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When did you win

For all of you regular compers.

I have left out never won, as I wouldn't want anyone to jinx themselves :)

How soon did you win a comp 103 votes

Within a month
37% 39 votes
A month to three months
43% 45 votes
Three months to six months
10% 11 votes
More than six months
7% 8 votes
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Comments

  • kipper_2-2
    kipper_2-2 Posts: 56,025 Forumite
    Al, I don't wanna put you off or anything ;)

    but it took me nearly 18 months :eek: for my first big win


    mind you when I started on here, the volume of comps was pretty sparse :)
  • I've just had my first proper win ....an ipod shuffle on the pirelli site
    "Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into someone else's nonsense, tell yourself: Not my circus, not my monkeys." - Mark Borkowski.
  • mrsyorkie
    mrsyorkie Posts: 998 Forumite
    500 Posts
    I've been comping since the end of March and I won a family cinema ticket in May and also a lacoste goody bag in may (still waiting for the lacoste stuff to come).

    Mustafa - i've done that quiz for days and days on end to win the shuffle and i haven't won yet! Well done :D I've won loads of MP3 vouchers that i'll never use unless I get the ipod though. If i don't win the ipod i may give them away here!
  • Prudent
    Prudent Posts: 11,645 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I think your poll is a good idea because we get asked this question a lot.
  • I haven't won anything really big but within a week of comping I have won about £30-£35 of prizes.
    2025 - finally back comping after a stressful house move - send me fairy dust please
  • Gilla_2
    Gilla_2 Posts: 13,228 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    It's the anticipation of winning ................so nice to see the postman turn up with a parcel! :T

    I've had mainly small wins and 3 or 4 medium ones. Still waiting for a biggie!
    42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot
    :hello: Good Luck everyone !:hello:
  • catz747
    catz747 Posts: 20,381 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Gosh I'm suprised so many win in the first month :D
  • Kirsty5
    Kirsty5 Posts: 15 Forumite
    Do you think a lot of the 'within the first month' wins are the Avon comps?? :rotfl:
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  • furndire
    furndire Posts: 7,308 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    My first win was a tee shirt, and a cd by someone called Nathan, never heard of him then, or since, and neither had the family, but the tee shirt was handy.
  • gingerchick
    gingerchick Posts: 3,847 Forumite
    When I started comping regularly it took me over 6 months to start seeing any prizes come in.
    I think it takes that long to get a good build up of entries out there.
    I'd won a couple of things before that, but it was winning those things that got me into this hobby.
    Since I started winning I've had a steady stream of prizes, most of them dvd's and cd's, but a few good prizes are coming in now.
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