not winning

akittensmittens

At one point between Nov 2013 - March 2014 I won a TV, a playstation, an iPad, £500, and a hotel stay. Then I won pretty much nothing for about a year despite still constantly doing comps. Then in the last 2 months i've won a £100 voucher and a £1000 voucher. It's just swings and roundabouts.

akittensmittens

And i'm pretty sure the number of people comping has tripled in the last 3 years

akittensmittens

akittensmittens wrote: »

At one point between Nov 2013 - March 2014 I won a TV, a playstation, an iPad, £500, and a hotel stay. Then I won pretty much nothing for about a year despite still constantly doing comps. Then in the last 2 months i've won a £100 voucher and a £1000 voucher. It's just swings and roundabouts.

Ha, i'm clearly thick. I meant Nov 2012 - March 2013.

sax11

akittensmittens wrote: »

And i'm pretty sure the number of people comping has tripled in the last 3 years

and the rest - people see it as a way of winning something to sell and expect it to start rolling in from the very 1st comp

sooziesue51

I came into comping not expecting to win anything and so far haven,t. I look at it as a hobby and really enjoy reading everyones success stories.
I just do it for the buzz that oneday my boat may come in.

Taloolah

I have been comping for many years and in some years I have won prizes worth up to £20,000. Other years I have won absolutely nada not a thing. Its all about the luck of the draw. I never expect anything and everything is a bonus. I take breaks when I am disillusioned with it, and I only enter for things I want. So keep trying and keep your expectations realistic one day it will be your lucky day.

Moneymadmark

sleepyjones wrote: »

What's your mum's cats name? Shouldn't really make a difference unless it's something really bad ...

When I first started entering comps, I used an email address that contained the dog's name. Over the past few years I've won a couple of dvd's using it. Start of this year, I thought that I'll try to enter more comps per day rather than ad hoc ones, so I set up a proper named email address....I've won nothing using this one, so I doubt it matters either....or maybe they just don't like my real name?

(p.s. is it too early to use a Christmas smiley? :xmastree:

nanny_7

Last year I won three long weekend breaks a kindle an Ipad, and quite a few other prizes, this year apart from some shampoo nothing and then.....last Wednesday had a call from Metro Radio I was at work and should not of had my phone on so all I could hear was I had won tickets for a show at Darlington or Stockton for Saturday night, she said she would send an e/mail with all the details I received nothing so I rang the station felt a proper fool as I had no detail of what show !!! anyway she said she would send an e/mail to other staff to see who had called me but heard nothing more ( checked my spam as well) anyway lesson learnt get more details ...sod work x

san40blue

As long As i get one win a month I carry on, had a spell of winning loads then it dwindled and I won 3 things last month. One day you will look in your inbox and get a lovely surprise and it will all be worth it. I mostly win on photos and slogans if its a random draw I dont have much luck!

Defoe

nanny_7 wrote: »

Last year I won three long weekend breaks a kindle an Ipad, and quite a few other prizes, this year apart from some shampoo nothing and then.....last Wednesday had a call from Metro Radio I was at work and should not of had my phone on so all I could hear was I had won tickets for a show at Darlington or Stockton for Saturday night, she said she would send an e/mail with all the details I received nothing so I rang the station felt a proper fool as I had no detail of what show !!! anyway she said she would send an e/mail to other staff to see who had called me but heard nothing more ( checked my spam as well) anyway lesson learnt get more details ...sod work x

Yes, I got something similar from Bournemouth saying that I had won opera tickets in a competition I know that I had not entered. The balance of view seems to be that this is just spam and should be ignored.............