Competitions Discussion Thread Part 17

nanto3girls

Had a look on Loqux, but i haven't seen anything.

BlueBella

fire**fly wrote: »

hi, it's not the look, wotv dailies etc,
it's the main take a break, chat, that's life, that's involved

Ahhh! Yes I suppose! Must admit, I did used to buy Take a Break all the time and I worked through the comps but entered online - that was before I joined MSE. Since then I still do buy the mag but not as often and only do the comps myself in the mag if I have time or I am on holiday - so I guess they are right in a way - sharing on comp sites does prob bring down their sales!

But they cannot really stop people sharing. I could share the answers by emailing hundreds of friends for example!

fire**fly

kittycatty wrote: »

Do you think the mag companies "are" going to be taking action?

hi kk, i don't know we've been posting the main mag answers on here for years & even before they went online & were just EF/text entry, i can't understand realy how they can stop answers being published, but, as nanto3girls says if the mag people are losing sales & thousands are entering maybe that's why ?

BlueBella

fire**fly wrote: »

hi kk, i don't know we've been posting the main mag answers on here for years & even before they went online & were just EF/text entry, i can't understand realy how they can stop answers being published, but, as nanto3girls says if the mag people are losing sales & thousands are entering maybe that's why ?

I think they would have to sue a lot of sites - there are loads of comping sites!

nanto3girls

cally6008 wrote: »

Utterly confused by the comping section of MSE

Has anyone bought Chat Passion Series, Issue 7, July 2012, price £1-95
on sale 14 june - 12 july 2012

I've got all answers bar page 19, puzzle 5 ... the mirror image puzzle

It's a postal entry competition, end date 3rd august 2012

I can post the other answers if need be

Hi cally,I have sent you PM.

Barnabysue

They could always go back to making it postal or text entries only. At least with text entries they could make some money out of it.

fire**fly

BlueBella wrote: »

I think they would have to sue a lot of sites - there are loads of comping sites!

that's what i think, maybe they'll just approach the admin as it's not 'our' site & there's never been any rules about posting mag comp answers, fingers crossed it won't come to it though.

melvis

fire**fly wrote: »

hi kk, i don't know we've been posting the main mag answers on here for years & even before they went online & were just EF/text entry, i can't understand realy how they can stop answers being published, but, as nanto3girls says if the mag people are losing sales & thousands are entering maybe that's why ?

When it was EF/Text you had to either pay for the mag to get the entry form or pay the additional rate for the text so they were still making pennies up, now with free online entry and sharing of answers, you don't have to contribute to their profits to enter. It's a shame if they do stop us sharing answers on MSE or any other site, but I think perfectly reasonable of them to request as a business, especially the way things are at the moment. Lower sales mean less interest from advertisers/promoters = less prizes for us

I reckon every week a few more people who have always bought the mag are discovering the moneysaving way of doing it and stop buying the mag to save their money when they realise they don't need to buy the mags and these small weekly numbers mean a big drop in sales year to year

fire**fly

melvis wrote: »

When it was EF/Text you had to either pay for the mag to get the entry form or pay the additional rate for the text so they were still making pennies up, now with free online entry and sharing of answers, you don't have to contribute to their profits to enter. It's a shame if they do stop us sharing answers on MSE or any other site, but I think perfectly reasonable of them to request as a business, especially the way things are at the moment. Lower sales mean less interest from advertisers/promoters = less prizes for us

I reckon every week a few more people who have always bought the mag are discovering the moneysaving way of doing it and stop buying the mag to save their money when they realise they don't need to buy the mags and these small weekly numbers mean a big drop in sales year to year

yep, i remember sending off my EF every week on all of them then texting in OH's name, also remember the first postings on here when they finally came online :eek: seems a long time ago :eek:

nanto3girls

Those were the days.