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  • garynumanfan
    garynumanfan Posts: 528 Forumite
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    I run 40+ round robin entry form groups. I have members all over
    the country. The groups are a sort of pass the parcel of the comping world. I send out packs of entry forms every few weeks.
    I send an address list with the packs. I send on the pack, to next on list, then they take out what they want, add any entry forms if they have any spare, then they send it to next on list. And so on and so on , till the pack is sent back to me. I refill it and send it back out

    Its free to join. If you want more details, contact me

    andy
  • garynumanfan
    garynumanfan Posts: 528 Forumite
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    im amazed that no one on here, except me i mean, runs an entry form service/swap group. It seems a very logical service that lots would join.I mean it would save you hunting round the shops to find them

    i went to the good food show at the NEC today, and theres loads of entry form comps to be found at the food shows, so unless you travel to where ever the food show goes, london,glasgow, birmingham, you wont find them.I have loads of members in my groups, who live all over the country, so it saves on traveling all over the country to find the comps
  • OnceUponADream
    OnceUponADream Posts: 16,047 Forumite
    Too many of you have jumped on the competitions bandwagon, you all want something for nothing.

    Keep your grubby benefit grasping hands off the prizes which are meant for true competitors.

    Those who have jumped on the comping bandwagon have spoilt it for all genuine compers out their.

    You may be happy with a few mugs and crusty old packets of chips but leave the real competitions to the true experts.

    :rotfl::rotfl:. Does Lee think this too - FYI I'm not on benefits:rotfl::rotfl:
    The shinbone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.
    :TBig thanks to all competition posters:T
  • Mamzie
    Mamzie Posts: 2,540 Forumite
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    Too many of you have jumped on the competitions bandwagon, you all want something for nothing.

    Keep your grubby benefit grasping hands off the prizes which are meant for true competitors.

    Those who have jumped on the comping bandwagon have spoilt it for all genuine compers out their.

    You may be happy with a few mugs and crusty old packets of chips but leave the real competitions to the true experts.

    lol @ the troll, sad person, just hit report and ignore peeps, shes posting this everywhere

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/search.php?searchid=83610131
    My light may be on, but that doesn't always mean I am looking at the PC - I am far more likely to be cuddling or feeding Tianna atm, so please don't think I am ignoring you if I don't reply quickly :)

    Our Precious Baby Tianna has now joined our Family, she is much loved and very welcome, xxx
  • garynumanfan
    garynumanfan Posts: 528 Forumite
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    yes i was bit confused too. i mean isnt entering comps, a part mystery, as you dont kow what is going to turn up next. you enter comos for things you either need, or want , or just want the thrill of getting something for almost nothing apart from a bit of time and effort. i mean i didnt have a car for about 18 months when i scrapped my last car. so i concentrated on entering comps for cars. After a few months of entering comps for cars, i got a letter fom autoexpress magazine saying i had a kia picanto on the way

    entering comps is the thrill of the unknown, you like winning things, you dont win cars everyday, but sometimes you do get nice surprise in the post some days.some times its a pack of free cat food or a freebie t shirt,sometimes its cars
  • Can I just say anyone wanting to get involved with garynumanfan's RR/EF swap should do so, I have only been a part of it a short while but have had lots of entry forms from it that I wouldn't/couldn't get elsewhere. Not won anything from it yet but hope to soon. Other MSE'rs are part of it too, don't want to name names here unless they want to themselves, the owner is lovely, very friendly & was always willing to answer any questions.
    2023 wins - Rice Krispies, Avene Micellar Gel, Barbie Toy, £20 Apple Gift Card, KFC 6 piece bargain bucket, Chloe Nomade perfume, Barbie Toy (second one), Sanctuary Spa Sleep Balm, E45 Moisturising Lotion, Trolls Hamper, 12 Tonie Characters, Sure deodorant, Good Home Utensil holder, £5 Costa Gift Card, Neutrogena Micellar Jelly, Soap & Glory Mascara, Persil capsules,  
  • garynumanfan
    garynumanfan Posts: 528 Forumite
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    edited 28 June 2010 at 7:04PM
    This is from the home page of my competition entry form siteThis is the home of the Round Robins, anything else is just a pale spanish imitation. Its basically a pass the parcel. When the music stops, you unwrap it , take out any entry forms you want, add any spare you have, though that bit isnt essential or required. Then you wrap it up with fine paper and string and send it on its way.

    When you join the Round Robin , you will get a pack of entry forms , and a list of 6 names and adresses. I send the pack on to the first address , then in a day or 2 , you send it on to the next on the list. peope add and take away as it continues on its journey. Then last on the list , sends back to me. I then refill it and send it round the group again You need to tell me if you move house or go on holiday. Apart from that there are no rules.

    You can put anything in the packs , thats useful to compers. . Pens , money-off coupons, postcards, envelopes. If there are lots of leaflets with just details of where to send texts or postcard entries, dont send them all in the pack, just snd a couple for info for rest of group.All the packs are forwards packs , unless it has a great big black.BACKWARDS on the bottom of the address list. If they are forwards packs , they go from me, to member number 2, to member number 3, to member number 4, to member number 5 , to member number 6 . Then number 6 sends the pack back to me. But by the time the packs have been round the group, they are usually fairly empty by the time number 6 gets them , so im trying to alternate the packs. If a group has had a couple of forwards packs, you will find the next one will be a BACKWARDS one . a backwards one is the same, but it goes , from number 6 , to number 5 , to number 4 , to number 3, to number 2 and then back to me

    If there are any entry forms that need posting in in-store boxes, just fill in your details and leave in the pack. When i get the pack back , i will post the forms in whichever box/ store it needs to go in. .

    If you havent had a pack for a while, contact me and i will see if i can find where the pack has got stuck .

    If anyone wants to join, the link

    http://groups.google.com/group/squarepigeon

    its free to join. there are 48 groups, with members all over the Uk. You can be
    in as many groups as you like.

    was trying to think of big wins that members of my site have had.. Someone won their families height in pound coins from a morrisons EF comp, well done heather .Someone won a year of posh chocolate, a monthly choccie hamper each month for a year from diva magazine , well done wilsonkick. and i won my second car from a page from autoexpress magazine that had been put in one of the packs by another member, well done me....
  • chrissie57
    chrissie57 Posts: 4,857 Forumite
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    Can I just say anyone wanting to get involved with garynumanfan's RR/EF swap should do so, I have only been a part of it a short while but have had lots of entry forms from it that I wouldn't/couldn't get elsewhere. Not won anything from it yet but hope to soon. Other MSE'rs are part of it too, don't want to name names here unless they want to themselves, the owner is lovely, very friendly & was always willing to answer any questions.

    I would certainly agree with this:)
    "If ever there is a tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you. "
    A.A. Milne

    We are such stuff
    As dreams are made on; and our little life
    Is rounded with a sleep.


    Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced (James Baldwin)
  • piraterob
    piraterob Posts: 153 Forumite
    just wondering how people select which competitons they do as there as so many posted each day they cant do everyone?
    i for sure cant do many as when log off i forget which ones i have not looked at
    Wins so Far 2010 Teddy Bear

    Wins so Far 2011 £5 Lightbulb Voucher:idea:Playstation 3:rotfl:
  • ikkle87
    ikkle87 Posts: 8,449 Forumite
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    piraterob wrote: »
    just wondering how people select which competitons they do as there as so many posted each day they cant do everyone?
    i for sure cant do many as when log off i forget which ones i have not looked at
    if u click the thanks button it will help u keep track
    You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

    xx Mama to a gorgeous Cranio Baby xx
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