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How long have you Comp for ?
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nadine888
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Hello
So how long have you been entering competitions for ? I've been doing it on and off for two years 😊
So how long have you been entering competitions for ? I've been doing it on and off for two years 😊
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I've been entering competitions since i was a child from the kids magazine's but as a proper hobby, around 6 years
needed something to do in-between not getting out of bed and going to lectures at university
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about 2 and a half years. I've had some decent win in that time. But nothing really big. Fingers crossed my big win comes soon, but even then i'll still keep comping.0
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Including previously using a different competition site (which I no longer needed once I'd found MSE!
), around two and a half years. That's when I started properly 'comping', really going for it!
Before that, I'd just been entering weekly magazine competitions and won one cash prize in about six or seven years. When I learned about sites like this providing the answers and gained an idea about the number of entrants, I realised I'd been very lucky to have that one win from the magazine.0 -
I have been enter competitions for 30 years still enjoy it0
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around 3 years ive been comping properly its been an on and off hobby since i was 4-5 (im a little older than that now)Cosplayer and proud0
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I remember my first comp win lol I was 14 years old and it was a re-arrange the word comp I won a alphabet printing kit
and then on and off doing local stuff. but recently due to circumstances I started what I would call proper comping about 4 months ago.
so 28 years.
but I do it as a hobby as I find it quite relaxing and a distraction from my hectic stressful life and any win is a bonus.0 -
30 years ! Wow your very good 😊 :beer:0
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i've only been comping for just over 2 months, i'm slightly addicted now!0
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Believe it or not 35 years , things have changed so much since I started. You had to buy magazines to find competitions and trail round the supermarkets to find entry forms and qualifiers. I used to win so many more prizes in the early days . I won a trailer tent in a slogan competition at Asda for dog food. We had a presentation at the store and I did not admit I had made my cat eat one can of dogfood to be able to enter. We had a buyer lined up who took away the trailer tent after the presentation. I sent loads of postcard entries and had some great wins . It costs less to enter these days but not nearly so profitable but I still try.0
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15 yearsIf I cared what everyone else thought, I'd be just like everyone else, and there's already too many of them. :A0
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