Competitions Discussion Thread Part 13

Mamzie

how am I reading the poll differently???

It still means reg comps with a End Date whether they are repeat entry or multiple prizes drawn throughout the promotion going onto Main not that they need reposting every d/w/m - while the ongoing comps that are already left in regs, that have no end of promotion date mentioned and are multiple entry/prize stay on Regs.

The wiatrose comp has a definate end date of 22/03/2011 mentioned every week in its t&cs - why would that move?

(And why am I on comps discussion instead of the debate thread... argh, going to c&p there too)

toniq

Now i have no clue as to why i said No on poll, as parts of what i wanted was a yes but I misread it and went with No.

Mamzie

I've just posted this on the debate thread, but will add it here too...

I am sure we are are voting on whether point 2a is acceptable to allow us to post comps easier with some guidelines, after all the niggles the last 6 mths.. Point 1 covers END Date single and ongoing comps, and how to post them. These are the proposed guidelines in Post 3 after being tweaked and amended the last week or so, on this thread and via pm...

1) How to Post Competitions - Post all single/limited entry Competitions and Regular Daily/Weekly/Monthly Competitions with a Promotional End Date in the Main Board. Please search beforehand to ensure it has not already been posted by someone else. Do not repost a competition if it has already been posted on the Main or Regular board, as this may cause people to duplicate entries and creates extra work for the BGs in merging posts. How/where to post ongoing and d/w/m is covered below. Please update the relevant Daily/Weekly/Monthly Sticky thread in Regular Sub-Board with a link to the Thread, and competition info when posting a Regular Competition.

NB Competitions which are postal/text/phone entry are directly added to their own Sticky Thread at the top of the Main Board.


2a) Ongoing Competitions - These are competitions with no apparent Promotion End date, but which hold a regular d/w/m competition, they may require repeat d/w/m entries, or can be a one time only sign up. These competitions are to be posted in the Reg Sub Forum - State “Daily/Weekly/Monthly prize/entry” in the thread title. New posts can be added to the thread for new questions/answers/links. Please update the relevant Daily/Weekly/Monthly Sticky thread in Regular Sub-Board with a link to the Thread, and competition info.
(or)

2b) Ongoing Competitions – These are competitions with no apparent Promotion End date, but which hold a regular d/w/m competition, they may require repeat d/w/m entries, or can be a one time only sign up. These are posted as E: 99/99 (Ongoing) instead of a normal or guessed end date. This will enable them to be found via the forum display options or by running a search. Please update the relevant Daily/Weekly/Monthly Sticky thread in Regular Sub-Board with a link to the Thread, and competition info.

3) Daily Regular Competitions – Theseare posted as a single thread per competition for the duration of the Promotion - State “Daily prize/entry” in the thread title. New posts can be added to the thread for new questions/answers/links. Please update the Weekly Regulars Sticky with a link to the Thread, and competition info.

4) Weekly Reg Competitions - Theseare posted as a single thread per competition for the duration of the Promotion - State “Weekly prize/entry” in the thread title. New posts can be added to the thread for new questions/answers/links. Please update the Weekly Regulars Sticky with a link to the Thread, and competition info.

5) Monthly Reg Competitions - Theseare posted as a single thread per competition for the duration of the Promotion. Please state “Monthly prize/entry” in the thread title. New posts can be added to the thread for new questions/answers/links. Please update the Monthly Regulars Sticky with a link to the Thread, and competition info. NB, Occasionally a Monthly Competition may require an individual thread every month. Please use common sense with posting and ask a BG or on the Competitions Discussion thread if advice is needed.

6) Expiry Date Format - Post all comps using the expiry date format, e.g. E: 01/01 Win.... If unsure of end date, then use your best estimate and put guessedenddate anywhere in the thread. This is only to be used where a Promotion has a definite (but uncertain) End Date and not for Ongoing Competitions as these are to be posted in the regulars Forum.

7) C&P - Do not c&p entire articles from sites due to copyright issues.

8) Only Competition Threads - Only Threads linking to a Competition may be posted on the Main Comps Forum. There are Sub Forums where you can post a thread in when you win a prize, etc. All miscellaneous threads and duplicated competitions need to be merged/moved by a BG to the original or correct thread or forum, which increases their workload.

9a) No Bumping of Posts - Posting on competition threads is discouraged unless communicating information to fellow compers, as this causes threads to be bumped, and can affect the way that people view the threads to enter. Please ask any comping questions on the Comps Discussion thread. Please use the Compers Inn for chatting.
or

9b) Help, Hints and Tips Sub Forum - This is a place to ask all Questions, chat, etc in. Posting on competition threads is discouraged unless communicating information to fellow compers, as this causes threads to be bumped, and can affect the way that people view the threads to enter. (Possible if Regs Forum allowed misc threads)

10) Title Tags – These are very useful in thread titles (see below) so are often used when posting a new competition, to help members decide which competitions to enter and assist with searching the Competitions Forum.

11) Magazines – These will normally have regular poster (please check before posting), as these involve people committing to buy the magazine regularly and to solve each issues puzzles. Puzzler/Tab magazines are posted in one thread due to answers crossing over different issues. Most ITV.com comps are posted by Comping Cat to avoid dupes on the board.

12) No Vote For Me Competitions - Please do not post vote for me competitions, they are not allowed on this forum.

13) No Advertising Of Own Websites or Self Promotion - This site is free from advertising. Posts on any board considered to be advertising goods, services and/or companies will be removed. This includes the posting of a competition from your own site or from a site that you are employed by. We also do not allow advertising via PM. Examples of this can include anything from a specific sales post or a link to your own website in which you attempt to sell something to someone offering their holiday home to forum members. Unfortunately we cannot allow any advertising of any description no matter how honourable the intention.

14) Free Competitions Only - This is a not a place to advertise competitions you have to pay to enter. Limited cost text message type competitions are allowed up to a max of £1.53. This is also the Max cost for Purchase required Competitions.

15) Linking Regular Competitions to Main Board - It's ok to post a thread on the main board with a weekly/monthly end date linking to the actual comp thread on the regulars board. The thread shouldn't include a link to the actual competition site though to avoid duplicate entries and the risk of disqualifying yourself. Please add (REG) to the title to save Compers who use Regulars needing to open the thread or duplicating their entry.
[FONT="]
16) Finally - Please remember to be polite and helpful to fellow posters.[/FONT]

Some Title Tag Sugestions

We all want to be able to enter competitions easily and quickly, however we do need to co-operate and help each other to be able to do this. These are a selection of Title Tags that members have found useful in the past. You will not need to use every tag in every title, just which ever ones work best for your competition.

a) Please mention Kids, photos/purchase required, effort, email, newsletter sign up, etc in title if entry requires these. Occasionally a competition may have specific entry requirements ie 10-14 year olds, teens, 21+, etc, please ensure that these are mentioned if necessary.

b) Please mention FB, Twitter, Blog in the title, when a competition depends on these sites for entry.

c) Please remember to add Daily, Weekly or Monthly in the title when posting a competition with multiple prizes or entries. Please remember to update the relevant Regular Sticky Thread in the Regular Sub Form

(some of these guideline have been already stated in the MSE Please Read thread)

bishopsgirl

toniq wrote: »

Now i have no clue as to why i said No on poll, as parts of what i wanted was a yes but I misread it and went with No.

That makes two of us-I am so confused.

TooMuch2AM

I've noticed something rather strange about the winners of two recent big ticket items on GMAT.

In the past week, a Renault Clio Sport was won by a man called 'Martin Gilligan'

Today I get an email revealing the winner of the BMW 1 Series - you guessed it, Mr Martin Gilligan!

I can only assume that Mr Gilligan is one of the worlds luckiest men, given the thousands of entries each comp must receive.

Also strange is how my post on GMAT's facebook page asking them to confirm the winner of the two separate comps was the same man was immediately deleted - twice.

liamell

Oooh i got the same emails....I want what Mr Gilligan is taking...2 cars won - what a guy

catmiaow

Something fishy going on..

Mamzie

found some of Glad's post on this subject in the guidelines discussion thread...

Glad wrote: »

you've already decided by voting that the regs board is staying for comps with no end date

Poll Results

You've had the opportunity to vote and the majority verdict is:
All regular comps with end date stay on main board but posters then post link on the regulars board Poll result


the purpose of this discussion is to end confusion on what exactly is a regular comp with end date, so we have a clear guideline on which board a comp gets posted

Glad wrote: »

because each promo will only be one or the other, you won't find them on both boards

eg a promo running monthly on a website until 31/07 when the promo ends, can be posted as one thread on mains with with an end date of 31/07

a promo that is ongoing every month from a website with no end date in the t&c's will be posted as one thread on the regs board

so if you use the sticky to do monthlies the link will take you to the thread, whichever board it may be on

Mamzie

Good spot, xxx

twotimes

The Getmeaticket comps seem to be like the myoffers ones. You enter draws for individual prizes, but if you read the terms you can see that these draws are really the same and you can choose the prize you win. I.e. Mr Gilligan will have won the Clio competition and the BMW competition because they were the SAME competition. He will have only received one car though.

This is what I would guess anyway. I know it's not really right and the advertising methods used by these companies are a bit suspect, which is why I avoid them, but that is what I assume has happened.