2007 comping challenge

Prudent

I used to find people had beaten me to the comps. When you have been comping a while -and signed up to just about every site on the net - you start getting lots of emails with the new comps.

Mozart321

I just won some Kinderton goodies - I would guess at about £10.00 ?

E.m.m.a_2

May I just ask a few questions?

• Do you guys use a secondary email address (rather than your main one) to enter comps? I really hate my inbox being full with spam (yes I know I 'signed up' but ykwim!)
• Is there any chance of winning if you request NOT to be contacted with future promos, etc? I'm not sure if I'll ever win as I'd always opt out - can't see why they'd want to give me a prize but I don't want to be bombarded with their advertising for years to come!
• Do you think it's worth doing postal comp entries for magazines like Take a Break? I'm thinking of just sticking to online comps because with my bad luck I'll not even be able to cover the cost of stamps let alone my internet connection!! :rotfl:

Any other useful tips for a newbie?
Thanks for your help !

Prudent

Mozart321 wrote:

I just won some Kinderton goodies - I would guess at about £10.00 ?

That sounds about right. Enjoy

Prudent

E.m.m.a wrote:

May I just ask a few questions?

• Do you guys use a secondary email address (rather than your main one) to enter comps? I really hate my inbox being full with spam (yes I know I 'signed up' but ykwim!)
• Is there any chance of winning if you request NOT to be contacted with future promos, etc? I'm not sure if I'll ever win as I'd always opt out - can't see why they'd want to give me a prize but I don't want to be bombarded with their advertising for years to come!
• Do you think it's worth doing postal comp entries for magazines like Take a Break? I'm thinking of just sticking to online comps because with my bad luck I'll not even be able to cover the cost of stamps let alone my internet connection!! :rotfl:

Any other useful tips for a newbie?
Thanks for your help !

1)Most people do have a seperate email address, personally I don't. There are often some gems like new comps or freebies in the spam.
2) I usually ask not to be contacted, and seem to do ok.
3) I won one of my favourite prizes from a postcard comp in Chat. At the momment I am experimenting with just doing online and local paper (which I hand in), so ineffect comping for no additional cost. As you can see from my signature I have more than covered the challenge, and its only 3rd Feb. I have had some nice wins from postcards, but it can make the hobby expensive if your don't set a limit on entries. I have some books of stamps left from Christmas, so will use these up on the odd comp that attracts me, but won't be buying loads. I am enjoying our challenge enough to keep me going just now.

E.m.m.a_2

Prudent, thanks for the advice... right, I'm off the blocks now... will be entering the comps now... fingers crossed that I'm lucky soon!:rolleyes:
Also hope that I can also find some new comps that no one else has posted yet... I can't believe how many comps there are out there!

Prudent wrote:

As you can see from my signature I have more than covered the challenge, and its only 3rd Feb.

I had spotted that... very well done :j! Perhaps you need to challenge yourself a bit harder if you're a comp old timer ? Perhaps there could be an 'advanced' level? Perhaps challenge yourself again, say to cover your rail pass to work/insurance premium/small holiday/cost of Xmas (could even use some of the prizes as pressies!). What do you think? Would make it more interesting for you... perhaps there could even be a series of levels!

Prudent

I am just about to post another wee cahllenge on the main board.

Mommy2two

where dyall find the comps?i can never find any comps that dont look suspious

Mommy2two

Im in on the comp a lil late maybe but if i comp my butt off i may catch up

Prudent

Mommy2two wrote:

where dyall find the comps?i can never find any comps that dont look suspious

There are lots of new posts posted daily on the competitions board.