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The Luckiest?

When I was very young (im now 23) I recall winning a story tape and tickets to see Beethoven (the movie with the St.Bernard). Luckily, the things Ive been winning have improved a lot since then.

At fourteen I won a box full of goodies (hairdryer, products etc.)from a magazine.
At fifteen I won a playstation.....
.....then a mountain bike (seperate competitions)
At sixteen I won a club med all inclusive holiday for four to Marbella.
At twenty one I won a HP Compaq Laptop.

:money:

Im intrigued, can anyone better me for competition winning frequency?

Comments

  • CM86_2
    CM86_2 Posts: 158 Forumite
    I'd just be chuffed with the Beethoven tickets!
  • physiosue wrote:
    When I was very young (im now 23) I recall winning a story tape and tickets to see Beethoven (the movie with the St.Bernard). Luckily, the things Ive been winning have improved a lot since then.

    At fourteen I won a box full of goodies (hairdryer, products etc.)from a magazine.
    At fifteen I won a playstation.....
    .....then a mountain bike (seperate competitions)
    At sixteen I won a club med all inclusive holiday for four to Marbella.
    At twenty one I won a HP Compaq Laptop.

    :money:

    Im intrigued, can anyone better me for competition winning frequency?

    Not much of a lucky streak from 16 - 21 then! You do seem to have lucky as your middle name! I won £2000 once on a free bingo card I was handed in the street!
    I have had brain surgery - sorry if I am a little confused sometimes ;)
  • AnnieH
    AnnieH Posts: 8,088 Forumite
    Competition winning frequency is quite good for me, as I win something every couple of weeks or so. Saying that, they are only little prizes, like a tub of ice cream, or Avon instant wins. Tha biggest (money-wise) prize I have won, would be the tickets to see Beauty and the Beast stage show with a pre-show dinner thrown in. That was fab, but won nothing like it since.
  • When I was in my final year of High School:

    January - Nailpolish from Loreal
    February - $5000AU on a local radio comp
    March - premiere movie tickets
    April - mother's day flowers (for delivery in May, mothers day is May in Oz)
    May - Greenday tickets AND $500
    June - A Cocoa Butter skincare pack
    July - A MAC cosmetics pack
    August - A $300 voucher for a formal dress for our school prom from an upmarket Department store (David Jones AU)
    September - 20 free drinks at Black Cat Night Club! :P
    October - My height in CD's from SAFM
    November - Dinner at Fellini's and 2 x movie tix
    December - $100 Chrisco Christmas Club voucher and BBQ utensil kit!

    :P

    2002

    Was a good year...
  • BTW, I know I won all these things in these months as I still have it as a big list in my diary... we also won other little things I havent included in here, like 2 for 1 icecream and free pizzas, etc. :P
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Well in the last year I have won:

    3 nights at the Hilton Amsterdam with flights and breakfast (this prize was worth about £1400),
    3 nights at a Cardiff B&B with coach travel,
    Nintendo DS,
    £400 to spend in Comet or Woolworths,
    Hair Straigteners,
    About 20 different DVDs,
    3 games,
    4 Cds,
    National Geographic Calendar,
    Cookery Book,
    Top Trumps Game,
    Cars CD boombox player,
    Front row tickets to see The Cure :beer: :j
    Judas Priest T Shirt,
    12 day passes for Southend Pleasure Beach,
    hair care kit.

    All of it has been ebayed except the Amsterdam and Cardiff weekends, the £400, the cookery book, pleasurebeach passes and the hair care kit.
    2008 Comping Challenge
    Won so far - £3010 Needed - £230
    Debt free since Oct 2004
  • AnnieH
    AnnieH Posts: 8,088 Forumite
    You mean you sold your Cure tickets???
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    AnnieH wrote:
    You mean you sold your Cure tickets???
    OMG no no of course not. They were the best prize of the lot :j
    2008 Comping Challenge
    Won so far - £3010 Needed - £230
    Debt free since Oct 2004
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