Unfortunately I don't think it will help us for this contest in particular. I suggested this idea before knowing the refund.
I ask from 99designs a full disclosure but I did not get an answer for what special reason they refund the holder yet.
I don't think that a CH holder get refunded easily, at least I don't wont to believe it.

Hope that my suggestion at least will deter future non responsible CH on rely on abandon guaranty contest and but more important than that -is to keep 99designs from deciding what to do with "our" prize.

In my point of view 99designs was no less honest than our CH in this case. The least they can do is to disclose the info and of cause not silence our frustration with false announcement.