Christmas Giveaway to ALL Members

[daytona4me]

What a great time of year, the spirit of giving is in the air. May all of our members be blessed this Christmas and may 2009 be a prosperous year for you.
I would like to thank all of our members for supporting RWI with your posting and monetary contributions throughout 2008.

RWI looks forward to a great 2009 as we will reintroduce some highly missed items here such as post money (RW$), trade review, casino/arcade and many other things that were lost when we had server and database problems well over 1 year ago. We have many projects slated for the 1st quarter 2009 and hope that you will enjoy them with us.

I would like to extend a special thanks to all of our members who chose to do detailed reviews of their replica purchases so that we may all be more knowledgeable before spending our hard earned and to our members who have chosen to undertake specialized projects so that our membership have higher quality, unique or more accurate replicas.

It is without further delay that I offer a Christmas gift to a lucky member who will be chosen from the posters in this thread.
The rules are that you offer up your own well wishes.. but not to the forum... it must be to a specific member here on RWI and this giveaway is open to ALL MEMBERS!!!

Please feel free to share with us why you chose the member to issue well wishes. Although this is not required to participate it is your chance to tell someone that they affected you in a postive way this year. You might just make someones year!

The winner will be chosen out of those who post in this thread.. remember,, your posts need to be member specific.. not just "Happy Holidays"
I have not yet decided how the winner will be chosen, it could be on depth, sincerity, random lottery, etc...

The winner will receive this watch which is in my possession today!

 

[subseeker]

Being a pain-in-the-ass sales moderator, will I be the least liked person of the RWI...
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

To all the members with or without my nukes & warnings,
I nuked and nuked and nuked to help all of our members here.
Let me remind you guys again, "following the forum rules will never hurt". :wink:

For 2009, again I will keep my eyes peeled for any violations, but at the same time, I will most definitely help out if requested.

Happy holidays to all of us, and be safe & sound!

 

[LoganX3]

I would like to extend my well wishes for D4M for posting this raffle.
Game over.
PM me for my addy.

 

[levelmanroger]

While the list of members I would like to thank personally and openly is long, I'm going to have to send my heart-felt good wishes and gratitude specifically to AHW who, upon hearing of my recent trials, tribulations and turmoil, has heaped upon me much unwarranted support, advice, and just plain friendship. I just can't express enough how needed it was and how impeccable her timing was.
So to AHW: I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas together, and that 2009 is better than you could imagine. Thanks again for being there.

(Being the rule breaker that I am) - MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY FRIENDS, BOTH KNOWN AND YET UNKNOWN, HERE AT RWI!! HERE'S WISHING US ALL A PROSPEROUS AND JOYOUS NEW YEAR! [smilie=angel11.gif]

 

[hooligan]

Happy holidays to everyone here!

A special Christmas greeting goes out to babola, the first guy I turn to for questions/advice about all things Panerai. I miss seeing you around here, buddy.

I don't want to be involved with the giveaway, I want to see it go to one of our members, but I wanted to take the opportunity to say a special Merry Christmas to a good friend.

 

[daytona4me]

Just a reminder..


This Giveaway is open to ALL MEMBERS not just vip.. and it does not matter if you have been here almost 3 years or 3 days!

 

[exeekias]

I haven't been a member here very long, but in the spirit of this thread I would like to offer my well wishes for the holidays and a special thank you to Francisco for his many awesome tutorials. I am learning a lot from them and it is inspiring me to dig into my watches and do some modding. Thanks Francisco and Happy Holidays to all.

 

[itseme]

Best wishes for d4m!

 

[rooster133]

Merry Christmas BMECliq! Hope you and your boys are not putting any people behind bars this Christmas... Anyway, thanks for what I would nominate as the thread of the year... I crack up just thinking about it.

But more seriously: merry Christmas to everyone here with whom I have transacted this year, or who have helped me in any way. You know who you are... Thanks for making this place rock!

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[guru]

my best wishes goes to all members here in RWI but a special merry chrismas goes to a fellow in France, to Yannou, he lost a lot of his watches when a thief broke in his house a few weeks ago. This is really a pain and I wish Yannou all the best for 2009 and that he can recover.
I also wish that rooster will finally get his watch back!

 

[robc_uk]

I'd like to thank Seanf for his continuing battle against the Paneristae and for providing a 'Quantum of Solace' to the rest of us

Rob

 

[dvburns]

I would like to wish Vacuum a happy, healthy and peaceful new year. I found myself in a few tight spots when I opened up my first watch and he was there to provide support and a few very small parts. It turned a problem into a triumph. It is support like this from forum members, along with the occasional bit of drama, that makes this such a nice place to spend some time.

 

[flugel]

I would also like to offer my holiday good wishes to Vacuum, whose work on the watches belonging to people in this forum is greatly appreciated by all.

 

[Para]

My wishes go do everyone... but in particular to someone who has had a great positive impact on my enjoyment and understanding of the rep world:

Fakemaster

Fakey unquestionably made a great positive impact on my enjoyment of horology, reps, and RWI via his posts, reviews, PMs,... what's more, I feel very fortunate to own two of his projects. It's not just what he does but the manner he does them that speaks volume about his character, expertise, and kindness. So, I cannot think of anyone else better to whom to publicly send my best wishes:

Fakey,
Happy holidays to you & yours, and thank you for all that you have done, all you do, and, in advance, all you will be doing in the new year... for me and for others.

D4me: thanks for the giveaway; the price is truly beautiful! However, should I win the giveaway, I want to publicly ask that you put the giveaway for sale and the money be kept as donation to RWI on Fakey's behalf. Now, I'm unsure who will be picking the winner of the giveaway... if it's you (D4me), there may be a conflict of interest... and I'd then ask that you disregard...

 

[Pix]

So this is the end ...of the year
All the best to all RWI members, and from my side especially to D4M who made me change my mind on RWI and choose it as my home.
Everybody, have a peaceful Christmas time...

 

[robmpulse]

I have been around for a few years. It was not until recently that I have been posting more and more often and trying to get into the "scene" so to speak.

I tend to stay mostly in the rolex section and the for sale sections, so my wishes will be going to the person that I have seen the most of. Tthat said, this has to be the most welcoming and easy going forum I have ever been a part of (what little part it is)

My shout out goes to the one and only fakemaster. I am on my third purchase from him in just a few months, and I already know without a doubt this man is the true definition of REAL.

While I wish everyone a very special and happy holiday, this man needs to be recognized for what he has done for the community. If it's not working on the well known awesome PVD Rolex watches, or the top of the line customer service he provides..... he still finds time to go into great detail that gives the rest of us tons of info we all need.

Again, you sir are the man!

As is the rest of this community. I am blessed to have found this place.

May we all live long and prosper!!!

 

[Harley357]

Being still somewhat noob here I don't know that many people, I wish everybody a Merry Christmas!

Having to pick one specific member: I wish a Merry Christmas to <-MrZoSo->.
He was the first guy who sold me a nice rep and that's what got me started with this hobby...

 

[drfcfighter]

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to All members of course, but a special thanks to Guanaco, and I wish him a very happy holidays and a happy new year, as his avatar has always given me warmth, hope, and a little increase in palpatation everytime I see those jugs on the avatar. I'm not gay or anything, not that there is anything wrong with that, but Guanaco's each post gives me a little chubby, not because of him or the content of his conveyance, rather because of his beautiful nubile big'em jugs on the avatar...

Happy Holidays!

 

[pocketkings97]

I would like to send a sincere "thanks" and Merry Christmas to the user daytona4me. I read TONS of his post and great advice before i ever posted or decided to join the replica community. Even though my first dip in the water has not been good, it could have been avoided had i read some more of his post/replys that i have read since i purschased. He was my inspiration to get started here, and for that, I would like to thank him. Merry Christmas to all others as well [smilie=icon_santa.gif]

 

[king_o]

[smilie=drunken_smilie.gif] HAPPY HOLIDAYS [smilie=drunken_smilie.gif] , from Ireland, to ALL on the forums.

I can't single out anyone in particular - some are very informative, some helpful and some just make me laugh

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