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  • sax11
    sax11 Posts: 3,250 Forumite
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    ive only just seen them and only enter with an email address anyway - takes 30 secs - trawl through what i dont want
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,264 Forumite
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    Some of them (like some blog competitions) are total rubbish, a "selected" ie who they want winner, second hand prizes or even no prize ever arriving but there are some ok ones and if entry levels are low your chances are better.

    As grannybiker has said with the tick and cross it is easy to pass them by if you want to.
  • I still don't quite 'get' Rafflecopter! I'm always forgetting one of the steps so no wonder I don't win! I'll only enter if it's something I really want and I don't have to tweet, or share - or follow some ghastly blog of one of the blog owners friend's sister etc etc!

    It's great when posters put Rafflecopter in the title so I can ignore but I guess also great to be grateful for every post as I'd never find all these comps. I think everyone agrees the boards are pretty clogged up at the moment but hopefully once Christmas is over it will all settle down.

    ( I must admit to opening the odd post and muttering "Another bleeding Rafflecopter" to myself tho!):rotfl:
  • Stoodles
    Stoodles Posts: 828 Forumite
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    :o:o:oI like Rafflecopters. :eek::eek::eek:

    I enjoy the rhythm of clicking through the entries. Once you'e done a few, you are following most of the blogs by most of the methods, so there is no time consuming signing up.

    And, of course, I win things from them.

    But to me the most important reason for keeping them on the main board is that I enjoy entering a variety of types of comp, rather than spending a long time tweeting, then a long time like and commenting.
  • I Love rafflecopters and have been quite successful with them. One week into december and my prizes from rafflecopters this month is already at £150+ with fab christmas pressies.

    I'd leave them on the main board and just keep scrolling if you don't like them
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
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    You could say the same for the daily mags, twitter, facebook comps etc - if you don't enter them then you will most likely think they clog up the board!
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • mclarkie
    mclarkie Posts: 13,536 Forumite
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    Two of my bigger wins have been from rafflecopter comps.

    It's more the small time bloggers who are the problem not the RC widget.
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
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    I don't do Twitter comps and as long as there is a 'TW' or 'Twitter' in the title, I am happy to just hit the red cross button and no time lost. For those who don't do Rafflecopters - they can just do the same when the see 'RC' or 'Raff' or 'Rafflecopter' in the title - it is not hard work!
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • I like Rafflecopters and have had some nice wins from them. Including the absolute worst book I have ever read in my life that I can't *believe* got published but hey- it was an experience! Agree with whoever said that it is best that they are mixed in with all the others on the main board as then you are not doing lots of the same type of comps at one time and getting fed up.
  • robbies_gal
    robbies_gal Posts: 7,895 Forumite
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    as long as its in the title i dont thik it should be moved you can easily ski them

    if u start moving them then what else is going to ask to have its own thread
    What goes around-comes around
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