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Archives for September 2018

Posts moving to Game Over too early
I'm not an end-date comper, but I always double check the end date comps for ones I've missed (either by accident or deliberately to enter later if I haven't had time to bookmark them). I usually comp earlier in the day, but today (meaning yesterday now, since it's taken me a few minutes to write this!) I was a bit last…
Can my social media be private?
hello friends! just a quick question, can my instagram/twitter be set to private and still do comping? im quite new, really enjoyin it so far though thanks for all the effort you guys put into this
Competition Prizes received damaged
Has anyone else been disappointed when you receive your prize and it is damaged ,I did and got on to the people who ran the comp and sent them photos of the condition it was received in ,now they are replacing it.I'm sure there are a lot of people out there who have also been disappointed so always complain..:T
Has anyone ever won on these types of comps...
Just curious as to whether anyone has had any luck on these comps - Snizl NMA (or something like that, daily) Shopological Celebrity Angels Winning moments Myweekly Stylist Instant wins in general Thanks :D
Gadget show postal comp
Don't they run this comp anymore. Don't recall seeing it for ages.
E: 30/09 Cineworld child ticket
Just watched my film & this child ticket code wasn’t needed in the end. Booking fee 70p If any one wants to use it Child Code 1: CB2DC027955234581
How to repost on Instagram?
Basically how do I repost an Instagram photo? I know how to Retweet on Twitter and Share on Facebook. Just confused about Instagram.
Captchas
Is anybody else having trouble with captchas
Newby help please x
Hi all, I’ve just started comping in here on an iPad. I entered one and went to tick it, but as soon as I go back a page the tick doesn’t hold... what do I do? How do I go back to the list of comps without going back a page? Thank you x : :j
IOS 12 Keyboard layout
Anyone else upgraded to IOS 12 on IPad really getting cheesed off with the switch in locations of the numbers button and the emoji button? It’s only a small change but every time I want to go to the numbers layout I now hit the wrong button and the emojis come up! 1st world problems ey? 😂
Sweet SUNDAY Code
Found another wrapper which I doubt the code has been used: PWHJWPT4J4 if YOU do use the code, please post below letting everyone know.
Twitter - users to Tag for competitions
Hi, I am fairly new to competitions, and learning the pitfalls of online comps. So, though MSE was a 'safe' place to find legit competitions - I've already found a couple of email collectors posing as competitions, and probably worse :( Anyway, a number of the Twitter comps I have seen ask for friends to be tagged as part…
Using auto fill to complete forms
I’ve noticed that on some forms, when I type an answer, the box remains white, and when I use the auto fill, the box turns yellow. The form submits ok but do you think it makes any difference to your chances of winning if the form is partially completed by auto fill?
Cineworld child ticket code
I won’t be using one of the two child codes for a free film that I won. Please post if you use the code. 70p booking fee applies Child Code 2: CB2DC027961863670 If u don’t get to use the code I spotted a free code trick on hotuk deals where I got four codes for a streaming site…
since when is gmail fake?
Had quite a few comps recently tell me my @gmail.com is a fake email and won't be accepted, though it goes through with @googlemail.com wondering if I should start putting the long form regularly ???
Annoying Shortlist email!
Anyone else been disappointed by an email titled 'SHORTLIST WIN'?! It really caught me out the first time I got one - thought I'd had my first win in ages only to open it and see it was poromoting a comp, not telling me I'd won one! I've had a few now and they still annoy me!
Take a break puzzle magazines
I am confused with the prizes for the Take a break puzzle magazines. I believe it is one prize of £750 across all the mini magazines ...is that per month? Are the other puzzles the same?(just another entry into one main prize) I’ve been puzzling over for some time...does anyone know?
Chasing a prize
*they arrived
Absolute radio £10,000 comp to post
[STRIKE]I did message someone a while ago but I suspect they had already logged off - yesterdays was posted but I cannot see this one for today (there will be one everyday this week) Opened 9am today Closes 9 am tomorrow[/STRIKE] https://absoluteradio.co.uk/competitions/win-10000-pounds-180925.html done
Daily Star/Express/OK Mag/New Mag Comps
I have bookmarked all the comps posted and just going through all the ones ending in October but am finding that the majority of them are all showing a message saying "sorry this promotion is no longer available" Has something happened that I have missed the fact these have all ended early?

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