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When/what did you first win?

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  • OurJoey
    OurJoey Posts: 356 Forumite
    Hi.

    My first win was 2 Little black Dress books from Now magazine.

    I started comping in Jan 08 and won these in Feb 08.

    On average I have won 2 prizes a month since my first win.
  • my first win was feb last year and was a box of carragh chocolates
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  • My first win was a brothers cider t-shirt I think which I recieved only a couple of weeks after I started. Since then I have had a few wins but nothing massively big as yet. I live in hope of that call from ITV though lol !!!!!

    I would also like to say a huge thanks to all contributors of the competitions forum !! xxxx
    Thanks to all posters and contributers :beer:
  • elizabethp
    elizabethp Posts: 76,442 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    My first win was in May 2007, I had only been comping a couple of days and I won a DKNY handbag from handbag.com. I then became addicted :D
    Liz xx
  • Ayreon_2
    Ayreon_2 Posts: 1,029 Forumite
    Mine was 6 weeks after I started. At the beginning of April I won a pack of pencils from the Derwent monthly comp :)
  • kisto
    kisto Posts: 7,075 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    My first win is my biggest win yet and that was for a set of lovely saucepans from Meyer worth £150. I started comping in march and got the wem on 4th April.
    :T*Thanks to all who posts comps * :j
  • kateminx
    kateminx Posts: 163 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I started comping in May and have not won anything yet :eek: I keep trying though :D
  • Catty212
    Catty212 Posts: 1,082 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Xmas Saver!
    My first win was a DJ Sammy cd single - a few years ago now.
    Fantastic Expectations Amazing Revelations
  • bunn
    bunn Posts: 4,191 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    i started comping around march my first win was some tickets i could use though so i passed on the details to a mser i won a book the same day from pick me up mag, my biggest win was a pryex set from pick me up mag had to wait 12 weeks for it but now i dont know what to do with it all jeeese there was lots i couldnt belive how pryex made so much stuff, 2 of the bake ware things dont even fit in my oven lol i need to win a extra large oven now!!!!
  • RockGypsy
    RockGypsy Posts: 575 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    My first win was a camera about 2 years ago,I gave comping a break of about a years,started comping again about 3 months ago and my first win was a Compass from a daily comp.
    :A :shocked::shocked: :A
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