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  • cabbagebank
    cabbagebank Posts: 360 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Started in January this year - I had a lucky first month with a couple of prizes, but i had entered over 100 pages worth!! then in february - NOTHING.

    come March, wins started to fall through the door at regular intervals, some small, some big and i have just recieved my 59th win this year.

    The buffer of competitions i had entered in the first 2 months started to come through.

    I do enter a LOT of comps though, and only from this forum, so i assume that win rate is directly linked to the percentage of comps you enter.

    Keep at it!! you just need to build up your competition buffer for a little while :D

    As was said in Field of Dreams " If you build it.....They will come!" ;)
    Crossing off my Bucket List. Not going to wait for a nod from the Doctor!!
  • Dee-Dee
    Dee-Dee Posts: 268 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hi there. Don't give up, I joined last year and didn't win anything until January and then nothing again until June. I am still waiting for my 'big' win...

    I agree that you need to try to see it as a hobby and if you actually win something then that is a bonus!
  • DUKE
    DUKE Posts: 7,360 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    It's early days for you yet, give it a few months at the very least. You will win something eventually :D
  • dinx1972
    dinx1972 Posts: 1,885 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Don't give up. I too have had a dry spell for the last 3/4 weeks, but I come here see what other people have won and think wow that could be me. Hey presto the will to comp returns:rotfl: . I never feel jealous of other people's wins, that is the luck of the draw as they say, but keep at it and your turn will come.:D
    :j DEBT FREE FROM 01/01/11 :j
    Declutter 2012 - 191, 2013 - 26
  • dogcat_2
    dogcat_2 Posts: 21,401 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    :D Keep Comping and you WILL win! It may take a while, and of course the more comps you enter the more chance you have of winning. Stick with it.
  • mollythewestie
    mollythewestie Posts: 1,929 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Stick with it - enter as many as you can and you will win something eventually!

    I started comping at the beginning of may and I have had quite a few little wins (still waiting for that big one though!)

    It takes a good 6-8 weeks (or longer!) to be informed of some wins so don't be disheartened - you may have won already and the prize it's on it's way to you right now!! :D

    I was a little over eager at the start and entered anything and everything - but now I am more selective in what I enter and I still do around 50 comps a day and most of the Instant wins.

    Good Luck to you khuzaima52
    Value of prizes 2010 - 2017: £8374 Wins 2022: Magic set
    Debt free thanks to MSE
  • cg1982
    cg1982 Posts: 8,961 Forumite
    Lucyxx wrote: »
    cg1982 - I thought you won loads on virgin and the glamour comps??? :confused: more than some people have won all year!!!

    Don't be disheartened if you have only just started. remember that most of the comps will have probably had an end date that hasn't finished yet, and some take ages to get back to you. Something will come eventually...... and then usually loads at once!!!! :D:D

    If you are feeling a bit down about it pop into this forum and see how many others are winning such lovely prizes - it always perks me up again!!!! ;)

    Good Luck!


    i won 6 glamour comps and waiting for virgin vie vouchers to come through
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