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I must be doing something wrong!!

Last year, I won £8500 from Dickinsons RD, 2 weeks later, 1 week all inclusive holiday to Barbados.
So far this year, ZILCH, I must be losing my touch!!.
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  • DUKE
    DUKE Posts: 7,360 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    You were very lucky then alan, some people will never win that in a lifetime.

    With more & more people doing comps, it's a quiet time for a lot of us. Hope things pick up for us all eh :D
  • Me too! I won loads of good things last year and the year before and this year absolutely nothing! My boyfriend won £50 with take a break this year but that's it!

    I'm hoping it means something good is yet to come. :)
  • zoescrims
    zoescrims Posts: 2,865 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    You're very lucky to have won those great prizes last year...I've yet to win an itv win and I've been comping for a 'while'

    Keep comping the year isn't over yet
    2020 Jan: storage box,£150 pots & pans, £50 restaurant voucher,dining experience,19 tubes of Pringles Feb: £50 food giftcard,
  • dizzyc
    dizzyc Posts: 202 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary
    If you are anything like me then you will win big but not often - 3 years ago I won 3 long-haul holidays in 10 months but then I didn't win anything again for 11 months. Last year was rubbish, but this year I won £500 and a trip to the Baftas & a goody bag worth £500 in the same week.

    The way I see it, if I enter then I stand a chance - I don't expect to win anything but when I do it's a nice surprise. I only tend to enter for the bigger things anyway so I fully expect to go months without winning anything. Stay positive and I'm sure you'll win something nice again soon :)
  • This is turning out to be my worst year. Last year I didn't really keep on top of comps but still had a few wins, nothing huge but wins all the same. This year I've been trying hard to keep up to date and so far won zero. :think:
  • sax11
    sax11 Posts: 3,250 Forumite
    Home Insurance Hacker!
    i've won nothing for 3 weeks now

    try and enter for a fish slice or some cheese
  • silverfox11
    silverfox11 Posts: 404 Forumite
    I normally do ok but I haven't won anything for 8 weeks last time that happened was 2 years ago
  • sydroo
    sydroo Posts: 768 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic
    I have to say, even though I've not been quite as active (*hardcore) for the past couple of months, I have found wins have been few and far between. Actually zilch, but then there hasn't been a lot that I've wanted to enter, I'm not one of those who enters anything and everything. Maybe that's where I'm going wrong. Unfortunately I don't eat fish and I'm allergic to cheese. ;)
  • IDeamOfFairies
    IDeamOfFairies Posts: 2,289 Forumite
    1,000 Posts
    Seems a little strange you not winning anything, but posting this is the "I won! I won! I won!" forum

    I suppose it doesn't help when once a month Martin sends out the weekly email with an article on "How to increase your income by entering competitions" - then along come hundreds of newbies thinking it is a "get rich quick scheme"
    Yes, I know there is no "R" in the word dream in my username - it was setup in memory of my grandson :A
  • purcel
    purcel Posts: 1,568 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Seems a little strange you not winning anything, but posting this is the "I won! I won! I won!" forum

    I suppose it doesn't help when once a month Martin sends out the weekly email with an article on "How to increase your income by entering competitions" - then along come hundreds of newbies thinking it is a "get rich quick scheme"

    I agree, more and more people enter competitions hence slimmer chances for a win. I haven't had a biggish win since last August, and my last win was a small skin scrub won in March.
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