Competitions Discussion Thread Part 16

emmaanddave

I have just realised I have posted under competitions and NOT the winning section...sorry!!

Anyway, i do usually tick the 'don't contact me ' option as get fed up with all the junk emails. i do enter The Times compeition when I see them on here but don't keep a record so who knows!!

emmaanddave

Yes it is a withheld number and they said they were calling from The Times straight away.....

martinsnest

Might be trying to get you to subscribe at a discount price. I've had a few of these!

trueblonde

Yeah, same as Martinsnest, it is usually offering you a subscription at a discounted price, sorry

clairec79

I had it once with a competition win - but they also left a message on the answerphone and said they would send an email (which came through before I picked up the answerphone message)

zalanx

Sites like My O**ers (MO) have bonus prizes for certain levels of entries. MO has a limited number of 5* bonuses each month. To have the best chance of claiming these you need to enter thirty competitions in the early hours of the first of the month. Also, you may have missed an email advising you of a win or the promoter may require you to check their website for a win.

You could have a calendar entry with a reminder or you could set up a 'Scheduled Task' in MS Windows (Linux: CRON). This can pop-up a reminder, send an email or start a task.

I now have a 'Scheduled Task' that starts Firefox in new window at 00:00:01 on the first of every month with the MO Status page:

For all I know the MO bonuses may not be worth the £2.99 postage charge but this may be a good way to schedule your entries to other regular competitions.

Good luck!
Alan

bunnies

clairec79 wrote: »

I had it once with a competition win - but they also left a message on the answerphone and said they would send an email (which came through before I picked up the answerphone message)

Hi, can anyone help please. I entered a comp in about November time on MSE. First prize was a RaRA lion plus tickets to Chessington Zoo for the family. I received the lion, but have not had any tickets as yet. Is this ringing any bells as yet?

Barnabysue

Was it this one, you hadn't 'thanked' so perhaps not?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3652717

bcd2009

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just seen this on FB, i'm not a big puzzler, but maybe there is someone who would love doing this?

jaibaby

bcd2009 wrote: »

just seen this on FB, i'm not a big puzzler, but maybe there is someone who would love doing this?

I purposely went into town today to see if I could pick it up - went into WHSmith, got the kids world book day books and their silly mags and totally forgot to look! Duh!! Will try again later x