Competitions Discussion Thread Part 14

glamrochick

how do we win with the codes from mountain dew etc? do we have to enter dead on the hour for entry to be accepted and is it hard to win?

gentleorange

weeowens wrote: »

Hi,I'm no expert on the benefit system but I think winning a car & tech stuff is fine & does not need to be declared.A big cash win would need to be as I think the limit for cash assets is £6k.For every £ over I think so much is deducted from a persons benefits.I'll try & get a bit more info.
For Income Support the limit of cash assets is £16k........... http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/On_a_low_income/DG_10018708

I think you are fine with the majoority of comps,including holidays comps.

Thanks for your advice weeowens:) I would be very shocked to ever win an ITV comp but I'll feel a bit more comfortable about entering them!

gentleorange

glamrochick wrote: »

how do we win with the codes from mountain dew etc? do we have to enter dead on the hour for entry to be accepted and is it hard to win?

There have been plenty of mse winners from this comp and people seem to have won from entering all different times. Busiest times are the first draw of the day and weekends, but you may as well enter as many of them as you can:)

chelsea1969

glamrochick wrote: »

ok thanks, i have entered my landline and mobile for real deal, is 6 entries enough?

Well you can only do what you can ,i do 6 and im sure people have won with less ,as with all comps its just down to luck and if your'e meant to win then you will,i think the best thing really is not to have any high expectations and then you can't be too disappointed ,just treat all comping as a bit of fun.:)

weeowens

gentleorange wrote: »

Thanks for your advice weeowens:) I would be very shocked to ever win an ITV comp but I'll feel a bit more comfortable about entering them!

You're very welcome.There is section of MSE forums devoted to benefits etc so someone on there may be able to give more definitive advice.
All the best for the big win :-)

Mamzie

Mamzie wrote: »

I am really annoyed with Roboform, deciding to charge annually. I've posted on their wall and am not impressed with their response so far -

Is it even legal for a company to decide to change their Software Upgrade terms and apply it to existing customers? Roboform have withdrawn support for old versions, and require existing customers with lifetime upgrade licences to take out annual subscriptions before they can upgrade to V7. Am I overreacting on the Roboform wall? I feel really let down by them cancelling the Lifetime upgrades with no notice

https://www.facebook.com/RoboForm/posts/10150284892936030?notif_t=feed_comment

Amilucky? wrote: »

A lot of people where very upset (and still are) including me when they cancelled there lifetime guarantee some time ago and a lot of people have complained much like you without any success

unfortunately they are an American company and there consumer laws are not as good as ours as there consumer laws tend to differ from state to state

If you upgrade and purchase Roboform Desktop/Laptop then there is no annual fee

and if you go via the upgrade link it is $19.95 which is roughly about £12 sterling
http://www.roboform.com/php/pums/rfprepay.php?lic=upgrade_rf7&upgrade=yes&lang=en

I held out for ages before upgrading and initially I was adamant that I wouldn't purchase the new upgrade but as it is an essential comping tool I eventually had to bite the bullet and upgrade

well I am even more disgusted with them... I had linked to a page they hosted which still showed the Free Upgrades, and they have now edited that page...

Luckily I still have some other links that show it, but before I post on there FB page I will ensure I screen grab first.

ThinkingOfLinking

RE: Roboform, I bought it a few weeks ago; currently on offer for $9.95 which is about £8, for the full-on package which remembers passwords for sites as well as your form fillers and other details. I see it as an investment and it's well worth it for me.

grannybiker

Hope this isn't a controversial question, but why has this thread been moved into regs? Only noticed yesterday when I was very tired, but the logic still eludes me this morning !
Or perhaps it was done mistakenly- meant to be Game Overed & we're getting a shiny new one... :j?
Poor BGs must already get fed up moving comps from the main board, I forsee even more if this thread is hidden away in here :eek:!

Mamzie

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

RE: Roboform, I bought it a few weeks ago; currently on offer for $9.95 which is about £8, for the full-on package which remembers passwords for sites as well as your form fillers and other details. I see it as an investment and it's well worth it for me.

I do agree that its worth the money, but I have bought it 4 or 5 times for different PCs already, and now, it appears that because I would prefer to have the desktop version I need to buy another load of licences...

I have been searching internet Archives for the old versions of their Website pages and it shows that they didn't have the Free Upgrades as a Plus Point for buying the Pro Version pre Nov 2002, then they added the Free Upgrades as the Very First benefit for buying Pro from 2003 until late 2008. However they changed the page, end 2008 and quietly removed the Free Upgrades from the benefits of buying Pro..

So the way I read that is if you bought while they offered Free Upgrades, then thats what you should get.

I also have a thread asking about this which I started on the consumer rights board https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/46158363#Comment_46158363

Mamzie

gentleorange wrote: »

Something that's been on my mind for a while - if you are on benefits (my son is disabled and I can't work until he gets a place in a residential school or funding for appropriate care) what kind of wins do you have to declare to the council? Not something overly worrying me right now to be honest, as all I've won this month is a coffee mug, a box of cereal and some Rice Krispie Squares:D But for example the comp to win a Citroen car, £1000 cheque and gadgets - I assume if you won that you'd have to declare it or they'd find out? I'm nervous of the big prizes, because though I've very little chance of winning anyway I worry they could jeopardise the little income we have if I did. Has anyone got in trouble for not declaring a win, to anyones knowledge? Thank you

I think if its a prize your fine, and its just if it was a large amount of money it may take you over the saving threshold. I think that comp prizes are tax free as well.