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Towser

I have just starting comping and using MSE competitions board.

But.... some competitions are just blatant excuses to make £4.50 a go. Only put in the terms and conditions in tiny writing. They are not competitions at all. Who would do such a thing? It's dishonest.

I couldn't tell you the exact threads because I have entered too many. They are usually the ones to win a voucher for a supermarket and involve MintedMobi.com. and Myoffers

Why do they need your mobile number? I don't want to give it incase they take £4.50 off me several times.

Can the moderator of MSE ban the people who post competitions like this please?

lilias

If you are only using MSE then you shouldn't be seeing comps from My Offers and such sites as they are on the spam list.

This is from the Comping Guide


11 Are there any sites, from experience, which are likely to generate lots of spam?
There are a few which have come to our collective attention as sites that, when used for comps, seem to generate lots of unwanted postal, email & phone call attention. These are listed below for your information, however, please do remember that this is only the collective opinion of other MSE Compers & does not necessarily reflect upon the sites themselves.

2minutedraw
4FreeUK
ABCWins
ActiveYou
Bouncing-Babies
Cashillion (Lead Generation, Data Aquisition, Email Marketing company)
Catalink
Clash Club/Clash media
Club La Costa
Consumer Lifestyles
Consumer Opinions
Craftomatic Beds (Comps appear to be just a way to get a salesman into your home, especially if vulnerable/alone)
Emailinform
EZ Prize Giveaway
Fair Exchange
FindAPrize (questions raised if prizes awarded, slight spam, non existant company address, dodgy? Info here & here)
Foresters (have pestered with phone calls quite badly and even salesmen turning up on the doorstep. See here and here for more info)
Freeb.ie
GetMeATicket
GetYourBillsPaid
GreatUKsurveys
Guide2Win
HelloMagazine (offers.hellomagazine.com - comps on this URL have caused spam to some compers, be aware!)
InstantPrizeDraw
Just-Rewards
Lingscars
MyConsumer
MyFamilyUK
MyOffers
NoizeMakesEnemies (Care - your profile with name, address, phone number & email appear to be on show with no way to make it private!!)
Nuts (comps.nuts.co.uk - comps on this URL run by data collecting co. Data Media & Research Ltd.)
OffersClick
OfferX
Opinioniser
Optical Express (have pestered with calls, more info here and here - scroll down to post on 12 Nov'12 onwards)
Optimax (phone calls, letters & emails!)
PenicuUK.com (linked to Weatherseal below)
PickUpThe Prizes
Planet49 (please read here, here, here & here for more information)
PlayAndWin (beware emails received, see this thread for info)
Plum Offers
PostcodeLottery (see here, here, here & here - don't confuse with FreePostcodeLottery who are fine)
Premier Christian Radio (lots of postal junk mail even when you opt out of future contact)
Prize4U
Prizes.UK
PrizePunch
PrizeStore
RewardsToday
Sandersons Blinds (various comp sites but the prize is for blinds from this company, Thomas Sanderson - pestered very badly, please read here for more info)
ShopBe
Simple2Win
SoapBoxSurvey
SoFreebies
Space Kitchens (see thread here)
SupremeOGlaze (linked to Weatherseal below)TheStarPrize
Swooosh
Tickbox
Topfox
Toyhound
UKDailyDeals
UkPrize
UK-PrizeDraw
VoiceInACrowd
Vouch4me
WatchMyWallet
Weatherseal
Weather Wherever
Whats On TV (now 'powered by Instant Win 4 Now')
Willowbrook (chairs) (have pestered with phone calls quite badly on some comps - see here and also here)
Win 4 Now
Win24
Zenith Windows (linked to Weatherseal above)
Ziinga (beware emails received, see this thread for info)

fire**fly

hi, there are no 'moderators' on here
we have BG's .. Board Guides ie:
Board Guides : 2
Dalkirst, Glad

& they are not responsible for any comps posted,
the Board Guides on MSE description is here,
Board Guide Role Description



AFAIK My Offers comps aren't posted on here either as they are on our Spam listing in the compers guide here..

Comping Guide - Getting Started & Other FAQs

also see lilias
post above this one as it lists the sites you may be best to avoid.

weeowens

Towser wrote: »

I have just starting comping and using MSE competitions board.

But.... some competitions are just blatant excuses to make £4.50 a go. Only put in the terms and conditions in tiny writing. They are not competitions at all. Who would do such a thing? It's dishonest.

I couldn't tell you the exact threads because I have entered too many. They are usually the ones to win a voucher for a supermarket and involve MintedMobi.com. and Myoffers

Why do they need your mobile number? I don't want to give it incase they take £4.50 off me several times.

Can the moderator of MSE ban the people who post competitions like this please?

Hi,I have searched the board & cannot find any thread relating to MintedMobi.com.Re MyOffers there are a few comps that have been posted but all have had notes added re the spam element.
Are you just comping via MSE or are you using other sites?
MyOffers comps include:

£2000 Sainsbury gift card - BBC GOOD FOOD

E: 30/06 win bmw z4 roadster

Win £2000 to spend at ASDA

E: 31/05 Win a year's supply of Pampers

E: 31/05 Win a Weber Baby Q Gas BBQ

E: 31/05 Win £250 worth of Lottery Tickets

A reply from Glad re MyOffers is here.

Moneybot

Bother I was hoping it was old spam or not to spam thread back. Now I feel silly for dressing up...

fire**fly

Towser wrote: »

I have just starting comping and using MSE competitions board.

But.... some competitions are just blatant excuses to make £4.50 a go. Only put in the terms and conditions in tiny writing. They are not competitions at all. Who would do such a thing? It's dishonest.

I couldn't tell you the exact threads because I have entered too many. They are usually the ones to win a voucher for a supermarket and involve MintedMobi.com. and Myoffers

Why do they need your mobile number? I don't want to give it incase they take £4.50 off me several times.

Can the moderator of MSE ban the people who post competitions like this please?

hi, rereading through your post was just wondering if you
have read through the comping guide regarding spam comps & giving out your phone number,

there's lots of useful info & tips that would help..:)

Comping Guide - Getting Started & Other FAQs

mjm3346

A competition listed on here is usually fine (if in doubt don't enter until the post has been up a while to give people a chance to spot if it is a dodgy one).

Sometimes a listed comp is OK but there maybe other 3rd party competitions listed on the same site as the competition that would not normally be posted on here -

For example (but other sites do it as well) this ITV page has their competition towards the bottom of the page which is fine but the 18 above it are from a number of sites on the possible spam list including myoffers, getmeaticket, ukprize, swooosh, catalink etc

http://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/competitions?oid=1297&type=campaign&origin_type=show&origin_oid=GMB_Lorr

JessicAhh

I was just wondering - stupid question maybe - if you enter the magazine daily comps? Some of those have a page of 'offers' that you need to say 'no' to in order to avoid spam. Some of these relate to a mobile phone competition company (think it has a pic of Tom Daley?), with a tick box for these mobile comps that cost money - make sure you're definitely saying you don't want to sign up by ticking the 'not interested' box, rather than the answer to the question.

gholmes724

I don't know why that Sparkle site isn't on the list to me it screams dodgy.

weeowens

gholmes724 wrote: »

I don't know why that Sparkle site isn't on the list to me it screams dodgy.

Hi,you can just pm the keeper of the list, VelvetGlove ,& ask for it to be added to the list.

fire**fly

gholmes724 wrote: »

I don't know why that Sparkle site isn't on the list to me it screams dodgy.

hi, if you think a site should be added to the listing in the
compers guide it would be very helpful if you pm'd velvetglove..

Find all posts by VelvetGlove
as they always ask on the thread for peeps if they think anything should be amended/added etc for them to pm her
ie:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=60294439&postcount=434