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Archives for January 2014

Twitter competitions
Just a quick question...not sure how this works as new to the twitter world. I have had my twitter account set to protected. I've entered loads of comps and retweeted etc and mentioned the company's running the comps in my tweets. I've been reading that they can't see this as my account is protected. Any truth in this?…
Tyrells Field Of Dreams Frozen Page
I was just doing the daily thread & clicked three times. On the third time a golden ticket came out & it said you could be a winner. the page refreshed it's self nothing to do with me I didn't touch anything & the page is now frozen. When I click on the bit that say's Confirm your details nothing happens. A couple of weeks…
No surprise there then.... known cheat wins FB voting comp
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=570546566363373&set=a.272976336120399.65493.228088640609169&type=1&theater
Glad Some Merge Requests
Hello Glad :j I've found these threads that need merging today: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4884154 https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4883528 https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4883511 Thank You :beer:
Probably a stupid question..
But when you enter the ITV, CH4. CH5 comps etc and they call you to let you know if you win, if you miss the call would they leave a voice mail or try again? Or do they move onto somebody else? Thanks.
mini rant... companies who send emails saying congratulations
So just checking my emails and saw one off Hallam FM with the header congratulations. So clicked on it only for it to be an email congratulating one of their preseneters on becoming a dad! Do they not realise what they do to us compers!! :rotfl:
Tombola question
Hi, Don't know if anyone will know, but I won £10 in the tombola advents and forgot to withdraw it. Now they have given me a £5 bonus. If I withdraw the £10 it says the bonus will disappear. So what I'm wondering is, if I play with the £5, will it come out of the bonus, or the real money? I'd like to take advantage of the…
ok to post thank you pic to facebook page ?
What is the collective wisdom please? I had a lovely win from RockFm - £250 Halfords vouchers - and have finally got a thank you photo. Is it ok to post this to their facebook wall, do you think? Or will it invite trouble if I do?
Purple Skull....
Have a lucky one! :j
Concurrently over lots of magazines?
Does anyone know which magazines have their own daily comps that you only enter from one magazine rather than the ones run concurrently over lots of them? I can work it out this evening but wanted to check before hand to see if anyone else knew before starting the task!! There are so many now that I thought I'd just do the…
has anyone heard of buddy_mail?
I've been getting a few emails in my spam folder from them and today I got one saying that they'd been trying to find me and I may have won £500 for tesco, I think. It says to press the link to confirm I've entered the sweepstake. Is this just a load of old rubbish or are they genuine?
A silly Question?? Chrome Autofill
Does anybody know this... When I fill in an entry from with autofill on Google chrome the boxes are yellow, but if I type in the boxes manually they are white. I still get the same "thanks for your entry" messages But does it make a difference if the boxes are yellow or white... If some-one says I've been comping for 8…
Does it make a difference if..........
Does it make a difference to my chances of winning a competition if I tick the boxes to agree to receive newsletters & 3rd-party offers ?. I have entered loads of comps & always avoid ticking these boxes. Just wondering if it reduces my chances of winning.
Are the Click to Win comps really worth entering?
The Galaxy S4 comp is new today on 4 of the sites and runs to 13th March. If you enter on all 4 sites, every day, that's 172 entries for 1 prize. How many other comps, each for one prize, could you enter in the same time? Discuss. (I see Take a Break has 12 pages now and 3 of the others won't be much less)
Radio Times phone calls
Hi, over the last few days I've had quite a few regular calls from them but they don't leave a message. I'm thinking just ringing about subcriptions that they have done before. Has anyone else been bomarded by them in the last few days?
Won't be around for a few days...
...Going in for my total thyroidectomy tomorrow morning so if you want merges done don't send them to me for a bit;)
Help for a newbie please?
Hi, I am blown away by this group and the way in which you all help each other. I am a brand-new comper driven primarily by need (sadless made jobless in my late fifties) rather than desire but I have always enjoyed the challenge of crosswords etc. I accept that I may win nothing but, as so many of you say, you never…
Question about Rafflecopter options
Is it mandatory to do every entry type on the rafflecopter comps? I don't have a lot of the blog accounts to follow certain people on said blog site and I don't always want to like on facebook. Do the ones that I do still count? One comp I entered said you had to do the 4 mandatory entries but I didn't do all of them.
Marie Claire win that never materialises
I won a comp back in Ocotber with Marie Claire mag, but despite numerous emails to IPC i have still not received anything. What can i do ?
Question about magazine dailies
Hello everyone Apologies if this is a silly question but just wondered if the magazine dailies are for a daily prize or if the daily entries count to one prize when the competition expires? Thank you

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