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You've entered a competition to win WHAT!!!

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  • kzmicallef
    kzmicallef Posts: 228 Forumite
    I won a ten pound gift card for a baby website and then they sent me an email saying it wasn't valid on anything under £100. But it's the rafflecopters that bother me, the ones where they give away beauty products that have been used....yuck!
    Starting afresh - comping as much as poss!

    Hoping for: some beauty goods, clothes, amazon vouchers, anime, manga, wardrobe, fridge freezer, laptop, an ipad, vouchers for next, exercise goods, a uk break and a wee hol somewhere nice!
    Wishing all a little luck:beer:
  • Soosieboo
    Soosieboo Posts: 679 Forumite
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    the worst I entered was for a prestigious soup company offering fridge magents on a 'follow friday' twitter. #FF is littered with lots of silly, low value prizes but tweeting only takes a second..
    I thought they would be nice chunky ones just like their lettering.. what i got was 2 pieces of cardboard that barely stuck to the fridge!

    If it's not on a #FF I don't bother with the small low value prizes.
    I also hate seeing the ones listed that say 'win this beautiful piece of jewellery' when you see the picture it looks like it was made by a child or from Hama beads..:rotfl:
    Thanks to those that post the comps!!
    :j:beer:
  • Kirri
    Kirri Posts: 6,184 Forumite
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    What amazes me is how many people actually enter to win some of the c**p and post the win with the well known saying "a win is a win" ;)

    Yep I was thinking the same! Some sigs are full of things I wonder why they wanted them!
  • cagsd
    cagsd Posts: 7,694 Forumite
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    I've seen a few comps lately to win a can of soup.... why would you bother?!!
  • vpeake
    vpeake Posts: 463 Forumite
    entered to win a dvd but when it arrived it was pre owned and had a sticker still on saying £3.99 o_O
    :j:j:j
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,375 Forumite
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    A few big companies wanting us to tweet to win a bar of chocolate or a tube of toothpaste! I don't bother with tweeting to win items like those!
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • vpeake
    vpeake Posts: 463 Forumite
    BlueBella wrote: »
    A few big companies wanting us to tweet to win a bar of chocolate or a tube of toothpaste! I don't bother with tweeting to win items like those!

    to be fair i dont mind doing things like that, only takes a sec when im retweeting all the big comps anyway. It's just rafflecopter for those types of items that really annoys me. Just isn't worth the effort. Plus that's where they usually put about 20 different ways of following them you have to do to enter the competition!
    :j:j:j
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,375 Forumite
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    vpeake wrote: »
    to be fair i dont mind doing things like that, only takes a sec when im retweeting all the big comps anyway. It's just rafflecopter for those types of items that really annoys me. Just isn't worth the effort. Plus that's where they usually put about 20 different ways of following them you have to do to enter the competition!

    True! Must admit some of the Rafflecopters make me swear loudly (and I don't often :eek:) when I see the list of things they expect us to do! Some bloggers appear quite greedy! :mad:
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • nelie
    nelie Posts: 1,568 Forumite
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    Or when you get a runners up prize which you have no intention of using or being completely unrelated to the main prize! By that I mean entering without knowing there's a runners up prize!

    I once got some slimming tablets which I have no idea where they came from as I would have never enter anything to do with that sort of diet pills...
    December Wins: £300 worth of board games, £500 Tesco Vouchers Best Win in 2023: £500 Tesco Vouchers
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,375 Forumite
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    I never enter to win diet pills either! Apart from the fact that I don't need to diet, I don't trust them personally! You hear of horror stories - like people growing horns!
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
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