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Who still enters the ITV comps?

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I'm just wondering, who still enters the ITV orChannel 5 comps?




If you enter, what route do you use and how many entries per comp?















I use the postal route and usually enter 3 times per comp, maybe more if it's a really big prize.


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Do you still enter the TV comps? 156 votes

No, I don't.
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Via postal 1-3 entries
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Via postal 4-6 entries
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Via postal 7-10 entries
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Via postal 11+ entries
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Via phone or text 1-3 entries
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Via phone or text 4-6 entries
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Via phone or text 11+ entries
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  • Marg2k8
    Marg2k8 Posts: 5,838 Forumite
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    No, I don't.
    I voted 'no I don't' because this was the closest option. I hardly ever enter, but maybe once or twice a year, I have a spare stamp and decide to enter just the once.
  • hazyjo
    hazyjo Posts: 15,475 Forumite
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    Via postal 1-3 entries
    Yes, certainly most of them when big bucks, but only ever send one postcard for each.

    Weird how we used to get winners but now get none. I've not seen one for yonks.

    Jx
    2024 wins: *must start comping again!*
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,264 Forumite
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    edited 10 June 2016 at 2:09PM
    No, I don't.
    hazyjo wrote: »
    Yes, certainly most of them when big bucks, but only ever send one postcard for each.

    Weird how we used to get winners but now get none. I've not seen one for yonks.

    Jx

    As I posted on another thread
    Couple of reasons apart from there probably being far fewer msers entering

    With free web entry there would have been far more free entries than paid ones for each competition, now the figures are almost certainly totally reversed with many people either switching to the paid route or just not bothering and the generally larger prizes also attract more paid entries. So simply because of changes to the ratio of entries the odds are very much against a free entry being picked when previously they favoured it.

    Most of their competitions now run for a week or more when at least Real Deal was nearly always daily and the others usually weekly, also some of them have been combined so in total there maybe only a third or less of the number of individual competitions running now compared to the web entry days.


    An individual free postal entry has as much chance as a paid one there are just far more paid ones than free ones and far fewer competitions compared to when free web entry was an option.
  • jakesmum
    jakesmum Posts: 128 Forumite
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    No, I don't bother anymore, did online route for a few years and not a bean but annoyingly just a few weeks ago my cousin phoned in on a Lorraine Kelly one (which she'd never done before) and won 2 cars, £50,000 and loads of tech gadgets, I was gutted especially as she is minted anyway and has two cars, whereas I am skint single parent with no car... oh well *goes off to sob* :cry:
  • Ms_Dee
    Ms_Dee Posts: 8,043 Forumite
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    No, I don't.
    My response: No I don't

    I selected no I don't as I very rarely enter buy text, maybe once or twice a year for the ITV competitions. I sometimes send a second text so I get a 3rd entry free.

    I don't think I have ever entered a Channel 5 competition.
    Thank you to everyone who posts competitions and good luck to everyone who enters.
  • Zanzib
    Zanzib Posts: 5,376 Forumite
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    Via postal 1-3 entries
    I enter some of them, but only send 1 postcard.
  • libra10
    libra10 Posts: 19,568 Forumite
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    Via postal 1-3 entries
    I enter 2 or 3 ITV competitions each week, using postcard entry.


    As a member of the TNS posting panel, we are paid with a couple of books of first-class postage stamps each month.


    I won some National Trust postcards a while ago, and it doesn't cost much to enter.
  • hannonle
    hannonle Posts: 2,191 Forumite
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    No, I don't.
    I voted no, but very very rarely I will send off a single postal entry.

    I also still enter the very rare ones that are still run online - I won £1k ASOS vouchers on one of them! yay!
    Thank you to everyone who posts on the competitions boards. You all rock!
  • jaibaby
    jaibaby Posts: 4,002 Forumite
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    Via postal 1-3 entries
    I enter every one, unless I miss it by forgetting to check the postal area.

    One entry for me as I strongly believe that it only takes one entry to win and if it's meant to be it will be.

    That said I've yet to win one :(
    Thanks to all posters :A
  • Via postal 1-3 entries
    I enter most of the ITV comps. I selected by postal but do a bit of both.
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