Well, i never thought that i would run a contest and have trouble getting the winner to collect the prize. I emailed, attempted to call the winner, tried to friend them on LinkedIn and even sent a $1 via paypal to try to reach them. As stated in the rules, failure to reply by May 31st results in the prize being given to the alternate.

The alternate prize winner is from Illinois and we have emailed them at both addresses we have for them.

I’ve emailed, telephoned and even tried to connect via LinkedIn with the winner of the Earth Day drawing. Today i sent $1 to the paypal account that the winner used to purchase our offsets. If they don’t respond before 23:59, EDT May 31st, the prize will be awarded to our alternate winner.

We will draw 2 random numbers, the first number is row of the winning entry in our spreadsheet of valid entries. The second number is the alternate winner. if on June 1st 2009, the winner cannot be found or is unwilling to complete the required process (providing legal ID) to collect the prize, the alternate winner will be given the $5000 cash prize.

In order to ensure that a fair, random drawing is used to determine the winner of the 4Offsets’ 1 Million Website contest, we are undertaking these steps:

1. collect a list of all members who own carbon offset certificates.
2. remove all members who are

1. Employees or Investors in 4Offsets
2. Members who received complementary or “promotional” offsets, without paying

3. add all “snail” mail entries.

4. list of entries in the spreadsheet is sorted by certificate number/random 10 digit number.
5. A random number, between 1 thru the total number of entries, will be generated and the winner will be the entry located on that line of the the spreadsheet.

Please Note:

According to rule 10 (at http://www.4offsets.com/contest-rules.php )

Sponsors reserve the right at their sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify and/or suspend the contest. 4Offsets, llc.,

Accordingly the rules have been changed as follows:

2. ADDITIONAL ENTRIES: 1 additional entry is awarded to every registered member for each Offset package purchased. Note: each certificate represents a single offset package

4. ELIGIBILITY: The 1 Million Offsets contest is offered to all adults, worldwide. Winners must provide a government issued photo id from their country of residency. Residents of the United States of America, United Kingdom and Canada must furnish a valid US, UK or Canadian and social security/tax number are required to collect the prize. Additionally the winner agrees to allow 4Offsets, llc to use their name and likeness in company promotions. This offer is void in jurisdictions where any of these rules contradict local law.

Here are a couple of videos we’ve down to raise some awareness of our brand.

(Transworldnews) Ann Arbor, MI - When shoppers seek a gift of meaning in these last few days before Christmas, they should consider the possibility of offsetting their friend’s or relative’s homepage.  At least that is what 4Offsets CEO Fred Weiss is suggesting for those stumped for a gift that has both positive meaning and a value not measured in dollars.  “This Christmas, more than any in the last 50 years, people are looking for gifts that are about more than fashion or consumerism. Not only do Carbon Credits from 4Offsets do meet that criteria, but they represent projects that are reducing the negative affects of an industrial/consumerist society.”  Weiss added “and at $1 a year to offset a homepage this gift is affordable to all.” 

Carbon Offset Credits are commodity contracts representing a project that removes or offsets the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as CO2 and Methane.  4Offsets, LLC thru it’s membership in the Chicago Climate Exchange (the CCX) offers credits represented by contracts on the CCX.  The company offers to offset a “web homepage” (think a blog and places such as MySpace or Facebook) for $1 for a year.  The CO2 offset offerred by the company assumes the average home page shares a server with 150 other users on a PC style server.  The company has been offering carbon offsets since February of 2008 via its website with the assistance of its network of hundreds of affiliated websites.

4Offsets, LLC
4Offsets, LLC, of Ann Arbor, Michigan is committed to provide carbon offsetting solutions to people and organizations. 4Offsets uses retirement of exchange traded Carbon Financial Instruments (CFIs), to represent each ton of offsets the company sells. The company’s initial efforts, 4Offsets and its clients have already removed over 3 million pounds of CFIs from the market.  The company packages offsets for driving, flying and general living with prices ranging from $7 to $100 per year.  The following URLs provide examples: Offset Flights, Offset Cars and Trucks .

View The Original:  $1Christmas Gifts

(Transworldnews) Ann Arbor, MI - As the Christmas shopping season heads into its final weekend  4Offsets.com reminds harried shoppers that the gift of green, Carbon Offsets,  is easy and available 24 hours a day at www.4Offsets.com.  Carbon Offsets can be used to offset the CO2 emmissions of the gift recipient’s driving, flights or home energy usage.  This holiday season, when so many are seeking gifts that offer something beyond luxury or fashion, the company hopes that people give a gift that sends a message sustainability and hope.

Carbon Offsets from www.4Offsets.com are backed, ton for ton, by exchange traded Carbon contracts representing projects that reduce or offset greenhouse emissions.  Offset projects include planting forests, eliminating methane emissions from landfills, wind/solar farms and other projects that reduce CO2, Methane and SOx emissions.  4Offsets makes it easy for anyone to help support the fight against global warming, without having to radically change their lifestyle or incur large costs for upgrading a home or business. Give the gift of green this Christmas and help lead the way for 2009 to become the greenest year yet.

 4Offsets, LLC
4Offsets, LLC, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan was founded in December 2007 in order to bring carbon offsetting solutions to people and organizations. 4Offsets uses retirement of exchange traded Carbon Financial Instruments (CFIs), to represent each ton of offsets the company sells. Through the company’s initial efforts, 4Offsets and its clients have already removed over 3 million pounds of CFIs from the market.  The company packages offsets for driving, flying and general living with prices ranging from $7 to $100 per year.  The following URLs provide examples: Offset Flights, Offset Cars and Trucks .

View The Original:  Last Minute Christmas Gifts

Ann Arbor MI(transworldnews) - CO2 offsetter, www.4Offsets.com announces the launch of its “Keep Santa On Ice” campaign as part of its push for a Green Christmas.  The company has made its holiday campaigns’ digital assets immediately available to its affiliates in the Share Results network.  The launch of this seasonal campaign continues the company’s dual goal of expanding its business while educating the public about Global Warming,  proposals to ”cap and trade” CO2, and how carbon offsetting can help reduce greenhouse gases.

4Offsets, llc is a carbon offsetting company that seeks to bring awareness of Global Warming and Carbon Offseting to individuals and small businesses who can purchase Carbon Credits to offset their current carbon footprint.  “We’re hoping to use our holiday campaign to continue the story we began to tell earlier this year”, said CEO Fred Weiss.   He noted, “The holiday shopping season is a key season for retailers and we want to make sure that our affiliate partners are prepared”.  The company believes that recent price cuts and the anticipated efforts of its affiliate network during the holiday season will, despite the current economic crisis, increase sales in the final quarter of 2008.

about 4Offsets, LLC.

 4Offsets, LLC
4Offsets, LLC, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan was founded in 2007 in order to bring carbon offsetting solutions to people and organizations. 4Offsets uses the retirement of Carbon Financial Instruments (CFIs), purchased through US based exchanges and brokers, to represent each ton of offsets sold. Through the company’s initial efforts, 4Offsets and its clients have already removed over 3 million pounds of CFIs from the market.  The company packages offsets for driving, flying and general living with prices ranging from $7 to $100 per year.  The following URLs provide examples: Offset Flights, Offset Cars and Trucks.

View the Original Release: Green Christmas Gifts

Ann Arbor MI - CO2 offsetter, www.4Offsets.com announced across the board price reductions in the company’s Carbon Offset packages.  The price cuts of 30% to 50% on 4Offsets packages, reflect changes to market pricing that have occurred in response to volatility in oil prices and the ongoing, international credit crisis.  The company hopes that these price cuts will reignite much of the green fervor that was lost as oil approached $150 a barrel.

4Offsets, llc is a carbon offsetting company that seeks to bring awareness to the problems of global warming by allowing individuals and small businesses to purchase Carbon Offsets to account for their current carbon footprint.  Carbon Offsetting allows people to fight global warming with CO₂ reduction, green energy projects and reforestation  around the world, by measuring and offsetting their own carbon footprint.  “Offsetting your own carbon footprint is the simplest action that individuals and businesses can take in fighting global warming.  It’s time to reduce our use of resources, substitute greener products and offset the remaining carbon footprint of our lifestyle choices”, company CEO Fred Weiss notes.  He went on to point out, “We now beat nearly all of our competitors on price, while offerring many of the same offset projects include the methane project at the ”Crossroads Landfill” in Norridgewick, ME. It’s a great time to buy Carbon Offsets for 2008, 2009 and beyond.” 

about 4Offsets, LLC.

 4Offsets, LLC
4Offsets, LLC, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan was founded in 2007 in order to bring carbon offsetting solutions to people and organizations. 4Offsets uses the retirement of Carbon Financial Instruments (CFIs), purchased through US based exchanges and brokers, to represent each ton of offsets sold. Through the company’s initial efforts, 4Offsets and its clients have already removed over 3 million pounds of CFIs from the market.  The company packages offsets for driving, flying and general living with prices ranging from $7 to $100 per year.  The following URLs provide examples: Offset Flights, Offset Cars and Trucks