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  • Luckyone
    Luckyone Posts: 23,016 Forumite
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    I've been doing them every day since the start of October last year. I've won 2 tickets to the ideal Home Show xxx
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  • cagsd
    cagsd Posts: 7,664 Forumite
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    I do dailies from the 9 mags every day, have done since about November I think. sometimes I struggle to find a full complement of comps that I want to enter (eg. in Look at the moment I'm only entering one!!) so it's rare I have to share, but on Marie Claire at the mo I think I'm entering 8 or 9 so doing a few shares. On the other mags that allow 25 entries, I normally enter between 10 and 20 from each, daily.

    I'm with you on the "is it worth it" front though, have had just one win from all those thousands of entries!
  • amy_jay
    amy_jay Posts: 62 Forumite
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    I've just started doing the dailies 2 days ago, so this thread is really interesting. I'm not planning on doing any shares as I don't like to use my Facebook much for comping. Its nice to know that people do win from them :-)
    January Wins - Signed Higgidy Cookbook, Koala
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  • Thanks for all your replies guys. I have to say though I am now very confused about the shares.
    I thought for example if I entered a comp every day and shared it on twitter every day that I was getting 2 entries into that comp per day?
    I do hope that's wrong as I could get it down to an hour if I didn't share every single one on twitter.
    2012 wins = £933 :j
    2013 wins so far = £4,025 :j

    July wins: Holiday to Marbella :j
  • hamsterfan1
    hamsterfan1 Posts: 8,281 Forumite
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    I do them regularly & so far this year I've won (at least these off the top of my head) necklace, bangle, emotional eating kit, swimsuit & book - I enter nearly every day & share on twitter if I have to share . as most now give you 25 entries there's not a lot to share,

    I don't enter every comp though - for the ones that are across the mags I've been doing 1 or 2 & with the other comps it just depends if I want he prize either fr myself or for presents for family
    proud gran to 4 lovely boys and one little girl
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,324 Forumite
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    I thought for example if I entered a comp every day and shared it on twitter every day that I was getting 2 entries into that comp per day?

    No, you just earn the chance to enter more with a share, doesn't add to what you have already entered.
  • Zanzib
    Zanzib Posts: 5,376 Forumite
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    I've been doing dallies since last October and only had a small win in February, and some vouchers this week.

    I only share if needed via Twitter, but Marie Claire's sharing system wasn't working for me today... :(
  • cagsd
    cagsd Posts: 7,664 Forumite
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    amy_jay wrote: »
    I've just started doing the dailies 2 days ago, so this thread is really interesting. I'm not planning on doing any shares as I don't like to use my Facebook much for comping. Its nice to know that people do win from them :-)

    This is one instance where sharing to "only me" actually works. I frequently do this, as I hate spamming my friends with comp stuff so if I had to share to friends I wouldn't, iyswim. But I always set it to "only me" and I still get the bonus entry! x
  • cagsd
    cagsd Posts: 7,664 Forumite
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    Thanks for all your replies guys. I have to say though I am now very confused about the shares.
    I thought for example if I entered a comp every day and shared it on twitter every day that I was getting 2 entries into that comp per day?
    I do hope that's wrong as I could get it down to an hour if I didn't share every single one on twitter.

    Sorry hon, but you've been wasting your time :( The sharing just gets you an extra comp to enter, as opposed to an extra entry into that comp. Say for example Marie Claire lets you enter 6 comps, but you want to enter 10, if you share 4 of them it bumps your limit up to 10. You don't actually get any extra entries into the draws you've entered though :(
  • Thanks guys. At least it will save me some time now :)
    2012 wins = £933 :j
    2013 wins so far = £4,025 :j

    July wins: Holiday to Marbella :j
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