Would you enter this competition (moral)

hertzyabazas

paadzer wrote: »

As a man I don't think I could get away with entering

Why not?
I'm a man and have won a few prizes from netmums, mumsnet etc.

One of the promoters I spoke to told me they get loads of entries from men and that they're just as happy if a man wins a prize.

Middy_Oil

If it's for something that I think my nephew would like/could use I enter. If it says to enter child's birthdate I enter his (unless the t&cs say the child has to be your own but I don't think I've come across that!). I would also enter if it it was for something that having a child has no relevance (many families have more money than I do so you couldn't say that I'd be doing someone "more needy" out of the prize just because they're a parent!). I personally wouldn't enter a comp if I couldn't use the prize myself or didn't have someone in mind I'd give it to, but wouldn't complain if someone else did.

jakes-mum

I would enter yes, if it doesnt specifically ask for a due date and isnt a pregnancy related prize (I think im past being able to use a years supply of stretch mark cream :rotfl:)
The same with wedding site comps, if its for a spa day etc ill enter, if they ask for my wedding date, I put it in complete with the year (6 years ago) and that means the company can decide whether im eligable to win. I dont miss out on the chance but also dont have to lie If the site wont accept a date previous to today then I dont enter as its clear they want the prize to go to a 'new mum' or 'bride to be'

libra10

I haven't entered any Wedding magazine competitions, or registered at mumsnet, and wouldn't enter competitions aimed specifically at students.

Don't enter competitions run by charities either, but that's because I wonder whether they would phone.

miss_mils

I enter comps from wedding & pregnancy websites even though I have no intention of getting married, and I'm not planning a baby any time soon.

As far as a comping conscience goes, I refuse to enter any comps from pay day loan companies!

mclarkie

The morals lie with the company offering the prizes . They can easily filter out the people they would not want to win the prizes.
They don't do this because they want to viral advertise to as many people as possible.

Comps are always about cheap advertising not charity. Therefor if you enter a comp for something you would then sell on eBay. Who have you stolen from? As long as you have not lied to enter a comp, I really can't see why it is a moral dilemma.

purplebutterfly

Yep definitely. When I first started comping I probably wouldn't have - but now I would have no problem entering because there is very little altruism in the comping world.

I know that plenty of people enter competitions for gluten free food hampers when they really don't need them. Personally, I don't enter because I know how devastating Coeliac disease etc can be. People who CANNOT eat gluten (as opposed to choose not to for faddy diet reasons) are forced to pay ridiculous amounts of money for their gluten-free diet and they have no choice - so who am I to take something away from them that they need?

On a personal note, it irritates me when I see people winning all-natural cosmetics when I know that they actually couldn't care less what was in their face cream.

I don't have a choice about what my skin will tolerate - I can't pop down to Boots and pick up a pot of Olay. Instead it costs a fortune for me to afford products that won't leave my skin burned and raw.

If the people who won these items actually followed a natural beauty routine, then that would be fine - but when you know that a lovely Trilogy serum is being layered under some L'Oreal moisturiser, it really grates.

So yes, enter, because nobody else would think twice about snatching a prize from under your nose, even if you really needed it. The truth is that people who moan about "greedy compers" have got a very valid point. We are and we should admit to it.

Blulu

LOL - I only come to this forum to see what new insults I can gather. In the last couple of days I (along with the rest of the forum) have been accused of having no morals/ethics and of being greedy.

I don't accept any of those labels, and don't believe they apply to most compers. You know one could argue that it is the moaners who are the greedy ones; in that they are not happy that people are not leaving the prizes for them to nab.

Breaking the T&C of the comp is wrong. Lying to enter a comp is wrong. ANYTHING else is personal choice, no more and no less. Nobody should be attacked, judged or called names for doing what they are freely entitled to do.

When people get nasty over stuff like this, they are behaving far worse than the people they are complaining about, in my opinion.

EMMAP

Here here! Nobody should have to justify a win on here to anyone. You could argue who is more deserving until the cows come home but that's why I like comping- most of the time it is totally random.

Dinosaur_Train

I have been married for several years but still enter some of the bridal magazine comps; obviously not ones to win a wedding gown or a wedding reception, but I've won some false eyelashes through a prize draw in a weddings mag.

I also enter pregnancy and baby magazine competitions even though my children are slightly older than toddlers now. My Sister in law is pregnant and doesn't have much money so I am trying to win baby equipment to give to her.