Wow! That was unexpected

andrew71

What/which as been either your most expensive or largest prize you've won that turned up unexpected?
For example did you receive a 40 inch TV one morning out of the blue? Or maybe information for an all inclusive holiday to a retreat far away?

mjm3346

Some on this thread which also has a link to another one

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5199329

megamitts

I once got a pram. No idea where from. I don't enter comps for prams having no kids or the desire to have any. So when my wife texted me to say, "We have a pram!" I almost had a heart attack!

I eventually managed to give it to a friend but it was a massive thing that took up loads of space.

captainjack2

£100 cash - twice with inside soap
£150 Hobbycraft vouchers - woman weekly
Kettle - clipper
Breakfast Hamper - won it on a food site
Coffee machine - Not sure where it came from.

These are the biggest wins I have had that have turned up and I wasn't expecting them. The kettle I won right at the start on clipper and sometimes it would keep spinning so I won and didn't even know it

libra10

A while ago a large brown envelope turned up unexpectedly, I was going to bin it as I thought it was junk mail.


When I eventually decided to open it, I was absolutely amazed to receive a brochure and letter saying 'Congratulations, you have won £1000 to spend at Currys to pay for a cooker'. It couldn't have come at a better time as we were having a new kitchen installed.

jamielmdjs

I still crave a sizable unexpected package turning up after reading all the stories. I've had little things (taste card, tickets to the circus, baby bibs) but no big unannounced boxes.


The dream continues...

happysaz133

Although it wasn't a huge prize, in December last year a £60 coffee machine turned up without any prior knowledge! I don't drink coffee so never enter for these kind of things, so I guess it was a runners up prize of sorts. Even with MSE compers helping me, I never did find where it came from!

I sold it for £40

ikkle87

I once had 3 boxes turn up when I was on maternity leave, my OH was asking me what I'd been buying and when I opened the boxes there was over £500 worth of hair straighteners hair dryers curlers et

1972

We missed a delivery one day, so had to wait until the next day to go and collect it.


When I got home, it was iPad!


Another time my husband had a letter from a car manufacturer. He didn't open it straight away as he thought it was junk mail. He then opened it to find it was a luxury weekend away for 2 - it was lovely and worth around £1000 in the end as we given a suite.

Midnighter

The only 'big' prize I can remember receiving unexpectedly was a Thornton's easter egg earlier this year... and that was big in size rather that value. Any major prizes I've received (iPhone 6, Wii & Wii fit, bundle of Lego, Signed comics, Tarantino prize bundle, Twilight prize bundle and cash) have been precede either by a phone call, letter or WEM.

Makeandsave

Today i got a very nice surprise, Got red carded Saturday and picked up my letter today and it was £100 amazon cards from Capital.