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Archives for October 2012

missed calls
2 missed calls on comping mobile from a witheld 21 & 22nd oct at 6.33pm & 7pm could it be a win lol ive never had a witheld on there before?
Frustration at Frankenweenie Reload Sparky App
I am losing the will to live on this application as I try to keep in the top ten. When I first started I didn't realise how much effort it would take. Before today I spent about 70 hours sharing to increase my voltage. However I don't think that will be enough to win the top prize of an ipod. So hours of work would…
Starting to get disheartened,does this happen to everyone?
I have been comping for about 4 weeks now. I spend pretty much all day on them as I am on maternity leave although I never count how many I enter. I am yet to win anything which is fine but I don't know if I am doing something wrong, I don't want to be wasting my time, even though iv not a lot else to do with it. Just…
House of Fraser comp on FB
https://www.facebook.com/houseoffraser/app_208106622593178 Here to win a Radley watch. I'm struggling with the answer haha!! Could anyone help? I can't see the comp posted, but as it's a weekly, should it be in weeklies or on the main board?? Wikipedia implies 1984 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radley_(company) But…
Am I the unluckiest comper? ;)
Hello all, this post isn't meant as a moan as I am trying to laugh about this all otherwise what's the alternative? Have been comping since june and hadn't won a sausage and was getting a bit down about it all. Then on the 16th I was told I won the 1,000 Nectar points Twitter competition, so that gave me a bit of a boost…
problems with referr
hi is anyone a member of referr? I have been for over a month I saw a competition on here from this co and decided to join. I earned £10 in about a day, but since my first batch of links they havent sent me anything else, they told me new links are sent every wed but I have not had any new ones, co have stopped replying to…
Winners List
Hi everyone new so don't know really what I am doing:( But found this list of winners who will need to reply by e-mail! Cannot post link because im new but all should look at either googling name or go to cosmetics to skincare where there is a list of winners!
TV Puzzles Issue 6
In case anyone is wondering about TV Puzzles Issue 6 the link has still not gone live on puzzlecomp.com. I have emailed but not heard anything back. The comps expire 31/10 so hopefully they will put it live soon. I shall keep checking and if anyone spots it live before me please PM and I shall get it posted up. Thanks…
Christmas Advent Sticky/Thread
Does anyone know if there is going to be a Christmas Advent Sticky/Thread set up this year, as Christmas theme comps are starting to appear :j Unfortunately I don't have the time to volunteer myself but would like to know where to post links as and when I see them :j I suppose links could just be put in Daily/Weekly Sticky…
Exceeding maximum entries
Hi, I was just wondering, with the competitions where you can enter a maximum of x times, if you enter more than that, do you get disqualified? Sometimes I forget whether I have entered a competition or not. Thanks :j
woman's Own comps playing up again
they're not allowing me to enter when I tick no against that awful ad that wan;t to charge you £4.50 a week for something - needles to say I'm not even going to think of ticking yes
Times win - How long to get prize?
Those of you who have won one of the hourly comps from The Times or Sunday Times, how long did it take for your prize to come? I won a 3DS back in September and haven't received it yet. I know they are still within their time frame of posting it within 28 working days as their Email said, but Im an impatient cow :rotfl:so…
Oh oops, sorry :/
Didn't realise it was against the rules!
Facebook comping accounts ?
My accounts been blocked for 30 days I can't like pages or share :/ ive only been doing it for 4 days, liking, sharing and entering comps. what do you guys do to stop this happening?
British Gas Swimming competition. They never told us who won?
They said they would announce the winners on the 19th. Its now the 22nd and they havnt posted it. Other people are posting on their wall asking where the winners are. What can we do?
Possible Missed Prize
Hi all, i did a random search of my name on google and it came up as a competion winner with Radio Times back in March. It was the Wordfinder (week 11) I was wondering if i could re-claim the prize as it was missed as i was going through a bit of a rough patch. Any advice greatly recieved, Many Thanks...
Argh I'm an idiot :(
Been comping for less than a week, today I was feeling quite positive by the whole thing...until I picked up my iPad to enter some more.. I use paste for my email address and couldn't understand why I couldn't get my email from a website to confirm member ship. I'd only been using a .co.uk instead of the .com it is and…
Non-arriving prizes
Hi, can anyone help with some advice / info? I'm fairly new to comping but have had some success, however some of the prizes I've been promised have failed to materialise. In particular I won a case of crisps from Tyrrells and a case of wine from Campo Vieja - neither of which have arrived some weeks later. Emails haven't…
Bbc in the audience tickets
Does anybody know if they have the winners name printed on them, or if you have to show any ID when you go in etc etc Could they be used by someone else other than the original winner ?
Found this and thought of you
I have literally started comping 5 mins ago I found a site which I have found useful but I am not allowed to supply a link in case i am spamming however - the prize finder dot com (no spaces) not sure if you knew about it - good luck guys

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