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Archives for November 2013

Facebook Games?
Hi Can anybody point me out for good facebook games,i remember this time last year there was one with Santa running over roof tops which was really addictive,i got so close to being the leader for a top prize.:)
Renegadia ???????
Ren cant send you a PM have you disabled them to everyone lol or just me ;)
iPad users entering comps
Right think I've got myself sorted for tomorrow, have bookmarked e advents thanks to precious advice from here but was wondering, for those that enter on an iPad what's the best autoform filler? I downloaded Lastpass but it doesn't help really. Can anyone offer any advice? I'd love not to have to enter my details like a…
Here we go again! "Professional" compers banned!
Seriously, what do these companies mean when they use the term "Professional"? https://www.facebook.com/notes/frankie-bennys/frankiesadvent-competition/617484738312903 Even with all the hours I [STRIKE]waste[/STRIKE] put in to comps, I wouldn't call myself professional!
All advent comps cancelled this year
Not really, just wanted your attention :rotfl: firstly massive thanks to everyone posting these comps :T:T:T and thanks to OYL for her fab thread Advent Competitions 2013 :j:j I know nearly everyone is being great about posting the comp thread and then going to add a link to it in the Advent Thread for OYL, there's just a…
Lo's Mouse Malfunctioned!
Was fairly up to date early evening when my Computer Mouse decided not to work, so changed battery, put bit in & out of Laptop, tried something else in laptop port in case it was that. Then on the 4th time of putting mouse bit in laptop it came up the device has malfunctioned!!!!!!!!!! Lo was in panic mode :eek::eek:…
Surely this LA holiday competition has already been posted?
I have searched for Harveys, Harveys Furniture, and Warners and I can't see the comp listed. It is for a family holiday to the Warners Studio in LA, and is a facebook competition. https://www.facebook.com/harveysfurniture/app_642507989134306 I am sure someone must have found it and posted it, so before I make a hash of…
A Pen worth £695
What would you do with a pen worth a whopping £695. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4834343
competition win caused injury
I'm sitting her in pain & feeling very sorry for myself. In September I went to Cyprus on a holiday I'd won, whilst we were out on an archaeological site I fell awkwardly - I managed to save myself from hitting the ground & tore my rotator cuff ( shoulder) muscle. It was healing nicely when I aggravated it on a bus which…
One day to go!!!
Well I hope you've all been getting plenty of sleep, been taking your vitamins, training your mouse finger etc. as we've only 1 day to go before silly season (Advents) begins! Don't forget folk we do it because it's fun! I wish you ALL the very luckiest of Decembers. Love, best wishes and luck all round, R xx
Goodreads Win ...
hasn't turned up. I won a book in September, 6 weeks possible delivery time. After 6 weeks I contacted Goodreads (I know you're supposed to contact the author but I couldn't get the contact link to work) and they said they'd spoken to the author and she'd send me another one out. Still waiting. Has anyone had this problem?…
Family/close relatives
Does anyone else have a hubby/wife/mam/dad/son/daughter ect that works for a big company that regularly does good competitions? The reason I ask is my hubby drives the 18 wheels for Asda and I just happened to be doing an Asda competition last night when the T&Cs caught my eye (I don't normally read them...I know I'm…
Search Query, can anyone help please?
To ease the burden of month end I decided to do a search for Rafflecopter comps so I could go down the list and red x them all so that when I went to go through month end I could ignore them. When I performed this search "rafflecopter; Rafflecopter; (rafflecopter)" and also just "rafflecopter" only 12 pages came up which I…
XFactor Final
Hi I won tickets to this years X-Factor final and have received an email advising me to be there late morning/early afternoon. Could someone who has won this in previous years advise on what happens on the day, I.e. Are we likely to be queueing all day to get in? Any help would be appreciated.
Do I go cold turkey? Help please
Silly question at this time of year I know, but I will be away for five months and no Internet for most of it as I will be at sea, but how do you stop comping once you have been bitten by the bug. I have always entered draws and then 18 months ago found by chance this site the rest is history as I am sure you will agree,…
Clicktowin Captchas "mismatch"
Hello. I can enter the Clicktowin competitions fine in Chrome but in FF (which is my preffered browser) I'm getting "domain / ckey mismatch (zQH4eB474zJmlWQOi-Oaf5Qw2.2Efco9)" Has anyone else had this? Did you manage to fix it? I'd ideally like to enter them in FF as I have a bookmark set up and want them to be part of it…
It's been 19 MONTHS
I know loads of people post comments like this. But I've been comping for 19 MONTHS and have had no wins. Not a bottle of anything. Not a t-shirt. Not even a single chocolate bar! You don't necessarily need to reply to this, I just wanted to vent a little bit! I know it's the luck of the draw... Am hoping I haven't…
Help needed - Lancashire Telegraph?
Found this competition from Holland's Pies but looks like full details were in the Lancashire Telegraph on Wednesday. Did anyone get it?
Suspicious Spammy letter asking for bank details ???
I Just opened a letter from McCann Birmingham, It says "Dear Supplier" ?? It goes on to ask for my bank details as they are updating their systems to BACS. It tells me how to submit my invoices.?? I rang the company twice and get put through to accounts team which in turn goes to VMail. I left a message quoting my…
How Do You Attack Advents
I know some of you guys on here are majorly organised and been doing the Advents for years,. I tried them last year and got so confused, tried to do to much ended up doing nothing and won even less..... I have just done all the end of month so now thinking i need to get some kind of plan of action How do you do yours?

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