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Just out of interest...

... are people always notified in advance if they've won a comp, or can prizes just turn up? It would be pretty amazing to have a knock on the door from the postie with a lovely unexpected gift!
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  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
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    GnashaLou wrote: »
    ... are people always notified in advance if they've won a comp, or can prizes just turn up? It would be pretty amazing to have a knock on the door from the postie with a lovely unexpected gift!


    hi, this thread is very helpful for how you're informed of wins,
    How you are informed of wins..
    though many can turn up unexpected :)
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • Most of the time you will get an email saying you have won, occasionally it can be a phone call but I have only ever had two or three of those over the years. I have had stuff just turn up unannounced, most recently, last month a cheque for £200. In the past I have also had courier deliveries turn up out of the blue, sometimes with some quite large mystery parcels.
  • Ms_Dee
    Ms_Dee Posts: 8,051 Forumite
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    Twitter I receive a DM and tag usually.
    Facebook is usually a PM and/or tag too.
    Anything else I usually receive an email.
    I've had the odd random item turn up in the post though, which is always a lovely surprise. :)
    Thank you to everyone who posts competitions and good luck to everyone who enters.
  • Helga14
    Helga14 Posts: 1,003 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker I won, I won, I won!
    I'd had a vacuum cleaner turn up out of the blue and the odd small cheque. Also lots of random small things.
    Top wins in 2018: Trip to Iceland, helicopter ride over london, couples massage, £300 flight from Pringles, trip to Paris, cocktail making class and afternoon tea up the shard. .

    Top wins in 2017:holiday to the Bahamas, trip to Paris, meal with champagne, a week in a manor house in France with £500 spending money.
  • Blueyez
    Blueyez Posts: 2,983 Forumite
    Last year I had a designer bag and purse turn up via Parcelforce without prior warning-surprises are great, even the small things like books :)
    2018 wins-12wins
  • cagsd
    cagsd Posts: 7,662 Forumite
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    I've had a few surprise deliveries but I think 90% of my wins have been notified by email, the odd few by phone too.
  • gizmobenny
    gizmobenny Posts: 1,490 Forumite
    I think my biggest mystery win was a Bosch pressure washer which just turned up with a courier one day :D
  • Had a carpet cleaner turn upout the blue :rotfl:
  • I find a lot of the smaller wins, books, dvds make up etc turn up out of the blue - sometimes without a compliment slip so I never know where they are from
    proud gran to 4 lovely boys and one little girl
  • purple45
    purple45 Posts: 2,473 Forumite
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    The highlight of my comping life was the day a courier turned up, handed me a box with a youview box in it and said "I'll just get your TV from the van"....he came back with a HUGE box containing a 3D TV! It was amazing, I still feel quite emotional thinking about it now and that was a couple of years ago!
    Many thanks to everyone who posts competitions and works so hard to provide all the answers!
    Best wins this year so far: £100 Hobbycraft Voucher, £50 cash, GoPro Camera
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