is that enough members for our own contest?
96- Marisa Wright
- 3420 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 92
- Followers: 1112
Make that four!
95- Kenny Wordsmith
- 270 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 115
- Followers: 784
Ask Frank, Mr Marmalade.
100- Mark Knowles
- 11115 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 266
- Followers: 2324
Well, I'm not from the US either so.....
94- Lissie
- 1697 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 128
- Followers: 1627
Well I live in Perth, Australia at the moment and have a car, some houses, a storage unit in New Zealand. I have a UK and NZ passport and file tax returns in Australia and NZ - not really sure where I reside! I can't work you why they can't extend the contest to anyone -with the understanding that we'd have to pay for the extra postage - I know Jason blamed the lawyers - but what's the difference where you live?
- 86
- Inspirepub
- 2108 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 104
- Followers: 658
Erm, as someone who has had to get permits for contests in Australia I can attest that governments surely do screw them up.
You need a lotteries permit in NSW, Vic and the Northern Territory. You don't need a permit in Queensland, but the prize can't be in cash, it has to be in gold bars.
You can't require South Australians to attach proof of purchase if you are doing a trade promotion, you must allow them to enter with a hand-drawn facsimile of the product packaging or bar code if they choose to do so.
When you go international, you start to run into problems with taxes, too. At least the income tax rules are consistent in Australia - winnings aren't taxed, unless the ATO decides you are making a career out of winning competitions.
But in the US I know that lottery winnings are taxed as income, and God knows what other legal minefields there are.
I can understand not wanting to do the work involved in having an international contestant win a competition. 
91- bloggerdollar
- 114 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 42
- Followers: 173
I was very excited about the contest but not a U.S. resident either. Whatever I will watch the contest.
- 100
- Mark Knowles
- 11115 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 266
- Followers: 2324
OK - I have to say, I am a little miffed that I am not able to take part in this either.
An explanation please.
If hubpages can pay people that are outside the US when they write a flagship hub, why can't they send competition prize also?
Happy Valentine's day
89- gamergirl
- 2648 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 179
- Followers: 766
Woo!! I'm in the U.S.
Can it be noon now?- 100
- Mark Knowles
- 11115 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 266
- Followers: 2324
gamergirl wrote:
Woo!! I'm in the U.S.
Can it be noon now?Go on... rub it in.
In Canada so can't play, so sad.
81- Prince Maak
- 107 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 8
- Followers: 130
Good contest, but not for everyone. Very bad
- 94
- Lissie
- 1697 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 128
- Followers: 1627
I'm getting curious as to what % of all a) all hubbers and b) hubbers with a score >90 are resident in the USA! And yes I agree Mark - they are happy to pay me cash for Flagship hubs so what's the difference - IF I was making a living on the internet I would have to declare those earnings and pay NZ tax on them - potentially much more complex than awarding a prize in goods I would have thought? I know they can give me the prize in cash paid to my paypal a/c in lieu :-)
- 98
- darkside
- 4757 posts
- Joined: 3 years ago
- Hubs: 218
- Followers: 1136
Hovalis wrote:
Darkside, I didn't realise you were from Oz, too. That makes three of us so far in this thread. Is that enough members for our own contest?
We should make an Aussie Rollcall thread.
Not for the purposes of a competition. But to see whereabouts we are on the map. 
92- C.M. Vanderlinden
- 181 posts
- Joined: 3 years ago
- Hubs: 48
- Followers: 250
Question for Jason or Paul---will there be a badge/widget available for us to put on our blogs (with our referral code, preferably
) to advertise the contest?
