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Prize deck confusion

Anyone know how the prize deck competitions work?
You enter on the website but then they put the all over twitter and you can rt to enter. Most winners seem to be from twitter so what's the point of the website?

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  • janE1956
    janE1956 Posts: 2,268 Forumite
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    Anyone know how the prize deck competitions work?
    You enter on the website but then they put the all over twitter and you can rt to enter. Most winners seem to be from twitter so what's the point of the website?

    I entered via the web site last year and won chocolates in Feb from Hotel Chocolate, prize deck messaged me on twitter to tell me I had won.
  • rexy0101
    rexy0101 Posts: 1,775 Forumite
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    I entered on the web site, They sent me an Email when i won. I don't do Twitter
    Close your eyes and tap your heels together three times and think to yourself There's No Place Like Home.
  • Pretenna
    Pretenna Posts: 675 Forumite
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    I entered through the website and won last month. They emailed me and asked for my twitter handle so that they could announce it on their twitter account.
  • purple45
    purple45 Posts: 2,473 Forumite
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    I've won twice on the website within a year. I think both were thanked and announced on social media.
    Many thanks to everyone who posts competitions and works so hard to provide all the answers!
    Best wins this year so far: £100 Hobbycraft Voucher, £50 cash, GoPro Camera
  • Ahh so the RT and follow competitions from them are pointless and winners come from the website. Interesting...
  • purple45
    purple45 Posts: 2,473 Forumite
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    edited 11 March 2019 at 1:37PM
    No I wouldn't say they're pointless. I think you can enter on twitter or the website. On twitter it says "follow and RT to enter or sign up at https://www.prizedeck.com to enter this and lots more".

    (edited to add that this is in the website t&c too so you could have a read on there for clarification).
    Many thanks to everyone who posts competitions and works so hard to provide all the answers!
    Best wins this year so far: £100 Hobbycraft Voucher, £50 cash, GoPro Camera
  • So how do they collate those entries, most of which will be double entries, and fairly pick a winner?

    This doesn't bode well with me. Seems the twitter part is just free publicity.
  • purple45
    purple45 Posts: 2,473 Forumite
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    Many companies offer varied entry routes over websites, facebook, twitter, instagram etc. I think we just have to trust that they are fairly run or ask them if you're not sure.
    Many thanks to everyone who posts competitions and works so hard to provide all the answers!
    Best wins this year so far: £100 Hobbycraft Voucher, £50 cash, GoPro Camera
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