Free 30p or 50p Bonio Money-off voucher - and possible prizes

[smid29]

Send your name and address printed on a plain piece of paper to: Bonio Match the Mood, NPN, PO Box 125, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 5UZ. One application per stamped envelope, no bulk entries, no other restrictions stated. Closing date 07.04.06. You will be sent either a 30p or 50p coupon, selected at random.

As an added bonus, each coupon comes complete with a 'left' or 'right' half of a prize. You can choose to redeem your coupon straight away or hold on to it for a while to try to collect matching halves to win prizes. Prizes are 5 x family 'sand and safari' holidays each worth £14,000, 100 x digital camcorders, 500 x digital camers and photo printer sets, 1,000 x UK farm weekend breaks, 5,000 x dog beds, 8,000 x understanding your dog book and video sets, 10,000 x feeding bowls, 20,000 x dog towels, 50,000 x dog toys, and 300,000 x free packs of Bonio.

If you prefer, buy a box of Bonio, which will contain a coupon and full details of this promotion. Otherwise, for the price of a 21p stamp, you're guaranteed a profit of between 9p and £13,999.79 :rotfl: . Good luck!

[aint life great]

Great find, thank you!!

[Binxy]

When it says "no bulk entires" what does that mean?

Ie. no more than one per envelope, or no more than 1 per person?

I was going to print out a load of addresses, and send off about 12, does that constitute bulk entries? And if it does, why specify "no more than one entry per envelope" because that seems to hint that you CAN enter more than once, just only once per envelope. But when does it become bulk? 5? 3? 100?

:confused:

[DSmiffy]

I would assume that bulk means not thousands and thousands. But It doesn't state only one per household or person, so to me that would suggest that as long as you only make one request per envelope, you should be fine.

[smid29]

The 'no bulk entries' rule is only incorporated to stop those "pay us money to enter free draws on your behalf" companies from entering thousands of automated entries on behalf of their clients at a time - take a look at
http://www.isp.org.uk/best/instantwin.html
for a bit of background to the problem. As long as you only send a few entries at a time, you should be OK - I usually spread mine out and send just 2 or 3 a day, between now and such a long closing date it all adds up!

[mhoc]

The 'no bulk entries' rule is only incorporated to stop those "pay us money to enter free draws on your behalf" companies from entering thousands of automated entries on behalf of their clients at a time - take a look at
http://www.isp.org.uk/best/instantwin.html
for a bit of background to the problem. As long as you only send a few entries at a time, you should be OK - I usually spread mine out and send just 2 or 3 a day, between now and such a long closing date it all adds up!

So if I put in one envelope a few slips with different names and addressesses, different handwriting, that would be OK, do you think?

I cut the name and addressess off old envelopes for doing plain paper entries.

In a few weeks time when everyone has started a collection of halves, someone could start a list of common halves and ones that are rare

Mary

[jo_b]

One application per stamped envelope,


Mhoc, the terms and conditions posted by smid29 state only one application per envelope so I wouldn't risk putting more that one entry in an envelope, personally.

[Binxy]

*response from Bonio*

Thank you very much for contacting us regarding our Bonio Match the Mood promotion. You can enter as many times as you wish as long as they are posted containing one entry per stamped envelope.

We hope that this information has been helpful and if we can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Hoorah! Multiple entries here I go........... :T

[Binxy]

Well I got a load back today.

I got back 22 in total

Only 5 of which were right-hands, and they were all "Happy" meaning a 650g box of Bonio

I also got (all left hands)

1 x "adoring" for a Bonio bed
2 x "alert" for digital camera and printer
2 x "eager" for a Bonio tug toy
1 x "focused" for a Bonio dog bowl
6 x happy for 650g box
5 x "hopeful" for sand and safari holiday

So 5 free boxes of Bonio :T

Be warned - NO official claim forms were sent with them (as they should be according to the T&Cs) so I rang and apparently they will send me some out (fingers crossed)

The distribution of prizes is:

There are 394,605 prizes to be won. 300,000 coupons for a free 650g pack of the original bonio. Coupons valid until 21.07.06; 50,000 bonio rubber tug toys; 20,000 bonio cotton dog towels; 10,000 bonio polyresin feeding bowls; 8,000 book and video sets comprising of 'What Is My Dog Thinking? - The Essential Guide to Understanding Pet Behaviour" book & 'A Dog's World' instructional video; 5,000 luxurious 34" x 42" bonio dog beds; 1,000 £150 Farm Stay UK vouchers for bed & breakfast accommodation at selected UK working farms. Vouchers valid until 01.09.07, accommodation subject to availability; 500 Canon EOS 300D digital SLR camera & Cannon PIXMA iP2000 colour photo printer sets; 100 Panasonic NVGS400B digital camcorders; and 5 family sand & safari holidays for up to 4 adults, consisting of; air travel from London Heathrow to Johannesburg, Johannesburg to Mauritius, and return from Mauritius to the UK, travel to point of UK departure, all transfers and any associated taxes; 5 nights full board accommodation at the Kruger National Safari Park and Rest Camps, including 4 days game drives, 1 night half board at the 5 star accommodation at the Grace Hotel in Johannesburg and 5 nights 4 star accommodation at the all-inclusive Sugar Beach Hotel (both hotels based on 4 people sharing 2 rooms), plus £1,000 total spending money and UK kennelling costs for up to two dogs for the duration of the holiday.

[djblamire]

Well I got a load back today.

I got back 22 in total

Only 5 of which were right-hands, and they were all "Happy" meaning a 650g box of Bonio.

Did you get coupons too ?

Thanks
Daniel

[Binxy]

On the reverse of every "half" is either 30p or 50p off. It says you can choose to either wait and hope to get your matching half, or spend it as a money off.

Hope that helps :)

[Binxy]

This is becoming more hassle than it's worth.

I've had to ring their national rate number 3 times now - the person on the phone tell me it's no problem to send me some claim forms out, then I get emails saying that I can claim using the form on packs.

I didn't buy any packs :wall:

So after 3 phone calls they've worked it out (finally) and need to ring the agency, as apparently they are posting all these out without claim forms and that's illegal. I don't know about illegal, it's a pain in the backside.

My dogs don't even eat Bonio :rolleyes:

[djblamire]

Has everyone who has done this handwritten their names/addresses on the piece of paper ??

I'm just wondering if they would refuse those that have been typed as 'Bulk Entries' ?

Thanks
Daniel

[Binxy]

I printed both my address and the Bonio address stickers.

[djblamire]

I printed both my address and the Bonio address stickers.

Thank you - That makes it a lot easier :)

Can you send more than one claim form in the same envelope do you know ?

Thanks
Daniel

[Binxy]

No - separate envelopes for each request.

As an update to my story, I'm well in profit now, thanks to "Christina from Purina" who has been a massive help and very generous in sorting out the missing claim form problem.

[djblamire]

No - separate envelopes for each request.

As an update to my story, I'm well in profit now, thanks to "Christina from Purina" who has been a massive help and very generous in sorting out the missing claim form problem.

Thank you :)

Daniel

[Binxy]

Just got the second lot - 4 more boxes of Bonio, a tug toy and a towel! :T

Opening all the envelopes is just like xmas :cool:

[djblamire]

Have you had any of the free bonio vouchers back yet ?? - How much does it say on the coupon is the maximum the coupon is worth ?

Thanks
Daniel

[Binxy]

Not sure what you mean, sorry?

All the "halves" have either 30p or 50p off on the back. The vouchers I got for the free biscuits were for £2 each but they were from Christina, not sure if these second lot (which will be from the agency, not Purina)will be for the same or less (because Asda only charge 98p per box)

[aint life great]

How did you finally get the claim forms as I have had my halves back but no official claim forms and you do need them don't you?? Thanks in advance!

[Binxy]

I had to ring them up - national rate :rolleyes:

They have started sending the forms out now (my last lot all had them in) You'll need to phone them up for some I'm afraid.

But kick up a stink and you MIGHT get some vouchers as an apology :)

[aint life great]

Thanks Binxy! Do you have the number to hand?

[Binxy]

Thanks Binxy! Do you have the number to hand?

0871 2302325 8am - 6pm monday to friday.

I looked them up on saynoto0870.com but the freephone number it gives doesn't work :confused:

[aint life great]

Wow that was hard work, going to send me some claim forms but they had to pass me on to someone else as they didnt understand why I didn't have the box on a no purchase necessary :confused: :rotfl: Thanks a lot for your help :T

[Binxy]

Wow that was hard work, going to send me some claim forms but they had to pass me on to someone else as they didnt understand why I didn't have the box on a no purchase necessary :confused: :rotfl: Thanks a lot for your help :T

Yes, took me 3 separate attempts for them to grasp it when I called (and emailed) too :rolleyes:

You're welcome - good luck! I got 8 more back today, another free box of Bonio from them :T

[--Tony--]

These are fantastic, still flowing through my letter box and I have a bigger pile of wins than non wins, big thank you to OP...

So far:

1 X Dog bed
1 X Dog Bowl
3 X Tug Toy
15 X Vouchers for Box's of Bonio (voucher worth £1.39)

[wstephens]

Hello - I have been following this thread for a while (as I have been waiting for my bonio coupons to arrive) - a big load arrived this morning and I have a few leftover (as the comp is now closed) - does anybody have any they would like to swap?

I have

2 hopeful (L)
1 embarassed (L)
1 eager (R)
1 happy (L)

Not quite sure how we could all do this - any suggestions? - Thanks - Wendy