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What was your FIRST EVER win?

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  • I really cannot remember. I remember about 2007 winning a bag of dog food and a dog coat, that was probably what triggered my interest in comping, but I reckon there was probably random little wins before then, like raffle prizes and such.
    I just enter and forget...hoping to win something! :)
  • my first win I remember was a competition to win a letter stamping kit and I was 8 years old, my second win was a colouring comp I won 2nd prize of £30 for boots when I was 9, it was mega money then. first prize was a holiday:(. always had the bug for comping and over the years won a few prizes, mainly tickets to events.
    I started full on comping last year due to home circumstances. my biggest win was a cruise last year.
    but for me I just love the chance to win and the community of comping has opened up a whole new friend circle and of course winning anything is nice.
  • My first ever win was nearly sixty years ago. I was home ill from school and there was a competition to see how many words you could make from a particular phrase. I have forgotten what it was but I was bored stiff and made hundreds. I won a pair of roller skates but as I was ill my mum managed to swap them for a game of monopoly from our local toy shop. I got into comping seriously a few months ago after I won £25.00 love to shop vouchers in a crossword competition.
  • ness13
    ness13 Posts: 8,449 Forumite
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    I'm not sure of the year, but it was the early 90s. Someone left behind a Take a Break in our caravan, so I did the puzzles, put my mum's name on it (because I was under 18 at the time) and she won £50! I've been comping as much as I can ever since. :D

    Good luck, all! :beer:
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  • Misslayed
    Misslayed Posts: 15,367 Senior Ambassador
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    I started originally back in about 1982 when comping was a physical activity! You had to buy the actual magazines, or troop round the supermarket looking for the entry forms. I won some Aqua Manda perfume (I smelled like an orange), then a CD player - they were the latest thing! But my most memorable prize from that period was a pair of tickets to a Michael Jackson concert. It cost me a fortune in train fares and B&B to send my step daughter and her friend.
    I’m a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Competition Time, Site Feedback and Marriage, Relationships and Families boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com All views are my own and not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
  • rawr123
    rawr123 Posts: 234 Forumite
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    self tan just over 4 years ago! didn't like it and it ended up in the bin. Apart from an £800 Christmas gift guide a few months after, I have only won small things but haven't had the time to focus much on comping unfiortunately
    Thank you to everyone that posts on here
    prizeless for a year :(
  • NattyB
    NattyB Posts: 364 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 10 Posts Name Dropper
    I won a 6 month subscription to a kids app :D So really that was a win for the kids rather than me haha
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