Well, Harbour Lights needs your help and for the next 6 weeks, they'll be giving away a limited edition Harbour Lights. All you've got to do is re-register at www.HarbourLights.com (click on the 'Blame it on Bill' link upper left).

Then on April 1, Bill is going to give up one of his single digit limited edition pieces to one lucky registrant.

I'm not eligible (damn!) but you all are -- whehter or not you are a member of the Collectors Society. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY.

The earlier you register, the more drawings you'll be in.

If anyone has any problems with the form, please let me know ASAP.

John
I am all re-register.
How about the non-connected collectors.
How will they re-register?

Great idea, Im regestered and hope I win

Thanks for the "heads up" notice, John!

I've registered, and I'm feeling LUCKY!

Judy

COULD I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE!

It is of the utmost importance that everyone registered here at the Collector's Forum fills out the registration form for the "Blame it on Bill" giveaway. Now is a chance to show Harbour Lights just how many people frequent the Collector Forums and use this as a major source of information about HL collecting.

Don't hestitate! Do it now!

Bob

I added in the comment section that I was a member here.

Good idea, Bob!

Judy

My wife and myself are in. Thanks John.

To even make this comment even better. This may be a good place to state how much we like to see the forum associated with the Harbour Light Website again. On the forum we are all lighthouse and Harbour Light lovers and would hope to have a chance to share this with new collectors.

"You catch more flies with sugar than you do with vinegar..."

Thanks John, I registered and also mentioned in the comment section that I am a member of the Collector's Forum

Joyce

Thanks John. We are now registered! Sorry you can't win.

Done.

Is this like register and win, or do you not need to buy anything? I'll do anything to try and get a single digit!

Register, Greg! Go for it, and good luck!
No purchase required.

Judy

Ain't that the truth!

I'm sorry you're not eligible, too, John.

Judy

Don't feel sorry for me, friends. Harbour Lights 'been very, very good to me.'

I have a few APs and the lowest # piece I have is Sea Girt #11. Pretty nice, huh, Greg???

John
I stand corrected.
I made the adjustments as suggested.

John.....Verrrrrrrryyyyyyy nice. Verrrrrrryyyy verrrrrrrryyyyyy nice.

So, is your house alarmed?

I entered the contest.

I just sent out the link to the Hoosier Lighthousing Club membership..

I am going to send a follow-up email to remind them to mention the Collector Forums is the way they first learned about it!!

P.S. I have a #9 AB Kim (one of 13 known regular edition Kim's) ship that some how got away from the home office, I handed it to Kim to sign with my thumb over the number just in case she wouldn't give it back.. It is my lowest number and only single digit! My lowest double digit is a #11 New Point Loma and my house is alarmed!!

Other club leaders, please follow Paul's lead and send out a notice to your members about the drawing opportunities.

Others who post in other places on the Internet, please feel free to pick up this information and post it.

I'm in!

Bert

I registered and sent out an email to my fellow Desert Lightkeepers. I, also, included the fact that I found this info on these forums! Good Luck everybody!! BTW, my double digit pride and joy is #35 Lady Liberty (thanks to my brother-in-law)!!!

Thanks for the info John. I am now re-registered. I sure would love to have a single-digit piece! The lowest numbered light I have is 130 (Boon Island), but I do have 6 LE APs (Ft Jefferson, Pt Iroquois, Dry Tortuga, Half Moon Reef, Pharos, & Colossus) and 3 GLOW APs (New London, Sanibel, & West Quoddy.

Thanks for the email, John. I registered and mentioned the forums. Terry

John,

Thanks for the heads up. I'm all reregistered.

I left the little note about being a member of the forums also.

Dennis

Is it one entry per person, or one entry per household?

#12 Cedar Key, FL, found it on a store shelf , followed by #59 Concord Point (ebay)

Registered before I got your email John. I saw it on the web site earlier today. VERY NICE of HL !

The troops are answering the call! Now up to 169 registered.

Sarge and Mrs. Sarge registed now. Thanks for the email.

Looks like things get busy in the evening. 201 now re-registered.

Do we know what lights are for grabs? If I were to win, I would think about getting it signed by one or more of the Younger family and doing a special Wacko auction where you would email me your bids. All of the profits would go to lighthouse preservation.

John,
Thanks for the email. I,m all reregistered.
Mike

On the form, there is a field for "Suffix" that would be what comes AFTER your name like "Jr." or "Sr." or "III", etc.

I put that in there for Frank Carbone "Jr". But I imagine there are a few others out there too.

Thank you John, for the heads up! I too am now re-regestered.

Good Luck to each of you here on the Forum! I've got my fingers crossed!

Stephanie

Thanks John for the info. I registered last night and good luck to all those who have registered.
Hal

Thanks for the alert, John. I registered and mentioned I was a Collector Forum Wacko.
Good luck, everyone!

'BAMA BOATERS

Thanks John for the heads up and thanks Jim for the e-mail. I am registered and so is Wildchild!

Dale

I've registerd. Boy the stuff you can find on the Forum! I also commented in the proper space.
But, I have misplaced my membership #!! Does it matter to this registration??? And, how can I find out what it is? Thanks!
Rick

Dale exists?????????????????

Boy the chance to dig into Bill's private stash has brought folks out!

Great News!

Harbour Lights is able to recover all the Collectors Society membership information in their computer crash of last week.

For that reason, we're redirecting the contest -- it will continue as announced -- but now "Bill's Off The Hook". The registration form and link to it are temporarily down but should be available again this evening or tomorrow morning at the latest.

Whew!

The form is back up and working now. Thanks for your patience.

Up to 408 registrations as of this afternoon. Keep 'em coming. Let others know.

All taking care of....

This is a nice Winter surprise! Glad to hear that the information has been retreved.

Thanks HL !!

The family is in the drawing and I sent the info to the Keepers. If you win one week can you still win the following week and the week after that and the week after that. I'm feeling real lucky!

Chuck

Not quite there... If you win one week, you are OUT of the subsequent drawings, but if you lose, you're in it till the end or until you win.

The above is from the rules page at HarbourLights.com...

Once you win, your name will not be selected again.

But it does sound like everyone who has registered (whether you've won an LE or not) is still eligible for the special piece from Bill's stash????

I'll have to go back and read that. But here's my special side deal. You win one, give it to me and I'll put your name back in the drawing. OK?

That is just real BIG of you John.If you put our
name back in twice I might think about it.I did
regerster and said I was one of the Forum gang.

Here's my side deal. If I win, you can make the winning bid in my forums-only auction, and I'll give it to you and the money to lighthouse preservation! How can you pass THAT up?

Looks like you are right Sue. Everyone is in the final drawing, whether they are a past winner or not.

This will certainly generate a lot of interest. A chance to win a single-digit HL is a dream to many avid collectors.

On the other hand, many people don't play the "numbers game". I say the lower the flag# the better. The fact that this piece is also from Bill's private stash, makes it even more interesting.

Another point of interest in this contest will be the number of people that register compared to how many of them are CF members.

Time will tell, ladies and gentlemen.

Bob

Wasn't the first drawing last night? I haven't received an email yet so it's probably safe to say I didn't win. So who was the lucky winner?

The first weekly winner is:

Lindley Ferris
Cutchogue, NY

Congratulations Lindley!