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Sooo.....Are you a "Professional Comper"?

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  • toniq
    toniq Posts: 29,340 Forumite
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    Hells bells I scored 23/25 but I'm an OCD comper not a professional.

    I failed on 7 & 25

    I must try harder


    x
    #JusticeForGrenfell
  • emiai
    emiai Posts: 1,254 Forumite
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    18/25 Feel pretty please I am not the only one with Birthday/Easter/Christmas folders of random gifs haha!
    Wishing you all good luck!
    Oldstyle moneysaving addict
  • One-Eye
    One-Eye Posts: 70,911 Forumite
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    I scored 11 - which I thought wasn't bad - until I realised it makes me less normal than BlueBella :eek:
  • Makeandsave
    Makeandsave Posts: 3,803 Forumite
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    mansey wrote: »
    If you answer YES to 12 or more question then consider yourself a "Professional Comper"

    1) You comp until you have a numb bum/stiff neck/desperate for loo
    2) You sleep very little in December
    3) You have folders of photos for Christmas/Easter/Halloween/yourself/dogs/kids ect
    4) Your trying to win a "Fish Slice" cos everyone else has one.
    5) You check your emails constantly waiting for that WEM.
    6) You trawl page after page after page looking for hummingbirds.
    7) You have imaginary pets/kids/husband/wife for comping purposes.
    8) You keep your "You are a Winner/Congratulations emails/letters.
    9) You see a delivery van and get grumpy when it goes next door.
    10) Your family/friends ask you if you have won anything lately.
    11) You buy things in shops that you don't really want because they have a competition on them.
    12) You have a mobile phone just for comping.
    13) You have an email address just for comping.
    14) You put off buying things because you might win them.
    15) You stop what ever you are doing to answer you phone, it might be a win.
    16) Your bored with comping, but one small win spurs you on again.
    17) You walk past a row of shops and think which ones you have won with/would like to win with/know what competitions they have running now.
    18) You Google missed phone calls.
    19) You have 100s of carp emails each day.
    20) You can listen to the most awful radio station for 12 hours a day waiting for your name to be called.
    21) You have 100s of FB friends and follow 100s on Twitter but know few of them personally.
    22) You enter competitions on holiday.
    23) You wouldn't dare write a sob story on FB, the MSE members would lynch you
    24) You visit Compers Chat Corner several times a day.
    25) You enter the MSE Yearly Challenges.

    Let us know your score :rotfl:


    I am so sad YES to all the above, However you should add 26) you run a competition on your twitter page to get ore followers so it looks good to the brands when you enter there comps lol. :beer:
    I so love my hobby!
    Jan Wins: .
  • cagsd
    cagsd Posts: 7,664 Forumite
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    Bloomin heck, 14 out of 25 for me!! I'd never have classed myself as a professional but it looks like maybe I am!! ;)
  • broughton
    broughton Posts: 654 Forumite
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    Only 9 which surprised me. Clearly not as obsessive as I thought- no wonder I'm not winning much! Not professional enough.
  • mansey
    mansey Posts: 4,585 Forumite
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    One-Eye wrote: »
    I scored 11 - which I thought wasn't bad - until I realised it makes me less normal than BlueBella :eek:

    Too funny :rotfl:
    “I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.” - Billy Joel
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  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
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    One-Eye wrote: »
    I scored 11 - which I thought wasn't bad - until I realised it makes me less normal than BlueBella :eek:

    The scoring system must be so wrong - I am far from normal and there is no way that you are less normal than me! :rotfl:
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • Ms_Dee
    Ms_Dee Posts: 8,051 Forumite
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    19/25 for me :o
    Thank you to everyone who posts competitions and good luck to everyone who enters.
  • cluckyhen
    cluckyhen Posts: 657 Forumite
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    Uh oh - 23/25!!!

    Also think we should add another:

    27) you're boss/colleagues/customers you work with ask you for the rules and regs/ASA/FB policies before they start a competition as 'you must know'.....
    Back to comping after a couple of years overseas
    Good Luck Everyone
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