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GeeBee38
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in I won! I won! I won!
I have been entering competitions since last november and haven't won a single thing. Anyone else as unlucky as me?
Thanks
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  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    November 2008 I started and not a sausage......................
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • Verbymark
    Verbymark Posts: 44 Forumite
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    how many competitions do you enter a month?
    June Wins: Hamper, £250 train vouchers, elizabeth Arden 24 hour cream, crysis 2 t-shirt, playsuit and Miss Selfridge voucher, Green Lantern Merch, set of tinted charcoal pencils
  • GeeBee38
    GeeBee38 Posts: 3,230 Forumite
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    edited 18 May 2011 at 9:40PM
    Omg McKneff and i thought i was bad, i wish you lots of luck in the future xx
  • GeeBee38
    GeeBee38 Posts: 3,230 Forumite
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    Verbymark wrote: »
    how many competitions do you enter a month?

    not sure really but i do enter every single day, only things id love to win,i don't enter things just for the sake of it like books dvds toys etc.
  • Lost2
    Lost2 Posts: 15,626 Forumite
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    I have been wondering if it is the area that you live in
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  • GeeBee38
    GeeBee38 Posts: 3,230 Forumite
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    Lost2 wrote: »
    I have been wondering if it is the area that you live in

    really? What makes you think that? i wouldn't of thought that would of made a difference.
  • MJDAWSON
    MJDAWSON Posts: 286 Forumite
    How many exactally do you enter? I do between 150-200 a day and I'm only starting to get some good wins in. It takes time remember, its not instant.
    2012 Challenge win £2012 £973/2012 ..20 in 2012 14/20
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  • eleanor73
    eleanor73 Posts: 1,615 Forumite
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    Lost2 wrote: »
    I have been wondering if it is the area that you live in

    Someone said that to me once. They said 'Isn't it all about the postcode?' and I dismissed it. Maybe I should have asked what they meant!
    Since starting again after beanie: June 2016: Child development DVDs, Massive Attack tickets. July: Aberystwyth trip, hotmilk nightie. Aug: £10 Hipp Organic vouchers, powerpack. September: Sunglasses. October: £30 poundland vouchers.
  • GeeBee38
    GeeBee38 Posts: 3,230 Forumite
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    MJDAWSON wrote: »
    How many exactally do you enter? I do between 150-200 a day and I'm only starting to get some good wins in. It takes time remember, its not instant.

    wow no where near that, about 20 a day maybe more.
    I'll just keep trying
    Thanks.
  • shrnmitch
    shrnmitch Posts: 398 Forumite
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    McKneff wrote: »
    November 2008 I started and not a sausage......................

    OMG McKneff i will never complain again about my lack of wins, can't believe your still trying!!!! :eek:
    You must be due a massive win soon, got my fingers crossed for you, you so deserve it. :beer:
    Best wins 2012 - £1500 Diamond ring; 2013 - £2000 Cash; 2014 - Bathroom makeover; 2015 - £1000 TAB win; 2016 - Michael Kors Watch; 2017 - 5* Trip to India; 2018 - 10 day Canadian Rockies adventure. 2019 - Garden Rattan set
    Thanks to all who post comps :T
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