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Would you enter this competition (moral)

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  • JemmaM91
    JemmaM91 Posts: 213 Forumite
    Yeah I would enter too. As long as your not lying to enter there is no problem. I enter all comps that either I or someone I know would be able to use/enjoy. I would also probably enter for pregnancy related wins too as now my little boy is growing up I'm starting to want another (don't tel OH lol he'd have a fit) so would like to think I could get a use out of it :)
  • Caramel79
    Caramel79 Posts: 143 Forumite
    Alikay wrote: »
    I never have time to enter every competition I see, so I only do the ones for prizes I would use myself or for a close family member.

    A couple of years ago i won a spa break, but between entering and finding out I'd won, we'd had new foster children placed with us. When the company rang to tell me I'd won I thanked them but said I couldn't accept the prize as I wouldn't be able to leave these children. They only went and changed the prize for bikes and helmets for the little ones which I thought was amazing of them! I now don't enter any competitions for holidays or tickets though, unless I know we can definitely go as I doubt we'd come across a competition organiser as nice again :) (Morrisons, btw :A)

    Oh Alikay, I love this post for two reasons. One, you are just such an amazing person to do what you do so selflessly for those children, and two Morrisons were so lovely to kindly substitute the prize. The world is a better place for people like you x
    :hello:Hello and thanks to all you gorgeous MSErs posting comps, answers and advice xx
  • Duckfeet84
    Duckfeet84 Posts: 19 Forumite
    I've not entered any from Gay Times or Gransnet, as I am neither gay nor a gran and would feel a bit of a fraud. :D However I am starting to get desperate for a win so I may consider entering their comps soon.
    I have a six month old baby and a five year old, so enter all baby and toy related comps I can lay my hands on, but I don't resent those without children winning them. I'm thinking about entering one for a dog bowl...I don't have a dog! :)
    Comping since March 2013
    Wins: A Canvas Holiday worth £2000! :)
    John Grisham Book, Baby Book, Nail Art Pen
    :starmod:
    Mummy, Baker, Crafter, Comper, Girlgeek
    :staradmin
  • Daphne01
    Daphne01 Posts: 22,145 Forumite
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    I'm not a mum to be but have 2 friends who have just had babies (One had twins :eek:) so I enter for baby stuff and I'm not a gran but enter those too.
    A strong man stands up for himself, a stronger man stands up for others.




  • Keeley1986
    Keeley1986 Posts: 130 Forumite
    weeowens wrote: »
    Hi,most on here would probably enter to win an empty envelope

    :rotfl::rotfl: You just reminded me of something from last year.
    I remember a LOT of compers posting somewhere else that they had won post-it notes.
    I think everyone who entered won haha :rotfl:
    Comping since Feb 2012.

    Best wins - Pram, £800+ Baby equipment, Big :eek: gadget bundle, Summer hamper, £500 worth Freeze 24/7 products, Sony Xperia Z, £200 worth tanning/beauty products.
  • weeowens
    weeowens Posts: 81,990 Forumite
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    Keeley1986 wrote: »
    :rotfl::rotfl: You just reminded me of something from last year.
    I remember a LOT of compers posting somewhere else that they had won post-it notes.
    I think everyone who entered won haha :rotfl:
    Nearly an envelope :D

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4533433
  • jaibaby
    jaibaby Posts: 4,003 Forumite
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    Keeley1986 wrote: »
    :rotfl::rotfl: You just reminded me of something from last year.
    I remember a LOT of compers posting somewhere else that they had won post-it notes.
    I think everyone who entered won haha :rotfl:

    Hey! They came in very handy! (No pun intended there - the post-its were shaped like a "facebook like" - thumbs up) :D

    There are a few comps I've entered and thought "Why?" afterwards - so easy to get carried away :o
    Thanks to all posters :A
  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
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    jaibaby wrote: »
    Hey! They came in very handy! (No pun intended there - the post-its were shaped like a "facebook like" - thumbs up) :D

    There are a few comps I've entered and thought "Why?" afterwards - so easy to get carried away :o

    way i see it that's what compings all about, it's great to win
    wether big or small prizes :j what one likes another may not,
    all prizes are worth winning & it's all good fun waiting to see what we get :D
    :j:j i've yet to win a prize that i've not found a home/good use for :j
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • Keeley1986
    Keeley1986 Posts: 130 Forumite
    weeowens wrote: »

    Ohh nooo, I missed that one! :(:rotfl:
    Comping since Feb 2012.

    Best wins - Pram, £800+ Baby equipment, Big :eek: gadget bundle, Summer hamper, £500 worth Freeze 24/7 products, Sony Xperia Z, £200 worth tanning/beauty products.
  • Kirri
    Kirri Posts: 6,184 Forumite
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    fire**fly wrote: »
    i've yet to win a prize that i've not found a home/good use for :j

    The Persil child's tshirt (ITV) was one I couldn't find a use for.. admittedly, although it did fit, I put it in the clothes recycle bank :o

    I kept the bag though.
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