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Where am i going wrong???

I havent had a win on here since oct,won spandaux ballet tickets, am i just unlucky,getting fed up and iam thinking if giving up takes so much time as well. I normally go through comps by date doing just march,month at a time,cant belive some people win 2 or 3 times a day!!!!:mad:
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  • how many competitions do you enter? Some people put a lot of hard work into entering many thousands of competitions a month so thats why they win. :)
    Good luck x
  • calladan
    calladan Posts: 139 Forumite
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    It does get frustrating i enter loads every day and had very little success but hang in there,i finally got a win on the mpora vans contest this week!

    hope you get a good result soon
    2010 3,993(nothing in december!)

    2011 £1200 approx

    And my thanks to all the fantastic people who post comps and help each other and have made this a great forum :)
  • thetoothfairy
    thetoothfairy Posts: 1,534 Forumite
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    It's all down to luck. The more you enter, the more likely you are to win 'something', but that might be something you don't want!! You can't expect to win anything...there's no guarantee, even if you enter all the competitions on here. You just have to decide if you're willing to take the chance given the amount of time involved in entering.

    just hang in there and think lucky thoughts :-)
  • sid77
    sid77 Posts: 853 Forumite
    edited 13 March 2010 at 6:16PM
    I'm still interested and love hearing about other people's wins but my enthusiasm for filling in forms myself has well and truly wained this year.

    Can't even find a Koala!
  • AlfieBlue
    AlfieBlue Posts: 14,691 Forumite
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    RIPATA wrote: »
    I havent had a win on here since oct,won spandaux ballet tickets, am i just unlucky,getting fed up and iam thinking if giving up takes so much time as well. I normally go through comps by date doing just march,month at a time,cant belive some people win 2 or 3 times a day!!!!:mad:

    Awww - don't give up - we all get lean times but you just got to keep trucking on. I don't go in for thousands of comps cos due to family commitments I just don't have the time. I have had my share of good luck but then again this year the prizes are not coming my way. Ho hum - never mind, I just dust myself down and keep on trying:o I'm always optimistic.

    The up side is the comps we enter on here are mostly free apart from buying the odd biscuit wrapper etc. What a bonus - all we spend is a wee bit of time entering them. Sometimes its good to enter the comps that require effort - the numbers entering will be somewhat lower and who knows, you could strike lucky!

    Keep your pecker up - maybe have a break for a wee while and then come back refreshed and raring to go! Good luck and ..... keep positive!;)
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  • catgil
    catgil Posts: 744 Forumite
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    RIPATA wrote: »
    I havent had a win on here since oct,won spandaux ballet tickets, am i just unlucky,getting fed up and iam thinking if giving up takes so much time as well. I normally go through comps by date doing just march,month at a time,cant belive some people win 2 or 3 times a day!!!!:mad:

    Blimey you won Spandau Ballet tickets.......that makes you very lucky in my book :T:T:T
  • Miss_Cinnabon
    Miss_Cinnabon Posts: 19,481 Forumite
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    More you enter, more you will win, i enter near 100-200 per day and also do postal/text comps plus effort/entry form comps

    i do comping as i love doing it and not solely to get a prize, gives me such a buzz thinking of what i could win, wins are a bonus for me:D

    fingers crossed you get a win soon xx
  • jamespir
    jamespir Posts: 21,456 Forumite
    im gonna get into this how long should i spen entering comps and is there anyway to make it easier putting details in etc
    Replies to posts are always welcome, If I have made a mistake in the post, I am human, tell me nicely and it will be corrected. If your reply cannot be nice, has an underlying issue, or you believe that you are God, please post in another forum. Thank you
  • Marg2k8
    Marg2k8 Posts: 5,841 Forumite
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    I would say also, don't just enter those with big prizes. Some of the comps for smaller prizes get fewer entries and even a small prize like a book is a nice surprise that cheers you up when you know you have won it.
  • Marg2k8
    Marg2k8 Posts: 5,841 Forumite
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    jamespir wrote: »
    im gonna get into this how long should i spen entering comps and is there anyway to make it easier putting details in etc

    Spend as much time or as little time as you can spare. I use the form filler that comes with my Norton anti-virus, but most people seem to swear by Roboform.
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