I suggest we make a list of better questions for ebay to reward the clients:
Question 1: How many advertisers want to know how many views are coming from Treasure hunt, and not from genuine interest in their product ?
#2 - How accurate will any statistics be in presenting a pricing scheme for advertisers as to pages views ?
#3- How much money in addition will ebay make from advertisers as a result of this generated traffic.
#4 - is that amount > or < than the $25,000 they have set aside to generate considerable traffic on a considerably large site.
#5 - is this really necessary ? (with a comment) Would ebay NOT be better off saying, guess what, buy a product today, and it may just be free. Run a TV ad showing people is disbelief on winning a car, or blender, saying 'Shop at ebay lately, the next thing you buy may just be free' Use the money THAT way, don't corrupt with this trailor trash quest, mobs follow that, and you know what kind of damage mobs do, espectially to data integrity.
#6 - how many people resolved the questions through co-incidental clicks, how many said they actually figured it out, and how many through brute force clicking, lol
As to #6
I'm willing to wager $26,000 that no one figured out a one of them.
This marketing genius should be demoted. Never compromise page view stats for advertisers. heh