Raffle: 3,000 gold Question and Info thread

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Important note for participants, please read THIS POST

Prize Sponsor: HBC Administration
Prize: 1,000 Nutaku gold balance
Recurrence: Weekly
Duration: 3 days, beginning on Sunday (00:00 GMT -5)
Entry cost: 2 credits per ticket
Entry limit: 10 per user.
Winners: 3
Winners are chosen by a random draw on Wednesday afternoon.
Raffle page: HERE

Participation requirements:
-Have a forum account
-Have earned credits from posting activity within HBC forums
-Have a Nutaku account

How to enter:
-Entry only possible after start date has passed
-Click the link in the main area above to buy a ticket. It will show up in the large blank space above the "Rules" tab, underneath "Your Entries" count
-One entry may be purchased per minute

How to claim prizes:
-Winners will receive a PM informing them of the prize.
-Prize may be claimed by replying to the PM with a Nutaku ID and account name.
-Time to receive prize will be subject to processing time.
-7 day limit before prize expires. Please be sure to claim it on time.

How to earn credits:
-Posts are worth 1 credit each
-Threads are worth 2 credits each
-A (very) slight bonus is added based on word counts. Threads have a greater bonus.

This will be our basic contest. A total of 3,000 gold is available, with a maximum of 1,000 per winner on a weekly recurrence.
Use this thread to post any questions that may not have been answered with the above information.

Good luck!

Edit: Any items previously purchased from the shop and still unused may now be sold back for full price.