[Poll] DPL - Quarter Finals, Semi Finals & Finals - 2017

Hi,

All upcoming matches will be conducted and rules will be updated in this thread only now.

Quarter Final Match Schedule is as follows

04-12-2017

05-12-2017

06-12-2017 – Semi Finals – Rules & Types of Matches will be updated post QF matches

07-12-2017 – Finals – Rules & Types of Matches will be updated post SF matches

1. Editing your thread or posts is not allowed. If you find a better deal/coupon, please comment in your contest thread as a fresh post.
2. Links/Sites where the product is out of stock will not be considered as an valid entry.
3. The product has to be from an Indian site (international sites shipping products to India wont be considered).
4. Product must be with manufacturer warranty, unless we mention in question that its not compulsory.
5. Websites allowing store pick up is not allowed.
6. App based entries are valid, but one has to mention product location (from drop down, which category to pick, or search keyword in app).
7. Product Must be deliverable to at-least one pincode
8. You will have to mention for which pin code its deliverable, if not mentioned then we will only check 4 pincode (400001, 110001, 700001, 600001) for validating entry.
9. Coupons can be applied, but these coupons can not be one time coupon codes and or of other coupon/affiliate sites, user specific referral coupon, cant be bank specific coupon codes.
10. Signup/registration coupons will be allowed, if you are sharing these coupons then you have to specify in your post that it is valid on sign up or new user etc.
11. Entries containing final price after cashback will not be considered valid
12. User will have to share product price (after shipping) and url in same post, incomplete details (invalid url, broken url, missing price) will not be considered valid. Max we will copy paste url for validating.
13. Product link and price must be correct and it should be in the same post. (Round off figure will not be considered) if price is Rs 4.56 Then mentioning Rs 5 is not valid)
14. If the deal is from ebay, seller rating less than 50 will not be allowed (unless it is promoted by ebay itself).
15. Posting Deals/Coupons from sites which are banned on DesiDime won’t be allowed in the contest.
16. Any contradiction in listing/title which will create a doubt about its feature or actual product then such entries wont be considered valid.
17. If the product page does not categorically say it is seller warranty it will be considered as manufacturer warranty.
18. Refurbished/used products are not allowed. Even if they comes with manufacturer warranty.
19. Use of any kind of gift vouchers purchased from any source is not allowed as valid entries.
20. Admin team will validate entries post all matches are over. And we are not responsible if product goes out of stock or price changes during the contest period time. If admin team checks in between the contest and verify the entry then we will consider it. But otherwise only those entries where product is in stock will be considered valid. Screenshot of 1 or 2 quantity in stock wont be considered as it wont help to evaluate if it was deliverable to any pincode.
21. Images on listing page wont be considered for validating the entries.
22. If anyone found taking help from any other Dimes apart from their teammate then their team will be disqualified from the contest with immediate effect.
23. In case of any dispute, admin team will take the final decision.

For Quarter Finals Below are the type of contest which will be Conducted. Total time per match will be 1 hour and 30 minutes.

1. Never buy if you are a dimer (30 Min)
2. Strategy (30 Min)
3. One Chance only (30 Min)

All QF matches will be conducted in one sticky thread created by Admin and both teams will have to share their entries in same thread.

Example : Team Players – A,B,C
if A is playing 1st match(never buy if you are a dimer) then he cant play 2nd match (strategy) but he can play 3rd Match (One chance only).
If Player A starts playing 2nd match then his entries wont be considered valid, either player B or C will have to play and their entry will only be considered valid.

Rules For Types of Matches

1. Each team will get 30 minutes to find the Most Expensive product. Time starts as soon as the product is posted.
2. Team will get limited time to post the entries. Suppose product is shared at 12:00:00 and its 30 Min game then one can answer till 12:29:59 Only. Even if admin team shares product few seconds/minute late or even if admin dont mention time is up.

1. Admin team will announce one product category in the main contest thread, each team has to select five stores in 5 min of time, after which the Admin will release the product.
2. Each team will get 30 minutes to find the cheapest product from only the 5 stores which the team has selected. Time starts as soon as the product is posted.
3. If team is sharing store before question is asked, such entries wont be considered. Store has to be shared only after Category is shared by Admin team.

For e.g

Admin has declared the next product will be “A Mobile Phone”
Following which

Team A selects 5 stores Ebay, Flipkart, Tradus, Infibeam, Adexmart
Team B selects 5 stores Ebay Indiatimes, Flipkart maniacstore, Indiaplaza

After which the Admin will release the product for e.g say it is

Nokia Lumia 525

Now each team can only post the deal from the 5 stores which they have selected

1. Each team will get 30 minutes to find the cheapest product.Time starts as soon as the product is posted.
2. You are allowed to put only one entry in the, you can decide when to put it in that thirty minutes, the team with the lowest price wins….. if the time stamps of the post shows the thirty minutes has crossed even by one mili sec… the entry wont be considered

Incase of a tie, we will have round of One chance only (15 min) till we find one winner.