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  • good_advice
    good_advice Posts: 2,653 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee! Rampant Recycler
    paadzer wrote: »
    Not been home yet but got my 40" 3D TV and blu-ray home cinema system that I won in a competition delivered to work :)

    Congratulations on your BIG win.

    I have just started doing Comps. again. I think I go through phrases of filling in the forms then stopping...starting again!
    Have won some lovely small things.
    The secret to success is making very small, yet constant changes.:)
  • bunnywunny
    bunnywunny Posts: 100 Forumite
    may i ask what the best comp sites are
  • jo132000
    jo132000 Posts: 735 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Today I got L'oreal Men Expert moisturiser sample and my comp wins of a magnet and a demologica skin care pack
    Wins for 2022: Hydratem8 Water bottle, diary, flowers, Good food show tickets, childrens books x3,
    Thanks to all who post the comps & please let the comping fairy sprinkle dust on my entries!
  • mcculloch29
    mcculloch29 Posts: 4,972 Forumite
    Rampant Recycler
    paadzer wrote: »
    Not been home yet but got my 40" 3D TV and blu-ray home cinema system that I won in a competition delivered to work :)

    Well done! Hope you have hours of pleasure with that.

    I've been doing comps on and off all my adult life. I had some really decent wins in the 80s and 90s, last big win was my adult's trike that I won in 2002. That was delivered to work too and I rode it home...:D I still own it and still ride it too, though I now work from home.

    I knew the late Rita Smallburn who appeared on TV as the Competition Queen many years ago, a very smart lady. Rita had a gorgeous house not too far from me that was bought after she sold her competition win house in the Midlands - now that's a win and a half....

    Comps aren't as much fun as they used to be when I used to spend hours thinking up slogans. This type of comp isn't so common now. As a single parent back then it gave me a wonderful hobby that really enabled me to enhance my life and that of my kids. Happy days.
    Erma Bombeck, American writer: "If I had my life to live over again... I would have burned the pink candle, sculptured like a rose, that melted in storage." Don't keep things 'for best' - that day never comes. Use them and enjoy them now.
  • nelie
    nelie Posts: 1,568 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Free Fat Cake thing for the birds :) Really cute cupcake holder with feet :)
    December Wins: £300 worth of board games, £500 Tesco Vouchers Best Win in 2023: £500 Tesco Vouchers
  • juliet_f
    juliet_f Posts: 1,522 Forumite
    A fantastic hamper full of Mrs Crimbles cakes and savouries, plus a tea towel (comp win)
    Oral B toothpaste sample.
  • Miró
    Miró Posts: 7,189 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Homepage Hero Name Dropper
    Mir! wrote: »
    Strange freebies today.....

    2 x crocheted headbands with hyoooge, red, daisy-type flowers stuck on with a 'jewel' glued to the middle. :cool:

    Not really my thang! My name & address on the packages tho but I deffo didn't request them. Nothing to say who from either. Anyone else had these?


    <
    oooh mebbe the cat ordered 'em??
    Mir! wrote: »
    ....and today I got a black one with a flower and a bit of 'Chanel' ribbon..... :doh:


    Ooooh noooooo....the mystery continues!

    Today I got a babygro thingumidoo, (obviously s/h) :(

    The packages seem to be coming from different sources but there is nothing to identify the senders :mad:
  • haveidoneright?
    haveidoneright? Posts: 280 Forumite
    John Smiths glass today :)
  • nanto3girls
    nanto3girls Posts: 5,975 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Shampoo
    £2 Boots vouchers
  • Red_Cat
    Red_Cat Posts: 1,040 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    John Smith's glass and Douwe Egberts coffee sample.
    Hoping this year is better than the last. :)
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