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What was your FIRST EVER win?

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I love reading about peoples wins, whether they are small or big wins! It gives me some sort of buzz knowing that one day I might win, or not. Who knows! :rotfl:I've yet to win anything after 1 month of comping... I can't wait until the day I finally WIN, whether it's soon or in months-years to come! Just to know all that effort and time entering would of been worth it :o

So a question so all you compers, that's more than likely been asked a few times...

What was your first win and how long had you been comping before you actually won something? :D:D:D
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  • Bewlay
    Bewlay Posts: 260 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    I was very lucky, it was a 16 night three centre holiday to Thailand - Bangkok, Phuket and Chang Mai. I had been comping for about six months, but only about five a week. This was way back in the mid 1990s though, there was nothing like MSE back then :)
    Chameleon, Comedian, Corinthian and Caricature
  • Hazelk2909
    Hazelk2909 Posts: 114 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hi i am still new to comping only really been doing it a few weeks, no win yet but it is still early days, heard of people going over six months before they win, but fingers crossed we get a nice wee win soon eh? xx
  • My first ever win was £90 worth of foot care stuff from superdrug then a week later I won an iPad mini from Mars milk ;-)
    Jinksy.X:cool:
  • emg
    emg Posts: 1,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Apart from a few small raffle prizes at the village show, my first win was unbelievably a car! It was from Take a Break magazine - I wasnt even a comper at the time but a friend came to stay and brought the magazine with her so I did the puzzles and entered as a total one-off. Have comped on and off ever since but, despite some good prizes, Ive never topped that first one!
  • hazelk2909 wrote: »
    Hi i am still new to comping only really been doing it a few weeks, no win yet but it is still early days, heard of people going over six months before they win, but fingers crossed we get a nice wee win soon eh? xx

    Our time will come I'm sure of it :D


    Sounds like some of you were pretty lucky with your first wins!
  • sax11
    sax11 Posts: 3,250 Forumite
    Home Insurance Hacker!
    A micro scooter i think from a FB comp

    and about 2 weeks
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    My first win was a book on the day I started comping! It gave me the va va voom to keep on entering! And here I am still entering and still winning too! woohoo-smiley-emoticon.gif
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • Vixxx666
    Vixxx666 Posts: 509 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    The first ever competition I won was a mountain bike with loads of accessories and money for my school. I was in Year 4 at primary school and come first place in a design a poster for a new bus competition!
    But comping-wise on here my first win was a Breakfast Baking book from Candis Magazine lol
    2013 - 86 | 2014 - 127 | 2015 - 39 | 2016 - 22 | 2017 - 10 | 2018 - 56 | 2019 - 16 | 2020 - 4 | 2021 - 5 | 2022 - 1 win
  • A Bluetooth mini-speaker that I won via a Twitter comp at the end of January, about a month after I started.

    I use it to play music from my phone when I'm at the PC comping, reminds me that you never know when your next win will turn up so keep on entering and see what happens :j
    Don't know where I'm running but I know how to run, 'Cause running's the thing I've always done
  • My first ever win was quite good actually, it was a simple twitter comp from J2o, all i did was tweet a pic and i won official Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses, worth around £200.

    Ever since that i have been hooked
    2015: iPad Air 2
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