Competitions Discussion Thread Part 15

toniq

Amilucky? knows alot about this, I'm sure it was him that suggested refcontrol, hopefully he will spot this and let you know what he suggests x

Annie021063

Out of interest does anyone know anyone who has ever won the haul from the gadget show weekly comp?

Mystic_Charm

Annie021063 wrote: »

Out of interest does anyone know anyone who has ever won the haul from the gadget show weekly comp?

I'm sure that I've seen a winner on here in the past.

joho

One MSE winner here but they entered by text.

weeowens

One-Eye wrote: »

You don't need to be a FB member to view this page:
http://www.facebook.com/JohnLewisRetail?sk=wall&filter=2

Neither comp is mentioned - all previous comps do seem to get mentioned here. For the candles (444) I would wait until mentioned or 09/11.

The signup comp (445) is a bit different and if you look at the T&C page it is headed "JLinstoreDCcompoctnov2011" so I would say this one is OK to enter now.

Cheers One-Eye.The newsletter comp is now posted here.

weeowens

joho wrote: »

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, but I have Googled it and can't find it.....I was entering a comp from here and someone said something about opening the competition links differently so that it didn't identify the start point as being MSE. They said they thought it might reduce the chances of winning (or I might be imagining that bit).

Can anyone else remember this or know anything about this? I'm curious about it and wanted to look into it a bit more.

I've tried some of the techie ways but now just drag the comp link to a new tab.That seems to leave no back trace to MSE.
Mind you I've not worried too much as I've won some big prizes without any bypass tricks.

joho

weeowens wrote: »

I've tried some of the techie ways but now just drag the comp link to a new tab.That seems to leave no back trace to MSE.
Mind you I've not worried too much as I've won some big prizes without any bypass tricks.

What techie ways? On a few comps I've opened them from the OP link, copied the URL and then pasted that in a new window - is that much the same as dragging like you say you do? Where possible I've also gone back a step on a link - e.g. a website with several comps listed, and click into the MSE listed comp.

I have no way of knowing whether this makes a damn bit of difference - I'm just a cynic!!

Good luck all.x

weeowens

joho wrote: »

What techie ways? On a few comps I've opened them from the OP link, copied the URL and then pasted that in a new window - is that much the same as dragging like you say you do? Where possible I've also gone back a step on a link - e.g. a website with several comps listed, and click into the MSE listed comp.

I have no way of knowing whether this makes a damn bit of difference - I'm just a cynic!!

Good luck all.x

As toniq mentioned,amilucky is pretty good with this.I've not gone into it too much but FireFox has various addons that can hide the MSE referral.
Your C&P of the link is pretty much the same as my "dragging" but I'd say that "dragging" is a lot quicker to complete.
It's all down tp personal preference & style of comping.Some promotors will not like MSE type entries but I would expect that given the number of comping portals on the 'net at the moment most will have ceased bothering.

LuckySeven_2

Hi there,

I'm not sure whether I'm posting in the right place but I have a question and wondered whether any of you lovely people would be able to help me please.

I've decided to start entering competitions on facebook but didn't want to use my normal account that's been active for a few years for various reasons, one of which being that some of the comps require you to post to your wall or comment etc. and I feel as though I don't want to hassle my facebook friends with all of this.

Anyway, I've set up a new account today, specifically to enter competitions. After 'liking' a few pages etc, facebook then logged me out and said that having more than one account violates their T&Cs. I had no idea this was the case, now I'm in a bit of a dilemma as I really don't want to use my usual account for comps.

What do you do about your facebook account when entering comps? Do you have more than one account? If so, how do you get around it?

Thank you

chelsea1969

LuckySeven wrote: »

Hi there,

I'm not sure whether I'm posting in the right place but I have a question and wondered whether any of you lovely people would be able to help me please.

I've decided to start entering competitions on facebook but didn't want to use my normal account that's been active for a few years for various reasons, one of which being that some of the comps require you to post to your wall or comment etc. and I feel as though I don't want to hassle my facebook friends with all of this.

Anyway, I've set up a new account today, specifically to enter competitions. After 'liking' a few pages etc, facebook then logged me out and said that having more than one account violates their T&Cs. I had no idea this was the case, now I'm in a bit of a dilemma as I really don't want to use my usual account for comps.

What do you do about your facebook account when entering comps? Do you have more than one account? If so, how do you get around it?

Thank you

I have separate accounts pretty much for the same reasons as yours ,ive never had any problems but I use different E-Mail addresses for both so if you are using the same E-Mail then maybe try and open another account using a different E-Mail address.