Competitions Discussion Thread Part 11

purplecatlover

my grazia win did indeed turn up today as promised. pictures of them all on my fb here if anyone wants to see and hasnt already

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=17409&id=100000289352791&l=c1ae6716c0

thank you once again everyone who helped with chasing it and sorting it and everything

Barnabysue

Really pleased that you got it in the end, did they give any explanation?

purplecatlover

siad there had been a problem with one of the items, but it had now been recieved by them and my parcel would be here this week...

just noticed on the page from the mag that salsa very kindly sent me in case i needed it, that one of the items is indeed not in the parcel.

Barnabysue

Excellent, enjoy

fire**fly

reported..

they're posting them all over the boards

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ikkle87

This is too expensive to be posted on the main board but Argos are running a comp if you buy a dvd or blu ray from them they give you a code to win Fifa World Cup prizes. http://www.argosentertainment.co.uk/dvd/offers/fifa-world-cup.list?utm_source=ENAR-_2083023203&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ENAR-_2083023203 So if any of you are buying DVD's etc then maybe its worth a look x

blackmidnight

Right... this is going to be controversial but I'm fed up and getting stressed so feel it needs to be said.

People that post competitions regularly tend to have the sites they post comps from bookmarked and check these at least everyday. This is time consuming, having to look to see if there are new comps, check MSE and then post the competitions. I for one check all sites I regularly post the competitions from 3 times a day and this takes up a lot of my time.

But more and more often other regulars are coming along and posting competitions from these sites (and i'm sorry but this does tend to be a few individuals). In the past certain people have had the courtesy to PM if they notice that a new comp has been put on a site and I haven't yet posted it incase I just didn't notice it. But now people must be watching all sites constantly and the minute a new comp is put on the site they will jump on MSE and post it and not even give the 'regular' poster a chance - sorry I can't check every site every minute of the day - can't you at least wait a few hours if you can quite clearly see that there is a 'regular' poster??? If it hasn't been posted by the next day fine but I feel like i'm wasting my time if I'm checking sites regularly that are just going to be posted by someone else.

Now I also have to say that I don't see the difference between doing this with a 'normal' website and the ITV comps which people have been absolutely slated for for posting when they 'belong' to someone else. The arguments i've seen for it are that: 1. people watch the show specifically for the comp and 2. becuase it's on at a certain time there is high risk of duplication.

Regarding 1. - I only look at the website specifically for the comps as I'm sure do many people which takes up a lot of time. I also know exactly what time certain sites update and try and post at that time. 2. Most websites update their competitions at the same time of day/week or everyone receives the email at the same time so what's the difference between ITV and 'normal' sites especially since ITV doesn't even let you enter more than 5 times so you can't disqualify yourself?

Board Guides have said that ITV comps can't be a free-for-all but to be honest that's ridiculous when they don't care about 'normal' sites.

Regardless of whether I continue to post competitions or not, whoever does will have the same issue. This isn't about the fact that I want to post the comps, it's just annoying for anyone and a complete waste of time to check sites everyday if other people are going to randomly select some to post. If you had a complete free-for-all then there would either be tons of dupes or none would ever get posted as I doubt very much that someone has time to check every single website

This is not aimed at newbies and as I've said before the reaction that they have had for posting a certain competition is just riduiculous! It's more aimed at regulars who know that people tend to have certain websites they check to post comps from.

Anyway i'm done ranting now and sorry if i haven't explained myself very well but i'm getting stressed by this and i know i'm not the only one x

Jokey

I completely agree with BMN, there's a select few who do it all the time, they must have every single posters regs bookmarked, it's annoying, especially when it's so time consuming finding & editing etc. People don't seem to realise exactly how much effort goes into posting some comps. It seems to me that some people just want to get their post count up (or thanks).

I understand if someone is new, I even understand if someone who regularly posts something has missed one or hasnt been online a while, but to me it is courteous to check with the poster before going ahead, when you search it clearly shows when someone posts something regularly.

jools182

still trying to chase up my first win with absolute radio

I received the phonecall 14th May telling me I had won the satnav, but in the terms and conditions it states I should receive an e-mail or a letter confirming my win

Still not received either, and I have sent them 2 e-mails which they haven't responded to

toniq

Jools thats only a few weeks ago, give it a month in total, 28 working days, then, try again, i have had a few wins with absolute and they have generally been very good xx