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Competitions Discussion Thread

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  • monsieur_epargnant
    monsieur_epargnant Posts: 2,821 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Someone is no doubt then scratching their name into a bus window courtesy of your prize win?! tsk tsk.
    “We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.” - Alan Turing (1912-1954)
  • catz747
    catz747 Posts: 20,381 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I looked Hamster but I couldn't find it anywhere :)

    Has everyone entered this then:

    Martins Book Giveaway(A Smart Woman's Guide To Money Book Giveaway)
  • madhouseof4
    madhouseof4 Posts: 848 Forumite
    I entered that this morning, the only comp I have entered so far today. I have had to neglect comping for housework today. Tomorrow will have to be spent comping as the site will be down when I normally do most of my comping
  • SoozyJ22
    SoozyJ22 Posts: 3,286 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    You've got it the wrong way round madhouse - it's the housework that needs to be neglected because of the comping ;)
  • madhouseof4
    madhouseof4 Posts: 848 Forumite
    I know and it usually does :D Hmmm, had I have left it, I could have taken a pic of the mess and submitted it for a chance to win a top of the range dyson :rotfl:
  • furndire
    furndire Posts: 7,308 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Dust only gets to a certain thickness and then it only looks worse if you miss a bit.
    Never do today what you can put off while tomorrow.
  • hamster
    hamster Posts: 603 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Photogenic
    catz747 wrote: »
    I looked Hamster but I couldn't find it anywhere :)

    Thanks for trying catz. I've googled on "Controlled Requested" and it looks like it could be a marketing strategy where you give out free magazines to targeted individuals in the hope of .....
    a) Converting the free subscription to a paid subscription.
    b) Increasing the market exposure of the publication.

    Can't think of any reason I would be singled out for this other than the fact I entered a lot of the publishers comps. But in that case I would have expected some other MSEers to be getting free copies as well. :confused:
    Well, you know, my ancestry isn't all hamster.
    I'm one-sixteenth wolf with, you know, a little wolverine in there somewhere.
  • lbt_2
    lbt_2 Posts: 565 Forumite
    catz747 wrote: »
    I looked Hamster but I couldn't find it anywhere :)

    Has everyone entered this then:

    Martins Book Giveaway(A Smart Woman's Guide To Money Book Giveaway)

    Thanks Catz - I missed this. Haven't been to the freebie section for a while - I have been too busy with comps! I am hooked :o
  • Blue99_2
    Blue99_2 Posts: 52 Forumite
    Just hoping the upgrade goes ok and we're up and running tomorrow at 7am. I'll get withdrawal symptoms otherwise :confused:
    See you all soon,
    Blue x x
    Thanks to all, Blue x x
    2008 Prizes - Trip to the Brit Awards
    £2008 in 2008 Members Club No 39
  • catz747
    catz747 Posts: 20,381 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Night Blue :D

    Am gonna have to wash up & do some ironing now :(

    :wave:
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