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Archives for August 2016

They've picked a winner with the wrong answer
Enters this the other week - https://www.facebook.com/TheNottingham/photos/a.219223748205901.48873.219209858207290/936483709813231 I have just checked to see if a winner has been picked, turns out the winner gave the wrong answer. The question was: when was Leicester Tigers established? The answer should be 1880, however…
Mean comp tactic on FB page
They gave the winner just 30 mins to respond then re-drew the comp. Nowhere did they warn of this in advance. https://www.facebook.com/BESTFITMagazine/photos/a.359971490805071.1073741828.356229657845921/862238080578407/?type=3&theater BESTFIT Magazine Congratulations to our For Goodness Shakes winner (removed winners name…
Oh Dear Big prize winner picked but entered after the closing date
https://www.facebook.com/warrenjamesjewellers/photos/a.345461518860699.80021.255439484529570/1196558823750960/?type=3&theater Few people not happy :) Was posted on here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5497175
Advice needed please
Hi guys, I'm not sure what to do on this one but I know I'm in the best place for advice. I won a trip to New York in May from Sleep Retreat Hotels, I got confirmation straight away and they couldn't do enough for me. I paid for an extra night and flight upgrades for me and my mum which was £440. Since I made that payment…
Prize not arrived
Hello, I am new to posting so sorry if I have done this in the wrong place. Was just after some advice please. Back in March (26th) I was emailed by tesco baby club to say I had won a dove hamper from a survey that I had done, they asked me to confirm my details so they could pass this on to Dove. I replied and gave them…
Pinterest update help!
So my Pinterest has changed and I can no longer find how to pin things to a board (from an external site)! the save a pin icon is no longer there. Trying to enter the White stuff comp. Anyone got any ideas please?
Magazine Dailies
HI guys, after a few years of break im restarting to enter comps again, one thing i never bothered with though was the mag dailies. I just wondered if any of you have been successful with them? and how often do you enter, every day? just once? etc I'm just trying to work out if its worth the time, i know your are never…
Can someone tell me if this is a Scam?
This just popped up on my computer. Was on the point of entering my personal details but feel suspicious.…
Deleting comping emails
Hotmail seem to have changed their website and I can't seem to find a way of deleting all of the emails at the same time, it's making me go into every email and delete them one by one....I've usually got around 100 emails per day!:( does any one have an easy way of doing it on an iPad? I don't use the app as there isn't…
Long time reader, first time poster in the house.
Hi everyone! As the title says, I've been lurking around for perhaps years (on and off), and thought it was about time I joined! I've noticed a lot of users have got their yearly wins so far in their signatures, and I'd be really grateful if everyone can give me an insight into how they won what they've won. As far as…
Also newbie
Hi I'm new to this. Was just wondering what gleam and raffle is. Are these worth entering. I've also noticed there seems to be loads of Facebook and Twitter. Thanks
Newbie
Hi guys, I'm new to comping (10weeks) and so far all I've won is a DVD in Polish lol! I've spent hours every day entering so I'm a little disheartened but still addicted.
Returning to comping after 6/7 years!
Hi guys, I used to use this forum a lot between 2007 and 2009 and entered literally everything for a long period of time in that period, won shed loads of great stuff, then just quit comping. Not sure why I did quit to be honest, probably just burnt out, in hindsight I got a bit addicted to winning so would enter stuff…
Regular Weekly comps
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/71170416#Comment_71170416 This comp is not appearing on the main thread for me. It just appears on the Regular Competitions under the weekly thread. Please could you confirm that this is correct. Just asking as I never realised that this was the case and will have to…
Rushing to enter comps
Is it just me or does anyone else rush through the pages to try and keep up to date? I find it so hard to not get behind i find myself skipping lots that i could potentially enter (mainly ones that require slight effort like a photo etc) Maybe I need to slow down and improve the quality of my comping! I dont know how you…
Painful leson learnt
Had at call at 2125 from 0345 605 1062 on my mobile. I ignored it but then Googled it. It was Heart FM, I called them back and they told me that they were ringing to tell me I had won £1000 but because I didn't answer they had to move on. I am absolutely gutted! I have save that number on my phone as Heart now, perhaps you…
Click to Win
Ive started entering a lot of click to win competitions at night, and wondered if it's worth it? What are the chances of winning? Has anyone won anything from them?? Thank you
Just a quick rant.....
So just returned from a fabulous holiday with my family, on my doormat was 3 cards from Yodel stating they were unable to deliver my parcel (obviously a win as I didn't order anything) anyway after 7 days they return to sender, only I don't know who the sender was, so I have lost out on something, maybe big, maybe small,…
Scam?
Does the team think (and you won't get that unless you are as old as me:rotfl:) this is a scam? My cousin 'liked & shared' it and it has all the hallmarks but if you go to the companies page, there is actually a link to enter the comp which goes to 'Get Me A Ticket' Now I realise they are considered one of the spam…
has twitter changed re retweets
OK so I'm doing a rafflecopter & "view on twitter" link closes immediately so I go to do what I normally do. I go to my tweets to look for my timestamp so I can open the RT & copy & paste the link but there is no timestamp it just says you have retweeted & displays the original tweet, then when I clicked on this it rook me…

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