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Archives for December 2015

Good luck for 2016 & big thanks to all mser's
2016 may it be a healthy, happy winning one for all had a great year for wins here & hope you all have xx
Thank you for everything
:T I just wanted to say a massive thank you very much too everyone that has posted this year, your all amazing angels :A, you have helped my win some wonderful things, i want to wish you all loads of luck for the New year, & have fun :T:D:beer:
Take a Break regular comps going to Game Over
A personal observation: I definitely think the new forum format is behind this going to GO all the time. I've switched to the new format and, despite a day of wrapping my head around it, now love it. It has an expired button on every post though, so newbies could be simply thinking they are doing good, by reporting an…
Anyone not win this year?
sorry to put a downer but as its the end of the year i thought it wont matter new start and all that havent won a single thing this year (might still get something from advents not holding out much hope) i admit i dont go for small prizes but have won vouchers in previous years but nothing since last years advent hope me…
Captcha,s
Hi peeps 1st off big thx,s 4 all the guys & gals who post .Had a hectic Christmas but had 19 prizes arrive so well pleased. My gripe is the captcha,s they seemed to have reverted back to letters but these are worse.Entered 2 Telegraph comps & 1 other, none let me in after several attempts.Is this the signs of things to…
Scam or a good competition?
I had an email from I think it is My Offers. They are offering me the chance to apply to become a product tester for Dyson. They are offering the Dyson V6 for testing. As my present vacuum cleaner has given up the ghost I am quite interested in this. It seems to be a competition to become a reviewer and then you get to…
My 2015 wishlist and how I did
The things I didn't achieve are now on my 2016 wishlist with a few new things added Competition wishlist 2015 Mixer Iron Camera Bike Headphones - ACHIEVED Laptop Cinema system CD player MacBook Pro MacBook Air iMac Touchscreen Laptop Holiday Abroad £1,000 plus in cash Free bet £100 plus in Amazon vouchers - ACHIEVED Crisps…
Comping Wishlists 2016
I did this for 2014 and thought it would be fun to do again. Just write a list of prizes you'd love to win in 2016, at the end of the year I'll drag this thread back up to see how we've all done :j Ok so I've done my top 16 for 2016 :D Good luck everyone, have a great year. My Comping Wishlist for 2016 * Ipad * Laptop *…
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All done!
Wow, decided to get up to date and do all the 31/12 comps that I wanted to enter. It has taken about 12 hours (with a quick trip out and lunch and dinner)! After a very dry year, hopefully after all this effort, I will win a little something!?
Help needed please, to post this comp
http://oliveit.eu/win/ Can someone please take a look at this? I was gonna post it but can't find an end date???? or even check if it is the current comp for oliveit? thank you :)
That's life competituons issue 52
Hiya have the answers for is use 52 that's life been put up? Thank you :) x
Customs duty charges information on International prizes
I thought I'd share HMRC's reply to my email querying the postal fees, Customs charges and VAT you may incur when importing a competition prize, or indeed any item, from a non-EU country into the UK for your personal use.
Sam McCauley Chemist comp on FB
Seen a lot of people entering the Sam McCauley Chemist comps on FB, Just so you know they will only post the prize to Irish winners. Hi ****, Our winners are picked at random to ensure fairness. The majority of people who enter are in Ireland we are a company solely based in Ireland. Prizes will only be posted to an Irish…
Is it just me?
Am I the only one who finds a Breaking Bad fragrance set deeply unappealing? I blame the dog https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5381193
Devil's Advocate
Following on from the thread about you best win of 2015.... What was your worst win of 2015? (Let's see photies if you can ;) ) No blarb about why did you enter if they prize was naff ect (Sometimes the prizes are not what we expect or we get runner up prizes ;) ) I entered a comp for what I thought was a dog bowl, toy and…
Forum looks different ?
Is it just me or has the forum got a different look? My page is headed blue and just looks different. I've been trying hard to search this out over the past few days but can't see what has happened. It looks this way on IE, Safari or chrome. I seem to remember reading about this some time ago and that there was a way to…
Disappointed twice
Won two comps in December. A rarity for me. One with Classic FM Tickets to a concert. The lady called whilst I was driving home from school pick up and promised to send over email with details. It never came and her call left no number for me to call her back. Tried messaging their facebook page who responded and said…
Latest Roboform update
They keep offering me the latest version but I am always worried about changing anything in case I have problems. Anyone else using Safari downloaded it and was it OK ?I am not the best at computers as you can see .
The madness is over!!
Almost......... The boards are so cool. calm and slow today. :j The peace is restored for another year :D Ahhhhhh ....... Tis lovely ;)

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