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Search doing something very strange...
I've obviously missed one of the Sun email comps, so I searched the email address. 60 pages of results, randomly ordered including some from 2015, 2009 etc. Realised I needed to take off the Search sub-categories and threads, but still showing pages of randomly ordered and some expired comps, so something odd going on…
Page for people to vote?
for the life of me I can't find the page where you can get people to vote for you on FB Trying to win a years worth of Netflix Anyone point me in the right direction please?
Outlook not receiving emails?
Hi All! I'm new to comping and have created a dedicated outlook email address. I seem to not be receiving any confirmation/verification emails or any newsletters etc. Normally I would be happy not to receive spam but I don't want to miss anything important! Anyone else use Outlook and having similar issues?
WOO-HOO! News of Possible Covid Vaccine...
"Covid vaccine: First 'milestone' vaccine offers 90% protection" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54873105 My fingers are crossed for this over and above for any comp win :smiley: Blu XXX
Changing order of thread
Hi, I haven't been here for a few years now,but wanting to start comping again. Can someone please tell me the best way to have the thread order and how to change it,think I had ending soonest in descending order? Thank you 😊 xx
Newbies / links
Is it possible a newbie can post a link to a competition on MSE? Have the rules changed? If so, when?
Maybe one to post
Haven't searched but it does not show on the daily thread the lilyobriens usual instant https://campaigns.lilyobriens.ie/xmas2020/
I won a bag of coffee!!! But... had to pay postage?
Hi all! Bit disappointing for me. Had an email entitled "Congratulations, you won!", and eagerly clicked on it. I had won a bag of coffee from a blog comp, which was nice. However, when I looked closer at the email, all it gave me was a voucher code, which, when applied to the checkout, still left me £4 postage to pay. I'm…
ADVENT POSTING POTENTIAL PROBLEM
I have posted an Advent thread here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6208931/a-12-12-the-12-days-of-christmas-fairfax-and-favor-sign-up-early-starts-01-12/p1?new=1 (please read comment from BootsMullery) As far as I was/am aware we have a problem with posts being expired on the end date i.e. E: 12/12 would…
Any new Twitter unfollow tools please?
Since ManageFlitter stopped at the beginning of the year, I've used UnTweeps. I hope the site hasn't gone forever as I've been getting Service Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu) Server at…
Advents, what, where? (Notes about posting advents)
(This is an old post (edited slightly) but a lot of the information is still relevant) Same questions come up every year in the run up to Christmas and the advents, so here goes : What is an Advent? Basically, think of the Advent Calendars you got a kid (or the Gin one you get now!), you open a box each day and got a…
Tarmac Win
Hi Everyone, I won a Tarmac pen on the 15th October. Got an envelope arrive from them today with a compliment slip enclosed saying "Congratulations on your winning Circle of Fortune Win" but nothing else was enclosed. Has anyone else had one of these? It says to keep an eye on their facebook page for upcoming competitions,…
Advents?
As far as I remember, the advent thread usually starts at the end of October. Has anyone had any thoughts on this year ...?
A: 14/01? (2021) ADVENT THREAD (please add any you come across here)
I've posted this up for now, until such time someone starts a proper Advent thread (if it happens) https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6208932/a-14-01-2021-advent-thread-please-add-any-you-come-across-here#latest
Magazine comp pages down again Error 500
I can login to the following but when I try to enter a comp I get Error 500 - I have contacted a few of the mags from a link on the Error 500 page. The following Mags seems to be affected there may be more https://competitions.goodtoknow.co.uk/login https://competitions.womanandhome.com/login…
Magazine competitions
Hi, I used to enter all the magazine prize draws every day and had a fair bit of success, after a while my partner also began entering as he saw I won a few things. At this point, I never won again and I realised that maybe the organisers thought it was fraud as the same address. So he stopped entering completely and i…
Silentnight Winners? Check junk mail!
Bit of a long shot but on 2nd Oct I got an email from a lady called Ella titled Winner! Silentnight x Your Home giveaway, saying I had won a Silentnight Airmax set and confirming I had to respond to email by today (30th Oct) to receive prize. I replied straight away of course! Contacted her today just to double-check she…
Woman and home
Have the mags dailies disappeared on woman and home ? I can’t find them today, the landing page is a new look.
Postal or text entries
Hello - a couple of questions 1) Has anyone been sucessful with postal entries when there is also an option to pay? Just curious. 2) If I have several different competitions to post to the same PO box number it is ok to put in one envelope? Just trying to be thrifty.. ;)
Board Guide (on the comps board..
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/profile/lukgs7 Sorry, posted in the wrong section. Can anyone suggest me whom to contact to get it moved please? https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6207134/e-24-11-md-five-chances-to-win-50-to-spend-with-devon-hampers#latest hi, board guides for comps section is listed here…

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