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should we go for every prize or the ones we would like?

Just a thought for debate, would you enter every comp just because you can, and end up with an unwanted prize, when someone else would have really needed it? :D :money: :D
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  • gizmobenny
    gizmobenny Posts: 1,490 Forumite
    There are too many comps for me to bother with stuff I don't want or need.
    I'm a leaver for those who would really like it. :)
  • hamsterfan1
    hamsterfan1 Posts: 8,281 Forumite
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    I agree with gizmo by the time you have entered for ones you , ot your loved ones would like there are still shed loads to di
    proud gran to 4 lovely boys and one little girl
  • riot_star
    riot_star Posts: 397 Forumite
    I enter a lot of comps, but I enter on the basis of myself keeping it or giving it to someone else as a gift. It's nice to win, but I can imagine it being pretty disappointing if you win something you don't actually want!
  • LadyMorticia
    LadyMorticia Posts: 19,899 Forumite
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    I only enter for things that I/my family want/could use. Our house is cluttered enough without adding unwanted prizes to it!
    2019 Wins
    1/25

    £2019 in 2019
    £10/£2019
  • hertzyabazas
    hertzyabazas Posts: 34,136 Forumite
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    Don't see the point in entering for stuff you don't want for yourself or to give to someone. If people enter everything and anything then they've far too much time on their hands.
    I don't even enter half the stuff I post.
    Can't see it being much of a thrill opening a package and thinking "Whoopee! what am I supposed to do with this"

    Some folk say "a wins a win" but is it really?
  • Zanzib
    Zanzib Posts: 5,376 Forumite
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    No point entering for stuff I don't want/need or can't use.

    So I only enter for things I can use, need, or have another use for.
  • GeeBee38
    GeeBee38 Posts: 3,230 Forumite
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    I only enter for things i would like for myself or my family
  • Bobble5366
    Bobble5366 Posts: 733 Forumite
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    was hoping for these kind of responses, quality over quantity every time :)
  • CK1223
    CK1223 Posts: 533 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper I won, I won, I won!
    I also only enter for things that I/my friends/my family would like or could make use of. When I first started comping I was entering for anything and everything just in the hope that I might actually win something. Ended up only ever winning stuff that I had no use for, so now only enter for stuff I actually like.
  • towser44
    towser44 Posts: 623 Forumite
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    Yeah, just the things I would really like. Although, on saying that, I won a lovely prize last month which was a dream prize for me and at the time I entered it I was available for. Unfortunately, we took a last minute break to the Isle Of Wight and I won the competition and couldn't actually take it up! Was hugely disappointing!
    :easter:
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