Do you put off buying things in case you win them?

booklover500

I have needed to replace my worn out cake tins for ages but I still haven't bought any as I have entered quite a few baking related comps recently as wells as ones for vouchers for shops that sell cake tins.

I want to get my partner a new ipod for his Birthday next month but I keep putting off buying it in case I win John Lewis or Amazon vouchers - I know the chances are slim but it would save me money even if it was only £25 worth.

A couple of years ago I bought theatre tickets for my Birthday and a month after I had seen it I won some for the same show!

So do you all just buy things you need when you need them or keep putting it off just in case you're lucky?!

One-Eye

I keep putting off the wedding until I win one somewhere posh (and I keep forgetting enter the comps!!)

Blueyez

Only really things I want and cant condone buying such luxuries because-I don't need them, want is a another matter.




Top of the list is a kindle and a fitbit. Saying that I have just ordered a new pair of trainers with a voucher I won, so the money I was going to spend on a new pair can be saved for something I want.

grannybiker

All the time - even tho' I don't enter nearly as many comps as I used to!
I got into comping big-time as we fancied a new TV but couldn't justify buying one while our bulky thing still worked. (The colour was a bit strange in one spot as our then-toddler grand-daughter decided to use the magnetic fish tank cleaner on it!) Back then hubby fancied an ipod and told him to hold off buying -I won him the Touch when it was new out.
I've managed to win a couple of things that family / friends were after too, but that was when wins were a bit more frequent!
Try as I might I couldn't win RWC2015 tickets and so many others tried for me too, but in the end I forked out- had a brilliant time!

Dew_Green_Lady

Sometime if it's not an essential I've waited to win boots and trainers and finally won the item or a voucher I could use.

compingtinkertink2010

I do but then I never win them! So I then have to buy them! I tried for ages to win a xbox 360 ended up buying one then winning one a couple of months later. Ended up giving it to a neighbour for her grandsons xmas present. Really want a kitchen aid - no way I could afford one..... spent 4/5 years trying to win one lol

Littlemissvegan

Yes, all the time! If I want something but don't need it I try to win it! I really want a few things but can't justify the cost of them so will just keep entering competitions to win them! Would be nice if I did but wont be the end of the world if I don't!

Yatota74

Yes I do. Things I would like but not necessarily need, top of my list is a coffee machine. I have been close to buy one many times but I just keep telling myself I will win one soon. A bigger telly and a ktchen machine are quite high on my list too.

stefalfie11

I do too. I've really wanted a DAB radio for about a year now but I don't need one because my other radio still works so I see it as an unecessary expense. I'm holding out in the hope that i'll either win one or win enough vouchers that I can buy one from somewhere like John Lewis!

BlueBella

Yes I do - I have a wish list of things I would love to win but not buy. I have crossed a fair few items off my list over the years of comping

Short-n-Sweet

YES! Although it often doesn't work.. I usually end up having to go and buy it. Such as the new TV a few months ago!

But my Laptop has been broken for years. Last year it had a small electric fire of some kind at the webcam and it had all melted into the case and did not smell to nice! I carried on using it once my partner had taken out the melted bit. It ran very slow and was awful but I refused to buy a new one!...Then a couple of months ago I won a new laptop so on that occasion it was well worth me waiting! (although it probably should of been replaced alot soon)

Certain event tickets though it really is a case of it we don't win them we are not going!