How to find comps ending today?

happysaz133

I know I read something about it in a sticky but I didn't quite understand how to get a list of all the ones ending today.

Can someone help me please? In simple terms

fire**fly

happysaz133 wrote: »

I know I read something about it in a sticky but I didn't quite understand how to get a list of all the ones ending today.

Can someone help me please? In simple terms

hi, it's in the comping guide sticky..

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


2 Why can’t I search for comps that are ending on a certain date?
Unfortunately, the forum software isn’t specifically designed with comps in mind, it is only a small part of MSE. This means that certain functionality which we would dearly love to have simply isn’t available.

You can change the Forum thread order to sort posts by end date. Simply go to the bottom of any Forum page & on the left hand side is ‘Display Options’. Click on the ‘Sorted By’ dropdown & then select Thread Title. All 200 odd pages are now listed in Thread Title order.

Each thread will now be listed by the ending date used in the thread title. This means that the threads which end on a particular date will be grouped together - you will just need to find out which page they start from & then you are ready to enter comps for a particular end date.

WARNING: If you are entering comps on the day or even the day before they end you run the risk that perhaps the comp has closed a little early & your entry won't be counted. Another thing to bear in mind is that the Board Guides volunteer hours of their time to keep these boards clear & running smoothly so sometimes comps which are ending today or perhaps tomorrow (in rare cases) may be moved to Game Over a little early - this is a task which has to fit around their real lives & also when they have some spare 'online' time.
SUGGESTION: If you really want to only enter comps right when they are ending then I strongly suggest you get a couple of days ahead of yourself to avoid the above.

Another method you can use for finding comps that end on a particular day is to do a couple of searches using Google or another search engine using each of the following:

"E:01/09" site:moneysavingexpert.com

"E:1/09" site:moneysavingexpert.com

This method will find the comps for the dates you have selected whether they are in Competitions Time Forum, or even the Game Over & Regular Competitions sub forums.

Please note, this is a good way to find comps that end on the date searched, Please be aware though, that it will bring up all comps including those that ended in previous years!

fire**fly

I find this very helpful as well..

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=63573667&postcount=6

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=72&pp=200&sort=title&order=desc&daysprune=-1&page=25

Olzzz

i am trying to resume comping after a long break ( as i had a lovely little baby boy ) but i am having difficulties sorting the comps according to the closing dates. it used to be so easy before. i am doing exactly the same as explained in the help forums but still all dates are messed up. can someone please help me. thanks.

fire**fly

hi, lots of helpful tips in this thread


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5075824

mrsHall2b

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=72&pp=20&sort=title&order=asc&daysprune=-1&page=42

thats where tomorrows start from.. last month i had the same issues and could not get it sorted properly, but starting from first of october i managed to keep up a bit, and keep the date bit open aswell as a tab with the normal board entering date comps aswell as the others

hamsterfan1

I use this https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4140535

remember it's done day/month so all 1st will be before all 2nds etc