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Is it just me or does this annoy anyone else?

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I enter a comp, get a call from the promoter which starts with "you entered a competition recently ......" Heart starts pounding, you hold your breath & wait to hear what you have won and they say...."you didn't win but as a thank you we'd like to offer you a discount" 😡

I find it worse than a LEM :mad:
:j BIG THANKS TO ALL COMP POSTERS, MUCH APPRECIATED :j

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  • hamsterfan1
    hamsterfan1 Posts: 8,281 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    or even worse they try to sell you s ubscriptions - You know who you are , the Torygraph, Jamie Oliver etc
    proud gran to 4 lovely boys and one little girl
  • Yeah i had that yesterday - very annoying
  • jamie oliver magazine ! grrr! all the time lol.

    dont ring me if i havent won.

    although one time i got one from smooth radio, like this is sarah from smooth radio, you recently entered a competition for a mark warner 5 star resort trip to greece for 4 people... youve won!

    that was a suprise haha! xx
    Won some amazing prizes in the past 2 years :j
    THANKYOU TO EVERYONE THAT POSTS!!! :)
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 4 December 2013 at 8:33PM
    Yes I get them too and I hate it when they offer you a subscription - if I say no I always think well do they take my name off the list of possible winners just because i turned them down!?
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • MsBooty
    MsBooty Posts: 286 Forumite
    100 Posts
    So its not just me then. Even though I told him I am not interested they still sent me the details in the post :mad:
    :j BIG THANKS TO ALL COMP POSTERS, MUCH APPRECIATED :j
  • Nix143
    Nix143 Posts: 1,130 Forumite
    After I got made redundant in 2010 (working now) I started saying I'd love to buy your wine/mag/paper but I've just been made redundant #sadvoice. It stops them in their tracks every time, I don't think it's on their scripts ;)
    Comps £2016 in 2016 - 1 wins = £530 26.2%
    SEALED POT CHALLENGE MEMBER No. 428 2015 - £210.93


  • MsBooty
    MsBooty Posts: 286 Forumite
    100 Posts
    Nix143 wrote: »
    After I got made redundant in 2010 (working now) I started saying I'd love to buy your wine/mag/paper but I've just been made redundant #sadvoice. It stops them in their tracks every time, I don't think it's on their scripts ;)

    I like that one :rotfl: May use that myself
    :j BIG THANKS TO ALL COMP POSTERS, MUCH APPRECIATED :j
  • Louiseoc
    Louiseoc Posts: 901 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    I like it when you enter a comp, opt out of newsletters etc and then you have to confirm your entry by clicking the newsletter subscription on your email! whats the point of offering an opt out tick box?
    Win Totals 2013 £3331 / 2014 £4815 / 2015 £3067 / 2016 £5617 / 2017-2023 £4106 / 2024 £2500 OVER £23K!!
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