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How many comps do you enter?

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  • ellybelly89
    ellybelly89 Posts: 1,107 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    well you can safely say the probablility of winning if you don't enter is zero.
    Other than that it is chance and your chance of winning depends on the number of entries. The more competitions you enter have their own probability of winning so you neither have more nor less chance really? well that's how i see it.
  • dovobet
    dovobet Posts: 113 Forumite
    Do you end up with bucket loads of junk mail and unwanted emails etc? Would like to enter some but dont wanna leave my phone number, just pick the ones that dont ask i suppose.
    Trying to claim flight delay compensation from British Airways :o
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    dovobet wrote: »
    Do you end up with bucket loads of junk mail and unwanted emails etc? Would like to enter some but dont wanna leave my phone number, just pick the ones that dont ask i suppose.
    I get a lot of junk emails which I just delete but I don't get any more than usual postal mail. I've had a few annoying phonecalls but I just go "yeh yeh yeh" until they have finished what they said and then say "No thanks" and hang up.
    2008 Comping Challenge
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  • ellybelly89
    ellybelly89 Posts: 1,107 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    most people set up another email with the free providers i.e. hotmail, yahoo, google so if there is junk mail its all collected there. but be careful that your wins don't get lost in the junk.

    when entering the competitions there is often the option of declaring whether you would like further contact from them.
  • alison6692
    alison6692 Posts: 2,533 Forumite
    I only enter comps that I want to win. Probably works out to be 20 - 30 a week.

    Have only 1 comp and have been comping since about April / May!

    Alison x
    :heart2:Mum to my little Daisy 3 and Archie 1.:heart2:
  • pnq06
    pnq06 Posts: 1,140 Forumite
    dovobet wrote: »
    Do you end up with bucket loads of junk mail and unwanted emails etc? Would like to enter some but dont wanna leave my phone number, just pick the ones that dont ask i suppose.

    Its surely got to be worth it if your getting the winnings of Black-Saturn :D
    (Just check out that sig- now that is impressive!!!)

    Just do what I do and get yourself a free sim and turn it on occasionally :D
  • stilernin
    stilernin Posts: 1,217 Forumite
    most people set up another email with the free providers i.e. hotmail, yahoo, google so if there is junk mail its all collected there. but be careful that your wins don't get lost in the junk.

    Has anyone lost a win by not checking ???

    I have just begun comps again and wonder how carefully you have to check the zillions of emails that come in. Is the word 'win' in the subject or do you have to read everything more carefully? I'm wondering if I've been a bit too quick to delete mails.

    Everyone on here is so friendly and helpful, I've spent hours reading up on tips and ideas. It's really addictive isnt' it?

    Thanks to everyone who unselfishly posts the comps for us all. :T:T
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