Greedy?

tinktinktinkerbell

hunnycat wrote: »

The way i read it was she was more aiming at the people who are not registered on this forum and who do not contribute at all to the comps posts.

I think her wording could have been much better but i dont see too much of a problem with what she has written.

yeah i didnt see a problem either

OnceUponADream

tinktinktinkerbell wrote: »

i didnt say they did but it would be nice if they helped out

and like i say some dont even thank

You did say it - it's there in black and white.

Sometimes there isn't 'room' for people to 'help out' - loads of posters have problems sorted or comps posted before most can even comment or give input.

You didn't thank posters yourself a year or so ago until someone pointed it out - maybe others just need a little guidance in how the boards operate.

tinktinktinkerbell

OnceUponADream wrote: »

You did say it - it's there in black and white.

Sometimes there isn't 'room' for people to 'help out' - loads of posters have problems sorted or comps posted before most can even comment or give input.

You didn't thank posters yourself a year or so ago until someone pointed it out - maybe others just need a little guidance in how the boards operate.

yes you're right i didnt but i soon saw my error and started thanking because its polite

Far_Side

This made me laugh

The article is all about running successful promotions

If you get to the end of the article you will see she is doing her own promotional competition

Finally, don't forget to enter my own Pinterest Competition - read all about it at http://!!!!!!!/PinterestWishlist - you can win a £50 prize of your choice from Amazon! (closes 15 June 2012)

If you click on the link it takes you to a page where you have to send a link to an email address to enter.

If you look at the comments you will see that emails are bouncing back.:rotfl::rotfl:

Far Side

OnceUponADream

hunnycat wrote: »

The way i read it was she was more aiming at the people who are not registered on this forum and who do not contribute at all to the comps posts.

I think her wording could have been much better but i dont see too much of a problem with what she has written.

If people aren't reg'd they cannot thank posts nor contribute to posts.

There could be numerous reasons as to why people don't register. It could be a daunting task for some. If they then register to thank rec'ing a win it can only be a good thing as then they may be brave enough to continue using MSE and the comping community that has grown within it.

Treacle1983

I don't often get the chance to post up competitions on here - peeps normally get to them before I do :-)

But i'd like to think I always say thankyou and give tips and advice when I can.

Was suprised compclub my facebook/twitter didn't get a mention - but oh well.



If anyone wants to know any facebook comping in's and out's - i'm quite a good person to ask - feel free to PM me.



I did recently post up a basic/beginners guide to facebook comping - not sure where it's disappeared to on here now though :-)

jaibaby

Even though I am friends with Di on facebook and have turned to her a few times when in need of advice - I have to say I was pretty offended. It does make us "MSE-ers" out to be all bad. Even though it was said that SOME don't contribute - how are promoters going to single those out? They won't - they'll take the forum as a whole and it's gives us an even bigger bad name than we already have thanks to some people!

I like to think I contribute, not as much as I'd like to - not enough hours in my day to do anything more than I do now, but even I feel guilty sometimes when I have a good win.

On the subject of greed - what it means to one means something else to others. My wins total over £12000 for just over two years of comping - I don't think I'd ever stop though. I love getting little (or big ) things through the door that I can surprise my children or family with. Still hoping for a nice holiday but my time will come. What I don't agree with is people winning 3 ipads, selling them, then entering for more!! But that's my opinion!

And if you think this thread is bad - you should see some of the things said on Facebook over certain competitions. Or competition winners. It really shows the "dark side".

jaibaby

Treacle1983 wrote: »

Was suprised compclub my facebook/twitter didn't get a mention - but oh well.

Could have something to do with the fact that the competition club advertised an automated entry thingy a while back - just a guess though

purplevamp

SuperluckyDi wrote: »

To quote my blog:

The Bad

• Unfortunately a few compers can be greedy. Many are at home full-time, and will enter to win anything and everything regardless of whether they want it. They are often regular visitors - though not contributors - to the www.moneysavingexpert.com competition forum
• Some compers can enter hundreds of comps a day and as a result are likely to spend no time reading your blog (or indeed, any website they visit) - if an answer is required, they will usually have copied it from the MoneySavingExpert post

you mean like this one?. Hmm, I see your point :cool:

chelsea1969

purplevamp wrote: »

you mean like this one?. Hmm, I see your point :cool:

:rotfl::rotfl: You couldn't make it up :rotfl::rotfl: