E: 16/05 Win A Pair Of Addicted Underwear

Lakshmi7

Gay Times

Eleventh competition down.

matt.warman83

Multiple comps from Gay Times. Link takes you to all the comps.
Click the enter button at the bottom of each competition.

http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/Interact/Competitions.aspx

Win a pair of tickets to see HAPPY DAYS – A NEW MUSICAL! ends 10/05/2014
Win £50 to spend on whatever you want from Prowler.co.uk ends 11/05/2014
Win 1 pair of VIP tickets to Taste of London plus dinner in The Truscott Arms ends 14/05/2014
Win one of thee copies of G.B.F from Peccadillo Pictures on DVD! ends 15/05/2014
Win one of 5 Pairs of Addicted Underwear ends 16/05/2014
Win tickets to Meow Meow: Feline Intimate at the London Wonderground ends 18/05/2014
Win a pair of tickets to see Cosi Fan Tutte! ends 06/06/2014

weeowens

matt.warman83 wrote: »

Multiple comps from Gay Times. Link takes you to all the comps.
Click the enter button at the bottom of each competition.

http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/Interact/Competitions.aspx

Win a pair of tickets to see HAPPY DAYS – A NEW MUSICAL! ends 10/05/2014
Win £50 to spend on whatever you want from Prowler.co.uk ends 11/05/2014
Win 1 pair of VIP tickets to Taste of London plus dinner in The Truscott Arms ends 14/05/2014
Win one of thee copies of G.B.F from Peccadillo Pictures on DVD! ends 15/05/2014
Win one of 5 Pairs of Addicted Underwear ends 16/05/2014
Win tickets to Meow Meow: Feline Intimate at the London Wonderground ends 18/05/2014
Win a pair of tickets to see Cosi Fan Tutte! ends 06/06/2014

Lakshmi7 usually post these on separate threads eg: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4949710

I will pm a BG re a merge.

sent to Glad

weeowens

I hope that no offence is taken but could maybe have a read of this before posting more comp threads: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1014121

The current style that you are posting via ie lumping comps together & no end dates will just create work for others.

Cheers

weeowens

Specifically:

2 How do I search to see if a comp has been posted?
The Forum Search is not foolproof although if you take a couple of easy steps then it can help you not to post duplicate comps.

On any Forum page, just above where the threads are listed you will see the option to ‘Search this Forum’, click this & then select ‘Advanced Search’.

A new screen will open, which is the Advanced Search screen & seems to be more responsive to searches.

Please refer to the image below for numbered steps.

1. Key Words.
   Take the main part of a comp page address (URL) & type / paste it here.
   For Example, if http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/competitions/show/id/2704 is the comp page, use keyword: goodtoknow.co.uk
   Also, for the radio comps, try searching for the part of the url that starts '/Article...' it should bring up the other stations if they have been posted.
   
   I recommend you only use the main part of the comp URL as sometimes comps change location on a site.
   
   If that search brings back too many results, then try using a word from the comp which will have been used if it was posted on MSE to narrow it down slightly.
   For Example, goodtoknow.co.uk watch
   
   You could also use the answer to search again, just to ensure you aren’t about to post a comp that is already on here.
2. Search Forums.
   If Competitions Time is not already highlighted in the list, simply scroll down the list & click on it to highlight.
3. Also search in child forums.
   Ensure this box is ticked, it means the search will also check in Competitions Time sub forums (the I won! Forum, the Game Over Forum & the Regular Competitions Forum).

Click on the 'Search Now' button & it will bring back a list of results. Read through the list carefully to see if the comp has already been posted. Repeat the search a couple of times with different search criteria to be more certain that the comp is a new one.

Something else to be aware of is that it can take a couple of hours for the forum software to include new threads into the search function. If you take a quick glance down the last couple of pages of threads to check for comps that sound similar to the one you are about to post & don’t see anything then you are about ready to post a new comp!

Another way some MSE Compers use to search for specific comps is to use the Google Search Engine. If you wanted to search for, say, Kung Fu Panda comps in the forum then you would type:
"Kung Fu Panda" "competition" site:forums.moneysavingexpert.com
(Please note the placement of the speech marks as that is very important!)
This would then return results relating to your search request.

weeowens

6 How do I post a comp on here?
Firstly, do a thorough search (see above) to ensure the comp is not already on MSE.

Check you are in the Competitions Time Forum & then click ‘New Thread’, from the link at the top or the bottom of any main forum page.

A new page is displayed for you to fill information about the comp you want to post.

1. Put the date at the beginning of the title box, & please use the Forum standard, below.
   
   E: XX/XX, For Example, E: 02/04 Win a .....
   
   This makes things a lot easier for the BGs & Compers (like you) to find comps that are ending. If the comp ends within 12 months then it is fine to put the dd/mm date as explained above. If you have a rare comp that has more than a year to the end date then please stick to the posting convention above then put a space & put the year in brackets - but only if it is MORE THAN 12 months ahead.
   E: 02/04 (2018) Win....... <-Only if comp is more than 12 months away from ending.
   
   If you can’t see the closing date for a comp in the T & C or on the webpage then please estimate an end date. Without an end date on the thread title it will be moved into the Game Over sub forum prematurely, which would be a bit of a waste of your effort in posting it for us. If you had to estimate the end date then pop that into your post so that if, later on, the website add an end date another member can highlight the new information.
   
   E: 30/06 (?)
   
   The Thread Title then needs a short description of the prize that can be won, For Example, Holiday to Tenerife.
   
   If you are posting the answers to a mag with multiple comps & answers then put the mag name & issue in the thread title, eg, That’s Life Magazine Issue 10
   
   If the comp is entered by email or there is an age / location restriction then it is helpful to put that in the title in brackets, For Example, (U16)
   
   If a comp has a particular end time it is useful if it is posted in the thread title too, For Example, 5pm.
   
   So a few examples to sum it up:
   E: 28/12 Trip to New York (email)
   E: 15/09 Bee movie DVD (U16)
   E: 05/03 3pm Indiana Jones Goody Bag
   E: 07/01 £50 ToysRUs vouchers (email)(Oxford)
2. In the main body of the post, you can type in the link to the page & whether it is a comp where you need to login / register. (I’ll go through neat link or clickies in just a moment). Do be aware when you are posting a comp that you should be using excerpts & links rather than copying long text.

You can ‘Preview Post’ to see how it will look, if you want, before you click to ‘Submit New Thread’. Please remember that if a site URL appears as !!!!!! in the preview then it is a site which has been banned on MSE & shouldn't be posted.

Bauer / Heart Radio Station Competitions:
You can only enter through one Bauer station now, and that includes Kerrang, (but not Kiss for some strange reason).

You can also only enter through one Heart station, and whilst you don't have to enter through your local station they prefer that you do. The regular comp poster for these ones posts a list of all the stations for the big prizes to make it easier to enter.

matt.warman83

Thanks. Sorry, ill get there

fire**fly

matt.warman83 wrote: »

Thanks. Sorry, ill get there

Hi, ALL of us were all new once on the comps board & have done the same
in the past & still do when in a hurry & lots of us
including those who have been here a long time still post dupes,

please don't worry about it & thanks for trying,
there's a great comping guide here

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1014121

that helps us all & explains how to search for comps/post etc
but still bearing in mind the search facility isn't all that 100%
& we can all be caught out,
thanks again for contributing & keep on x