That's life magazine

fire**fly

mumto2boys wrote: »

Yes please do fire**fly, that will be great if you can

thanks mumto, all issues caught up now with issue 4,
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5400730

fire**fly

mumto2boys wrote: »

Thank you fire**fly for posting up another issue :A

As Holland has still not logged on, is there anyone that wants to take over buying and posting That's Life magazine then please?

It is out every Thursday for £0.74p.

thanks back to you for highlighting the issue & hopefully
they'll be a volunteer along to help.

ikkle87

I will give it a go if nobody else is willing, I did offer to post for Holland once before when they were behind but they came back and caught up x

jaibaby

I agree with others - if something comes up in life it's going to take priority and posting competition answers would be the last thing on my mind. If I could get online to let someone know I would, but sometimes it could just not be possible.

Hope everything is ok Holland when you do see this x

mumto2boys

ikkle87 wrote: »

I will give it a go if nobody else is willing, I did offer to post for Holland once before when they were behind but they came back and caught up x

Fantastic, thanks ikkle, are you okay to start from tomorrow's issue?

I will send another to pm to Holland to let her know what has been done, hopefully whatever is going on this will take some pressure off for her at least.

BeulahBukowski

Hi all,

I am also happy to volunteer; if ikkle87 cannot do it; or perhaps we can take it in turns?

I'd love to be able to give something back to the forum as you are all so kind; especially the regular posters.

Let me know. I could start from tomorrow's issue.

And if Holland comes back I can stop. I do hope they are OK.

mumto2boys

Just to let people know I have had a pm from Holland who has confirmed she is happy for someone to take over, so thankyou to Holland for getting back to me, and for the mag's she posted. Thanks also to fire**fly for covering the missed weeks, and ikkle87 for taking over.

I am glad this thread worked out positively for everyone

rainbow210

The_3rd_Zebu wrote: »

Out of interest - Have you ever won on these magazine comps via the postal route ?

Hi there, yes I have won via postal as that is the only way I do it. I have always told someone on here that I have won but I have no idea how to post it for everyone to see. My most recent win was a £1'000 cash before Xmas. 2nd prize of suitcase full of goodies from Wilkos, £100 chq,£50, hair products, a year supply od Liz Erle products, kids creature slippers. So I do have a bit of luck via postal, but I do understand that it costs me to do it this way lol.
Rainbow210 xxxxxxxxxx

The_3rd_Zebu

rainbow210 wrote: »

My most recent win was a £1'000 cash before Xmas..............

Thanks for the response Rainbow. I've just noticed from your earlier posts that that £1,000 of yours was from the 'Pick Me Up' magazine crossword.


That makes the third person I've heard of winning the 'Pick Me Up' crossword prize from a postal entry!


I know (as mgm3346 pointed out here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=69994908&postcount=17 ) that according to these magazines' own terms and conditions that every entry has the same chance of winning regardless of how it is made



However I sometimes wonder if these magazines override their own rules to favour people who are likely to have actually bought their magazines and solved the puzzles for themselves.


That could explain why despite entries running into tens of thousands some names seem to appear repeatedly in the winners lists.( I know I've made that point before. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=69991707&postcount=6 )


We know that some of the magazines actually put a bar against anyone linking directly to their online entry form from MoneysavingExpert. That shows they don't really like us. You could say boosting the odds of the postal entrant (unofficially of course) is their way of bringing in a bit of fairness to the system.

mjm3346

The_3rd_Zebu wrote: »

However I sometimes wonder if these magazines override their own rules to favour people who are likely to have actually bought their magazines and solved the puzzles for themselves.

They don't need to, there is no requirement for them to offer internet entry so they could simply stop doing so.
However, many actual readers enter online, online is cheaper to manage than postal and there is always a chance for income from online entry which they do not get from postal ones.