Postal, Supermarket and Magazine Competitions - Part 2

Zebedeee

CheekyLittleMonkey wrote: »

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know where I can buy postcards from to enter these postal comps? I've looked in Tesco & Sainsburys and a few card/stationary stores but can't find them at all. Ta

My local Spar shop sells plain ones in packs of 25 for 89p. I print my details on the front with my PC then all I have to do is write the address I'm sending to on the back.

yorksherpud

Is it just me or are there not that many postal comps to be had any more? My mum used to comp a few years ago and was sending off at least 50 postal entries each week?

Kind regards

Pud x

fire**fly

yorksherpud wrote: »

Is it just me or are there not that many postal comps to be had any more? My mum used to comp a few years ago and was sending off at least 50 postal entries each week?

Kind regards

Pud x

I get most of them of here..

http://www.postalcomps.co.uk/index.htm

http://www.postalcomps.co.uk/postcard.htm

and thats life mag always have a couple in most weeks , same as womans own & a lot of the womans mags

VelvetGlove

CheekyLittleMonkey wrote: »

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know where I can buy postcards from to enter these postal comps? I've looked in Tesco & Sainsburys and a few card/stationary stores but can't find them at all. Ta

Hi CheekyLittleMonkey If you have a look in the Comping Guide, Getting Started II section, item 7 has some tips for postcard entry comps, including alternatives to buying postcards!

Good luck with your comps!

yorksherpud

Thanks Korky, I will have a look at that site now! Mum always thought she won more with the postcards than with the websites

Pud x

yorksherpud

OK, another question, can I enter the Prima / Take a break comps more than once or are they one entry pp?

Pud x

Miss_Cinnabon

not sure of prima, but i enter the take a break ones for me, then hubby and i enter for mum as well, i do that with thats life, real people etc

i do loads of postal comps, well the amount of mags i buy anyway:rotfl: i also enter the ones on loquax, lot on there, there is also winners friend, my comps, simply prizes, have to subscribe to those but always a good enough selection in there

also look in your local paper for comps, look out for entry forms in store etc

for postcards i use postcards online, think its £9 for a big pack of them, no cinemas near me that stock postcards, nearest one is 50 miles away!

gonna start posting more comps soon, as i have subscribed to loads of mags, stops dh moaning that im buying loads of mags:rolleyes:

cte1111

Thanks for the info. Do you find that there is a lot of repetition between Winners friend etc and this forum? I'm thinking of subscribing too.

Miss_Cinnabon

yeah there is some, the online comps they have are normally posted on here anyway, but the postal, phone, creative comps are good, winners friend and simply prizes are good

bet keletubbie will come on now ive mentioned these mags:rotfl:

keletubbie

Ha ha Princess...

I must stress I was a member of this forum long before I started working for Winner's Friend and Simply Prizes (I've been there less than 2 months!). I won't talk shop here, but I do find that there a lot less postal comps than there used to be. From my experience of working in mags, postal competitions can be a nightmare... in my first job, I spent days in a windowless room with giant sacks of mail, sorting out the various competitions! So much easier just to open a database or an inbox full of e mails to sort the stuff out!

I guess more people have access to the internet now, and entering online is pretty much free if you have broadband anyway.

My personal rule with comping is that the harder it is to enter, the less people will bother and the more chance I have of winning!

As for postcards, nice them from the cinema. Honestly, I just go in there and take a few, even if I'm not going to see a film...