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Just won my first competition

Hi

I entered my first ever competition on a radio station and won quite a lot of money.
My question is..after I'd won they took my bank details and said they pay me via bacs and that it could take up to 28 days although it should be sooner..just a bit miffed as I thought bacs payments took a maximum of 5 days??
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  • RaraWilk111
    RaraWilk111 Posts: 29 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 10 Posts
    The Bauer radio comps take 7 days to arrive, which radio station was it?
  • CK1223
    CK1223 Posts: 533 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper I won, I won, I won!
    Why are you miffed? You have won money. Most of us would be over the moon to win some money.

    Ref taking too long - most companies say prize will be with you in 28 days. It doesn't physically take 28 days for the courier to deliver, but rather it takes them 28 days to sort paperwork/speak to promoter of the comp/actually bother shipping the prize etc so it's nothing unusual for a prize to take that long and I shouldn't think cash prizes would be any different
  • CK1223
    CK1223 Posts: 533 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper I won, I won, I won!
    edited 17 June 2016 at 7:46AM
    It takes flaming forever unfortunately, they love dragging their heels :( I once had to wait 12 weeks for a prize

    Congrats on the great first prize
  • Misslayed
    Misslayed Posts: 15,818 Senior Ambassador
    Tenth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Homepage Hero Name Dropper
    I won £1000 from Classic FM earlier in the year, it took just over a month to arrive. Congratulations on your win that's a brilliant one to start with, you'll be hooked now! Hope it's the first of many.
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  • JeffreyR
    JeffreyR Posts: 79 Forumite
    Congrats. My first even win was a little scooter when I was 11...still remember it today :-)
  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    lovely, well done winning :T:T
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • EllasPa
    EllasPa Posts: 1,525 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Congrats on your win and enjoy spend,spend, spending it
  • Cathp808
    Cathp808 Posts: 1,089 Forumite
    well done !!!
    "And may the odds be ever in your favor."
    :kisses2: :kisses: :j :beer: :rotfl::T
  • Jadia11
    Jadia11 Posts: 86 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary
    edited 18 June 2016 at 9:14AM
    Congratulations on your win :beer:

    I won £1000 from Kiss fm earlier in year and it took about 2 weeks to arrive, but this was cheque not bacs. I assumed bacs was three day transfer. No harm in ringing to ask.
  • shazjack
    shazjack Posts: 3,572 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Well done :)
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