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Archives for September 2014

Anyone ever won a year worth of a prize?
Have you ever won something like a year supply of washing powder or pizzas? Did they give you the vouchers or the actual item in one delivery or monthly and did they actual last a year or less or more?
No idea where this comp goes
https://dhcompetitions.co.uk/reckitts/ The original url was tesco.com/winxfactor There is a purchase needed, You can get the dettol wipes or spray for £1.50 in tescos at moment, hence I got this, Did a quick search didn't spot it, but am rusty at searching,If you can figure it feel free to post it,. There are a few diff…
starting to get withdrawal symptoms!
ive only been popping in & out the last couple of days and barely entered 10 competitions a day!! its little ones 3rd birthday today (shes still in bed..) so ive been cleaning the house top to bottom so everything is sparkly for her party later, and now im off to MAKE (ugh whos idea was that?!) sausage rolls, cheese puff…
Can someone help? Think I'm a runner up of a competition
I had a garbled message on my chewed up answering machine. I just caught Nationwide Tempo or Temple. I'm a runner up of 23 tickets for something that I need to ring back with my address. Couldn't get all of the phone number. Do you remember this? They said something about students too. :(
Magazine Comps - Leaving some answers blank
Just wondering if anyone can reassure me, with the magazine type comps (Take a Break, That's Life, Inside Soap, ect) Can you leave some answers blank for prizes you may not want to win, but submit the rest? Will doing this invalidate your entry?
RANT Liked and Shared
Getting increasingly annoyed with compers on Facebook writing liked and shared on Facebook competition posts which have not asked them to do that at all ! Just entered one that asked people to comment.. no mention of sharing at all and about 50% of the entrants have written "Liked and shared" Is this just lack of…
Cor blimey!
Sorry...bit of a pointless thread...but....the title says it all doesn't it???? https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5064288 Seriously does the bike peddle for you?
Will I ever win?
Hi I started comping at the end of August and have entered hundreds of comps and no win at all. Any tips? Should I give up? :-(
Mumsnet/Unipart MOT winners - bad news
If you were one of the 50 winners of the Mumsnet comp (posted here) for a £50 MOT/Unipart Car Care Centre voucher back in July, I've got some bad news for you, if you haven't used it yet ... Unipart Automotive (which includes the Car Care Centre) went into administration on 24 July (2 weeks after the WEMs were sent). I've…
Please help, missing prize
Hi, I won a prize back in may and after lots of emails, the prize has still failed to show. Had lots of emails, saying the person who ran the promotion has now left the company, then an email saying they no longer stock my prize, the excuses go on and on I would like to start a complaint as i am sick of being messed about…
Ticks and Crosses Help...
I don't know if anyone can help, but I had to update my Macbook this morning along with my phone and since it's been updated my ticks and crosses haven't been working properly... I've been working my way down crossing those comps I have no interest in, then have gone into a comp entered it so ticked and thanked the OP but…
Anyone Had An Email From VIABUY Today?
Got an email from this company, a prepaid Mastercard company and it looks genuine on the face of it, except I'm not a customer..... then the link which I won't post but is an https link and looks like a link to a log in page To log in you have to have your mastercard number and a password, which I don't have. The email…
Obviously a scam but how to stop it?
Have received a text from 80876 saying: "Congratulations! You have been chosen! Just reply MOBIE to complete your draw entry. Please ignore if not requested." I do occasionally enter text comps, but the name MOBIE means nothing to me, and my Googling shows that number up as spam, but how do I stop it? Is it true that…
E: 25/09 Win a boiler for you home
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this is spam, right?
solved, thanks all [STRIKE]Hi xxxxx [full name], Good morning. I should send you the prize won in the contest in object but I miss the address line: [then it lists my name and part of my address] Could you provide me with the street and street number? Cheers, Michele taken off address details as requested looks spammy to…
Help! need advice
Hi all, I am fairly new to this site and firstly want to say what a great friendly and unselfish forum this is and for being so welcoming. Right onto the question. I have had a wierd email drop into my spam box today informing me that I had won a Vauxhall Corsa and asking me to click on a link to confirm may details and…
thornton's kit winners
there has been a delay sending out the kits & the date for submitting your photo is now 26th Sept
Duplicate prize
Can anyone solve this mystery please? I recently won some Foster Grant sunglasses on a Take A Break click to win. I entered quite a few sunglasses comps recently, so can't remember the exact Ts&Cs but most were for two pairs. Anyway, I had a WEM saying I'd won one of 23 "sets" of sunglasses, which suggests more than one…
Did anyone watch Modern Life is Goodish on Dave last night?
Dave Gorman did a whole section on Real Deal comps (which was very funny!) and suggested that the best way to enter was for free on the website (after going through the T&Cs) and how about it if someone, just one person, watched it everyday and posted the answer (i.e. him) on twitter for instance, then everyone could enter…
Anyone else lost their BT disposable email addresses
I've been really busy recently and as I've been concentrating on my competition email address I haven't been taking that much notice of my BT mail. I realised things were changing but I must have missed the bit about the disposable yahoo.co.uk addresses, so have lost the lot of them!!!! It's a nightmare as I use loads of…

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