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I wanna Win!!

Have manage to enter 120 competitions over the last few days and wanna know how many winners usually enter before they win as don't think I can keep this pace up as I have another life!! Have def got the competition bug.

Wins so far: (Not since started looking at forum though)
1 week for two in Portugal plus tickets for play off between Portugal and ROI in Lisbon 1995:T

Bottle of Benedictine Liquier :T
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  • jan03
    jan03 Posts: 899 Forumite
    I'v been comping since start of july and have had loads of little wins and recently a few good ones, such as a leapster lmax and 5 games and a £50 faith voucher today:)
    When i first started i was hooked instantly and would be at it for hours at a time, now i'm more relaxed and just enter the good ones.
  • oohgreta
    oohgreta Posts: 54 Forumite
    Believe it or not I have been selective and only gone for things I want/can sell or give away to friends and family!! Well done on all your wins though!! We don't tend to buy things like dvd players, games consoles etc as on a tight budget so would be nice to get something for the kids!!
  • I started doing the comps on this forum in March and spend far too long on here trying to keep up. Since I started there seems to be many more at any one time than there used to be. I'm much more selective now and only enter the ones i really want to win or good prizes i can sell/give to family.

    I won quite soon after first starting. I've won lots of smaller prizes plus a few bigger ones (£1000 necklace, laptop, £100 worth make-up, portable DVD player)

    I enter an average of 1500 comps a month :eek:

    Jen x
    Biggest win: £10,000 from Pepsi
    Favourite win: Handmade jewellery worth £1000
    ITV Winners Club Member #1
    Check out the ITV Winners Club in IWIWIW
    I shall write in ever decreasing circles until I have nothing left to say
  • hjb123
    hjb123 Posts: 32,002 Forumite
    I enter loads and loads of comps, Im very addicted to comping! Dont give up, keep entering and you'll soon see the wins come rolling in. Remember though if you havent been comping too long some of the comps you have netered might not have finished yet!
    Weight Loss - 102lb
  • langey
    langey Posts: 46 Forumite
    I have just had my first small win yeeehhaaaaa and have been entering for about a week. I can see how easy it is to get totally obsessive about entering everything and I too have already started to be pickier.

    Saying that though my house is an utter tip and my family think I am nuts lol

    Good luck!
    Started 21/11/09 - Credit Cards - £3492.92 O/draft £??? - going to reassess after Xmas but about £700 Ebay personal challenge - started 24/11/09- total so far ??? Items listed - 3. Due to be debt free in July/August 2010
  • JodieAnne1
    JodieAnne1 Posts: 1,844 Forumite
    i started at the end of August and have had a few little wins, still waiting for a big prize. Good things come to those who wait (so they say!!) Good luck :D
    :T You got to be in it, to win it!!!!:T
    Started comps 24.08.07. 2007 = £3190. 2008 = £3080 (Jan-July) :D
    Have just got back into comping since July 08!!!!
  • oohgreta
    oohgreta Posts: 54 Forumite
    Yeah Langey - I can see how that can happen - I'm still sitting in my dressing gown (although am having a day off work today so that would have prob happened anyway) I suppose your family won't think your so nuts when the prizes start turning up!! I'll have to get dressed before the hubby comes home with the kids!!
  • oohgreta
    oohgreta Posts: 54 Forumite
    Good Luck to you all and Thanks - was beginning to think i was the only one with this obsession!!
  • weaver
    weaver Posts: 1,444 Forumite
    I started in March - My wins range from £2 a month to £450 a month.


    You take the good with the bad and its surprising how much those small wins add up, after all it beats sitting in front of the TV.

    I just wish I could get to page 1 more often instead of stuck around page 20. lol
    Thanks to everyone who posts comps :T
  • DUKE
    DUKE Posts: 7,360 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I've been doing comps since February, to begin with I went for anything and everything out of sheer desperation :o Then I became more selective. I won my first comp about 8 weeks after I'd been comping (scented candle set) :rolleyes: Then last month I got my biggie (and am taken most seriosly by the husband nowadays) which was a fly-drive to hawaii :D Apologies to everyone who're probably sick of me banging on about it but I never thought that I'd win anything like that :eek:
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