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We knew it was coming, but it still feels sad
"Ideal Home Competitions has been shut down. " Now closed for good.
Has anyone volunteered to do the Mag Dailies?
If someone can give me instructions and training, and show me how to post the links, just as dear Jambo has done, then I would be happy to take over the posting of the Mag dailies. Is there anyone still left here, who can walk me through it? I don't know how to do the short links etc.
Problem with Green and Red tick boxes
Good Morning There seems to be a problems with the tick boxes when you tick green to say you have entered and red to say you have skipped. I've ticked several boxes in the actual competition post which appear to have worked as either the green or red is highlighted but when I go back to the main competition list the boxes…
Free Books Available on Caboodle to redeem with points!
https://caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com/free-books Just thought I would give everyone with 650+points a heads up. First time I've seen books available to redeem your points!
Pickmypostcode - Daily bonus draws
https://pickmypostcode.com/ Don't forget to check the Bonus draws - the £5 rolled over 8 times recently and is up to £35 again today - the basic prize may only be a £5 (there are £10 and £20 draws as well) but you get paid your bonus on top which does not reset - I recently won the £5 draw but my bonus is over £110 (third…
Emails
how many emails do you get a day? i must get close to 1000 if not more so today i have clicked on everyone so far and am unsubscribing to mailing lists and will se whether that has the desired effect, it is so annoying and time consuming that it must take me at least an hour each day just checking as don't want to miss a…
Anybody remember "The Newt"?
Just that really. Sort of a nostalgic flashback brought on by https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/79094387/#Comment_79094387
HELP
An old friend of mine's Facebook has been hacked, or at least there is someone else's photo. Who should she contact and how do you do it?Remember we are not tech-minded so jargon to the minimum, please.Thanks a million in advance!
Comp wins with no notice
Which magazine comps send out cheques and wins with no notification beforehand?
FB Shares for Additional Entry on Mag Dailies
It looks like they've changed this.Previously as I understand it, if you shared you automatically received an extra entry.Now you only seem to get the extra entry if a friend enters from your shared link :( How to Get More Entries. Step 1 - Invite your friends by selecting one of the share options below. Step 2 - As soon…
Greatest Hits Radio call
Hi, could the call from Greatest Hits Radio Cash Register come up as potential spam on my phone. A couple of times I have received potential spam calls around the time of the Radio calls. Thank you
Anyone experiencing problems logging into some of the MD websites
I am, just wondered if it was just me or affecting others. ThanksMs Choc x
Giving Bank details for a comp win
Hi all, I'm after a bit of advice - I'm not sure if this is the best place but as it's comp related I'll put it here! I had a call ealier telling me I'd own a competition and they wanted bank details to pay my prize - now in this case I'm 99% sure it was a scam so wasn't going to hand anything over but it did get me…
menshealth MD access problem
I can't access the menshealth MD comps for the last couple of days , The login page is constantly switching between the 'accept' permissions popup and 'login' main page so can't login ? (No problem on any other MD sites) Anybody else having problems getting in ? Thanks !
Ideal Home Competitions Club closure
I've just received the following in an email from Ideal Home: Thank you so much for being a valued member of the Ideal Home Competitions Club. The competition section on the Ideal Home site will be closing at 11.59pm on 31 March 2022. However, the main site will continue offering you lots of home inspo, news and shopping…
Martin's emails
I know they are dodgy but I would like to have them forward to someone in case they can catch them.Any one knows ?Pls get in touch because I have received three this week only.Thanks in advance and HAVE A GREAT YEAR COMPING OR NOT !
Brand New :)
Firstly hi everyone! I am completely new to this I am an ex matched better who wanted a new hobby and I came across this! I have set up a new email, insta and twitter which I’ve never had before! I have the hours daily to put in some good grind but I’m wondering whether my strategy is correct? I’ve been using the main comp…
Can someone check this competition ok and post please
Just started doing this and never posted before so don’t want to mess it up, done a search and couldn’t find anything and now on day 5 I think to win toys. good play guide 10 days of give away for 10 year anniversary could someone check and post if ok, sorry I’m useless 🤦‍♀️…
Mag dailies playing up?
Getting a 504 gateway Pretty sure it was happening on and off yesterday Anyone else?
Comps with Effort
I enjoy comps that require effort, but I can't seem to find any right now. Does anyone have any tips for finding them?

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