Comping Guide - Getting Started & Other FAQs

Amilucky?

totebag wrote: »

can someone tell me what happened to the wow button, had not logged in for a week or so and now i acn not find it. has it been removed or is it just me !!!!

It was trialled on the comps board and then removed see https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3612599

however if enough people ask for it back they may implement it again as it is still under review

fire**fly

hi, sent you pm VG,
this site
http://www.hideawaysinhay.co.uk/

requests their answers aren't posted on MSE,
could it be added to your list ...

4 Do any sites not want their comps/answers posted?


The sites we know of are listed below. Please let me know if you come across any others:

• Aigas.co.uk - Do not post their comps
• Allinlondon.co.uk - Do not post answers
• BeyondHollywood.com - Do not post any of their comps on here
• BookDagger.com - Do not post answers
• BookGeeks.co.uk - Do not post answers
• BookHugger.co.uk - Do not post answers
• BTAA.org.uk - Do not post answers
• ChrisAndPhilPresent.co.uk - Do not post answers
• CoreMagOnline.com - Do not post their comps
• CoronationStreetUpdates.blogspot.com - Do not post their comps
• DiscWorldMonthly.co.uk - Do not post answers
• GorePress.com - Do not post their comps
• HorrorTalk.com - Do not post answers
• HunkyDoryHome.co.uk - Do not post any info other than a link to the comp on their site
• I HeartCosmetics.co.uk - Do not post their comps
• JulianStockwin.com - Do not post answers
• KidAround.Biz - Do not post the comp email address
• Kmag.co.uk - Do not post answers
• LawAndMore.co.uk - Do not post any info other than a link to the comp on their site
• LittleStuff.co.uk - Do not post answers
• MumsZone.co.uk - Do not post answers
• MyChild.co.uk - Do not post answers
• RealmOfHorror.co.uk - Do not post any info other than a link to the comp on their site
• RideRater.co.uk - Do not post answers
• SafeConcerts.com - Do not post answers
• StalePopcorn.co.uk - Do not post answers (please see this thread)
• SuccessThroughPlay.blogspot.com - Do not post the comp email address
• TheHuntingGround.net - Do not post answers
• TheSwanseaBay.co.uk - Do not post answers
• TVisCool.com - Do not post email address or answers
• UKFisherman.com - Do not post answers
• Viva.org.uk - Do not post their comps

(PM from RideRater site owner that current comp is OK with the answer showing, but future comps to please omit the answer)


please
post here from the site owner
# 8
MichaelE
Yesterday, 8:32 PM


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/48745555#Comment_48745555

thanks x

sarah861421

ADVENT ADVICE

Does anyone have any advice about entering the advent comps. I am a competition newbie, and having read ( most of ) the guide, I enter the normal comps in date order, and use the Thank, and enter buttons to make sure I don't miss anything. BUT, this doesn't really help me with the advent ones, and those that can be entered daily as there are so many ( not complaining ) . Does anyone have a good system or just general advice????

We_Laugh_Indoors

Try using the advent thread, it should be a sticky on the first page.

gentleorange

Is there an easy way to go from end-date comping to entering comps as they are posted? The only way I can think of is a brutal marathon comp entering session till I'm completely caught up:D

GeorgeBee

gentleorange wrote: »

Is there an easy way to go from end-date comping to entering comps as they are posted? The only way I can think of is a brutal marathon comp entering session till I'm completely caught up:D

Not really, no. I found a couple of days off work sick and RoboForm (full version) made the job quicker but it was still a rather long slog!

The only think I did to try and speed things up, was sort the forum by newest posted, went right to the oldest post and opened anything I didn't want to enter on that page in a new tab so I could quickly go through, thank the poster, hit entered and close the tab.

It was then a case of filling in the gaps (i.e. one's which weren't ticked as entered) and then moving on to the next page and repeating the process, and the next page, and the next one and the next one...

It's a lot of effort intially but I much prefer it to end-by date comping.

djc58

11 Are there any sites, from experience, which are likely to generate lots of spam? (in the Comping Guide)

I did not aware of this, I did entered some on the lists

I now will try consult with this list to ensure not waste of my time.

Many thanks for raised that in the comping guide :money:

Amilucky?

gentleorange wrote: »

Is there an easy way to go from end-date comping to entering comps as they are posted? The only way I can think of is a brutal marathon comp entering session till I'm completely caught up:D

Nothing for it but a long hard slog gentleorange

however now is the best time of year to catch up as over 800 comps have been moved to GAME OVER from December and January is notoriously quite

Best of Luck

queenlizard45uk

Hello!
How long did it take you to start regulary winning prizes? for example, ive been comping roughly 3-4 weeks now, and have won 2 (both were on blogs) but I know alot of the competitions i have entered have only just started ending. I hate not knowing whose won or if the draw has been done yet!

also, is there a way of finding competitions on peoples blogs? The 2 I entered were by people I already follow, but I can seem to search for any on google etc

VelvetGlove

Hi queenlizard45uk,

I won after a couple of weeks of starting to enter (from a text comp - I don't tend to enter those now as they cost money whereas the vast majority of comps posted on here are free to enter).

Wins can be quick or it can take a while. As you mentioned, the comps you enter have to end... then winners have to be drawn... then winners have to be notified. Wins can be like buses though, none for a while then several at once. I don't tend to think about the comps I have entered (unless they are really big ticket items, then I daydream a lot!). I love the excitement of opening an email or getting a phone call from the company or my boyfriend (to say a package has been delievered & he can open it for me if I want him to, please? )

I personally don't know a good/quick way to find comps on blogs other than the ones already posted on here, but if you post that question in the Comps Discussion Thread some compers in there may be able to give you some ideas.

Happy comping