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Nicky63 · 10 July 2009 at 7:41PM

Hi guys n gals, I actually think what Andrea has said is pretty clear, Pepsi, MCoys, Magnum and Lidl etc comps are ok if you choose to buy the products but what they object to and quite rightly IMHO is the comps like the recent spate of "win a house" raffles for £50 etc. I know that some "purchase nescessary" comps have been removed recently but that would be by the board guides and that's because they were just as confused as us I think. Hopefully now we can get on with making oursleves fat and gassy in the name of comping

:rotfl:

fire**fly · 10 July 2009 at 7:47PM

Amilucky? wrote: »

I have decided that this will be my last post on this subject as to be quite frank i'm bored as im sure you all are with my rantings

and as no one from MSE towers is taking a blind bit of notice as to what people are saying in this thread it seems like a waste of time anyway :mad:

kay sera sera, whatever will be will be
will they make a rule,
on purchased required
we'll just have to wait and see

bye!

amilucky, i can't understand what the fuss is about posting comps that require a purchase, some are allowed , as you say, & some aren't, why don't they just allow them all & let people decide wether to enter them for thereselves or not, can't understand why there should be a ruling, way i see it , a comps a comp & what's the diff between buying a mag to enter a comp or paying a text entry to enter a comp to one that's posted to buy something ? sorry, but i can't see the diff & don't see why there should be a ruling on them, post them all & let people decide wether to enter or not ..

pineapplejelly · 12 July 2009 at 5:09PM

Amilucky? wrote: »

So what are the rules I'm still confused, are you saying that there are no set rules

It would seem that that's exactly what she is saying.

Amilucky? wrote: »

me thinks that Andrea would make a very good politician as she can reply to a question without providing a proper answer :rotfl:

Agreed! :rotfl:

Mamzie · 12 July 2009 at 9:10PM

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

Hi guys

I'm sorry people have been confused by this, and particularly I'm very sorry I didn't get round to replying to you before now Mamzie!

Let me explain to you why I posted in the first place.

We were getting quite a few reports of people posting competitions that required quite large spends on things or incurring extraordinary costs on obscure websites.

I'm sure you can understand it's very hard to gauge what people could ordinarily spend their money on, but the point of the Comps boards is not to encourage people to spend money they wouldn't normally just to enter a competition.

Just as in the Lidl competition, it's entirely plausible that in the recent weather people could have been buying Magnums anyway so that's fine.

Feel free to disagree though. All opinions welcome as always!

Andrea

Thank you for the apology MSE Andrea, it is appreciated.

I went away Friday and have only just returned, hence my missing this post. I am sorry to say that I actually don't find it very helpful.

I would like to request that some sort of rule is discussed and agreed to by both yourselves and the BGs, as at the moment I am even more confused

. I still feel the old way of using the £1.50 text cost as a guide was good and had been working well for a long time. But this sticky and your earlier post are saying that no 'purchase required' threads are allowed at all, so we are getting some very strange and not consistent results.

I think the sticky title and first post need to be amended to reflect that the 'Purchase Required' threads are now in fact at the discretion of MSE towers.

biscuitfan · 26 July 2009 at 8:05PM

Hi all! I agree with Korky...let people decide if they want to buy whatever product it is, it's really useful if you are a consumer who uses that product to know that there might be a competition going on...we normally buy coke but switched to pepsi because of the chance to win a phone - no extra layout for us but really useful to know about the competition.

At the very least they should be in their own thread so people can make their own minds up.

I don't think it should be seen as encouraging people to spend, instead just highlighting competitions that might fit in with people's current spending anyway - we all buy groceries which most competitions are linked to. We're not children who need to be shielded from temptation, we can make our own educated choices surely....

prowla · 31 August 2009 at 8:48PM

Surely free means that you don't have to buy anything from the competition promoter/brand/affiliate or pay a fee to them to enter.
If someone says it's free provided you spend £1.50, then my response is that it's not free then.
In the case of postcards (which you can pick up for nothing at your local cinema) and postage, then that's the medium by which you send your entry.
With email and/or free texting, you have to have the underlying service, but the assumption is that you have that anyway, so the money is spent and you aren't paying specifically to enter the comp.

mani_o · 14 September 2009 at 5:27PM

Hi - I posted a free to enter competition on here earlier but it's gone now - does anyone know why? I hope I didn't break any rules... if so, please let me know.

Cheers,
Mani

mani_o · 14 September 2009 at 6:58PM

Ahh, apologies. Won't happen again.

Though it's pretty obvious at least one of the competitions mentioned on this page is a plug! :rotfl:

Mani

Former_MSE_Andrea · 24 September 2009 at 10:43AM

Hi guys

Just a reminder that no-one has "ownership" over particular competitions or websites and that anyone can post them.

By all means, if it's easier for everyone to leave it to one person to do them to avoid confusion, that's not a problem but please never be rude to another forum user if they post them as well.

If you see anyone doing that then please report them to [Removed by Forum Team]

Let's keep this the friendly board it is.

Thanks!

Andrea

emmadragon · 28 September 2009 at 3:03PM

Anyone seen any "kitemarks" yet?

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