ITV comps - what am I doing wrong?

JessicAhh

NeedToWinAnITVComp wrote: »

When are they switching to postal entries? Are you sure this will be for every single ITV competition?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4974636

The_3rd_Zebu

NeedToWinAnITVComp wrote: »

I have been entering every single ITV comp for the past FIVE years using 26, yes 26 different phone numbers............

I would be interested to know how long it takes you to send in all those entries on an average day.

JessicAhh

BlueBella wrote: »

I think greediness can backfire at times!

Greediness and expectations of winning are both bad comping karma.

Good comping karma - for me at least! - comes from... helping out on these boards, postings comps, saying well done to people, etc. etc.

NeedToWinAnITVComp

The only one I can see with postal entries is Loose Women. The real deal ones are still online.

If they all do go to postal entries then I guess I'll have to do that then - although not as many times as I am currently doing with the web entries otherwise it will be a full time job! lol

sax11

JessicAhh wrote: »

Greediness and expectations of winning are both bad comping karma.

Oh, so thats where i've been going wrong

the helping out bit i do - maybe it balances out :rotfl:

NeedToWinAnITVComp

It takes me around an hour each day. I split the entries across the days so for example if This Morning has 156 entries based on 26 phone numbers, I divide 156 by the number of days from the opening date till the closing date. I have a nice little Excel spreadsheet that works out all the daily entries I need to do that day for each comp in order to complete them all by the closing date.

sax11

one last comment on this if you want to do all the postal entries.

NeedToWinAnITVComp

Well maybe that's where I'm going wrong then. Although I don't think entering more times to increase ones chances is greediness..

JessicAhh

NeedToWinAnITVComp wrote: »

The only one I can see with postal entries is Loose Women. The real deal ones are still online.

If they all do go to postal entries then I guess I'll have to do that then - although not as many times as I am currently doing with the web entries otherwise it will be a full time job! lol

If you read that thread, there's a comment on around 2nd or 3rd page from the end where someone has been told by ITV that all comps are likely to go that way.

There's also a comment from ITV to say only one entry, however, Ts and Cs seem to imply all entry routes are unlimited.

mjm3346

NeedToWinAnITVComp wrote: »

No, I checked this out already with ITV and they confirmed what their T&C's say - the entries are per phone number even if it is the same person entering. There are no rules against multiple entries from the same person using different phone numbers..

You can enter with as many numbers as you like but 26 is no where near enough to make it likely you will win rather than lose, if you can get around 10,000 numbers to call from you are starting to give yourself a good chance of winning.