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Anyone not winning on the advents?

I'm literally spending hours & hours a day on advents and comps & have won a £10 toy on day one & nothing else. Most days I have a headache with staring at the computer for so long. I don't do FB or twitter comps so I think that's my downfall. From all the posts it looks as if everyone is doing really well to date. Do you find out if you have won at the end if the entire advent?
Nov - organix hamper & £50 tesco voucher
Jan - Boon Baby bath frog & bath toys
Feb - 2 cinema tickets
March - 2 cinema tickets/3 packs of baby porridge/Coors t-shirt
April - nothing!
May - 2 tickets to home show
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  • I've not won anything at all on the advents, I'm doing about 70 per day and I enter via twitter but not facebook.
    I was also wondering if you find out at the end of the advent period? I don't mind not winning so much as I am finding the advent ones quite fun to enter and I think quite a lot of the IWIWIW posts are from facebook apps (the ones I have read anyway).
    Saying that would be nice to win a hamper to help out at Christmas ;)
  • aaroncaz
    aaroncaz Posts: 5,242 Forumite
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    It is still only the 9th, plenty of time yet to win! I usually do rubbish at the advents but have manged two wins so far a Thomas DVD and Kerastase Gift Set! That s good for me, best win was a freeview box over 4 years ago.
  • nelie
    nelie Posts: 1,568 Forumite
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    I think it depends on where you are doing it as well as depending on which ones too. Ive won a few times from the instant comps, and a couple of others... Keep going, a few might email in january or after the 12th/24 - Sending you lots of luck! xxx
    December Wins: £300 worth of board games, £500 Tesco Vouchers Best Win in 2023: £500 Tesco Vouchers
  • I've only won a pringle speaker and brother's drawstring bag on the advents so far, so not what you'd call successful :rotfl:

    I'm done with entering competitions by 10am every day though. I do my daily comps, mags, blogs, facebook advents, web advents and finish with twitter advents (leaving open any in tabs that haven't done their daily tweet yet) .

    I also do a quick search for comps ending the next day that I haven't entered but I entered so many in November to get ahead that it's usually only 20-30 to do.

    I'm really enjoying the extra time I have a day to do other stuff now. Still hoping for a few more wins this month though :D

    Good luck x

    May you all have lots of luck, Emma xx
  • Neasy
    Neasy Posts: 92 Forumite
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    Haven't won a bean on the Advents yet. Don't tend to do facebook or twitter though (so maybe that's it).

    Be lucky everyone!

    Neasy
  • mije1983
    mije1983 Posts: 3,665 Forumite
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    I do about 55 advents daily and have only won a Pringles speaker so far so it's not just you!
  • Blulu
    Blulu Posts: 7,855 Forumite
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    And also remember that most people post when they win, not when they don't win. So it might seem like everyone else is winning, but in fact, with every comp, most people don't win. You just don't get to know about them. GL comping :)
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  • Ive won a pringles speaker, Brothers Cider bag and a Brothers Cider T Shirt. Also countless jokes and upgrades with Hillarys blinds, also lots of free delivery from Oasis. Mine have all been on Facebook with the instants.

    Im assuming a lot that we dont know who's won with them too. Sometimes it can take weeks to find out you've won a comp.

    My routine of comping is Mags, dailies, rafflecopters, any weeklies for that day, advents and any other comps I can find time to do. I wish I had lots of time like Purple Skull.
    Current Aims: Laptop/PC, decent money, holiday
    Best Wins: Ipad, Nintendo 3DS, £400 Shopping Spree at LK Bennett, £100 Boots vouchers
    Total Wins (Since April 2012) £3442.56
    Big thanks to all who post comps :T:beer:
  • Me, me! :D I have done hundreds on all but 2 days and haven't won anything (except a speaker ;)), but not particularly surprised to be honest. Hopefully I will win something by the end but I am just enjoying doing them!
  • no big wins here either and im entering 100+ advents daily, pringles speaker, brothers cider t-shirt and flag and a heinz beans mug have been all ive won so far, welcome all the same but given the hours im entering before and after my working day im hoping for something good yet! thing is its easy to be dissappointed with the advents if your entering 100`s you naturally expect more but several of these comps have only one prize and high 100`s if not 1000`s entering. i`ll keep going though as you never know something big might be round the corner......be lucky!!
    Comping Life- wake up in morning,get excited about postie comin,bit more excited as u check emails 1st time,get deflated NO wems!,get more deflated as postie brings junk,enter comps,go to work,wonder if delivery vans brought a surprise!,come home nope no surprises!,check again for wems nope still disappointed!,enter more comps,time for bed,REPEAT!
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