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How long did it take you to win your first prizes?

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  • happysaz133
    happysaz133 Posts: 908 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    About a month of being on MSE before I won a comp posted by a user on here :)

    Good luck!
    I just enter and forget...hoping to win something! :)
  • lolascott
    lolascott Posts: 235 Forumite
    I won a book on goodreads on my second day! i've won 21 prizes since starting in feb. good luck! x
    £135/£2015

    2014 - 21 wins :) 2015 - 3 wins :)
  • On-A-Rainbow
    On-A-Rainbow Posts: 316 Forumite
    When I first started comping it took about a week iirc.


    Just come back to comping after a long break and I only do it for fun, if I win brilliant :)


    Stick at it :)
  • jumbojuice
    jumbojuice Posts: 420 Forumite
    still waiting! boo...
  • Riekinroastie
    Riekinroastie Posts: 90 Forumite
    It took me two months but I've just had two wins in two days :beer:

    Hope it happens for you soon.
    Wishing everyone the best of luck. :)

    Wins since July 2014: Spa break and fake tan, Nikon D5300 kit, two tickets to Grand Designs Live, Original Source shower gel, tickets to Festive Gift Fair, a pair of smart wool socks, Frozen DVD and CD, a trip to Oslo, a Braun shaver and £150 Amazon vouchers. :)
  • Rev
    Rev Posts: 3,171 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Ten months in. No wins for me yet.
    Sigless
  • mansey
    mansey Posts: 4,585 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    sax11 wrote: »
    2724 a day

    not including tweets/fb/rc/gleam/mags/phone/postcard or selfies

    I think you will find Sax is pulling the wee wee :rotfl:

    Once you have been here for a while you will get to know the characters ;)

    (or maybe he isn't :eek:)
    “I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.” - Billy Joel
    C2W........718/1000......FB...........526/1000
    IG...........667/1000......MD..........652/1000
    2020 January Challenge
    Simply Media 423/1000
    Winning Moments 85/1000
  • happysaz133
    happysaz133 Posts: 908 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    It depends how many comps you are entering per day as well. Some on here enter well over a hundred per day, some only a few.
    I just enter and forget...hoping to win something! :)
  • SuzieTheCat
    SuzieTheCat Posts: 1,766 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 500 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    About 2-3 weeks in :)!
    Wins of 2021
  • sax11
    sax11 Posts: 3,250 Forumite
    Home Insurance Hacker!
    mansey wrote: »
    I think you will find Sax is pulling the wee wee :rotfl:

    Once you have been here for a while you will get to know the characters ;)

    (or maybe he isn't :eek:)
    i was

    i dont think i manage that much in a month
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