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Does anyone ever win

I enter comps online everyday but Ive never won a thing ... What kinda stuff have people won?
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  • mand
    mand Posts: 36 Forumite
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    Have a look in the I won! I won! sub forum above... some people seem to be quite successful! I've been entering quite regularly for about 2 months now and have won some world cup "artwork" and some CDs, still waiting for a big win, but someones got to win!
    Wow, I've now got my first Star
  • Prudent
    Prudent Posts: 11,649 Forumite
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    To be successful you need to be persistant. I used to enter all kinds of competitions regularly (then gave up for about three years because of circumstances in my life). I won around £2,500 worth of prizes per year. You do go through 'dry' spells so don't give up. Try for the little prizes as well. Do postcard competitions and especially do local paper competitions as the odds of winning are higher (less entries).
  • diddydi
    diddydi Posts: 617 Forumite
    No never - but heres hoping
  • Chriswil
    Chriswil Posts: 276 Forumite
    Yes - I won a DAB digital radio! Probably entered nearly 300 competitions though - but with the law of averages you eventaully have to win!
    Waddle you do eh?
  • elisebutt65
    elisebutt65 Posts: 3,854 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Well I'm still recovering from the free bar, from the Madonna VIP competition I entered on the Dorothy Perkins Website!!!

    Brilliant prize, but I am a bit of a comping addict - LOL
    Noli nothis permittere te terere
    Bad Mothers Club Member No.665
    [STRIKE]Student MoneySaving Club member 026![/STRIKE] Teacher now and still Moneysaving:D

  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    Lets see:

    3 nights at the Hilton Amsterdam with flights,
    3 nights at hotel in Cardiff with coach travel,
    Nintendo DS and Nintendogs,
    £400 gift vouchers,
    Cars CD player,
    various dvds and cds,
    front row tickets to see The Cure :j
    book signed by an England football player,
    bag with beauty products in,
    hair straigheners,
    recipe book,
    national geographic calendar,

    And loads of other prizes which I can't remember now. I've been comping for about a year now. You only win about 1 in 400 according to my calculations so keep at it and you will get one in the end.
    2008 Comping Challenge
    Won so far - £3010 Needed - £230
    Debt free since Oct 2004
  • nives316
    nives316 Posts: 182 Forumite
    Wow .. thats amazing ... maybe I will keep entering them
  • TraceyB_2
    TraceyB_2 Posts: 678 Forumite
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    Black Saturn - can I ask if you enter competitions on sites other than here?

    I've found Loquax - any others you can suggest?

    well done - just starting out comping so its something to aspire to!
  • Rat_Chick
    Rat_Chick Posts: 259 Forumite
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    I won tickets to the Vitality Show in London a while ago, and that was my first and last ever win :rolleyes:
  • lilmiss1982
    lilmiss1982 Posts: 1,405 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I've won quite a few things in the last 12 months

    ONLINE COMPS

    2xtickets to a celeb charity auction at hamleys in London from pigsback.com
    1x2000 piggy points from pigsbacks.com
    2x Welsh retro football shirts from nestle
    1xID lube glide big boy 1000ml from erotica.co.uk

    TEXT COMPS

    2x smirnoff mini fridges
    2x smirnoff headphone hats
    4x peppermi fanmails
    2x carlsburg glasses

    POSTCARD COMPS

    Floaties aquanappy from practical parents magazine

    To be honest have givenway most of the prizes to family and friends who i thought could use them. The mini fridges and headphone hats made great x mas presents
    For thousands of people this Christmas, their must-have gift is far more vital than the latest gadget or toy – it’s blood. Please don’t let the festivities and cold weather prevent you from giving them the ultimate gift… give blood.
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