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Whats the biggest prize you've ever won?

I'm just wondering who here as had a really big win. Like several thousand pounds worth of prize (money, car, expensive holiday etc) - or if you enter regularly whats the most you've won?

Personally in my life I've only won 2 competitions, one was a Levi's shirt about 15 years ago (my brother won 2, so actually I didn't even win!) and the other was a 2nd prize £50 voucher for Boots which I won after filling out a questionnaire on vitamins - I didn't take any though so made up all my responses, was quite ironic that I won!
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  • chralph
    chralph Posts: 143 Forumite
    Hey! I won A HD ready TV and an XBOX which was awsome!
    October £5 Per Day Challenge - £65/£95 :beer:
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Biggest prize was a 3 night stay in the Amsterdam Hilton with flights there. We worked out that was worth about £1,400 - £1,700.
    2008 Comping Challenge
    Won so far - £3010 Needed - £230
    Debt free since Oct 2004
  • Miroslav
    Miroslav Posts: 6,193 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I've never won a dime, and i've tried and tried I assure you.
  • CBo
    CBo Posts: 508 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Cross between a DAB radio and a costumn from the movie severance :) I've won a dvd and £25 in the past 2 yrs.
  • The biggest win I ever had was £50,000 for winning a newspaper writing competition with the Daily Express - I even had my own column in the paper for a while.

    The best prize draw prize was my family holiday for 4 to New Zealand, which was great because I could take my father out there to see his brother who'd emigrated years before.

    And this year I've been trying to win a prize every month - the best was probably and XBox 360 (although I sold it) and an Ipod shuffle.
  • djl
    djl Posts: 11,961 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    i`ve only ever won two packets of batterys from batterforce worth £0.90 each WOW!!
    2015 wins £4.00 not mse:(
    2014 £44.00:mad:2013 £83.00 2012 £601.50
    2011 £1554.50 2010 £698.00 2009 £2793.00
    2008 £2816.00 2007 £1034.00
  • Thebiggest i got was a 37" LCD TV with XBOX 360 laptop media pc ps2 psp and 10 games for each
    2009 prizes since July
    sonisphere Tickets, Panasonic 42" TV, various DVD's, Books, £150
  • My biggest prize was £1000 cash for writing a tiebreaker for twix.
    I lover reading about ya wins.... keep them coming .... I need the inspiration every now and then!
  • fluffynit
    fluffynit Posts: 11,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    cashsaver wrote:
    My biggest prize was £1000 cash for writing a tiebreaker for twix.
    I lover reading about ya wins.... keep them coming .... I need the inspiration every now and then!

    Well done

    Tie breakers always put me off entering. I am too lazy..! Do you have a list of tie-breakers at the ready and then choose the most fitting one?

    fluffynit
  • You can find inspiration on here:

    http://www.winspiration.co.uk/
    2008 Comping Challenge
    Won so far - £3010 Needed - £230
    Debt free since Oct 2004
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