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How long without a win

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  • jaxdia
    jaxdia Posts: 796 Forumite
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    Meow7 wrote: »
    For those that haven't won for a month or two, roughly how many comps do you enter per day? Just curious as to the entry to win rate

    I've got a tab counter on Firefox, and it seems to be between 50-70 a day on average. I only enter the ones I'm interested in though. No competitions for dribble bibs, baby clothes or evening dresses.

    Though seeing a big burly bloke like me in an evening dress could be something people would pay to see. Might be an earner :p
    Wins of 2014: *zip*
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  • Meow7
    Meow7 Posts: 536 Forumite
    jaxdia wrote: »
    I've got a tab counter on Firefox, and it seems to be between 50-70 a day on average. I only enter the ones I'm interested in though. No competitions for dribble bibs, baby clothes or evening dresses.

    Though seeing a big burly bloke like me in an evening dress could be something people would pay to see. Might be an earner :p

    Think you'd be on to a winner there! :rotfl:

    I'm the same, I don't enter anything for babies/kids and I don't tend to enter for dresses/shoes unless it's something my Mum would like (I'm not that sort of girl lol). Also don't tend to enter for tickets to anything I wouldn't want to go to, and as my music taste is firmly rooted in the 80's, that means I don't enter many! :D

    Always interested in how many people enter a day, and especially how many are entered without a win
  • Elsbells21
    Elsbells21 Posts: 1,702 Forumite
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    Meow7 wrote: »
    For those that haven't won for a month or two, roughly how many comps do you enter per day? Just curious as to the entry to win rate

    Probably about 250 a week for me... :o
  • Madrabbitgirl
    Madrabbitgirl Posts: 941 Forumite
    It used to be that I would expect to get a win & would start to get it a bit twitchy after a few days without one! Now my wins seem to be dwindling a little, with no wins at all last month & just a curly wurly so far this month. I feel like I'm getting used to it. I even didn't bother to listen out for the postman this morning (for the first time in ages!) :)
    I'm not complaining though as everyone goes through dry spells. I enter 7 days a week between 30 - 100 comps (usually somewhere inbetween)
    :D January 2016: :) Seed Pantry Grow Pod :)
  • Meow7
    Meow7 Posts: 536 Forumite
    I get a bit excited the first time I open my emails on a morning, and when the postie arrives, but I never expect a win and therefore am not too disappointed when one doesn't materialise!

    I enter every day, between 150-300 comps per day
  • dinglefoot
    dinglefoot Posts: 2,235 Forumite
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    It's been two or three months now and I am getting itchy feet...all I've won since January is a fridge magnet too and I'm sure I enter hundreds a week!
    I get excited each day when I get home from work each day and open the door...only to see only bills on the doormat haha. Oh well :)
    SPC '21 #075
  • well I enter about 250 a week, mostly holidays and stuff I need, and the ITV comps (wishful thinking) but won great prizes last year, this year not so great but I suppose thats how it goes, I have never won daily and some people seem to win on a daily basis, they must have Lady luck on there side!
  • stubrown55
    stubrown55 Posts: 989 Forumite
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    Nothing this year at all and not much last year from 3-400 entries per week. Perhaps building up for the big one!!
    2025 : over 3 years without a win. Then 4 in a couple of months - 3 books and a small That’s Life prize 🎉🎉🎉
  • luckylady0
    luckylady0 Posts: 141 Forumite
    I've been comping regularly for 5 years and 4 months and had 6 small wins (under £20 each) so I have itchy feet all the time :p
  • TheMoneypit
    TheMoneypit Posts: 4,404 Forumite
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    I've been lucky and had a minimum of 2 wins every month since May 2012 so I've only had to scratch a few times if I go more than 2/3 weeks between them.
    Prize fund 2025 £18 Prize Fund 2024 £1660
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