Competitions Discussion Thread

catz747

Can anyone tell what is going on on my avatar or is the picture too small?

essexgal

catz747 wrote: »

Can anyone tell what is going on on my avatar or is the picture too small?

Looks like a ginger cat - but it is rather a small pic


essexgal

catz747

Thanks lol It's a tortoiseshell cat in front of a laptop on MSE :rotfl::rotfl:

Thrupneybit

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Originally Posted by Thrupneybit
YEARS!,,,,,,,, Then I think it's time for you to change your tactics & move the luck more into your favour, Try entering some skill comps like tiebreakers, captions, recipe, photos, it's the only way you can be sure that your entry will be judged.

koopa_troopa wrote: »

That's only assuming every entry is actually viewed. Call me cynical but I can't imagine that's the case for all the skill-based competitions. With regard to slogans, more likely somebody just picks the first decent one they come across.

I can assure you that only a very small minority of slogan comps don't get judged and those ones would be one off comps run p'haps ocasionally by a small company & judged in-house. Most of the national promotions are all taken care of by handling houses, and there are procedures which they have to follow to keep the right side of the Advertisers code & the gambling laws of this country.
If it was a case of someone just picking as you say the first decent one they come across then I'm afraid it wouldn't be the same names which appear regularly year in year out on winners lists. It would be just random winners across the board. Over 20+years of comping & winning regularly, but by no means in a big way compared to some, I've been a member of various groups, clubs and publications and know or know of many many regular winnersfrom slogans.
Free prize draws are exactly that, random lucky draws, same with web comps, but t/b's & skill comps are judged.

Be Lucky ,,,,,,,,,,,

SoozyJ22

It took a month for my first win to arrive and they've been flowing in on and off since then. Only one was a 'skill' based one (it was one of those 'why do you want to win this?' ones) the rest have all been enter your details. I have taken to doing the odd tie breaker if it's online or something I really want to win for a postal comp - I've yet to see how I get on with those.

floyd

I won within my first month. A few DVD's but then I only enter comps for things I actually really want to win. Can't be arsed with selling stuff

missgiddypants

It took me 7 weeks to win my first prize and they've been steadly rolling in since
Biggest wins so far in the 5 months I've been comping have been a £500 Dorothy Perkins shopping spree & a Sony PSP. It's defo been worth the 2 hours per night I spend entering comps. :j

ellasmommy

I won within about a month aswell, was only now and then at first but now ive well & truly got the bug!

SoozyJ22

I'm very addicted! I can't really get away with entering comps at work, but I check my various email addresses very regularly in case there's a WEM somewhere.

d130

I've been lurking for ages, just entering on & off, though started more regularly in Feb. I try and keep up with the ones posted each day so I don't get too far behind but I don't stress that much about it if I miss some.

I won a runner-up prize of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Goody Bag in April and have had other small wins since then, though I keep hoping for a big one.