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Archives for August 2012

Does anyone have this weeks match of the day mag?
It came out on Tuesday but sons hasn't turned up in post this week. Not sure if I can get hold of it before Tuesdays next issue comes out so if anyone can post the comps for this week I'd really appreciate it :) TIA
End Dates Question
I always take a note of the competitions I enter, as well as use the entered button on here, but I never bother to take note of the end dates so now I'm left with a huge list of competitions and unsure what ones have ended, so I'm wondering for those who take a note do you also add the end date in so you can delete them…
Anyone had a call re: a homes and bargains comp?
Just had a call to ask if I had entered a comp, said yes, she said 'well a winner has been selected' then line cut out... Not sure if WTC or sales type call? It came from unknown tel no so can't call back... Anyone had a similar call?
Ribena wellies question
Ive just won a pair of designer wellies with the ribena welly wang competition. I was wondering would they let me get one of the welly cuffs along with my wellies as it says up to £100, and the two together would add up to less than 100?
help with chrome
does anyone know how I can get email addresses in posts to open my email - I currently have to copy & paste
Your Biggest Lottery/Scratch Card Win?
Just wondering what everyones biggest lottery win is? Personally, I think its a bit of a con, but it doesn't stop me, I'm addicted :) . Won my first scratch card today :j Lottery: £10 Scratch Card: £10
Cheestrings Comp
firstly sorry if this is the wrong place. brought some cheestrings and thought i would enter the comp they have advertised on the wrapper. thing is i cannot for the life of me find the code inside the packet. both me and OH have looked with no success. anyone able to help? tia
Changing facebook name
Hi! Apologies if I'm posting on the wrong board. Basically I used a nickname for my facebook account, as I didn't want schooltime bullies being able to find me. However, I now realise from posts on here that I should be using my real name, and that by using a nickname my facebook account could be closed or competition wins…
Roboform Issues
Is anyone else having issues with Roboform? Practically every website I've been on tonight has resulted in the message: RoboForm Warning There were no form fields on this page (or its selected fragment) that could be filled in.... I get this message every so often but it's popping up on pages that I know Roboform normally…
ITV Bulk Entry
Apologies I'm sure this has probably been covered elsewhere, but where itv's terms and conditions say bulk entries will be discounted. Does this mean for example where a comp has 6 entries per phone number, if I open 6 windows and enter 1 after another that the entries will be discounted? Thanks in advance.
Win 1 of 3 Yamaha Motorbikes
From this post here... https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4132077 just thought to post this in here rather than keep bumping it in the main forum. Has anyone done the 2nd challenge, I went to Alf England in Bedworth last night, had to ask one of the salesmen to take my pic who of course had no idea about the…
Help please - Open same link multiple times in Firefox
Having trouble doing to ITV comps, it won't let me use the back button on the browser so I have to keep going back to the original post and clicking on the link again. I remember once opening the link multiple times, but cannot remember how I do it. Please help, someone. I am using firefox but instructions for chrome would…
What is the latest comp ending date to post?
Guys, I recently posted a comp that is ongoing and wasn't sure what end date to put. I thought I'd give it yesterday's date, but then thought if I did that it would probably be moved to GO really quickly. So, does anyone know how close we can post to today's date without risking it going to GO? If that make sense? Thanks…
Cokezone!
Does anyone have any spare coke zone codes which you get on bottles of coca cola? If anyone has any which they dont want please could you send them to me, thanks :)
Is there any way....
...to set the number of threads you can view per page on here?? Currently I can only get 25 but it would be really useful to have say a 100.... Any ideas welcome. many thanks, Gordon.:D
your REAL age?
Sorry me again asking stupid questions....:undecided When all of you compers out there fill in a form do you put your real date of birth or stick to another. I use my wifes date of birth as it's reasonably easy to remember and then my digital data is safe..... it wouldn't take much to hack you as they got your name address…
Anyone having 'green tick' problems?
lol not the bug type Since all the tweaking anything I entered in the last few days has lost it's green tick on the thread - the pic below shows where I mean, this means I have to click each link open to see the green tick at the top. I'm wondering is this just me or anyone else too? Thanks
How long before your first win?
Hi there, I am new to this comping malarkey & have only been doing it a couple of weeks. I was just wondering how long it took people before their first win, and if they can remember what it was. I would be happy with a tin of baked beans, just want to win something!
What on Earth is Firefox playing at - New Version available????
I signed on this morning to find out that Firefox was informing me that Version 15 was now available and that my broweser was out of date yet again.... Does anyone know why Firefox keeps on updating to a completely new version so often please??? I love Firefox as all the addons make comping sooo easy, but everytime it…
ITV Comps Odds/Winner selection/Contacting winners
I have posted these bits on various threads but not all in one place Number of entries (guesswork but more likely hundreds of thousands upwards rather than tens of thousands) If ITV just aim to break even on the phone-in competitions then the big ones would need over 100,000 paid for entries alone and then there are all…

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