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I won a holiday!

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  • well then, if you're sure it's a good comp. WELL DONE and ENJOY the 5 stars treatment...
    A friend is a present which you give yourself (R.Stevenson)
    Happiness seems made to be shared (Jean Racine)
  • Sam_Bee
    Sam_Bee Posts: 1,393 Forumite
    I worked in the Marketing Department of a couple of well known Tour Operators. Of the 5 prize draws / competitions we did (you had to enter them to be part of them), 3 of the winners refused to believe they had won / forgot they had entered, and didn't take their prizes.

    One guy who physically went into one of our shops to enter a prize draw, thought I was a con artist trying to scam him when I called to tell him. He thought I was trying to sell him something / scamming him, and refused to accept the prize. He refused to believe he'd entered the competition despite the fact I had his signed entry form!

    It was 2x Business Class flights to Bangkok with EVA Air, and 10 nights 5* accommodation in Bangkok & Hua Hin. Crazy.
  • skylight
    skylight Posts: 10,720 Forumite
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    Sam Bee,

    If you still have those unclaimed holidays going begging?????.................
  • Sam_Bee
    Sam_Bee Posts: 1,393 Forumite
    Sam Bee,

    If you still have those unclaimed holidays going begging?????.................

    Oh you don't think they went unused do you :rotfl:
  • Congrats! Hope you have a great time :D
    :dance: Almost out of debt!! Must start saving!! :dance:
  • RadoJo
    RadoJo Posts: 1,828 Forumite
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    I understand the cautiousness of those on this board, but sometimes people do just win things - I won a competition with Jack Daniels to be flown to Tennessee to their distillery and have a party with loads of bands, and they forgave my initial suspicion when they called me to let me know!

    I do appreciate that there are some scamsters out there, but so long as you check the small print you can also be a lucky begar sometimes!!
  • altyfc
    altyfc Posts: 788 Forumite
    I certainly do seem to be having a lucky streak. Last year I attended a luxury travel event in London, dropped by business card in some lottery thing, and got an email a week later telling me I'd won a night in a deluxe rooftop suite at a top hotel in London. I don't think I've ever won a holiday prior to these two recent events...
  • sloppychops
    sloppychops Posts: 6,742 Forumite
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    altyfc wrote:
    I certainly do seem to be having a lucky streak. Last year I attended a luxury travel event in London, dropped by business card in some lottery thing, and got an email a week later telling me I'd won a night in a deluxe rooftop suite at a top hotel in London. I don't think I've ever won a holiday prior to these two recent events...

    Give me 6 numbers for tomorrows lottery draw lol seeing as you have luck on your side.
    Enjoy your holiday.
    "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
  • altyfc
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  • sloppychops
    sloppychops Posts: 6,742 Forumite
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    altyfc wrote:
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    Im actually going to put them on and see what happens.

    Thanks
    "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
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