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sleepyjones
sleepyjones Posts: 6,093 Forumite
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edited 29 May 2018 at 8:43AM in Compers chat corner
Woman reveals how she!!!8217;s won £10,000 worth of prizes simply by doing online competitions

https://metro.co.uk/2018/05/29/woman-reveals-won-10000-worth-prizes-simply-online-competitions-7585920/

At least it's not the £40,000 they usually say

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  • Makeandsave
    Makeandsave Posts: 3,810 Forumite
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    I could go running saying how i have won around £40,000 in prizes from entering comps on line spending about 30 mins a day in 3 years, Not bad for a free hobby. We all could, but i don't want the attention or my photo taken lol.
  • sleepyjones
    sleepyjones Posts: 6,093 Forumite
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    I wonder how much they pay you for an article
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,375 Forumite
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    edited 29 May 2018 at 10:30AM
    !!!8216;It takes less than a second, so by setting aside a few hours every day, I can get through about 500.

    A "few" hours everyday to get through about 500 when it takes her less than a second each - I do not know about her but round here there are 3,600 seconds in just one hour so even at a full second each 500 is less than 9 minutes of entering.

    I wonder how much they pay you for an article

    Do not know for sure but I suspect it is hundreds rather than thousands of pounds.
  • hertzyabazas
    hertzyabazas Posts: 34,134 Forumite
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    About a month passed, and I assumed I hadn't won. But then, there was a knock at the door. The postman was delivering this enormous baby bouncer worth about £100. I thought theyd got the wrong house, but then he explained I'd won it. It was perfect timing, with Rhys still being a baby




    How would the postman know that she'd won it!?
  • hdh74
    hdh74 Posts: 2,879 Forumite
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    In the mirror it says she won them over a 12 year period. I remember her too form a few years back and she was a major comper that ran a facebook group and stuff.
    2018 - £562  2019 - £130 2020 - £276  2021 - £106 2022 - £140
  • sleepyjones
    sleepyjones Posts: 6,093 Forumite
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    I'm on her facebook group, competition checkers ... she's getting a LOT of new members saying they're "new" and they saw the group in the paper.
    She's also started a new blog, so I guess that's why she did the article to get followers for her new blog.
  • hamsterfan1
    hamsterfan1 Posts: 8,281 Forumite
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    that mirror article is far more balanced it tells of the time and effort it takes in return for small prizes
    proud gran to 4 lovely boys and one little girl
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