Competitions Discussion Thread Part 9

Barnabysue

danthompson wrote: »

Hey - can I ask a question? How come some of you have won so much...? I've been entering loads of competitions since the beginning of January and must have entered hundreds, but not won anything! Some of your signatures show you have won loads!! Am i missing something or shall I just keep going??

Don't forget that a lot of the comps that you have entered may not even have finished yet, and if they have, they don't always send prizes or announce winners until weeks later.

Lakshmi7

I've finally heard back from the editor of Bracknell News, and they, Dumbarton Reporter, Reading Chronicle, Greenock Telegraph and Slough Observer are considered part of the same group, so you can only enter through one site.

danth

thanks guys... some good replies there. I'll check out roboform! I figured it was just a case of keep trying but thought it's worth an ask!!

OingoBoingo

Well, should they?

I think they should, if you yourself want to put the answer you have found on here, yes, it is ok.
:beer:

crin

it is a nice thing to do and helps those who arte having problems

mikegamez

Isn't that the whole point of the forum?? To share and help people.
Surely if people don't want to see the answers, they shouldn't look at the threads!!
There are lots of other sites that do exactly the same - the difference being you normally have to pay to join.
Maybe the person complaining works for these sites??

ellasmommy

Theres nothing wrong with a bit of community spirit and all people helping with answers etc.

What gets me is that we're called greedy for taking answers & not figuring it out ourselves.
People dont moan when theres an answer for a cd or something like that, but when its a BIG prize, they all pipe up!! That is GREED! Theyre scared there is less chance for them to win. :rolleyes:

Like people say, if people dont like the answers shown then go elsewhere.

steve-o_3

Hi guys,

interested in getting involved in competitions. Heck, I'm interested in owt for nowt!!! :rolleyes:

But of those of you that do comps alot, how do you avoid all the junk mail? I mean, most of the comps want you to agree to some terms and conditions and want a few personal details. So no doubt they send these to third parties and no doubt you get bombarded with all sorts of junk email and post?

I guess my question is how do you recognise the safe comps that aren't just sucking you in for your personal details and how do you deal with handing over your personal details?

Cheers.
Steve.

lilias

A good place to start is Velvet Glove's Compers Guide here -

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1014121

It covers the information you're asking for

ButtonF1Fan

Have you heard of WHOIS? I have an email account JUST for comps, and freebie stuff where i expect spam. Always read carefully those tick boxes about do/dont want to get emails from them or third party. Third parties is normally a bad thing i'd say.

For a while just enter on sites that are established/trusted like take a break gruop magazines, itv cash cash comps, bbc magazines, or the big shops,,,, asda, tesco, curries, pcworld and toysrus tend to do comps. xx

Hope that helps, but best to discuss this in the chat thread sticky, regular compers dislike chat threads in the main boards.