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Archives for July 2013

ITV entries
Can anyone help? If you accidentally exceed your entries on ITV comps, are all entries for that number disqualified or does it just disregard the exceeded attempts? Thanks .
Bad luck
3 and a half years, entering around 150+ competitions a day. Enter dailies, magazine comps too and i have won i think 6 small items in all that time, It is time to give up?:eek:
Young Nails UK Twitter Comp (Unsafe / Virus / Direct Message / Tweet)
Has anyone else received a DM which leads to a dodgy looking website? I've just had a DM (this was the comp I entered https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4719319 ) and they've sent me a DM which reads:- (I've edited out the link they sent) But I clicked on it (out of sheer curiosity) and got this message:-
Advice please
Please can someone advise me what to do? I entered a facebook comp for baby prizes and won 2nd prize. I was asked to send my delivery details on the 25th June which I did immediatly. The following day the lady who won 3rd prize wrote on their wall thanking them for her prize. I received nothing. Left it untill last week…
stupid question FB/TW comps
sorry for a dumb question, but I have been really wanting to know if you win a FB or TW comp, do they send you a PM, tweet, email, or tag you - or do you just have to hope you see it? I am worried I may miss something. Thank you for any help!
Phishing email NOT from the CO-OP Watch out!
Hi. I am not sure if this is the correct section but given that 99% of my online activity recently has been comping on the forum, I thought this was best place for this post. I just got an email purporting to be from the CO-OP bank telling me to confirm my bank account details or risk my account becoming inactive!!!!! I…
How long would you wait....
..before you started chasing a company about a prize that hasn't arrived? I won a DVD and soundtrack 6 weeks ago. I replied the same day with my address for the prize to be sent to. About a week ago I sent a polite email saying how happy I was to have won and asking if they knew when the prizes would be sent out. As of yet…
In store/in house competitions
Howdy all. Apologies if this has been covered already, but i have scoured the forum and cant seem to find anything on the topic of instore competions. When i say instore, i mean the type you get, in your local stores, which you pop into a pigeon hole?. Ive come across these a couple of times and wondered if there was a…
Gold ticket
Hi, after playing the Tyrells game for months, last night I got a Gold ticket, nearly fainted with shock. Seems it only means your ticket goes into a draw sighhh. Think the comp ends on 1st August and it's for childrens clothes. has anyone else had a gold ticket and been lucky?
ITV Winners help please...
Hi everyone. Just wanted to ask all ITV winners a question. How long did it take for your cheque to come? And did you have to sign for it, or did it just come in the post? I am excitedly chasing the postman every morning...with no luck haha! It's only been 4 days to be fair, but I just want to hold it, to know its real :)…
Yours magazine update
Iv'e got the answer,but still no box to put the answer in. Sent an email, so will post answer if things are corrected.
Inundated with emails headed 'Congratulations'
I'm as pleased as anyone that the new Prince has arrived safely, but I don't know how many more my heart can take :rotfl: It really gets your hopes up :o
Yours magazine
I will post the answer later today.Got to go out this morning. No box to put the answer in at the moment.
"the MSE forum will be read only this weekend from 5pm, Friday 26 July"
The MSE forum will be read only this weekend from 5pm, Friday 26 July I can't find the thread I would like to find more info about it, so no one has to repeat what it has been said. Thanks.
ITV re-captcha problems
Is anyone else having problems with the re-captcha on ITV comps pages this morning? I am typing them in uber-carefully and checking them but it keeps coming back with 'not filed in correctly'. This has happened on Real Deal, Let's do Lunch and Tipping Point so far. Just wondering if it is my laptop or if everyone is having…
Roboform Question
Hiya all, Calling all Roboform experts out there :D I have 3 identities I use for Roboform, one for me, one for my wife and one for my newborn if its a baby competition However I only seem to be able to get two to appear on the toolbar as clickable names, is there a way around this? Many thanks
It's a boy!
Strictly not competition news but the Royal baby is a boy, 8lb 6oz born at 1624 today, for anyone that is interested or has entered comps based around his birth details, Congratulations to the new parents :j:j:j
post box wins
has anyone recived anything they won from the post box comp they were running on facebook
Quick Question :)
Hello :D I loved doing the Stella Beauty Giveaway and was wondering is there any competitions like that comnig soon or are running? :) p.s i hope i have posted this on right bit :)
Unable to accept prize
Well after winning what has to be described as my best ever win, a VIP trip to Paris to see the final stage of the Tour de France, I was unable to go. GUTTED!!!!!! However, after telling the sponsors of this, they sent me a lovely box of clothes and trainers worth over £550 and have advised me that my partner and I can…

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