Competitions Discussion Thread Part 10

One-Eye

jimrog was earlier asking about the odds of winning any competition. I posted this comp on 17/12 to win a touchscreen PC:-
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2154379
The site has a counter on it, and with 4 days left to enter, only 18267 people have visited the entry form, so if you win it, count yourself lucky!

papoosue

LOL Don't worry, I have plenty of those moments too

Barnabysue wrote: »

I thought it was you that was using the library computer earlier in the thread, sorry, put it down to my age

toniq

The_One_Who wrote: »

Thanks, managed to find the free one. I just don't like the way it enters my phone number, it's like (xxx) xxx-xxxxx. I can't see any way you change how it inputs the number either. Or I could just leave it.

Hi, I'm sure safari has a autofill and password reminder thingy, i don't use my macbook often but recall safari having those xxxx

mgh567

jimrog wrote: »

I notice that a lot of people ask about how often you might win when entering competitions and that a lot of the replies talk about the number of competitions entered.
Obviously the more comps you enter the more likely you are to win. But the key factor is the odds of winning any individual comp. Can anyone point to any reliable stats about the number of entries which are received by particular comps? I know that comps with tie breakers and local ones tend to receive less entries , but again I would like to see some actual numbers.

There was a competition in The Mirror last Summer to win tickets to the first and second day of each Ashes test match, £500 spending money and one night in a hotel for each of the 5 test matches. I would imagine the prize was worth approaching £2000. To win, you just had to enter a comment on the Mirror website below the competition details stating why you thought you should go. There were only about 40 people who entered. I didn't win but was absolutely gobsmacked there were such a low amount of entries for such a top prize. It definitely gave me hope of winning future competitions.

finatra26

Hi guys - I have never posted here before so hope this is ok. I only started comping in Nov but kept hearing about bonkers so thought I would find out what it was about & found this http://www.bonkersaboutbiscuits.com/form/ Not sure if you already know about it & didn't want to post as not confident about my searching for dupes skills

ikkle87

finatra26 wrote: »

Hi guys - I have never posted here before so hope this is ok. I only started comping in Nov but kept hearing about bonkers so thought I would find out what it was about & found this http://www.bonkersaboutbiscuits.com/form/ Not sure if you already know about it & didn't want to post as not confident about my searching for dupes skills

hi hun this comp has actually finished now there is a big thread about it here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1850423&highlight=bonkersaboutbiscuits

twotimes

mgh567 wrote: »

There was a competition in The Mirror last Summer to win tickets to the first and second day of each Ashes test match, £500 spending money and one night in a hotel for each of the 5 test matches. I would imagine the prize was worth approaching £2000. To win, you just had to enter a comment on the Mirror website below the competition details stating why you thought you should go. There were only about 40 people who entered. I didn't win but was absolutely gobsmacked there were such a low amount of entries for such a top prize. It definitely gave me hope of winning future competitions.

I'm not really surprised you didn't win. I once entered one of those Mirror comment competitions and it ended up being that there were fewer entries than there were prizes. I was one of the entrants but still managed to not win. The ASA investigated and apparently they just stuck the competition up on their website and forgot about it. They got a telling off from the ASA, but did I get an apology from The Mirror, let alone a prize?..No :rolleyes:

finatra26

ikkle87 wrote: »

hi hun this comp has actually finished now there is a big thread about it here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1850423&highlight=bonkersaboutbiscuits

Sorry - thought cos it said it didn't close until April 2010 people who had missed out first time still had a chance to enter the final draw. Thanks for answering

nicolefrenzy

can anybody help me, i won the samsung daily comp around the 12th of december i have no email or nothing and my emails are getting either ignored or they are not getting them not sure what to do cause i cannot find a number to ring either,and most people have had there prizes and emails

Chyna-s

Have you checked the old thread for contact details? It also contains a full list of who won what when.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2109539&highlight=samsung&page=117