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Archives for April 2015

mag dalies all not working
Not sure whats happening but trying to do them have tryed everyone and all say comp has ended? Is anyone getting this too? xx
whoa - what the
Has anyone elses board changed to that dodgy new layout again? :mad: :(
Seething!
Just wondered what everyones thoughts are on this. I won a prize on 4th December on Sudocrem's Christmas cracker competition that was an instant win promotion on their fb page. I will try and keep it quite brief, but I do need to explain the background to it all as to why I am so cross! The congrats message said to claim…
Your complimentary sample of Valentino Uomo
Did anyone else get an email yesterday from valentinoparfums@puig.co.uk saying Congratulations you have been selected by Mr Hyde to receive a sample of Uomo Valentino (in ordinary email folder). Then today get another email saying Recall: Your complimentary sample of Valentino Uomo. valentino parfums would like to recall…
Email Fashion Chick win, can't find post?
Hi all, As above I received an email this morning saying I had won a Fashion Chick x House of fraser competition. Only thing is I can't find the post! Could anyone help please?
won't win much tonight
I am in caravan in the peak district after a beautiful day in the sun, had half a bottle of red and a couple of cans of carling and keep pressing the wrong buttons on lap top.
Telling companies they are breaking FB rules
Hi A few people, after this past week where we a lot of us have been hit with 'restrictions', have stated intent to let companies running Facebook competitions know when they are breaking the rules asking for 'likes' for entries. I tried this today, trying to be helpful and spread knowledge that this is breaking FB rules…
good to know log in
Has anyone else had problems with Good To Know log in? Mine is covered over but I can use it on my tablet
New Member
Hi Im really new to this and would appreciate help on getting advice on competition sites
Tick and Cross missing?
Is the tick and cross missing from the thread listing for anyone else or is it just me? Its there when I open the thread still x
Would you choose to claim tickets for free or carry on trying to win them?
Just curious.... Do people really prefer to win tickets to something that you can get free tickets for? I noticed a comp for 250 pairs of Grand Designs Live tickets, posted yesterday, has 19 thanks, yet the post I made for 1000 free tickets (apologies, yes it's in the wrong section :) ), the day before yesterday, has only…
Facebook blocked the wrong account (but I have closed one now)
OK so I have been blocked now, but they blocked the wrong account! I have 2 FB accounts, one for comping and playing games and another for keeping in touch with my friends and it is my friends account that has been blocked. This is no real hardship for me (until they block the other account) and I am not going to appeal…
Take a Break Puzzle Mag
I have been getting this message when I try to access any of the post from yesterday and today. I wondered if anyone had any experience of this. Forbidden You don't have permission to access /competition-entry-form/2015/Mini_Su-doku_Collection/49 on this server. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while…
google chrome bookmark manager
morning compers! has anyone else noticed google chrome's new bookmark manager? its dreadful! i cant seem to select multiple bookmarks (my dailies) and open them all in mutiple tabs (20+) like i normally do... does anyone know how to return to the old bookmark manager? ive googled it - but cant seem to find anything! thanks…
OMG! Magazine Issues 7 & 8
I know they don't like their comps posting, but I just thought I'd vent about something else related to the mag that I find annoying at the moment. When they launched all their comps had a one week entry period, but with issue 6 or 7 this increased to two weeks. It's just a pity that they didn't notice that some of their…
woman weekly no login box showing? anyone else please
I cannot get a login box to show on womans weekly mag dailies it was like this yesterday but thought it might be just a glitch. anyone else have the same problem please :beer:
Why bother having T & C's ?
....if the Judging of a Competition completely ignores them ? Some may call this rant sour grapes but 3 recent "Judged" Comps prove my point. Lloyds Twitter Comp. "Entries must be in a set format"....the Winner's wasn't :( 6 Word Story Competition. Since when is “I’m a hero" 3 words ? Center Parcs Comp. 50 word max per…
Deleting old tweets
Has anyone managed to find a program that actually works at getting rid of their old tweets ? Im trying to clear out all the dead wood on my account now that Im up to about 13K. The only programme Ive ever got to actually work properly was tweetdelete but only if I selected it to wipe out everything first. With all the…
Heart attack narrowly avoided
So, you filter your emails into a "win" folder, and notice there's an email in there ... "£250K Blue Play With Us winner - congratulations!" Hmm, this is clearly spam but it's from a person so looks slightly legit ... "Hi there, Thank you for taking part in our live £250K Blue giveaway on Twitter! " heart racing ... "You…
Facebook 'Like' Jail
So I have a months 'jail' time for liking too many pages - anyone else had this? I have appealed but am not hoping that this restriction will be lifted #fml

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