Competitions Discussion Thread Part 3

catz747

VelvetGlove wrote: »

I have to admit that I thought a discussion started out in the main board & then was moved into this thread, by a BG, as an ongoing discussion holding place after a few days so everyone had a chance to view it Did I misunderstand how it works? I can remember some cracking discussions which started out inthe main board, got to a couple of pages long then were moved into the Discussion thread which slowed the responses down but at least by then people were aware of the discussion going on

Otherwise how will the majority of members see the discussion when they may be scrabbling to keep up with comps rather than checking out the stickies? I only check out these stickies each time I'm up to date, so when I'm behind I don't even look at these for a bit.

I've just looked at the forum rules post by Martin & the add on by diva & it doesn't say anything in there about discussions must be kept to the official discussion thread I'm confused. Can anyone help me out with their understanding?

I did wonder about these discussions if they could be bunged in Game Over and indexed from somewhere else - nothing happens to the threads in Game Over do they? They just sort of stay there? And that way we could just have a thread for each thing - How many comps do you enter? How long 'til you won? What autofill programme you use? etc. etc.

RiTSo

To be honest I can't see the people running these competitions being TOO bothered about things like this. When it comes to the crunch they're after advertising and contact details, which if you've entered the competition they've got.

In a way it is better for the comps to be posted on sites as they are reaching a bigger target audience!

Also, when it comes to draw time they have a prize to give away, let's say an iPod, do you think they care too much about who gets it? They just pick a name and throw it in a jiffy bag!

toniq

7 is def mincepies as i said to dh i want to do that and did because we saw it on the telly sayin that u will have goodluck for the year!

catz747

I don't like mince pies so I've had it for next year

toniq

i probably ate your share so you will be ok!
my weight had gone down to 8 stone after ivf and dh fed me up to make me look more healthy so now im just under 9 sone thanks to 3 monce pies a day!

isitenough

DUKE - you and I seem to be the only 2 left (who know about Roboform) who don't use it!
I like the personal touch. Keeps me busy, although I was in a clerical post for about 8 yrs and did typing as a GCSE! So doesn't take me that long to enter details!

ETA: sorry BabyGiant. posted before reading your message.

Lo_zingaro

Don't forget that all competitions end at some time in the FUTURE - maybe a few days, sometimes a few weeks. It is therefore quite natural to have to wait some time for a win. The lucky winners who seem to be winning several prizes a month are reaping the rewards of a lot of time and effort spent in entering competitions in the PAST.

Good practical advice offered by Nosonddu - thank you.

DUKE

I can't complain as I rarely find a comp that hasn't been posted, plus I'm grateful for the break

pugsley29

I've still got 493 comps sites to visit in my tracker (duck) so it gives me time to catch up

catz747

Did anyone watch the show that relates to this comp (on friday 28th)? cause I haven't seen it posted?

http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/Cooks/Comp/Comp10/default.html