MSE News: Comping success sees MoneySaver win £50k worth of prizes in five years

Former_MSE_Helen

A mum-of-two says she's won a staggering £50,000 worth of prizes in five years using MoneySavingExpert's forum...

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Comping success sees MoneySaver win £50k worth of prizes in five years




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sax11

old news was in the daily mail months ago (or linked from) - also runs a blog and dedicated coupon site

and expect the mad influx of new compers with stupid questions

keshimonster

sax11 wrote: »

old news was in the daily mail months ago (or linked from) - also runs a blog and dedicated coupon site

and expect the mad influx of new compers with stupid questions

Was about to say - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/woman-wins-10k-worth-prizes-4573546

You have to be a blogger to win this many prizes.

Former_MSE_Andrea

We love hearing about any compers' wins and are looking forward to hearing from all the newbies joining us on the Comps board.

A huge welcome to anyone new joining us! Give us a shout if this story inspires you to start comping

pixelwife

I'm not a blogger and I won over £9k worth last year whilst also holding down a FT job, having a baby etc!

Former_MSE_Andrea

Fantastic! And £265 already this year according to your signature! Love it

jaibaby

*Rolls eyes at yet another influx of new compers who think they too can "earn" thousands*

Only one question - why is it that whenever these articles pop up, everything they've won is still in boxes? Maybe they wait around for the journalist, that they've called and said "I want to sell you my [STRIKE]soul[/STRIKE] story", to come around. Things I win don't tend to be in boxes for more than five minutes unless I manage to hide it in the Christmas box.

Makes you wonder......

pixelwife

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

Fantastic! And £265 already this year according to your signature! Love it

Yeah this year is much slower but I'm working much longer hours and enjoying lots of family time! It's still fun and unlike some, very little is boxed and lots of wins are gratefully used!!!

canterswest

Hobby?


From her Facebook page on not such a good day -


'I am shocked and shaken that someone has made a fake profile for me and personally sent personal messages to other coupon pages in my name slandering them! If anyone knows me they will know I don't have a bad bone is my body and to be the victim of this when I am suffering with this rare condition is cruel. I know who you are and I am now heading to the police station to report you. I will also be taking legal action because no one will get away with slandering my business (I'm shaking right now). Thank you so much to everyone who messaged me informing me about this matter.


The next post starts 'I am now at the Police Station .....


Sorry to be a realist but this is nothing to do with hobbies or charity, it's more likely a very low paid job, good luck to her.

nan64

pixelwife wrote: »

I'm not a blogger and I won over £9k worth last year whilst also holding down a FT job, having a baby etc!

That's amazing! Did you enter loads or was it sheer luck? I always wonder if the more you enter the more you win, but then there is the theory that winning is random mmmmm don't think I will crack a system!

Best wishes
Nan

mjm3346

We cannot post winners names that are in the public domain because someone might be identifiable, so the person MSE are posting about remains unidentifiable how?

Originally Posted by MSE Megan View Post
Hi! I've got an update from Legal, they said...

We can’t encourage the swapping of personal data and I don’t consider that putting a first name with an initial for a surname would get around this - where people have unusual names or live in a particular area which is listed on their profile, they may still be identifiable. Are the names of the competition winners listed somewhere on the Radio’s site? If so, instead of posting names on a thread users can be directed to that URL.

Sorry it's not good news but maybe post the links as they've suggested?

Thanks everyone