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ITV comps - what am I doing wrong?

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  • gholmes724
    gholmes724 Posts: 661 Forumite
    The only time I enter postal comps is when an unfranked stamp has dropped through my letter box, I have a strict never pay to enter policy.
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,375 Forumite
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    JessicAhh wrote: »
    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. :D

    I agree completely Jess! I also believe that 'if it was meant to be it will be' :o
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • JessicAhh
    JessicAhh Posts: 3,903 Forumite
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    sax11 wrote: »
    one last comment on this if you want to do all the postal entries.

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    Yep anyone would need a nice hot cuppa by their side, if they're going to enter that many postals :rotfl:

    By the way, I think your new - apparently positive :eek: - signature makes up for your greediness and high expectations, my love... :p :rotfl:
  • NeedToWinAnITVComp
    NeedToWinAnITVComp Posts: 12 Forumite
    Actually if you think about it, if they all went to postal entries limited to one paid entry per person/household, then the odds of winning would increase because less people like me would be doing the multiple phone entry method...

    If they do all go to postal entries I'll just do one entry per comp.
  • NeedToWinAnITVComp
    NeedToWinAnITVComp Posts: 12 Forumite
    Yes I agree kind of, but 156 entries is still 155 more chances to win than someone who makes 1 entry...
  • JessicAhh
    JessicAhh Posts: 3,903 Forumite
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    NeedToWinAnITVComp wrote: »
    Actually if you think about it, if they all went to postal entries limited to one paid entry per person/household, then the odds of winning would increase because less people like me would be doing the multiple phone entry method...

    Hmmm, the "odds of winning", yes... That doesn't mean individually we're anything more than mathematically more or less likely to win - usually, the comping fairy sees to it that people who are pretty deserving win, regardless of the number of times they enter.

    As Bluebella says, if it's meant to be... :)
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,382 Forumite
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    NeedToWinAnITVComp wrote: »
    Actually if you think about it, if they all went to postal entries limited to one paid entry per person/household, then the odds of winning would increase because less people like me would be doing the multiple phone entry method...

    If they do all go to postal entries I'll just do one entry per comp.

    Normal paid phone and text entries have switched to unlimited.
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,382 Forumite
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    NeedToWinAnITVComp wrote: »
    Yes I agree kind of, but 156 entries is still 155 more chances to win than someone who makes 1 entry...

    Yes, but nowhere near enough to make it more likely you will win than lose.
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,375 Forumite
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    I have won a few rafflecopter comps where I have just entered once and not retweeted daily for weeks. I have also won a Nisa comp where you could enter 100 times but I just entered once. So I believe I was meant to win those prizes.
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • sax11
    sax11 Posts: 3,250 Forumite
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    JessicAhh wrote: »
    Yep anyone would need a nice hot cuppa by their side, if they're going to enter that many postals :rotfl:

    By the way, I think your new - apparently positive :eek: - signature makes up for your greediness and high expectations, my love... :p :rotfl:

    That's what i was getting at with the tea

    and apparently ? For me that IS positive
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