ditto... the option is ticked in my profile, but have not received any newsletter at all, nor is one sitting in any Spam folder either.

essentially, by having the whole giveaway going on solely through the newsletter, as opposed to simply doing things directly on site, you're leaving out p'raps a fair number of folks who could feel negatively about it... i'm certain that for every person who might post in a forum about such things, that there are greater numbers who do not...