Competitions for the over 50's?

Granny_G

Evening all

I have been comping for a few years now and had a little success but I have never managed to win any comps with such as Shortlist, Mr Hyde or Emerald Street or any of these kind of comps which seem to ask for your age which I feel are probably aimed at the younger hip set.
Just wondered if anyone had any success with these who was 50+ or should I just stop wasting my time?

Grateful for any response

Granny G

hamsterfan1

I'm in my late 40s & have won twice with shortlist

hamsterfan1

hamsterfan1 wrote: »

I'm in my late 40s & have won twice with shortlist

there are some sites which you have to be over 40 or 50 to sign up to

Surfermom

I'm 48 and I won a laptop last summer with Shortlist. I don't think it makes any difference.

bod123

Hi I won a holiday to Morrocco with shortlist im in my 40s

JessicAhh

I imagine they just ask the age for internal research purposes. With competitions as large as Shortlist / Stylist, I suspect they are all very 'above board' and randomly selected.

I suspect that some of the smaller companies - e.g. on FB or TW - might only select winners they see as being from their target audience (e.g. age / gender / location), though I hope I'm wrong.

Granny_G

Thats brilliant and congrats to all you winners you have spurred me on I shall keep going - many thanks

gizmobenny

Hi Granny G .. I'm over 50 and won this with Emerald Street just before Christmas.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...ve+as+you+live

I used to think the same as you but am very pleased that I carried on entering :j

Good luck to you

gizmobenny

Won this on Twitter too and really thought I didn't stand a chance against the young'uns.

https://twitter.com/MinersCosmetics/status/420998435593289728

Miners Cosmetics
‏@MinersCosmetics
@daisyduck123 Congrats! You have won our 10K follower comp winning over £500 worth of #MinersCosmetics makeup! X pic.twitter.com/K4pYz5gJqw

lilmiztam22

I'm under 20 and haven't won with Shortlist, Mr Hyde or Emerald Street but have with sixtyplusurfers :rotfl: I think it's purely random
good luck

createbeauty

I'm 30 and have been comping for almost two years and have never won with Shortlist, Stylist, or Emerald Street. Or with The Times for that matter... maybe it really is just random.