Free Postcode Lottery/ Pick my postcode thread

BootsMullery

dobbiesloan said:

I think My Bonus is a con. There must be millions in bonuses but we can only get it if we win. So where is the bonus? In the promoters pocket maybe

How can it be a con? It's free to enter - doesn't cost you a penny. What are you being conned out of?
The bonus, as with all the other prizes, comes from the advertisers. Paying out the bonus is just another way of giving away the advertising money they are collecting.
Your bonus doesn't even disappear after you win it, it still carries on going up for the next time you win.

For the sake of checking the site, you get a chance of winning some money. If that bothers you, don't do it.

mjm3346

dobbiesloan said:

I think My Bonus is a con. There must be millions in bonuses but we can only get it if we win. So where is the bonus? In the promoters pocket maybe

The bonus is based on being paid if you win - if it was a withdrawable sum then it would only be a tiny fraction of the amount it shows now. The 16th biggest bonus is less than £3,600 so the total will be nowhere near millions (last May the person with the biggest bonus at that time won over £8,000 (I have won several times and am quite happy to get my bonus of over £100 every time I win rather than have perhaps a one off withdrawable £1.


From their last e-mail

So far we've given away

£1,771,308 for free!

JamboDP

mjm3346 said:

I have won several times and am quite happy to get my bonus of over £100 every time I win rather than have perhaps a one off withdrawable £1.


From their last e-mail

So far we've given away

£1,771,308 for free!

You Jammy sod I have a bonus of over £100 and have never won, It did come out once when I was on holiday in OZ so never got claimed.

Bridger12

I have never won, if I ever win I will be taking my bonus and closing it for good. 

mjm3346

Bridger12 said:

I have never won, if I ever win I will be taking my bonus and closing it for good. 

Your bonus doesn't reset if you win it continues to grow - What would be the point in stopping playing if you won?

cagsd

I've been on that site for over 11 years, never won once ( I check it religiously several times a day) and my postcode has never come up at all as I've always checked the odd times I've missed.
After all that time bonus is still pennies short of £100, how on earth are people getting thousands?? The optional bonus surveys don't pay that much do they? 

JamboDP

cagsd said:

I've been on that site for over 11 years, never won once ( I check it religiously several times a day) and my postcode has never come up at all as I've always checked the odd times I've missed.
After all that time bonus is still pennies short of £100, how on earth are people getting thousands?? The optional bonus surveys don't pay that much do they? 

They must spend all day doing surveys, My bonus is just over £100 and I have never won and I don't do surveys.

mjm3346

cagsd said:

I've been on that site for over 11 years, never won once ( I check it religiously several times a day) and my postcode has never come up at all as I've always checked the odd times I've missed.
After all that time bonus is still pennies short of £100, how on earth are people getting thousands?? The optional bonus surveys don't pay that much do they? 

surveys and offers, surveys generally don't pay very well (down there with Swagbucks) but a winner had a bonus of over £8k (bonus now over £10k) and if they win again will be quid's in.
I joined in 2011 and have a bonus of just under £160

mjm3346

Pleased to say I won again this week, sadly they have stopped doing Amazon Giftcards but payment was made within a few minutes

T1Cybernetic

I've just signed up to pick my postcode a few moments ago Thanks for the information, as I'd never heard of it before.

Don't be too disheartened if you aren't winning. Remember that there are over 1.8 million postcodes in the UK!