Competitions Discussion Thread Part 9

Mamzie

omg, 1 million entries thats a bit mad...

Maybe they've been attacked or whatever its called by those bot things..

fire**fly

Mamzie wrote: »

omg, 1 million entries thats a bit mad...

Maybe they've been attacked or whatever its called by those bot things..

it's always posted on mse first but by the end of the day it's posted by other posters on other comp forums as well, so imagine there's millions entering them :eek:

grastgirl

I'm a comping newbie with a quick question. I got some scratchcards in "Wedding" magazine run by Jackpot UK. I've looked at the rules and there appears to be phone call, text and post methods for getting the collection number, phone call and text methods seem to be pretty expensive, but would be covered by my cash prize, but I'm more interested in doing it cheaply ie by post. Do people win if they request their collection number by post, or do they get conveniently ignored? Any other advice gratefully received.

Cheeky_Chicken

grastgirl wrote: »

I'm a comping newbie with a quick question. I got some scratchcards in "Wedding" magazine run by Jackpot UK. I've looked at the rules and there appears to be phone call, text and post methods for getting the collection number, phone call and text methods seem to be pretty expensive, but would be covered by my cash prize, but I'm more interested in doing it cheaply ie by post. Do people win if they request their collection number by post, or do they get conveniently ignored? Any other advice gratefully received.

sorry, I never look at all the litter that comes in magazines, I just bin it. I was under the impression that you only ever win very cheap cameras etc

lydias

BabyGiant they were unhelpful in that they said there was nothing they could do if texting stop didn't work and there was nothing they could do to refund.

grastgirl

Cheeky_Chicken wrote: »

sorry, I never look at all the litter that comes in magazines, I just bin it. I was under the impression that you only ever win very cheap cameras etc

I wouldn't normally either, but I've been looking at ways to try to pay for my wedding, so I was wondering about what the catch was (afterall there's always one), but if I can get around it, it should be worthwhile. I won't be entering the one that says I can win a car (or a cheap mp3 player), but a minimum cash payout of £20 seems like it might be worth it.

chickaroonee

korkythekat wrote: »

it's always posted on mse first but by the end of the day it's posted by other posters on other comp forums as well, so imagine there's millions entering them :eek:

what you mean is you do them first, then they all copy you

fire**fly

chickaroonee wrote: »

what you mean is you do them first, then they all copy you

:eek: gosh no, i didn't mean that, got a few comping mates that buy thier own mags and post thier answers on diff forums, i prefer this one, they like thier own preferred site, sometimes we help each other out with the puzzles, lots of people buy the tues/thursday mags & do the same puzzles
so at the end of the day they're posted on lots of forums, not necessarily copied ..

fire**fly

Al_Mac wrote: »

I believe there are a number of "ghost" compers on MSE, who have high post counts and thanks on other forums, for things they've copied from here :eek: But then I am aware of one MSEr who copies from another site :eek:

Swings and round a bouts

sure, you'll always get people copying, know of a few certain persons who copies the majority of the puzzler/puzzle comps / real people / etc & the main board comps from here and post on another site which i'm not a member of any more but have friends on there that keep me updated & let me know,
wouldn't think anyone on here would need to copy from another site when all i've seen is this site usually has all the comps listed first ..

chickaroonee

sorry Korky I meant that a bit tongue in cheek! I do think there is some copying that goes on, but as Al says swings and roundabouts...

I just think it's fab that you share the answers with all of us