LOCKERZ is a SCAM

Since this month’s redemption happened in 2 parts, I’ll write it in chronological order.
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First up, Spring Fling Redemption:

Day: April 15, 2010
Time: 6:52 PM EDT (GMT -5:00)

So here’s my personal experience. It started at 6:52 and got in at 6:54 PM. Well, we all know what can happen in 2 minutes at a Lockerz redemption. I go in and find no electronics left except wallpapers and earphone covers. I then head over to the Brands We Love page and find only Snowboards left. Wow. 2 minutes… In 2 whole minutes, almost everything was emptied out. Needless to say, I just closed the tab and went back to Youtube.

Some people had problems with this redemption. I heard from several people that during the first 30 seconds, there was a technical error. Their ability to log in sent them to an internet connection error page. They then had to return to the log in page and re-log in. Well, that seemed to take them a few costly seconds because when they got in, they saw pretty much the same thing I saw. Junk remaining.

My good friend Zgore did redeem a Lockerz thermos. Head there to see his take on it if you’re interested. There’s a special little video waiting for you at the end of his article.
Zgore redeemed + VID
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Restock just finished.

Date: April 29, 2010
Time: 6:37 PM EDT (GMT -5:00)
Duration: 32 or 33 minutes

It’s 8 minutes in and only thing remaining is the iMac, a Ruffian Scarf, $500 PayPal and a bunch of Lockerz brand crap. We know iMac and the PayPal aren’t going anywhere. No one has the amount of PTZ needed to get them. This redemption was over when it started. 2 minutes and the only thing that was left were Baggu bags, Lockerz exclusive items, DVD’s, Wallpapers and Earphone covers.

So there are several people I’ve talked to who said they were there for the first minute. No technical issues this time.
They do say that even in the first minute, the only thing that remained were SOME games, headphones, wallpaper, Lockerz Exclusives, and Brands We Love crap. Even people in the first minute did NOT see an iTouch or other high ticket items. Hmm, makes you think how much stock they really have on the iTouch (or if they even have any at all :O).
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So here are a few things I noticed. This time around, the selection of prizes weren’t exactly the same as the Spring Fling Redemption. This time, there were no snowboards and the Brands We Love weren’t the same as last time. There also seemed to be less movies this time around. If you guys took time to notice, the PTZ Place catalogue is much larger than the redemption store. I also noticed Guarantee Your Prize has been removed. I wonder why things are missing. Could it be because they don’t have stock on that stuff anymore? If that’s true, then maybe they don’t have stock on iTouches. Maybe they just leave the picture of iTouches up just to show that, “Hey you were too slow this time. Maybe try again next month.” Sounds like one of this rigged carnivals doesn’t it? Well, that’s just speculation.

This time around, I thought the timing was pretty good. Seems I was wrong. On the East Coast of North America means you are likely to be in the GMT -5:00 or -4:00 range. The redemption would have been 6:37 or 7:37 respectively. Sounds nice to us on the Eastern end. West end however, is 3 hours behind us. That means West Coast would have been 3:37. I forgot that many schools do not end at 3:00. It seems that there are quite a few people who missed it because they leave school at 3:30. 7 minutes after school ended, redemption started. Lockerz still has work to do on timing redemptions but accepting Canada and US as a pair was the right start. Now maybe if they can fix time issues and stock issues, Lockerz will be good to go.
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This is a new section I thought might be fun. I was in the chatroom and PerryJoe posted a funny Lockerz Facebook Quote. I lost it in the posting wave but it gave me the idea to make a story/quotes from users section. The following are quotes taken directly from Lockerz’s Facebook page right after redemption and a few from the users in the chatroom. There have been no altercations to the quotes (Which explains the lack of correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc.). You also probably won’t find these anymore on their Facebook wall. They are notorious for taking down comments that badmouth Lockerz in any way, even constructive criticism. So enjoy:
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“I spent all last night and all tonight on the computer and i get up for 2 mins to eat and i miss it… FML!”
“o man you serious why is it gone I LIVE IN CANADA when i go to ptz it say prize redemption soon !!!! BUT I LIVE IN CANADA MAN CANADA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plz can anyone tell me what happend”
“I would advise everyone to wait for the shop instead of losing sleep over a redemption that lasts 10 seconds.”
“Lockerz, quit dicking around and launch the fucking site already so there’s 24/7 redeeming.”
“They need to make this redemption “LONGER” And have more “STOCK”"
“for the majority of the redemptions you’ve made it impossible for people attending school on the west coast to attend, it’s honestly really annoying.”
“I missed it WTF?! and im even more pissed off because i was w8ing from 5pm to 6:30pm when i signed off. Now i come on and see the message saying the redemption is over!”
“what if im at school that time?:S”
“i’m with you dude, i would gladly quit Lockerz if SHOP is a fail. Which means everything else is a fail too.”
“well i missed it when i took a shower”
“Same here. Lockerz is nothing but excuses. And lockerz deleting comments? WTF”
“I WATESED MY WHOLE TIME LOOKING FOR THE FLIP THAT THEY PROMISED ME WAS GONNA BE THERE CUZ IT WAS ” BACK BY POPUALR DEMAND”. FIRST I WENT TO ELECTORNICS LOOKED THERE, ITS WASNT THERE SO I WENT TO FAVORITE BANDS AND IT WASNT THREREE AND BY THE TIME I WAS DONE EVERYTHING WAS FRESH OUT.”
“WTF lockerz you said you would do it at a convienient time… did you forget about west coast???? omfg u started it at 3:30 thats when i get out of school. If you had done it an hour after even it would have fit everyone’s time. now i have to wait ANOTHER month.”
“ughh i tried logging in during the US redemption and it didnt let me log in i had the US as my country and everything UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
“wth i tried to freakin reedem a freakin game but lockerz didn’t let me nd ma friend filled up a form nd when he click “reedem” nothin happens.”
“yeah its pretty bad how either stuff goes fast in redemption or your not really stocking everything you claim to stock i was quite literally on lockerz 40 hours since monday and now this occurs i receivevd a phone call 60 seconds after redemption occured one min after you posted ur update to the lockerz page and i dont believe the prizes went the … See More fast your company is making plenty of money off of advertisements till a point where we want to puke but you cannot even reply to us on facebook to allieviate some rumors but instead you sit and dow hatever it is you do LOCKERZ is making it impossible for the average person who has a life to enjoy the fruits of watching videos which in fact pay for at least some of your bills its disapointing but im not going to get all wound up over prizes ill just get a job and buy it with my own real money”
Dsi2play: “I refreshed lockerz for two days and was lucky enough to get into the redeemption but after selecting my prize (mario olypics) i enter my info and clicked redeem and geuss what nothing my points didnt go down or anything i as booted back to the main menu”

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The International Redemption has been delayed to the 30th due to technical issues. They failed on the 29th so they did promise a rerun the next day. Since I can’t be there, I won’t be reporting it. If you have an experience in the international redemption, please feel free to write post your experience.

So on April 15th during the Spring fling redemption, I managed to redeem this rubberized Thermos for 900ptz. After months and months and months i get something. It’s kind of crappy too as it’s over double what a game costs and close to a ipod…..but I figured that almost everyone goes to the electronics section first because the better prizes are cheaper. As soon as i heard Shibar say it was happening i went over to see. I had 1542ptz and knew I had no chance of getting a ipod or game so i went straight to the exclusive section and straight to this and redeemed it…after 20 or so seconds to fill out my info and redeem it (note i did not look at any other prizes or decide) i finished and went back to see what else was in stock….like usual 99% of items were out of stock..The only items that lasted over a minute was the Stadium Blanket for 2400ptz, the Beverage Dispenser for 3000ptz, one paypal which i believe was the $500 for 10,000ptz, one DVD for 1400ptz (forget which one) and wallpapers…Well…for those who don’t know, I have been saying for a long time, since December, That if a ever redeem something, no matter what it was, that I was going to make a UNBOXING AND BURNING VIDEO. Why am I doing this, simple lockerz is still a scam. While I and some others redeemed…most people got nothing…So in protest of lockerz redemptions I will record the unboxing of my prize then the immediate burning of it. Though just because I redeemed my prize does not mean I will get it..lockerz could make some BS about me cheating which i have never done, or forgot it like they forgot my z-list shirt, or take over 3 months with BS about it will be coming soon like other people’s prizes. But, if i do receive my prize, which if on time would be sometime in May…I will make that video….Look for updates here………

UPDATE…..confirmation email received…weird as it usually takes them a lot longer..maybe it’s because they are trying to convince me to join there side or because so few people redeemed…here is the confirmation email.

UPDATE…..well the first email was sent on April 16th….it clearly says my rubberized thermos was shipped within the last 2 days….well today april 21 i got another email just like it….from reading it either lockerz lied  in the first email..or messed up and sent me two prizes as this one says rubberized blue thermos instead of rubberized thermos…

UPDATE…..I got my prize today…April 23rd…..I have yet to open it and because of a 14 hour shift i work on Saturday…I will make the video on Sunday and have it up sometime Sunday or have it up by 3am Monday…for the video I am going to make it one continuous shot, to aid the burning  I am going to make a home made napalm to pour inside it…if needed i will make two videos if the video lasts more than 10mins because of Youtube”s limit but it will still be a continuous shot…if your a fan of lockerz-scam.com and want to be mentioned just comment below “Lockerz is a scam mention me (your name)”

UPDATE….I forgot to mention names in the video so will ad them in the description..Well the video didn’t go as planed..The sound was not working so I put some music over it..and i had to cut it because the fire was going to become out of control and create too much smoke….here is the link Lockerz Unboxing and Burning

Alright, I’ll be honest here. I wasn’t on when redemption started so I can’t speak for the first hour of the redemption. Now onto what I noticed when I tried and Facebook experiences from others.
So here’s the main facts that you might want to know:
1. This redemption’s premise was to give the winners of March Radness a redemption. That means the losing team doesn’t get any chances at a redemption. (A competition of USA vs. The World where the winner is the team that gets the most points. It is USA, not USA + Canada vs. The rest of the world. If you’re wondering, The World won, which includes Canada.)
2. This redemption was in one wave ONLY.
3. It could happen at any time after March 26th.
4. Time was still not specified but it was supposedly timed to allow for the most optimal time for every global user.
5. All prices were multiplied by a factor of 4. That means games went from 100 PTZ to 400 PTZ

Alright so with the basic rules out of the way, here’s what I recall. First of all, the redemption happened at Tues. March 30, 2010 at 2:07 PM (GMT -5). So as a Canadian point of view, guess what most of Canada’s users were doing. Give up? The majority of us were in school when it first started. As every long term Lockerz user knows, redemption basically ends at the first minute of opening. That basically means, if you’re in class, you missed out. Good job Lockerz, you fucked over most of Canada because we all know most if not all of your users still have school. What do you want us to do? Skip school or class just so we can sit at a comp 24/7 just to redeem? School before Lockerz so I guess that means Canada’s pretty much out of the running for the nice prizes.
Now that’s basically for the first hour for people in the GMT -5:00 time zone. I was curious to see what was left so I tried to get on an hour later. At 3:15 PM, I checked it out. PTZ place was still up so I knew redemption was still on. Guess what happens now? I try logging in and get the “You are not part of this redemption.” message. I’m really confused so I head to Whatsmyip.com. Lo and behold, I’m listed as Canada. What’s wrong with Lockerz? I’m seeing my IP listed and I see google map pinpointing me in Toronto. At this point, I just give up and check out their Facebook to see what others are thinking. To my surprise (well, not really), others are having the exact same problem as me. It appears many were also unable to Log In at PTZ place and got the same message as me. I don’t know what happened but Good Job Lockerz, you just denied a redemption to quite a few of your winners.
So here’s what I hear as a rumour. I’m unable to confirm because I couldn’t find enough people who went to the redemption due to inability to Log In or because the redemption was over when they were finally able to be on the computer. Well, apparently, the jack up of cost on prizes did not deter the one minute redemption. Turns out that even though prizes were high and started to separate users into different PTZ brackets, all the prizes were still gone. I’m not sure about the Mac Comp or the Mac Air since no one was able to give me a straight answer about its availability. Everything else though was gone in the first minute again.
What I also hear, which may be a rumour, is that the remaining prize was another Paypal prize again. Sounds similar to the January Redemption though.
The last rumour I heard was that people who ran a US proxy were able to get into PTZ place. I’m not sure about it but I doubt it’s true.
So here’s my thoughts. It’s bloody obvious that games would run out fast. Look at it, the prices went up to near unreachable levels. iTouch 64 GB and the 32 GB are in totally new tiers. Back when it was still 800, everyone was able to go for it. Now that people with less than 1000 PTZ are limited to prizes, it is very reasonable to believe they would all go for a lower cost prize that’s actually worth something. The only thing that fits that definition are the Video Games so it’s quite clear they would sell out in seconds. It’s just more surprising that the high cost prizes like the PS3 and iTouch were gone. Lockerz has many members so it’s not surprising there are quite a few that have enough for them. BUT it’s surprising that they sold out so soon too.
Well I’m tired of writing now and I pretty much covered the basics. If you guys have an experience to add, go ahead and post away. Just try to be civil about it.