Good morning!  I wanted to announce the winner of the  HP Better Together Bundle Winner. Tweetaways site was down, so I used random.org to select the winner from the contest instead.

Here’s the prize package again in case you missed it.

The HP Bundle:

• HP dv6
• anHP Mini 110
• Syncables software that will connect your computers and share your school projects, academic papers, and personal stuff like photos and videos
• a customized Green Panda Treehouse Timbuk2 bag (each site has it own bag)

Thanks to HP, Microsoft,and Timbuk2 for the prizes!

The winner is #221… Graywolfpack5

Graywolfpack5 has 48 hours to contact me from this post’s published date before I pick another winner. Don’t forget there are other sites involved with the HP Better Together giveaway that still have their contests open.

If you didn’t win, there are still several sites running the contest, including my buddy studenomics.

The official fine print:
• This contest open to anyone in the world, but if the winner is outside of the U.S., he/she may be awarded a credit to HP’s online store to avoid shipping and customs restrictions.
• Individuals who have won at another website participating in the HP Back to School Giveaway are ineligible to win a second time.
• All entries must be received byAugust 28, at 11:59 PM (NY Time).
• The odds of winning depends on the number of entires received by the deadline stated above.
• No complaining allowed…seriously. We appreciate everyone’s entries and try to keep things fun around here. Unfortunately, not everyone will be able to win as we only have one bundle to give away. If you don’t win this bundle, please enter to win bundles from the 24 other great sites that are participating in this promotion.

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• Carnival of Personal Finance #219
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• Money Hacks Carnival
• Festival of Frugality
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