My first week of comping!

AliceOC

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to write a few words to say how much I've enjoyed my first week of entering competitions! Its so addictive!!! I have forgotten what I've been entering for (well, I'm not keeping a list I mean) so hopefully there'll be some nice suprises soon....

We've had a really difficult few years financially, and it looks like things won't turn the corner for a while so I think comping is probably the only way we're going to get anything nice to use or do for a while! Saying that, I'm not pining my hopes on it, but am still hopeful...

I'm a stay at home mum and so far since monday I've entered approx 200 competitions...do you think I should expect some return on this investment if I keep it up??

Happy Friday all! :beer:

mansey

50 odd compers entered over 1 million competitions over an 8 month period last year. :T

We worked out that we had 1 win for every 1,561 competitions entered :eek:

So may have to do a few more before you get a win

Compingfairy

Don't.forget to use the red and green cross and tick to show which you've entered good.luxk

AliceOC

haha....looks like I'd better cancel all my weekend plans and get cracking then!

MillyVanilli

See, I reckon my comping odds are lower than the experiment, I enter around 6-700 a week and usually get at least around 6-8 prizes a month. In the end, if you keep entering, you WILL win - but no one can say when or what you can expect!

AliceOC

RG01 - you won all of those prizes since you started in december? How many comps do you do a day/week if you don't mind me asking ?

AliceOC

oh wow, 6-700 a week!! That must be about 20 hours week? Or am I just super slow..??

Compingfairy

I've won twice both advents from Facebook ( leather tray was one prize and a glow white set, mug and owl was another prize).

I don't enter daily but sit down a couple of times a week and battle out loads. I don't count and don't do too many it becomes a chore as a student nurse times limited at times haha

Compingfairy

O and ny voucher was also advent

ellen_vannin

Hi Alice,
It is addictive isn't it ! Just keep entering and eventually you will win.
Even the smallest of prizes just showing up unexpectly brightens the day.

I enter for a lot of smaller prizes for the grandchildren books etc.
Sometimes I spend a couple of hours in the evening instead of watching TV.
Prize level last year was approx one a week.

Good luck

diddlydoop

Alice the longer you do it the more little things you will get a grip of to help you speed up a bit and you will also get into a routine and this will also help . If you haven't got a free form filler then I suggest you get 1 asap as this will significantly speed up the entry process for you on every comp