'Ends on' and 'Reach us by'

andrew71

OK this may sound daft but is there any difference regarding the terms 'Reach us by' and 'Ends on' regarding competitions?

For example if the website says that the competition ends on the 25th September then obviously that is the last date to get entries in, but. If the site says Reach us by 25th September then does that mean to reach them before the 25th September as they will draw the winner on that day?

Like I say probably a daft question but sometimes the daft questions are the best :rotfl:

weeowens

On the comps with Reach us by 25th September I would post it as E: 24/09.

That's if I spot the "reach by" of course :-)
I'm not perfect at spotting all the text :-(

On the comps with ends on the 25th September I would post it as E: 25/09,unless an early time was stated.If so I would drop a day off the end date.Eg: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4767362

Just my view of course :-)

Luckyone

I post both as ending on the 25th, because if I post 24th for the reach us by 25th & the comp was still open then people have missed out.

So I err on the side of caution

xxx

Glad

Luckyone wrote: »

I post both as ending on the 25th, because if I post 24th for the reach us by 25th & the comp was still open then people have missed out.

So I err on the side of caution

xxx

who would miss out if you posted 24th?

Barnabysue

I do the same as weeowens and if a comp ends early in the day I put the end date as the day before, otherwise end date compers could miss out.

Luckyone

Glad wrote: »

who would miss out if you posted 24th?

Sorry if I put the end date as 24th & the comp went into game over & the comp was still open on the 25th then people miss out on a day to enter

Barnabysue

Luckyone wrote: »

Sorry if I put the end date as 24th & the comp went into game over & the comp was still open on the 25th then people miss out on a day to enter

But if you put the 25th and it ends early in the day, more people would miss out surely?

Luckyone

probably less than putting 24th

Glad

Luckyone wrote: »

Sorry if I put the end date as 24th & the comp went into game over & the comp was still open on the 25th then people miss out on a day to enter

but everyone would already have entered it thinking it ended on 24th???

Glad

Barnabysue wrote: »

But if you put the 25th and it ends early in the day, more people would miss out surely?

that's how I see it, putting 25th on a comp that may end on 24th means people comping by end date on the 25th will all miss out

but I can't see who will miss out if the 24th is put as the end date (only people who have totally missed all the 24ths for some reason?)

Luckyone

Glad wrote: »

but everyone would already have entered it thinking it ended on 24th???

Right this is my opinion,

I would put 25th for both comps