Thread: Firefly Phone BzzCampaign Pre-Registration, **Select areas

Originally Posted by annie169

I did preregister...I still have the email asking me TO DO so and the confirmation for it too. I'm a lil ticked about this. I don't see how we could honestly bzz about something that we can't even use.

I pre-registered as well, within minutes of getting the pre-registration email. I DID call on Friday and was told the same thing that you were told, archergirl, that they are ALL dummy phones. Guess we will find out what we get when the "phones" arrive. When I asked why two totally different emails were sent out, the girl said that was DEFINITELY a HUGE error on their part!

I have NOT been getting any confirmation emails that my Bzz reports are read and approved. THIS is something new as I ALWAYS got confirmation emailed to me in the past. OF COURSE I can go to the site and see what is pending and what is approved, but I LIKED getting that email.

ALSO, HOW LONG are you all waiting for Bzz Rewards? I cashed out in the beginning of July and I still have not gotten the confirmation email that it is on it s way. Isn't over six weeks a LONG time to wait for the confirmation email that the reward is being sent since it is then another 2-3 weeks to wait after that email before the reward arrives?

THANKS everyone, for answering the two questions above. AND I HOPE NONE of us get dummy phones!

If you recall, recently there were bzz polls on site called 'BzzExperience part 1 and part 2. In those surveys they asked questions about if we felt it necessary to get e-mails every time a bzz report is read and replied to...also they asked if we cared or not if e-mails were sent every time a reward was mailed out.
My guess is that based on the answers they got from those polls, they have done away with e-mails for every little thing. lol
I'm awaiting rewards from June 30'th and July 16'th...I'm not worried, they'll be here pretty soon. They have never NOT come and I have gotten LOTS of rewards from them in the past year.
I have never had a problem with them...and the best thing to do when a problem arises, is e-mail Jono. That's what he's there for.

I too, hope that lady was wrong, because my 11 yr. old daughter is beside herself with anticipation and excitement of getting one of these phones. As are my nephews and a niece-who's parents also got in this campaign and ALL recieved the same e-mail I did.

Another thing...all of you who got the e-mail saying it was a 'dummy phone'...how many of you live in the areas that this campaign is for, because it is very limited and not yet available in most areas. We(my family and I) who all got in on this, all live in NJ-within' the 50 mile radius required for this campaign. The other areas were...Texas-ALL, California-ALL, Parts of Chicago and NY tri-state(within' 50 mile radius of NYC only)
PLUS, this is only for those with kids in the 8-12 age group who live IN those areas.
MAYBE those that will be getting a 'dummy phone'(if this ISN'T a huge mistake made there) are those who live in areas where this phone/service are NOT yet available, but may become so in due time. So, if that's the case, a working phone would be no good to anyone outside of the listed areas for this campaign anyway...so that's why they'd send dummy phones. The initial e-mail to pre-register stated that it was only for those areas at this time.

annie...I just saw that you ARE in Ca....so I dunno anymore! I'm lost as to what's going on...just trying to figure out some possiblities here! lol

Who knows??? lol I just hope we all get...or eventually get the real deal!!
Good luck!

And as far as being able to bzz something we can't use..there are many campaigns we sign up for that really...we can't use, unless we can afford to do so...like the current Goodyear tire campaign. Those tires are VERY expensive and well, we sure didn't get a huge bzzkit with 4 tires in now, did we? lol

I pre registered, registered as soon as I got the email, live in Texas and have an 8 year old. They say I'm getting a nonfunctioning phone. Great.

About as easy to BZZ about as the sausages they didn't sell in my area and the tires I couldn't afford.

how do you join a campaign? I can't seem to figure it out. on the home page it says Iam not signed up for any campaigns right now. I want to sign up

THANKS SO MUCH, grammy2_1, for all your responses. I don't think I ever took the two BzzExperiences surveys you referred to, guess I missed them somehow. In my BzzAgent profile I still have the option of being emailed when I am awarded more points and when I've had rewards approved. Maybe they no longer offer these options but it surely is still a choice in the BzzAgent profile.

Is anyone getting emails when they have rewards approved or when they are awarded more points?

Did you notice that a Firefly phone is a reward that you can purchase with points in this campaign, not just covers? THIS is discouraging to me but I WILL KEEP MY HOPES UP!

I have two 8-12 year olds and I live in the required area so I wonder why I will be getting a dummy phone. I also pre-registered immediately.

Guess we all will have to wait and see what happens.



reds mama, they have to offer you the campaign on your homepage before you can join. Usually(not always) you are sent an email saying there is a campaign you can join.

Originally Posted by grammy2_1

vieprivee...YW. Just trying to figure this thing out somewhat. lol
I do have another question for everyone who's in this campaign...vieprivee said in her post that she sees a firefly phone IN her rewards section of the campaign-BUT...there is NOT one in my rewards for the firefly! Only the accessories...so here's the question...
Of all of you in this campaign that were told you were getting a 'dummy phone'...what do YOU see in your rewards section for the firefly campaign...and the same question to those who DID get the e-mails saying we ARE getting a firefly phone pre-loaded w/30 minutes...what do YOU see in YOUR rewards section for this campaign???
I got the latter e-mail telling me I AM getting the actual working phone w/the 30 minutes...and I do NOT see a firefly phone available to get via points in MY firefly rewards page!!

So...MAYBE, if my thinking here is correct, those of you who were told your getting the dummy phone...if all of you can SEE the firefly phone as a reward option...and the rest of us don't have it in ours...maybe THAT'S the answer we are all trying to figure out!! lol
MAYBE for those that are getting the dummy phone-only YOU can see the reward to get a phone BECAUSE you will be getting the 'dummy phone' and they are giving the option to be able to get one via points.??? Maybe...Possibly? lol
So please, everyone post your answers...what e-mail did you get and...do YOU see a firefly phone in YOUR rewards page for this campaign???
This just might settle it once and for all as to what's going on.

I THINK you may have the answer, grammy2_1! IT IS LOGICAL and MAKES SENSE! I DO BELIEVE you solved a rather strange mystery here!

SO now all of us who get the dummy phone need to tell our kids that they did not luck out! GOOD LUCK to us all, although I am gonna let the my kids open the BzzKit themselves and find out that way. Guess I am just plain chicken!

I still hold out a miniscule amount of hope that maybe, just maybe, we will get a working Firefly, but I doubt it. After being promised one, I guess our kids will find out the hard way that life is not fair. AT LEAST, if is a life lesson!