They don't say they did give $30,000 to charity. I was confused by that too. You have to look how full the meter is, the numbers just say the maximum.
Well that was dissapointing as hell. I spent a good hour window shopping beforehand because I figured I'd have a good chance of winning some cash, and I really had my eye on that mini digital oscilliscope, but I ended up not even being able to try my luck at the questionaire. 
Just got an email from Sparkfun. It said in part . . .
"Initial reports show that we've given away $150,451.00 to our customers and set aside another $22,988.00 for charity. "
I guess some people must be happy.
From my perspective their "funds used" bar went from ~20% at 1.5hrs in, to done at about 2hrs.
We are going to offer $10 credit for every year (365 days) since your first order
If their system has no record of my previous purchases, has SparkFun defrauded me?
I answered all of them, but failed one... 87$ to spend. now the hard part, what to buy
Maybe a consolation prize if you didn't succeed at SparkFun today...I can't give away thousands of dollars but am running a "Free Day" deal until Sunday. You can get free cables with any of the RGB modules, and a free cable/breakout set with the Arduino Centipede Shield.
I was in a lab for three hours and after lab went to the undergrad computers and it was over... I really had my heart set on a geek coffee mug and a little RFID glass capsule (that I TOTALLY wasn't going to implant in myself). Oh wells... no freebies for mes.
If anybody finds in a couple months they aren't going to use their freebie code, hit me up; I'll spend your money! ;D
Pffft as if.... all 150 thousand dollars is already spent