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Regarding Samsung Apps Olympic Game Event winner announcement

Hi,
I am not sure if this a right place for this.
I had participated in the Samsung India's 'Samsung Apps Olympic Game Event' and looks like I am shortlisted as one of the winner.
But I have not yet received any email for claiming the prize. I feel that the email might have gone in my junk email and I accidently deleted it.
Please guide me for claiming the prize if anyone is aware of the same.
If anyone has participated in this competition and got shortlisted, please forward me the email communication from Samsung India to me.
Thanks,
Moderators: Please delete this thread if it is not suitable here.

What is the link for short listed candidates
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Got email from Samsung Olympic Contest
Hi,
Got email from Samsung Olympic Contest today.
But they are asking to pay Rs. 7200 as a gift tax.
"To claim the prize you need to pay the gift tax through A Demand Draft/Payorder of Rs.7200/-drawn in the name of ‘Samsung India Electronics Private Limited’ payable at Delhi for an amount equivalent to the tax payable under Income Tax regulation (which at present is 30.9% of the amount of the prize) i.e. approximately Rs. 7200/- (Rupees Seven Thousand two hundred only) prior to receiving the prize."
Please advice on this.
The list of winners is available on Samsungapps India site. I am a new member, so can't post links.

Congrats

coolAbey said:
Hi,
Got email from Samsung Olympic Contest today.
But they are asking to pay Rs. 7200 as a gift tax.
"To claim the prize you need to pay the gift tax through A Demand Draft/Payorder of Rs.7200/-drawn in the name of ‘Samsung India Electronics Private Limited’ payable at Delhi for an amount equivalent to the tax payable under Income Tax regulation (which at present is 30.9% of the amount of the prize) i.e. approximately Rs. 7200/- (Rupees Seven Thousand two hundred only) prior to receiving the prize."
Please advice on this.
The list of winners is available on Samsungapps India site. I am a new member, so can't post links.
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Sounds like a con to me. If you've won something why would you have to pay to collect those winnings?
And this isn't the correct forum, you should have posted in the general thread.
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Hi coolAbey
Can you please confirm from which mail id you received this mail. Have received same not from Samsung directly but from Digitas India. When I cross checked with Samsung India CEO office they said there is no such DD/pay order requirement but one has to go through Terms and conditions but their T & C say we may have to pay import tax something like that. Is anyone claimed this gift so far?
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I also received the email from Digitas India
Capri72 said:
Hi coolAbey
Can you please confirm from which mail id you received this mail. Have received same not from Samsung directly but from Digitas India. When I cross checked with Samsung India CEO office they said there is no such DD/pay order requirement but one has to go through Terms and conditions but their T & C say we may have to pay import tax something like that. Is anyone claimed this gift so far?
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HI Capri72,
Yes, I received the email from Digitas India. In the email they have mentioned that 'Digitas India is the authorized agency appointed by Samsung for the prize distribution under the Samsung Olympic contest'.
Email also mentions that the DD/payorder along with the other documents(age proof, address proof, id proof etc) needs to be sent to:
Samsung Olympic Contest Cell
c/oSolutions Integrated Marketing Services Pvt Ltd
24 & 30, Ground Floor
Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III
New Delhi – 110020.
I have asked some questions to the person who sent me the email. waiting for the answers.

In fact just now I got confirmation from Samsung that Digitas India is their authorized agency to distribute prizes to winners. Samsung also asking winner's to contact contest team to understand T & C. To be on safer side have already sent physical written consent and reply confirmation mail which they are expecting on or before 18th. If you have any updates from Digitas India guy please share it with me.
Thanks
Capri72
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That is a good news
Capri72 said:
In fact just now I got confirmation from Samsung that Digitas India is their authorized agency to distribute prizes to winners. Samsung also asking winner's to contact contest team to understand T & C. To be on safer side have already sent physical written consent and reply confirmation mail which they are expecting on or before 18th. If you have any updates from Digitas India guy please share it with me.
Thanks
Capri72
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Thank you, Capri72. That is a good news.
What have you written in your physical written consent, can you please share it? I will also send them the written consent in physical and via email then.

Sounds like you guys are being scammed. Samsung wouldn't ask you to prepay a contest. And they wouldn't use any fake sounding company like Digitas as a middle man. Be careful!
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Zamboney said:
Sounds like you guys are being scammed. Samsung wouldn't ask you to prepay a contest. And they wouldn't use any fake sounding company like Digitas as a middle man. Be careful!
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The main thing is, the Demand Draft/Payorder should be in the name of ‘Samsung India Electronics Private Limited’
and needs to be sent to,
Samsung Olympic Contest Cell
c/oSolutions Integrated Marketing Services Pvt Ltd
24 & 30, Ground Floor
Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III
New Delhi – 110020.

Even initially i was suspecting same but when i contacted samsung ceo office cell they confirmed digitas india is their authorised 3rd party agency for prize distribution. Amount which they are asking against gift tax and we will get tds for the same. this gift tax may be applicable as per the T & C on official samsung site.
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same
i got the same message and i duly pid the tax to the digitas company on 15 oct and 10 days have passed i have no further information by digitas or samsung.
has anyone got any information?

scumbags, this is not legit making you pay for winning something.
classic scam, wtf is Samsung dealing with fraudulent companies for.
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baz77 said:
scumbags, this is not legit making you pay for winning something.
classic scam, wtf is Samsung dealing with fraudulent companies for.
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any one got any other information and did anyone pay for the phone?

nikest03 said:
any one got any other information and did anyone pay for the phone?
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i payed the money and i got confirmation mail from digitas india that i w'll get my prize ....:good:

[email protected]# said:
i payed the money and i got confirmation mail from digitas india that i w'll get my prize ....:good:
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but has anyone got the prize or got any email from samsung or any courier company .
or have u been told about when can u expect the gift?

Hello together,
is it possible that someone share the link where the winners are listed?

nikest03 said:
but has anyone got the prize or got any email from samsung or any courier company .
or have u been told about when can u expect the gift?
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I got a mail from digitas India the prize distributor for olympic contest, asking my address for the prize to be delivered within 1 month.

[email protected]# said:
I got a mail from digitas India the prize distributor for olympic contest, asking my address for the prize to be delivered within 1 month.
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wen did u gt this mail?

Samsung Galaxy S4 for $1,379???

Was just surfing amazon and saw S4 pre booking price to be $1379 that is 75,845 rs .
Do you guys think the cost of phone would be so high????
Or is just for prebooking???
Because i am already planning to buy one.

Rahil S said:
Was just surfing amazon and saw S4 pre booking price to be $1379 that is 75,845 rs .
Do you guys think the cost of phone would be so high????
Or is just for prebooking???
Because i am already planning to buy one.
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another useles thread - i pre-bought for 500 pounds - 700 US dollars @ ebay uk - worldwide shipping

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39275145
Check this thread for the prices
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Rahil S said:
Was just surfing amazon and saw S4 pre booking price to be $1379 that is 75,845 rs .
Do you guys think the cost of phone would be so high????
Or is just for prebooking???
Because i am already planning to buy one.
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You do know that anyone can sell on Amazon right? I can put a galaxy s4 for sale for 1 million dollar. Hopefully that answers your question
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somebody close this.

Okay closed
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[Q] ROM developer need suggestion ;)

Hello Guys,
I am in a confusion about Canvas series. I am currently using Samsung s5830 and now need to upgrade. I bought it @ 15000 and within 2 years its price slashed to almost half. So I have decided not to spend money on "brands". I really loved the way Micromax is coming out in market. Also aware of Canvas 4 but not interested to buy a "new" product. I will prefer an old models as we can get plenty of user reviews.
Now I am confused on these 2 models.
Canvas 2 plus and Canvas HD
I read some nice reviews as well as some really pathetic experiences people got with these handsets. I am a ROM developers so surely I won't run it on stock for more than few weeks. So I need your opinion on these two.
Price is not an issue, I need quality. Though HD had a nice resolution I heard it's having problems with camera quality and Audio quality. So just want your opinion to decide which one of these should I buy.
All your suggestions, reviews are welcome.
Regards,
Adwait

You should go with canvas HD.... as you are rom developer if you got any problem like you mention you can fix it but i don't think it has any problem
and the build quality of canvas HD is better than canvas 2 plus

Go with canvas HD.

Wait for Canvas 4

adwaitk007 said:
Hello Guys,
I am in a confusion about Canvas series. I am currently using Samsung s5830 and now need to upgrade. I bought it @ 15000 and within 2 years its price slashed to almost half. So I have decided not to spend money on "brands". I really loved the way Micromax is coming out in market. Also aware of Canvas 4 but not interested to buy a "new" product. I will prefer an old models as we can get plenty of user reviews.
Now I am confused on these 2 models.
Canvas 2 plus and Canvas HD
I read some nice reviews as well as some really pathetic experiences people got with these handsets. I am a ROM developers so surely I won't run it on stock for more than few weeks. So I need your opinion on these two.
Price is not an issue, I need quality. Though HD had a nice resolution I heard it's having problems with camera quality and Audio quality. So just want your opinion to decide which one of these should I buy.
All your suggestions, reviews are welcome.
Regards,
Adwait
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To be honest both Canvas 2 HD & Canvas 2 plus are practically the same.... But Canvas HD has the upper hand in a few minor areas.. Would recommend Canvas HD.

I closed this thread because there are 2 threads devoted to questions about devices, please repost your question in one of these two threads: [Discussion] What's your next smartphone / What should I buy and **DEVICE SUGGESTION THREAD** -- Not sure what device to buy? Ask here!
Thanks!
Diestarbucks Edit:
I completely stole and copied and pasted the above message from @justmpm, but only after I fixed the broken links for him. :highfive:
justmpm Edit:
thanks!

[Q] Wanna buy a new budget phone ..Help!

I live in India and I need a new android smartphone under INR 10,000/- .I don't care much about the camera or display,but it should have a good processor ,ram and gpu. Preferred brands are samsung , xolo, htc , sony .Thanks!

wrong place to ask.. get a canvas a111 or canvas hd.. or a xperia m(bit more costlier)

Please use the Q&A Forum for questions &
Read the Forum Rules Ref Posting
Thanks ✟
Moving to Q&A

legendki11er said:
I live in India and I need a new android smartphone under INR 10,000/- .I don't care much about the camera or display,but it should have a good processor ,ram and gpu. Preferred brands are samsung , xolo, htc , sony .Thanks!
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i would try to get a galaxy s3 they are pretty cheap nowadays i dont know the conversion from INR's to US$ but on verizon (im sure there isent one in india) has the s3 on a 2 year contract for 100$.

Trozzul said:
i would try to get a galaxy s3 they are pretty cheap nowadays i dont know the conversion from INR's to US$ but on verizon (im sure there isent one in india) has the s3 on a 2 year contract for 100$.
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In india we dun have contracts... and s3 second hand wouldnt cost anything less than $300 here...

doctor_droid said:
In india we dun have contracts... and s3 second hand wouldnt cost anything less than $300 here...
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sooo no contracts... you guys have to pay like you earn 800k a year?

Difficult choice
I you. are willing to go for an older model samsung Nexus is the one you might get in that price range.
S2, S3, HTC one, NExus 4 are way over your budget. Youll get a nexus S very cheap but it is at the end of its update cycle.

Trozzul said:
sooo no contracts... you guys have to pay like you earn 800k a year?
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Ya no contracts ...
Iphone 5s costs here 64000INR equivalent to $1000 ... note 3 costs $900 and xperiz z costs $600... nexus 4 costs $400 ...
Prices varies form city to city..

doctor_droid said:
Ya no contracts ...
Iphone 5s costs here 64000INR equivalent to $1000 ... note 3 costs $900 and xperiz z costs $600... nexus 4 costs $400 ...
Prices varies form city to city..
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dang man that sucks, is it easier to get one from ebay and unlock it?

Trozzul said:
dang man that sucks, is it easier to get one from ebay and unlock it?
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In india we dun trust online shopping :/ we have a very high rate of forgery ..

S4 S View Case India Bangalore

Dear All,
I am having this New Boxed Original Samsung S View Case with me one of each Black & White Color. Please let me know if anybody from India is willing to buy , I can offer 50% discount on MRP (2399/- INR). Please do not post a reply, just PM me. I can try to ship it anywhere in India if required.
Reason for this Thread :-
I am sorry to moderators & others fellow members if they found this thread outside the XDA policy. But I have no intention to do it.
I am a galaxy Note user , I have asked my friend to get unlocked S4 from US for me however at last moment his trip got extended & I ended up buying the xiaomi Mi3 in India last week.
Now this cases are no use to me.
I cannot sell on Swappa as it is not available in India. Also I am more inclined to give it to forum members rather than giving it to somebody stranger on public selling forum.