Competitions Discussion Thread Part 3

Lo-Lo

He he, I like your style Moocow5, but let's aim high!

POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE folks! We will be victorious!

A_little_stressed!!

Hi! I'm asking a little favour to all you LOVELY compers! As some of you know I have been desperate for a washing machine for MONTHS! As mine has died! I am entering comps left right and centre for cash/washing machine.
I am always days behind catching up on comps, but search specifically for "washing machine" at least once a week.

The favour I am asking is...if anyone spots a competition for a washing machine that pops up in the regular (monthly/weekly) board as I never keep up with those & I know they offer different prizes, or it's that days prize on an advent calender, or if it is posted on the main board with a short end date (1 week away or less) then would you be able to PM me?
I can keep up with the normal ones, just the others slip me by.

MANY MANY THANKS!

hrafndot

Change of subject but could someone explain to me what the criteria are for the number of stars you get after your name in the user description

catz747

Out of date Guide to stars :D

dontwannabeindebt

Hi,
just looking for a bit of advice really, sorry if this is in the wrong place....

a couple of weeks ago I won concert tickets to Rihanna, couldn't go but after lots of messing around managed to rearrange things so I could make it, anyway I had to pick the tickets up on the night, so along I went after paying for childcare and getting drenched waiting around for buses etc, 2 hour trip each way....arrived at the venue and was asked for i.d, the email didn't mention i.d at all, so basically I missed out because I had no i.d. (I'd left my bag etc at home as I don't really like going through Manchester at night and don't really feel safe)
I emailed the people who I won the comp with explaining that I hadn't been able to get into the concert, but they haven't bothered to reply, so last night I sent the same email again.

Just wondering if I should put it down to experience or complain about missing out when it wasn't really my fault, the email did not mention taking i.d or anything, (although looking back I should have thought to take something just in case-but it's easy to say now isn't it).
I just feel let down because we were looking forward to it, I had to pay out for childcare/public transport and then there is the 4 hours of travelling, all for nothing.

Thank you for reading.


UPDATE: after sending another email, I've had a reply offering me £50 of Vouchers, that'll do me fine.

kimmywal

I would def chase it up, if you wasnt told to bring ID that is a point to argue with, it might help if you could find a number to ring as phone calls are harder to ignore then emails, good luck let us know how you get on

kimmywal

Moocow5 wrote: »

£2008 sounds astronomical to me, perhaps we need a decimal point in there for the less lucky amongst us? £20.08 sounds a little more achievable....:rotfl:

2008 is def do able, as someone else has said its about PMA, see my sig

VelvetGlove

A_little_stressed!! wrote: »

The favour I am asking is...if anyone spots a competition for a washing machine that pops up in the regular (monthly/weekly) board as I never keep up with those & I know they offer different prizes, or it's that days prize on an advent calender, or if it is posted on the main board with a short end date (1 week away or less) then would you be able to PM me?
I can keep up with the normal ones, just the others slip me by.

MANY MANY THANKS!

If I see anything at all I'll send you a PM If a couple of us try to do this then you should have most of the bases covered!

Just hope loads pop up now so you can enter them all

Prudent

jen.eng wrote: »

My target is to pay for our family holiday in 2008 by selling wins. I like the £2008 challenge though, great idea.

Jen x

My target is a holiday too Jen. I have only once sold a win, but maybe I should be more proactive this year, rather than just hoping to win a holiday.

xxdeebeexx

Prudent wrote: »

My target is a holiday too Jen. I have only once sold a win, but maybe I should be more proactive this year, rather than just hoping to win a holiday.

Ooh this was exactly what I wanted to ask about.....selling prizes.

I have won a fantastic prize of a spa day for 2 people worth £85 each. To be honest I would like to sell the prize, if I could, and get a really lovely hair cut and a new pair of shoes.

I had a free hair cut last year with a promotion on shampoo and apart from that I cut the front and my husband cuts the back.

I think I will be sent a box with a voucher in to phone up and book a time and place. The closest spas to us are in knightsbrige so it will cost us about £12 for the train tickets so hardly a 'free' prize.

I feel ungrateful but, I didn't deliberately enter the comp I won it simply by using my credit card.

Do you think that this sort of thing might sell on Ebay? If so how should I sell it BIN or auction ?

Any advice, comments ideas would be fab.

TIA

Dx