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What's the worst prize you've ever seen?

Do you ever think that some prizes just aren't worth your time and effort? What's the worst prize you've ever seen?
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  • A 200g block of cheese. It gets hundred of entries everytime. so weird.

    The most disappointing prize I won was a competition to save your Christmas, I wished for cookware, and 2weeks after xmas a £20 pan set arrived. sigh.
  • sleepyjones
    sleepyjones Posts: 6,093 Forumite
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    See prizes all the time £5 voucher / £10 voucher ... I don't even bother entering them, never mind post them. I don't get out of bed for at least £50 :)
  • Verksies
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    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic I won, I won, I won!
    A 200g block of cheese. It gets hundred of entries everytime. so weird.

    The most disappointing prize I won was a competition to save your Christmas, I wished for cookware, and 2weeks after xmas a £20 pan set arrived. sigh.

    A block of cheese is one of the wins I got most excited about lol! But then I absolutely adore cheese!
    Jan £162 / Feb £???
  • Minnibix
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    There seems to be so many very very very low value comps now, and I know its not all about the money but rafflecopters which have loads of things to do for 1 x notebook I mean really, or a FB competition to win a hairbrush, or a dog collar, or a dog whistle, there are too many to count but also some really nice prizes (I dont remember all these really low value from about 5 years back) Sorry if this sounds like a moan its not really just an observation. On the flip side it doesn't take so long to clear the board :D
  • I had 2 Halloween hats arrive yesterday, which would have saved until next year... apart from the huge '2018' printed on them! :doh:
  • A 200g block of cheese. It gets hundred of entries everytime. so weird.

    The most disappointing prize I won was a competition to save your Christmas, I wished for cookware, and 2weeks after xmas a £20 pan set arrived. sigh.

    That's gutting :(
  • Minnibix wrote: »
    There seems to be so many very very very low value comps now, and I know its not all about the money but rafflecopters which have loads of things to do for 1 x notebook I mean really, or a FB competition to win a hairbrush, or a dog collar, or a dog whistle, there are too many to count but also some really nice prizes (I dont remember all these really low value from about 5 years back) Sorry if this sounds like a moan its not really just an observation. On the flip side it doesn't take so long to clear the board :D

    I don't get it! I could understand if it was gourmet pet food or something that was really expensive, but these days a lot of it is tat!
  • Misslayed
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    My class were looking forward to the box of apples I thought I'd won, but when it arrived it was an apple shaped box to keep my apple in!
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  • hertzyabazas
    hertzyabazas Posts: 34,004 Forumite
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    The holy grail of comping

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    but only because I never won one.
    Wish they'd bring that competition back
  • grannybiker
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    Have you seen some of the hideous clothes on Facebook? :O
    Last week there was a strangely cut bikini that provoked some entertaining comments...
    Worse things will have happened in the world today...
    "The only thing that really matters, it to love and to be loved."
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