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best way to keep track of your comps

Hi done quite a few now - what's the best way to keep track of them so as not to enter again

do you all do the soonest ending first?
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  • hjb123
    hjb123 Posts: 32,002 Forumite
    I normally just work my way through them and thank people using hte thanks button when I have entered that way if I go into the post again and I have already thanked the OP I know that I have entered. There are alot more comps on here now but its still relatively easy (most of the time) to keep upto date with competitions. I dont enter them in any particular order - just as they are posted really
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  • sarerb18
    sarerb18 Posts: 1,979 Forumite
    kittenpea wrote: »
    Hi done quite a few now - what's the best way to keep track of them so as not to enter again

    do you all do the soonest ending first?


    Click the thanks button which then disappears. That way you know you've entered.

    Hello and good luck :wave:

    Sarer:)
  • Nicci_D
    Nicci_D Posts: 652 Forumite
    I just do whatever is on the first, but to be honest, because I'm at work I never get off the first page because as fast as I'm entering them, new ones are being added.

    I don't keep track. If I enter twice then I've got double the chance of winning.
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  • angelbreeze
    angelbreeze Posts: 856 Forumite
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    sometimes if you enter more than once,you invalidate your entry :confused: not sure if thats the right word!!! or you get disqualified, that sounds better
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  • kimmywal
    kimmywal Posts: 11,288 Forumite
    I check the thanks, and you can invalidate an entry if you enter twice.
    I enter them as they come on.
    What we see depends mainly on what we look for

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  • Nicci_D
    Nicci_D Posts: 652 Forumite
    I didn't know you could disqualiyf yourself - thanks for telling me.
    "Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile."
    • Jeep off roading trial - was fantastic - Freebie
    • Rimmel Nail Varnish
    • Won a Pigsback daily quiz - 1000 points 13/6/07
    • Justin Timberlake and Linken Park CD with piggypoints - Freebie
    • Lip Gloss x2 - Freebie
    • £49 worth of free credit from O2 thanks to JakeJakeJake who posted the thread - freebie
    • £50 - comp win
    • Won cool bag.
  • Tiggertail
    Tiggertail Posts: 274 Forumite
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    I've been entering so many recently, I've been losing track so I now keep a spreadsheet with a page for each month so I can make sure I don't do them twice. A lot of the magazines and radio sites a very similar, so this way I know I'm not duplicating. Only scary thing is I can actually see how many I've entered - where do I find the time?
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  • weaver
    weaver Posts: 1,444 Forumite
    I use the thanks button - but some sites have so many i.e female first, citv,moremag,now,virgin that I keep a folder with these in, (as they are often duplicated )
    Thanks to everyone who posts comps :T
  • Nicci_D
    Nicci_D Posts: 652 Forumite
    Tiggertail wrote: »
    I've been entering so many recently, I've been losing track so I now keep a spreadsheet with a page for each month so I can make sure I don't do them twice. A lot of the magazines and radio sites a very similar, so this way I know I'm not duplicating. Only scary thing is I can actually see how many I've entered - where do I find the time?

    I don't have the time to do anything like a spreadsheet, plus there's chance someone might find it on my comp at work. I'm loving Roboform - had it 2 days and it's an absolute god send LOL. I can enter twice as many comps in half the time. Perfect for at work.

    I'm looking for a new job though at the mo so don't know what I'm gonna do when I leave here, ot it too cushty tbh hehe. Will have to try harder pleading to OH to get the tinternet at home.
    "Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile."
    • Jeep off roading trial - was fantastic - Freebie
    • Rimmel Nail Varnish
    • Won a Pigsback daily quiz - 1000 points 13/6/07
    • Justin Timberlake and Linken Park CD with piggypoints - Freebie
    • Lip Gloss x2 - Freebie
    • £49 worth of free credit from O2 thanks to JakeJakeJake who posted the thread - freebie
    • £50 - comp win
    • Won cool bag.
  • sovarn
    sovarn Posts: 147 Forumite
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    You could set this forum to sort by 'Thread Start time' that way all you have to do it work through the list without it going out of order.
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