Reward for great contribution to the X-Cart community
 

Hello everybody!

Strong forum community is definitely one of the reasons why customers choose X-Cart as their online business solution. We know this and we would like to thank all X-Cart community members for their useful advice and help provided on the forum. And especially we would like to thank Padraic Ryan aka Balinor for active participation in the forum life.

Since I started my work in Qualiteam Software (2003) I have been watching Balinor's activity on the forum, he really helped lots of X-Cart users. Today he posts 5-10 messages a day and he is the first one to reply to almost every my message :-)

Several months ago we added "Thank you" button to each forum post. Though it is not quite popular yet among X-Cart users, statistics for the latest quarter confirms high status of Balinor - he is one of the greatest contributors to the X-Cart community.

So we are glad to reward Balinor with an Amazon Gift Card for $1200. I believe most of the forum members would agree that he deserves the reward =D>

Dear Padraic, please PM me the e-mail address where I can send you the gift card.

Also, I would like to say that we will continue monitoring thanked forum posts and, perhaps, will periodically reward community members who play active role in the forum life.

Once again, thank you for your help!

Best regards,

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Wow, Vyacheslav, I don't know what to say except....THANK YOU! I never expected to be compensated for my time here, but I'm definitely not one to turn down a generous gift either! Thank you once again, I sincerely appreciate that gesture. I'm already shopping! :)

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Fully deserved - x-cart wouldn't be the software it is without this forum, and this forum wouldn't be what it is today without Padraic.

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I don't post much here but I must say that I am truly amazed at the amount of time and effort "balinor" puts forth here - well done!

And kudos to the x-cart team for the generous acknowledgement - not very often do you see this type gesture towards a community.

Cheers,

Regs.

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Well deserved indeed. Congrats bud :)

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Well done and well-deserved Padraic 8) Kudos to qualiteam for recognizing one of their most valued assets in customer support and the community.

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Amen - Balinor is THE reason this forum is as useful and civil as it is. Thank you for everything you do. And thanks Qualiteam for recognizing how valuable Padraic is to the success of X-Cart and its users.

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Very thoughtful of X-Cart to reward Pedraig for his efforts. Truly this forum benefits greatly from his presence, so much so that I hope he doesn't switch shopping cart software :-D

Congrats mate!

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Very nice. Balinor really deserves this. His is the hearth of this forum!

Xplorer: reward also the community with a new X5, closer to our needs 8)

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Congratulations Padraic!

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Well done...Well deserved!

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Congrats Padraic! - happy to see your works and time here are appreciated :)

Cheers - Asiaplay

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Congratulations Padraic. Well deserved.

This says a lot:

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Yeah, it says Padraic's a free poster! :P Na, congrats, of course we all know you deserve it.

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Well, I guess I should take the shirt back I got you for helping me so much. :(

Way to play the trump card, QT!

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Yeah, despite of all my efforts I couldn't reach Padraic's number of posts here.

My miserable 467 posts vs Padraic's 28K posts

An Epic failure of mine :(

Anyway, my best congrats to Padraic! =D>

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I ordered a concert from Forum's symphonic orchestra. Here they are playing "la-la-la" for Padraic:
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And Padraic's taking us all out to lunch to celebrate. :D

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At amazon.com! :)

Seriously though, thanks guys, really glad I am able to contribute to your success!

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Nice one balinor! I'll put my order in shortly :D

Well done, at the end of the day its the people that make the forum and the help provided by you and others is priceless. Good stuff!

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Congrats Padraic and Kudos to QT for recognizing him.

One thing that really needs to be added, Padraic is very even keeled. He treats everyone fairly and with respect. It takes a pretty special person to keep their temper in check on a large forum.

Mike

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Thats because I have a punching bag next to my desk ;)

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That punching bag does not have its version in its signature and has not read the Forum Rules - give it a good punch!

Thanks, Padraic, for your work here.

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Nor did it read the rules about posting in the bugs forum! *punch* :)

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And also from a newbie...
Although I started here very recently, I already thanked you about 3 times, so you definitely deserve it!
Keep up the good work!
=D>

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Congrats Padraic

God bless you for the great work helping x-cart users.

Saul

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Your time and dedication here is simply amazing. Congrats on your reward, you deserve it 10 fold.

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Couldn't agree more with the sentiments - you have saved my bacon on more than one occasion and we are SO grateful to have you on our side!

Keep up the awesome contributions.

Cheers

L

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Good deal - nice job Padraic!

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I think Padraic is one of the most knowledgeable and best X-Cart people on the planet, well deserved and hopefully well spent since he's got a new baby in the house!

Regards,
Gary

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Balinor is awesome! I've joked with my boss before that we should put him on our pay role. Glad to see this!

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Congrats, Padraic - this is well deserved. And to X-Cart: well done.

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Congrats Padraic! You deserve it :) We always love working with you!

Carrie

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One COOL Top man, you deserve it Balinor as your impeccable help and prompt answers has helped myself on many occasions and i like many cannot belive the speed and quantity of answers you have provided and well done to x-cart for rewarding this guy who has indirectly help with x-carts profits....
Well done Balinor.

Tony

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Padraic Congrats ..... Well Deserved !!!!

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Thank you all for your kind words!

I'm closing this thread since, as far as I know, Padraic is already shopping with the Gift Card :-)

The only thing I would like to point your attention on is that if we decide to make this reward periodical, all X-Cart users will be eligble for it, and the winner will be chosen based on the number of thanked messages he posted during a period.