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Archives for January 2021

Is it really worth entering these comps listed?
I quite fancy entering some of the comps! Any tips or comments on chances of winning? (I know, I know ...! Crystal ball time 🙄🤣)
Getting so many scam winners notifications on Facebook at the moment...
three now in the last two days. They all offer some piddling prize which you need to 'register for' before you can claim it. If you follow their link (not because you believe them just curiosity) it take you to some very dodgy looking advertising which they expect you to give your details for. I'm seriously considering a…
Are Mango Tech on facebook legit?
I have just received a message stating I have won an i phone and to contact them via 'my profile' and register - don't know why but alarm bells are ringing and I have no idea how to do as instructed. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐧 ➤visit 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 in the name of god this is really real. you won this competition .. immediately complete your…
When a freebie for entering a competition turns out not to be free
I don't smoke but I entered this Daily Mail competition anyway - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6194446/e-11-10-win-an-ipad-pro-free-igiveabutt-stub-tidy-for-each-entrant last year. That was a bad decision; my 'free stub tidy' was sent with just a 2nd class stamp on it so was held at the post office…
Postcard comp entries, two queries
1.With modem automated computer entry systems at the handling house end, are coloured postcards worth buying as opposed to plain postcards? Does it make the slightest difference which type is used given the context described...? 2. Additionally, I'd be most interested to hear from anyone who in the >last two years< has won…
Main comping page, Competition Time. is there something missing
Hi I am just on the main Competition Time forum To me there seems to be some "pinned" threads missing. The top post I see it ITV spin to win, but I was convinced that there was a couple of pinned posts above it. Is it just me of is the ITV one the top post, I am sure it didnt look like that earlier
Huawei competition, where is it ?
There was a Huawei raffle/gleam ending 15/01 I subscribed to, but now I'm getting that I'm not allowed to it because of a "Permission Problem". Does anyone know what it means? The prize wasn't that bad... :'(
Holiday competition
heart fm just phoned to say l have won a holiday. They are ringing me tomorrow to sort out zoom with me then on Monday morning I’m to go on air and play the game. Does anybody know what this entails as I’m a bit of a technophobe
Recommendations - Cash Competitions
2020 was a bad year for me financially so I am really rocking the competitions in 2021. Does anyone know of any decent cash competitions I can enter that are free? Thank you :) Lucy xx
Help Needed For Competition Answer!
Hiya guys! I'm spending the day comping (it's a hard life!) and I've found one from Puzzle Digest to win £5k, however I cannot for the life of me find the answer! January brain fatigue I think! Can anyone help? Website is theprizesite.com. Appreciate your help and happy comping!!! Lucy xx
Does anyone know what happened to Expressly Club?
I'm getting Your connection is not private
Help needed please.
Hi, can someone explain how I search for a competition in GO please? Simple terms as I will get confuddled with techy speak. Thank You.
Postal tv comp entries
Hi, I just want to ask people's opinion regarding postal entries for tv comps where you can also ring or email. Do you believe that postal entries REALLY do get entered. I read recently that for a while some had not been included. Has anyoneever won a major comp this way? I'm using my phone to post this, but I'm hopless so…
Accessing magazines online for free via local libraries
I don't know whether this is useful to anyone but thought I would mention it particularly for those who post the magazine puzzles. I access a lot of magazines online via my local library service for free (you just need to have a library card - also free). It will of course depend on your local library service as to whether…
Captcha codes
Hi, does anyone know how to get around these when entering the radio competitions please? I use google chrome Thanks
Times have changed
I haven't been here for a while. I enjoyed regular prizes including a few big ones but when the wins dried up, around the time FB and other social media platforms became more popular for competitions, my interest waned. Coming back tonight there are big changes, I haven't yet worked out the easy way to search for…
Fuzzy celeb
Has anyone got any idea who the new fuzzy celeb is this week please? I know it was Jordan North for the past few weeks but there's a new one now.
I'm back... well kind of!
Hello everyone, I'm sure many of you don't recognise my name, but I used to post competitions on the 'Take a Break' competitions. Unfortunately, due to Covid I had to take a sudden step back from comping and dedicate my time to family matters. I notice the changes to the forum and some of the regular, friendly faces have…
Prize not sent
hi Just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction. So I won a prize in April last year, the person running the blog said it won't arrive for a while due to lockdown. It didn't arrive. Come July when the lockdown had ended for the first time I asked again when it will be sent, she said they haven't gone back…

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