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Archives for February 2019

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ManageFlitter no longer working. Aternatives? (Twitter)
Logging in to Manage Flitter it appears they've hit problems... On 31 January 2019 without sending any prior warning to ManageFlitter, Twitter removed ManageFlitter's Twitter API access. The result is that customers currently cannot use ManageFlitter for any Twitter related tasks. We are currently exploring all avenues to…
New Comper
Hi all, I’m a new comper and so far really enjoying entering competitions. Any hints and tips on what info should or not to be sent? Thank you :j
Daily mail Saturday Sudoku Help Please
I came back home and realised I didn’t have the weekend magazine in my paper so I am hoping that someone has got it and can post the answer for me please Nellie x
Finding Twitter parties?
Morning comp heads! I enjoyed the twitter party last night and tried to find out if any others were coming up, but I couldn’t find a hashtag that identified anything on twitter...l If I do find any I would post on here, I’d be happy to become the twitter party poster, but does anyone have any tips on how I would search for…
How to tell a genuine win vs a scam
Hi everyone, I’m really new to this and haven’t won anything yet. But I’m just anticipating that i might be lucky enough to win one day. When you have a genuine win how do you know? That may sound stupid but I’m just imagining that if i won say £1000 on one of these competitions and they rang or emailed to tell me and…
Cooksongold Competition Winners Check Before 03/03
They don't appear to contact winners directly you have to check. If a prize is not claimed by 3rd March, then the relevant competition will be re-drawn and a new winner will be chosen and announced later in March 2019. Showing winners from 19 November until Feb 1st…
FB Block
Not sure if anything has changed on FB but I have just had my first ban. I have just logged on to my laptop (1.45 pm) and tried to send my first message which has been blocked for going too fast !?! Not sure how that can be if its my first post for over 12 hours . . . . weird If anyone knows how these work I would…
Any advice on winnersville?
Hello, I'm fairly new to comping and I've just found Winnersville. I think I should have trusted my instincts and clicked away from it immediately. I think it's a site that wants a lot from you (surveys and giving away personal info) in exchange for a single competition entry. I may be over-reacting ... I'm not sure Has…
infolinks on MD via Chrome Version
Anybody getting infolinks popup's on W/O and Now for a start? :( Annoying!!! :mad: Thought only unique to Safari!!! Seems to be on the TI, not Hearst so far
tpg
Hi Im new to doing competitions, can somebody guide me to where to go to start? Thanks
Multiple postal comps
Hi New to this - in respect of answers on a postcard (usually TV comps) with PO address - can you put several postcards in one envelope if same PO address but different comps i.e. Good morning Britain or X Factor etc thanks
Free Entry Competitions?
Do any free to enter comps exist without having to pay for a stamp or £2 fee etc. I used to enter loads of free comps back in the day but hardly see any which are really free to enter these days!:(
Click To Win Competitions
Hello everybody :) If any of you enter Click to Win comps regularly, how many sites do you use? I doubt anyone can enter on all of them, there must be over a hundred!I've just started on them, and I'm a bit overwhelmed.. Does any of these Click to Win sites offer better chances of winning, or are they all the same? Thank…
Competitions - where do you start?
Looking at starting to entering competitions as a hobby and with the hope of a little prize maybe. I have subscribed to competition time update forum and seen that today there are 164 new threads. My question is how do you work out what to enter/ monitor what you have entered and find the best competitions to enter?…
Roboform
All I have been using Roboform to enter competitions as I dont want RSI from constantly typing however I noticed something today and wondered if you knew the answer? When I use it the box for the information turns yellow however if I type in that box it goes grey? Does that mean that the Roboform information is picked up…
Twitter comps?
Hello I’m new to comps and I’m just checking when I enter the twitter comps and it says ‘retweet and follow’ do I alway have to comment as I’ve seen people comment too? Thank you
Surveys are they worth the time ?
Hi all Just wondering if surveys are worth the time and effort doing them and how do you go about them without getting a million calls and emails ? :think: I did search but couldn't find anything ,thank you in advance .
Simple Guide for Instagram??
Is there any kind of idiot-guide for basic Instagram use for entering competitions please? I really have no clue as to what you're actually meant to do, to be able to enter Instagram comps! I've had a look in the Forums and can't find anything, but would be extremely grateful if anyone could point me in the right…
Help - local compers groups Spalding/ Lincs area?
Sorry if I’ve posted this in the wrong place. I’m new to comping and really enjoying it so far. Just wondered if anyone could advise on local comping groups/ forums. I’ve searched google and Facebook but haven’t stumbled across any. I’m in Spalding/ Lincolnshire/ Peterborough area. Thank you.

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