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Is my name on a blacklist? :(

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  • GeeBee38
    GeeBee38 Posts: 3,230 Forumite
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    I feel the same way sometimes, i have only won 4 small items and have been comping for a over a year now.

    I enter daily, hundreds, the only emails i get are advertisements for shopping etc.

    Oh, well, never mind.......... wishing you good luck xxx
  • shapala
    shapala Posts: 648 Forumite
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    I completely, 100% advise you to open a Facebook account JUST for comping. I had a very lean year until I opened a Facebook account at the end of October. In the space of 1 month, I had won a £50 Aldi voucher (that's a weekly shop and our regular go-to supermarket), a year's Men's Health subscription, Stella Artois glasses, some small things won from some App games (some of which are very addictive and good fun, like Innocent Smoothie's Fruit Picker game). Then came 2 huge wins in ONE day; a Kenwood mixer worth £400 and a laptop worth nearly £1000. All these goodies I'm using and have really helped my wife and I through what was going to be quite a difficult December. However, how much have I won outwith of Facebook this year?...................pretty much NADA.

    I also think Facebook is the way competitions are going. Thus, it's completely up to you but Facebook is a good direction to go in if you want to get yourself back in to the winner's circle. And just look at this year's advents. Perhaps 80% of those I'm doing are all over on FB (the only entry method). They're also very quick and easy on FB. Well, I think easier and quicker than many of the standard sites, where you login/register, throw in your details etc.

    I wish you the best of luck and try and not get down, but certainly opening a Facebook account for comping will not harm your chances at all. You will likely see your fortunes change quite quickly. Keep your chin up ;-)
  • Susie-E
    Susie-E Posts: 102 Forumite
    This is well worth a read if you enter facebook comps http://www.theprizefinder.com/blog/2011/12/12/not-winning-facebook
    No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
  • i think i must be on the black list when it comes to advent comps :eek:
  • Naillig51
    Naillig51 Posts: 276 Forumite
    Some people are lucky some aren''t .

    I have been doing these comps religiously every day -around 40 per day for around 5 years.

    I have had 6 wins in all that time and nothing that good either !
  • I_luv_cats
    I_luv_cats Posts: 14,457 Forumite
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    Entries in current star prize draw
    194971


    Take the Colgate Plax Draw - ONE PRIZE ONLY v 194, 971+ entrants!!
  • weeowens
    weeowens Posts: 81,990 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I_luv_cats wrote: »
    Entries in current star prize draw
    194971


    Take the Colgate Plax Draw - ONE PRIZE ONLY v 194, 971+ entrants!!
    Better odds than the loto though & these are free to enter :-)
  • I_luv_cats
    I_luv_cats Posts: 14,457 Forumite
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    weeowens wrote: »
    Better odds than the loto though & these are free to enter :-)


    5 main numbers £5,000 620,046
    I did win £5k on the TB mid 2010 so I can beat the odds BUT not on compos'
  • weeowens
    weeowens Posts: 81,990 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I once won £43 on the lotto but prefer these :-)
    Mind you I still do it via direct debit as one never knows :-)
  • weeowens
    weeowens Posts: 81,990 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I_luv_cats wrote: »
    Entries in current star prize draw
    194971


    Take the Colgate Plax Draw - ONE PRIZE ONLY v 194, 971+ entrants!!
    Does make you wonder how many enter the ITV/Daybreak comps.Must be in the low millions ?
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