Competitions Discussion Thread

hjb123

Thats a good point, I am sure they will honour the prizes for the online ones even though they pulled the lot. It would be even more unfair if they didnt!

tinkerbell1978

just wondering if anyone has seen any comp's for tickets to the grand designs live exhibition at ExCeL London from 8th - 10th June as i have been a bit slack on the comps last few days as my little one has been keeping me busy any help appreciated cheers! mwah

Thrupneybit

tinkerbell1978 wrote: »

just wondering if anyone has seen any comp's for tickets to the grand designs live exhibition at ExCeL London from 8th - 10th June as i have been a bit slack on the comps last few days as my little one has been keeping me busy any help appreciated cheers! mwah

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tinkerbell1978

thank you soo much i missed it cheers!

redroses_2

hi
I just won a £50 thompson voucher in the heinz on-line comp.
now this maybe a freebie for someone on here as I will never use it, I would like to know if I can give it to someone, I can not find the T&C for these. But what you do is just print off the coupon, which does have my name at the top, but when booking a holiday by phone you just quote the ref number. I can also just email you the email they sent me so you could print it off yourself.
another option is if i was say a relation can these vouchers be put together, so the surname wouldn`t matter,
so if anyone knows what I can do with it to help someone else out let me know as I am not sure.

Thrupneybit

redroses wrote: »

hi
I just won a £50 thompson voucher in the heinz on-line comp.
now this maybe a freebie for someone on here as I will never use it, I would like to know if I can give it to someone, I can not find the T&C for these. But what you do is just print off the coupon, which does have my name at the top, but when booking a holiday by phone you just quote the ref number. I can also just email you the email they sent me so you could print it off yourself.
another option is if i was say a relation can these vouchers be put together, so the surname wouldn`t matter,
so if anyone knows what I can do with it to help someone else out let me know as I am not sure.

Sorry to say but,,,,,,,,,,
They actually aren't very useful at all & hardly worth using, most holidays can be found cheaper elsewhere as you have to pay full price.
Heres a *snip* of the t&c's,
It has to be used on bookings between 15th February and 31st December 07, on holidays costing at least £500. It excludes late deals, and accomodation only, and has to be used on the basic holiday price. It can't be used with any other special offers.

redroses_2

Thrupneybit wrote: »

Sorry to say but,,,,,,,,,,
They actually aren't very useful at all & hardly worth using, most holidays can be found cheaper elsewhere as you have to pay full price.
Heres a *snip* of the t&c's,
It has to be used on bookings between 15th February and 31st December 07, on holidays costing at least £500. It excludes late deals, and accomodation only, and has to be used on the basic holiday price. It can't be used with any other special offers.

Thanks for the reply, It is a shame as it is no use to me I just wanted to see if it was of any use to someone else.
As far as I know most people have either won play.com or Thomson vouchers from Heinz, I think they are saving the big prize for me, nearer the end date :rotfl:

strawberri_shortcake

I know, I know. The email I recieved this morning is probably what the phrase 'a fool and his money are soon parted' was invented for.

I just wondered whether anyone had any experience of this 'too good to be true' offer? I've tried to Google it for reviews but can't find any. Being such regular compers I wondered whether any of you have any feedback? If I can't find anything positive I'm going to decline their kind, 'one day a year only' offer! The original email said:-

Dear XXXXXX,

Coming up in today's email:

* How Tony & Karen save thousands on holidays and cars.
* Win a trip to Malaysia

Whilst the rest of us save to pay for our holidays Tony Driver enters free competitions.

In just twelve months Tony has won:

* A holiday to Australia for his family of five
* A romantic break in New York (including shopping)
* Plus a luxury spa break in Yorkshire

Karen de Ronde is not doing so badly either... Like Tony she has won three prizes in a year:

* A holiday to Memphis, including a trip to Graceland
* A holiday to Egypt
* And a brand new Ford Kia

Did you know, over the coming year a whopping £13million will be given away in UK prize draws, including at least 30 family holidays to Australia, 20 chances to win Mini Coopers and countless new homes...

But most ordinary people won't get the chance to win a tiny fraction of these prizes. In fact, they'll probably never get to hear about them. Even the most dedicated comper could only scratch the surface of what's really available.

But now you can quickly get access to every competition worth knowing about.

(XXXXX LINK WAS HERE XXXXXX)

Because... I'd like to show you an extraordinary opportunity to see dozens of prizes flooding through your door... a prize-winning advantage that will put you way ahead of your peers and make them turn green with envy...

A way you could get privileged access to almost EVERY UK competition worth knowing about during the next 12 months and beyond.

(XXXXX LINK WAS HERE XXXXXX)

Please understand, now is your ONLY chance to take advantage of this opportunity this year. Please click on the link and read your invitation IMMEDIATELY.

Plus Join today and receive two valuable FREE GIFTS
Worth £23.99 - see (XXXXX LINK WAS HERE XXXXXX) for full details of how to claim yours.

The link led me to:-

Save over £2,000 and join the National Compers Alliance today.

Simply fill in your bank details below to join the NCA. On receipt of your application we will active your membership straight away, and rush your order form to you for 1,000 FREE postcards, 1,000 FREE envelopes, 'Everything you need to know about comping' book and a £10.00 Simply Bingo Voucher.

On Thursday you will get an e-mail with your registration details for MyComps and we’ll send you the next issues of Winner’s Friend and Simply Prizes as soon as they are published.

The National Compers Alliance costs just £250 to join for exclusive membership of the best compers club in the UK: with a lifetime subscription to MyComps, Winner’s Friend and Simply Prizes included, as well as 1,000 FREE high quality postcards, 1,000 FREE envelopes, 'Everything you need to know about comping book' and £10.00 credit for Simply Bingo every year.

As well as these great savings we have spread the joining cost over three months, you will pay just £83.33 per month for the first three months. You won’t be asked for your administration fee of £9.95 a quarter until you have paid you membership and you are covered by our full money-back guarantee.

Plus we’ll send you the highest quality personalised stamper we could find, worth £19.30, FREE when we receive your application. This makes putting your name and address on a postcard simple and quick.

If, for any reason, you decide during your first three months that the National Compers Alliance isn’t for you, just let us know and we will refund any money you have paid in full. When you join we will refund any outstanding subscription you have on membership of Simply Prizes, Winner’s Friend or MyComps.

Please complete the form below or if you have any question give our customer services team a call on xxxx xxx xxxx.

Good luck and we look forward to making 2007 and beyond your most successful comping years ever.

Best Regards

The Comping Team

£250!!!! I'm assuming this is an offer for the terminally stupid?

Prudent

Goodness, that doesn't seem a very money saving way to go about comping. Stick with us.

SoozyJ22

It's a bit strange - I googled and found 2 sets of info, one saying that you had to register by the 9th of June and you'd never get a chance again, and another saying the same thing but with a date of the 28th of February.

Also it seems to be connected with something called the Winning Wire which I've found an email in my inbox from signing up to them and they say they'll email me comps every week, but I've not seen any other emails from them.

Anyway, I reckon you can do pretty well just using MSE and/or loquax rather than spending £250 to join somewhere and then £10 a quarter after that.