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What was your FIRST EVER win?

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  • Lauzipop
    Lauzipop Posts: 82 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    iPhone 4 from Lucozade. It was an hourly comp going on for a few months. Entered every day and every hour. The prize was meant to be an iPhone 3G but they ran out of them halfway through the competition and upgraded the rest to iPhone 4. Think I'd only been comping for about 2 weeks at the time I'd won. :)
  • vanilla_twist
    vanilla_twist Posts: 3,980 Forumite
    I can't remember what my 1st win was but i have kept all my WEMS to look back on and my first WEM was for a printable voucher for a bag of McCain oven chips lol.

    My first ever win was around 1992 and I got a coupon for free salad cream through the post. First proper win then was flowers from Jersey with Jersey potatoes and sainsburys. This was the old slogan and purchase type comp.

    Stopped for a few years and started again 2012 and first win was on fb. Playing a game and something flashed up. Didn't know what I had won but a bottle of Martini and a bottle of Prosecco turned up in post.

    Getting back into it since a break this year due to RL.
    Anything I can give as a present is nice.

    V x
    fairclaire wrote: »
    . I do think a chaise lounge is a good description of you though. Stylish yet comfortable and laid back :)

    May the odds be ever in your favour;)

    SPC 7 Pot No 410 £232.63 Total
  • cat04
    cat04 Posts: 644 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    To encourage my younger brother to read more back in the mid 90s my mum used to buy him The Dandy comic so I got to have Take A Break to enter the comps. I didn't win a thing but through The Dandy my lucky brother won a huge box of gobstoppers, dweebs, nerds etc sweets ...followed by the big win of a SNES, Gameboy, several games, converter to play GB games on the SNES etc.
    My first win came through my mum's House Beautiful mag, I won a microwave which was great timing for my first marriage in 1998 (I was 18, it didn't last!).
    First online comp win was a children's bible through The Primary Times website when I was teaching in about 2003 I think.
    Extra savings aim for 2020 £4,000 £0/£4,000
    Original MF date Feb 2025. Currently Feb 2030:eek: Aiming for Jan 2025 :T
    Mortgage at [STRIKE]10/19 - £47,200[/STRIKE] 11/19 - £46,615
    :heart:My girls keep me going:heart:
  • mulgrove
    mulgrove Posts: 157 Forumite
    Mine was a Pink Smart watch worth £150 on Facebook i had only been entereing for about a week, i didnt even no about this comping forum, lol i just throught all comps was through facebook, funny thing is these day years later, i dont really do many facebook ones now, i just stick to the ones on here,
    "Yesterday is History, Tomorrow a Mystery, Today is a Gift, Thats why it's called the Present" ;)
  • hannibal1970
    hannibal1970 Posts: 409 Forumite
    a nintendo 3ds and games of twitter
    £32 worth of prizes in 2015 so far
  • A leather tray of which I use as a candle tray :) Via an advent comp on facebook
    Started comping 7/12/15
    Prize fund 2015: £55.89
    Prize fund 2016: £679.76
    Prize Fund 2017: £51.94
  • my first win was £100 John Lewis vouchers..I was over the moon!!
  • Painkiller
    Painkiller Posts: 6,146 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Nothing for the first 18 months then a £5,000 Real Deal win followed by a £1,600 Real Deal win the following month. I average about 1 win every 2 -3 years.
  • yorkie18
    yorkie18 Posts: 1,070 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    My first ever win was a CD from a radio competition. My first win since being a proper comper was a lovely hamper of Innocent smoothie & juice goodies. Keep going, your time will come! ☺
    Be Kind, Work Hard, Stay Humble, Smile Often, Keep Honest, Stay Loyal, Travel When Possible, Never Stop Learning, Be Thankful Always and Love
  • prosaver
    prosaver Posts: 7,026 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    My first win was a dart board in a school raffle i was really really chuffed ..
    I dont know why but when i think about it,
    it makes me feel really happy , like if i won a million pounds.
    “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw
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