End Dates Question

puzzlehead

I always take a note of the competitions I enter, as well as use the entered button on here, but I never bother to take note of the end dates so now I'm left with a huge list of competitions and unsure what ones have ended, so I'm wondering for those who take a note do you also add the end date in so you can delete them once it's past?

zombieslayer25

Yes I do, but I don't delete until the end date is 2 months gone.

nelie

I Really should do - could I ask how you keep a note of them?

I only really use the ticks and if it's on FB/Twitter, ill check my posts.

xx

puzzlehead

Thanks for the replies, I will start making a note of end dates and make sure I don't delete them until a few months after they finish.

Nelie, I just make a note of mine in windows notepad, like for today I put todays date then a note of all the comps I have entered today underneath it.

jaibaby

Sounds a bit too much work for my liking, but each to their own.

I prefer to enter, forget, then have a lovely surprise

But that's me :cool:

Blulu

I'm with Jaibaby. Don't know where you get the time to record every comp you enter. I used to record all my written efforts, but even that took too long. I do keep a diary of all my wins, that's as organised as I get.

My middle name is Organised :cool:

My first name is Dis

peppermintangel

I keep a record of the number of competitions I enter a day, but not which ones they are - I don't think I'd have the patience to record all the competitions I entered!

zombieslayer25

It takes me an extra 20-30 secs to record each comp, but then again Im not a try to enter as quickly as possible type of person and I dont race them. Its easy once you have a system like me, but it did take a good 30 mins or so to organise it originally now it takes less than a minute after each comp and a further 10 at the end of each comping day so not that long at all. I still enter anywhere between 50 and 150 a day, but if I dont have time to enter 100 in one day Im not that bothered. After all entering comps is just a hobby to pass the time for me.

I do mine on a spreadsheet.

jaibaby

zombieslayer25 wrote: »

It takes me an extra 20-30 secs to record each comp, but then again Im not a try to enter as quickly as possible type of person and I dont race them. Its easy once you have a system like me, but it did take a good 30 mins or so to organise it originally now it takes less than a minute after each comp and a further 10 at the end of each comping day so not that long at all. I still enter anywhere between 50 and 150 a day, but if I dont have time to enter 100 in one day Im not that bothered. After all entering comps is just a hobby to pass the time for me.

I do mine on a spreadsheet.

To me, that makes comping sound more like a job (paperwork - as such - keeping spreadsheets of end dates / ones you've entered). That's when comping isn't fun or a hobby and I would get sick of it.

There have been the odd few which I've made a small note of, normally in my "Comps to call" book (I make a list of comps that enter by phone and do them all together), but that's just in case they *could* ask me a piece of info that I would need to remember (password / codeword etc)

But I like the lovely surprise of a WEM or a parcel just turning up and me not remembering entering the competition. I love searching for that comp.

As I said, I would prefer to forget

lilrahi

I'm with jaibaby here, I'd prefer the surprise of something turning up or a WEM or a WTC (still waiting for my first one, please let it be ITV, please please please).

I used to keep track of how many I entered a day on a spreadsheet but then it seemed like too much work.

I have a 'Daily Comps' folder which I do every day and then I'll do all the comps ending today and tomorrow and then that's it. If I have time, I might go through the Regular Comps board but that's very rare.