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I won a boat....
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laser_jock99
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...a big one. Anybody remember this?
Well I pleased to say I won it! Although without the help of this forum- I regularly buy the Daily Mail and collected the passwords from the paper itself. The only reason I'm on this forum at all is that a 'password sharing' thread came up when I Googled "Daily Mail Dream Boat Competion".
This brings me on to something interesting the competition organisers told me. The Daily Mail Dream Boat competion was the first- and probably the last big competion they would do with online entry. The organisers were well aware of the various 'password sharing' web sites. Clearly this wasn't helping newspaper sales!
Also there were far fewer entries in the boat competition (about 100,000) compared to the last Daily Dream Cottage competition which pulled in over a million postal entries- all of whom must have bought the newspaper for weeks.
The final winner for the Dream Boat competion was selected by senior newspaper staff from a bag of 20 postal entries mixed with 20 web entries.
The whole experience has proved, to me at least, that these big competions can be won fairly & squarely by ordinary folk and that no 'fixing' is involved.
A picture of me on collection day!
Well I pleased to say I won it! Although without the help of this forum- I regularly buy the Daily Mail and collected the passwords from the paper itself. The only reason I'm on this forum at all is that a 'password sharing' thread came up when I Googled "Daily Mail Dream Boat Competion".
This brings me on to something interesting the competition organisers told me. The Daily Mail Dream Boat competion was the first- and probably the last big competion they would do with online entry. The organisers were well aware of the various 'password sharing' web sites. Clearly this wasn't helping newspaper sales!
Also there were far fewer entries in the boat competition (about 100,000) compared to the last Daily Dream Cottage competition which pulled in over a million postal entries- all of whom must have bought the newspaper for weeks.
The final winner for the Dream Boat competion was selected by senior newspaper staff from a bag of 20 postal entries mixed with 20 web entries.
The whole experience has proved, to me at least, that these big competions can be won fairly & squarely by ordinary folk and that no 'fixing' is involved.
A picture of me on collection day!
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oh my goodness me :T
well done
this is awesome
fabulous
HAPPY SAILING:j0 -
:eek: :eek: :eek:
Guess you will have completed our £2008 for 2008 challenge then :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Now you've found us you should stay and enter a few comps on here - you obviously are one lucky guy!!!!
Congratulations!!!!0 -
WOW excellent prize! Do you use it alot? Must be so much fun! Thanks for letting us know about the password sharing thing, I suppose that is fair enough if they stopped online entry, they are a business after all...
Happy boating!0 -
Wow! That's fantastic. What a totally amazing win and it's lovely to know of a 'real' winner in these competitions.
I wouldn't have a clue how to drive steer a boat!
I hope you enjoy your prize
Captain laser_jock99!!! :T*Thanks to all who posts comps * :j0 -
BLIMEY!!!! You have completely flabbered my gast!! Unbe-freakin-lievable!!
Congrats to you & welcome to the forum (although if you join full time all my big prizes I have ear-marked for winning may not be mine anymore - you seem far too lucky to me!!:p )
Shiver me timbers Cap'n!The Rock Chick, she say 'courtesy costs nowt' - spread the word!
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GOOD ON YOU! :beer:
Well done.
Are you doing day trips and will you be offering reduced price tickets to all the MSE'RS?
Enjoy Enjoy Enjoy and well done again!
Louise0 -
Fantastic, well done
2021 Please Be A Better Year0 -
:eek: Wow, what a fantastic prize, its a beautifull boat.
Congratualtions and Happy Sailing Captain :cool:0 -
Fantastic prize well done :j0
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Wow, I'd sell it! LOL!0
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