Provident Metals has gone mobile and we want to celebrate!
Use your smartphone to make a purchase now through May 31 and you’ll automatically be entered to win a Provident Metals 1 oz Gold Bar worth about $1300 — just by ordering from your smartphone. You may also qualify by sending a self addressed envelope to Provident Metals postmarked by May 31st.
The winner will be chosen at random on Monday, June 2, from the pool of qualified customers and contacted via email. The winner must claim their prize within one week or a new winner will be selected.
So, what are you waiting for? Go mobile with Provident Metals! Your 1 oz gold bar is waiting!
About Provident Metals Gold Bars
ISO 9001 certified and eligible for contribution in your self-directed IRA, Provident Gold Bars contain one ounce of .999 pure gold. Each American-made bar comes in a durable assay card — about the size of a credit card — for long-term storage and safekeeping.
The obverse features Provident Metals’ logo — the compass rose — because we are here to help navigate your financial future. The compass is tilted east toward the rising sun, symbolizing new beginnings and fresh opportunities for our valued investors.
To Enter:
Use your Smartphone to make a purchase or send a self addressed envelope to Provident Metals 15850 Dallas Parkway Dallas, TX 75248, now through May 31. Qualified entries will not be accepted after May 31 or if the writing on the envelope is not legible. Other restrictions may apply.
* Odds of winning 1 in 1500, No Purchase Necessary, Void where prohibited and Open to legal U.S. residents only. Provident Metals supports online ordering with many mobile devices, including iPhones (iOS 6.1.6 and higher), Android phones (v 2.3 and higher), and Windows 8 Phone.
Are you as excited about Mobile May as we are?
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I haven’t seen my winning notification Yet! Did you all remember to draw a winner? I obviously deserve to win because all I ever purchase from you is Silver. It’s time for me to receive GOLD!!!!!!! I’m in Arkansas. The Email may be slow here?
Give a hint- the winner is in Arkansas right?
Sorry, AGhead, the winner was announced on Monday via Facebook. Patryk from Illinois was the winner. Try again next time!
Great for Patryk.! Great contest! It excited me to place two orders at low prices with potential for a bonus.Although,…I would not have won anyway seeing you stated ……”The winner will be chosen at random on Monday, June 2, from the pool of qualified customers and contacted via email. The winner must claim their prize within one week or a new winner will be selected.”…..I am NOT on facebook- you state Patryk was notified via facebook. I could have never claimed prize seeing I was monitoring Email and your website…..Congrats Patryk! 🙂
Did I win? Did I win? 🙂
Thanks Provident for allowing me the entertainment that comes from reading the responses of some of these simpletons. You obviously are making the rules way too complicated, LOL. I deserve the gold just for understanding. Especially for the multiple orders I have placed in the past year!! Thanks
i put in an order yesterday that included the Australian crocodile coin and other coins and after i placed the order the site said the whole order wouldnt be shipped till the crocodile was available in June but will this order count for the contest. thanks
Hi Joseph- Don’t worry! You’re qualified. The contest is based on when the purchase is made, not when products are shipped. Hope you like that Croc!
Still waiting for answer if it will count toward an entry by using iPhone with wifi only, no carrier service as a phone as I am in mexico. Will it still be noticed as a smartphone entry?
Hi Donald- We had to check with our IT folks, but they confirm, yes! It will work, as long as you place your order from your phone, the signal service won’t matter.
Thanks!
Does an iPad count or must it be a phone?
Hi Rich- This promotion is for phones only at this time. Or, you are welcome to send us a self addressed envelope…that qualifies you as well. Thanks!
I have an ifone, but I am in mexico and it has no service as far as using it as a phone, however I can use it with wi fi, would this count toward the contest as an entry?
They DO say in the details that you can enter by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope in, I gleaned that much info without even paying very much attention. But apparently it was still more than some people can manage.
An entry is an entry. Either enter or don’t.
I just placed an order via my android phone. I went to my computer to check my email I did get the confirmation of the order via email. But there is no mention of the order being placed by phone, or no mention of being entered into the contest. How would one know if the order qualified for an entry? Just curious….
BTW this will be my 6th order and so far have been very happy with every order. Thanks Folks!!!
Have a great day
Jim
Hi Jim- If you made a purchase with your phone, you are entered! Best of luck!
Okay so I just saw that the blog got updated a little bit since I last read it. Self addressed envelope to Provident question: what information am I suppose to provide in the envelope? Do I just state that I want to enter in the contest and just have my name, number, and email included? I want to provide the correct information if I am to send in an entry by mail.
Thanks
Yer
All that is required is a self-addressed envelope– in terms of what to mail, you’ll have to mail us an envelope. That means you’ll address an envelope to us, and put your envelope (with your address on it) inside.
Oh I get it. Never knew what “self addressed” meant. Now feeling kinda stupid but thanks.
It’s a little screwy. I thought there was an app-but went to iTunes Store. Nothing. I did purchase a gold 1 oz. Eagle the other day after receiving email for you. Does that qualify? It was from my iPhone. Also received a “spam” marketing call shortly after ( not something I EVER get. Hope you’re not marketing my info. Main question though, is, did the fact I made purchase from my iPhone count towards eligibility for contest. Any info you provide will be appreciated. Ps: I notice since I signed on on Provident for “text alerts” there is no guarantee you are not selling/giving my Ido to any third party. Perhaps I should always read the fine print, please assure me you do NOT share my info with anyone else.
From what I’ve read on blog, so far, it looks like my purchase did count toward contest, please advise.
Thank you
Hi Gabriel- We understand that security and privacy is critically important to our customers, so we don’t sell or give away your data. Your phone number will only be used to receive the text alerts you signed up for or for customer service representatives to call you back if you have any questions we can answer.
As for the contest, all you had to do was make a purchase from your smartphone–of any size!–after the contest began. So it sounds like you’re entered! We don’t have an app nor do we sent confirmation emails for this contest entry, so rest assured, you’re all set!
Best of luck that you win!
My phone says Android 4.2.1…Does that work?
All smartphones will work for this promotion, Rod.
Great contest. Will keep buying and hope I win. A free 1 oz gold bar sure would be nice to have. How about giving the participants a huge discount on some silver : )
Thanks Provident.
Buying Zombucks with a chance at gold?!?! Done deal! Thanks Provident!
Is there a minimum order $$ amount to be a part of the “pool of qualified customers” for the contest?
There is no minimum to enter. All smartphone purchases will be entered!
I like the idea of the contest. Is there anyway to “confirm” that our mobile order entered us for the contest, or to tell if something prevented our device from being recognized as a mobile device? Also, do multiple purchases (same order, or multiple orders) increase our chance of winning, ie, more entries for each order, or more entries for the size of the order?
Thanks
Multiple orders will result in multiple entries. We don’t have a confirmation set up–it’s an automated process, so every entry is another chance to win. Thanks!
i just placed my order with my smart phone how do i know if i was entered for this give a way
If you made a purchase from your phone, you are automatically entered! That’s it!
Do I Pads count?
Not for this promotion, Gary. Maybe ask a friend or relative to let you borrow theirs!
What about a ipod 5? It’s ios 7
That will work, Xavier! Thanks!
Cool so my ipod is iOS 7.1.1. Maybe I should’ve been more clear with my question when I emailed about the contest.
Where are the rules posted?
Hi Michael, all you have to do is make a purchase from your phone or send a self addressed envelope to Provident Metals postmarked by May 31st to enter. That’s it!
Texas State Law
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/BC/13/622/C/622.101
(a) A person conducting a sweepstakes may not use a mechanism for entering the sweepstakes that:
(1) has any connection to ordering or purchasing a good or service;
(2) is not identical for all individuals entering the sweepstakes; and
(3) does not have printed on the entry form, in a font size at least as large as the largest font size used on the entry form, the following language: “Buying Will Not Help You Win. Your chances of winning without making a purchase are the same as the chances of someone who purchases something. It is illegal to give any advantage to buyers in a sweepstakes.”
(b) A person conducting a sweepstakes may not:
(1) require an individual to order, purchase, or promise to purchase a good or service to enter the sweepstakes;
(2) automatically enter an individual in the sweepstakes because the individual ordered, purchased, or promised to order or purchase a good or service; or
(3) solicit business using an order form or purchasing mechanism that has any role in the operation of the sweepstakes.
(c) Subsections (a)(1) and (b)(3) do not apply to a single sheet of paper that contains both a sweepstakes entry form and an order form if:
(1) the order form is perforated or detachable; and
(2) the entry form must be separated from the order form and returned to a different address than the order form.
(d) Subsections (a) and (b)(2) and (3) do not apply to a sweepstakes offered to promote a credit card or debit card if the official rules of the sweepstakes provide that consumers are entered in the sweepstakes based on the number of purchases made or the amount of money spent. The exception provided by this subsection applies only to a person offering a sweepstakes who qualified as an issuer as of January 1, 2001.
(e) Subsections (a) and (b)(2) and (3) do not apply to a company offering a sweepstakes in which the consumer must go to a physical location to obtain or use the goods or services being sold by the company.
– See more at: http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/BC/13/622/C/622.101#sthash.NggWEzXx.dpuf
Whats that saying? IANAL
i think there is a law against not offering entry to folks just because they do not have a smart phone. how about the event for only those that order over the internet?
seems fair to me.
This is a federal crime… FYI
omg, shut up you whiner, if you dont want to participate then dont and if you do then do, but i am sick and tired of the armchair lawyers in this country, gooberment brown nosers!
AT AN INTERNET CAFE YESTERDAY (19.MAY), I MADE A PURCHASE USING MY LAPTOP TO SEE YOUR PRODUCTS BUT ACTUALLY PLACING ORDER OVER SMARTPHONE.I COULDNT OF DONE IT WITHOUT MY SMARTPHONE-THATS HOW I FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU.ALTHOUGH MY ORDER WAS SMALL-I WANTED TO CHECK OUT THE 1/10 +1/4 OZ. ROUNDS.I WILL BE ORDERING AGAIN FROM YOU BECAUSE THE PRICES WERE MORE THAN FAIR.MY POSTAL MONEY ORDER HAS BEEN IN THE MAIL SINCE 3:45P.M. YESTERDAY.CAN YOU PLEASE ENTER ME IN YOUR CONTEST FOR THE FREE 1 OZ. GOLD PIECE?? BE SURE, I WILL BE ORDERING FROM YOU AGAIN.THANKS, MICHAEL KUCEWICZ MILFORD CONNECTICUT
Hi Michael- We’re happy to hear from you. You have plenty more chances to win: just make a purchase with your smartphone or send a self addressed envelope to Provident Metals postmarked by May 31st!
I really like the mobile site of Provident Metals. Very easy to navigate and get around. Simple yet intuitive. At least i’m not pulling my hair out when i’m just searching around the website.
Is there an app or do we simply surf to your site on our phone’s browser? If we are to use a browser can we do this on a tablet rather than a phone and still be entered into the contest?
Hi Jimmy, great questions! Just browse the site on your phone’s browser to make your purchase! Purchases on a tablet won’t qualify for this contest (maybe next time!).
Thanks, Provident!