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Systems?

Hi everyone sorry if this has been posted before but how to do keep track of the comps you enter? Do you have a system? :p
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  • starrybee
    starrybee Posts: 1,917 Forumite
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    I don't keep track, I enter and forget :D

    Obviously use the green ticks to mark off what I've entered, but I don't write them down anywhere else, I don't see the point, and it makes the wins more of a surprise :)
  • Daphne01
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    same as starrybee, keeping a spread sheet or anything else like it takes too much time. Carry on comping :)
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  • Kirri
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    Just the green ticks/red cross now - for the first month or so I did write them down to see how many I'd entered but was a waste of time and ultimately far too time consuming.
  • LadyMorticia
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    I use the red crosses and green ticks. Also, I keep a word document and have different headings correlating to the month i.e. January, February etc. I add to a number when I enter a comp, so if I entered 1 comp that month, the number would be 1, another comp it would be 2 etc. I also keep a list of the wins for that month and how much they have totaled so far that month. Then once the month is up, I add that total to my total so far for the year.
    I never keep a list of exact comps I have entered though. That would be far too time-consuming...!
    Yeah...I am way too organised...
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  • Daphne01
    Daphne01 Posts: 22,145 Forumite
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    edited 9 June 2013 at 3:00PM
    I do subscribe to each I enter though as it gives you a total of how many entered. I clear it on 1st Jan and start again.

    LadyM I keep a list of winnings too, with a monthly total and a running total of all the previous months so I'll join you in the (OCD) organized club :p
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  • weeowens
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    Green tick,Thanks & forget about it.

    No paper notes,no spreadsheets.

    Just enter & forget :-)
  • starrybee
    starrybee Posts: 1,917 Forumite
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    Oh yes I do keep a list of all my winnings though :)
  • LadyMorticia
    LadyMorticia Posts: 19,899 Forumite
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    Daphne01 wrote: »
    I do subscribe to each I enter though as it gives you a total of how many entered. I clear it on 1st Jan and start again.

    LadyM I keep a list of winnings to, with a monthly total and a running total of all the previous months so I'll join you in the (OCD) organized club :p

    Now I don't feel so weird. :D
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  • daviduk1976
    daviduk1976 Posts: 378 Forumite
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    Defo Green tick does it for me :) and wait for the WTC and WEM and best of all the suprise deliveries.....I still get excited when the postman knocks :)
    TOTAL 2013 £3100 :eek:
    TOTAL 2014 £1250

    TOTAL 2015: £500 winning:2 tkts to theatre, Cap1 Footie, weeks holiday in lakes.
  • purple_x
    purple_x Posts: 681 Forumite
    weeowens wrote: »
    Green tick,Thanks & forget about it.

    No paper notes,no spreadsheets.

    Just enter & forget :-)


    This :D

    I used to keep a list of all the comps I'd entered but it took up too much time!
    I do still have a list of my wins though.
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