Competitions Discussion Thread Part 10

brightonman123

so we can get to see the 'real' comps straightaway, many thanks!

lilias

korkythekat wrote: »

do you mean this one?

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=24450033&highlight=#post24450033

hi, speaking for myself, always think it's best to pm a BG to let them know, then they can check the link to make sure it's closed, sometimes peeps press the expired & it hasn't expired

I think that the new Expired Button is supposed to help the BGs because people don't have to bother them with expired comps but can sort them out themselves.

Martin says "These are some big changes, and we really hope it will help speed up some of the frustrations users have reported to us over time. Effectively for 'out of date' and 'spam' threads the forum is self-policing which should really improve things."

Dancing_Feet_2

Can anyone tell me why, despite the fact that I have subscribed to the Competitions Time forum and asked for the daily e-mail with the new comps, I have only ever received one?

fire**fly

Originally Posted by misslinda
Thank-you korkythekat. Yes it was that one - I will continue to pm the bgs if I come across an expired comp.

Still curious about my lack of buttons though. :think: Is it because I'm a newbie?
I was also wondering if anyone knows how many posts I have to make before I can include a direct link or "clicky" to a comp?
Sorry for all the questions. I will get the hang of this eventually.


Originally Posted by misslinda
Earlier today I came across a competition that had expired. As a newbie I have read the comping guides at the start of the forum but I checked again to see what the procedure was in this situation. I sent a pm to a board guide requesting that the post be moved to GAME OVER and also added a thread to the post advising people that the competition had expired. Another member of the forum kindly suggested I used the expiry button rather than pm-ing a board guide but unfortunately I cannot find any information on this in the comping guide and don't appear to have the relevant button. (The "spam" button is missing too.)



Originally Posted by korkythekat
do you mean this one?

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...=#post24450033

hi, speaking for myself, always think it's best to pm a BG to let them know, then they can check the link to make sure it's closed, sometimes peeps press the expired & it hasn't expired

lilias...
I think that the new Expired Button is supposed to help the BGs because people don't have to bother them with expired comps but can sort them out themselves.



hi lilias, my reply was 'cause misslinda doesn't seem to have an expired button yet
i've pm'd velvetglove to see if any information can be added to the comping guide regarding the new buttons

millymollymandy2K7

princessmoneysaver wrote: »

Shouldn't the above post be in the postals thread? Thanks xxx

Yes it should be - sorry. Realised I had posted in wrong place then couldn't find so thought it hadn't posted at all. The effects of my pub lunch I think

VelvetGlove

Morning all! Here to gather some info for updating the Comping Guide & I need your help please

Firstly - radio comps.... I think perhaps the section in the Comping Guide is very out of date as I haven't seen any posts recently with a long lists of 'here are the other sites you can enter on'. Can anyone who knows please give me a heads up - is it now really just a comp which is unique to each site rather than across the groups? (If so I can delete a big chunk of defunct info from the Guide!) Hoping you knowing compers can help me

Secondly, the buttons... Does everyone now have the 'Like It?' 'Spam' & 'Expired' buttons? Or is it still rolling out gradually? I'm thinking of updating the Guide but don't want to make it more confusing if I'm talking about buttons that some Compers still don't have Anyone out there have any info please?

I am adding into the Guide today about new members being unable to post links for an initial period so hope that will help with some queries.

Hope you Compers can help me out with the info I need to update our Guide :beer:

fire**fly

thank you VG
i know of a few members that's told me they've not got thier buttons yet, so think you're correct in saying they must be rolling them out gradually, perhaps when they've made the 10-15 posts they get them

think Lakshmi7 is the radio comps expert

chickaroonee

Re the Bauer radio stations, lakshmi posted a little while ago that it is now only one competition entry across all the stations. Also, you can only win one prize with them every six months, so no point entering if you've won anything else in that time.

HTH

Amilucky?

chickaroonee wrote: »

Re the Bauer radio stations, lakshmi posted a little while ago that it is now only one competition entry across all the stations. Also, you can only win one prize with them every six months, so no point entering if you've won anything else in that time.
HTH

They have now changed the 6 month rule

the new rules are

A person or people at the same residential address may not win more than one prize valued at £500 or greater within a one-year period following the first win

Lakshmi7

VelvetGlove wrote: »

Morning all! Here to gather some info for updating the Comping Guide & I need your help please

Firstly - radio comps.... I think perhaps the section in the Comping Guide is very out of date as I haven't seen any posts recently with a long lists of 'here are the other sites you can enter on'. Can anyone who knows please give me a heads up - is it now really just a comp which is unique to each site rather than across the groups? (If so I can delete a big chunk of defunct info from the Guide!) Hoping you knowing compers can help me

Secondly, the buttons... Does everyone now have the 'Like It?' 'Spam' & 'Expired' buttons? Or is it still rolling out gradually? I'm thinking of updating the Guide but don't want to make it more confusing if I'm talking about buttons that some Compers still don't have Anyone out there have any info please?

I am adding into the Guide today about new members being unable to post links for an initial period so hope that will help with some queries.

Hope you Compers can help me out with the info I need to update our Guide :beer:

Bauer changed the rules so that you can only enter through one radio station.

This also applies to the GCap and Heart stations.

Also, with the Bauer stations, it depends which station you win the competition on. Some state you can only win one prize with them within a 6 month period, others state that if you win a prize worth over £500, then you can't win another one with them for 6 months.

For some strange reason, they keep changing their terms every couple of weeks, so I don't think they even know how they want to run their competitions at the moment.