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Competitions Discussion Thread

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  • Hi, just a quicky, when you win a competition do you normally get sent an email or is it just a case of waiting for prizes to turn up?
    Also, does it affect my chances of winning if i dont put a phone number?
    thanks
  • hjb123
    hjb123 Posts: 32,002 Forumite
    It varies as to how you are let know you have won competitions.

    Sometimes you get an email through, sometimes a letter and sometimes the prize just turns up!

    I always put a telephone number but have only had someone ring once and that was from Real People magazine after I had won a prize and they were asking if they could print my photo

    If you have a Hotmail email address make sure you check your junk mail folder as sometimes (rarely) emails can go in there
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  • catz747
    catz747 Posts: 20,381 Forumite
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    As Above & Welcome :D

    :beer::beer:
  • Thank you all
  • hi im a newbie to this site. I like enterting competions never won anything as yet.
    entered 12 comps last week and about 12 today so who knows.
    If i see any comps do i just put them in the comptetions link?
    whats this 2007 challenge thing?
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  • catz747
    catz747 Posts: 20,381 Forumite
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    Heeeeeelp, I have been subscribed to a load of comps threads - Aaaaaargh!!!!

    EDIT: The subscribe thing is on glitch btw, you have to go to user CP and chande the subscription thing to Do Not Subscribe :D



    Ahem, Hi Sweetangel, Re: above post, hello :D I would hang around here and enter a few comps before trying to post them cause to be honest most of them will have been posted already. You need to get used to searching the forums before posting :D
    Also the 2007 comping challenge is to win back your annual internet fees in competition prizes by entering as many free online comps as you can :D
  • weaver
    weaver Posts: 1,444 Forumite
    Im new to this thread, normally hang around in the freebies and discount threads. Which may I say for the last few days Ive not been anywhere near.

    This is so addictive and everyone is so friendly. No arguments or petty back biting, it so makes a change.

    Im officially hooked. I won = MTV tickets already, I have also won discovery meal kit to b delivered Thursday. (posted on here but I didnt know about this thread when I entered ):j

    I cant keep up with the comps there are so many, when I catch up Im going to look for some to post. How do you guys do it ? your amazing.

    Thanks again to all who post and for making me feel welcome. got some postcards Ill get round to entering postal comps one day - if I ever get on top of the internet ones.:rotfl: then theres the magazine ones and the text ones - Im getting dizzy thinking about them.
    Thanks to everyone who posts comps :T
  • Prudent
    Prudent Posts: 11,647 Forumite
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    Welcome weaver. We do have a lovely bunch of people on here. It is very hard to run out of comps. And if you do its only for a few minutes before someone posts another one. Well done on your wins, I hope they are the first of many.
  • Prudent wrote: »
    Lo- bush the owner of compers grapevine posts on here. If you put a post on the main board, she will probably get in touch with you.

    I don't usually have time to read this thread but the comping fairy must have seen me being mentioned and made me click on it! PM sent, although I don't think my mag was what the OP was really asking about. But hopefully they will like it anyway!
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  • lo_bush
    lo_bush Posts: 1,409 Forumite
    Thanks Prudent for the info about Competition grapevine. Thanks, Snitterling, will check out the PM ( Ooohhh, never had a PM before, how exciting) Happy comping:j
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