A: 12/12 The 12 Days of Christmas - Fairfax and Favor (sign up early) (starts 01/12)

cornishpasty1

Found from here: https://www.facebook.com/fairfaxandfavor/posts/2838877613000018 (not sure if Facebook required once it starts)

https://www.fairfaxandfavor.com/pages/advent-calendar

Register now to be in with a chance of winning one of 12 special gifts worth over 5k, every day for 12 days in December.

Click the Door to Reveal the Gift (from 01/12)

I'll add a link to an Advents Thread 

dobbiesloan

tried 5 times and found I am no a robot button but I have no idea if I have entered or not

dobbiesloan

Just had an email to confirm that I have

BootsMullery

@cornishpasty1 The Sort facility seems to be sorting this thread under a date of 24/12/2020, which suggests that this is the date entered in the Mandatory Closing Date, but the End Date in the title is 12/12, which would look to be correct. They do say it is a 12 day competition starting on 1st December.
The mandatory field and the title really should both have the same. If it does turn out to be different, they can both be edited.

cornishpasty1

BootsMullery said:

@cornishpasty1 The Sort facility seems to be sorting this thread under a date of 24/12/2020, which suggests that this is the date entered in the Mandatory Closing Date, but the End Date in the title is 12/12, which would look to be correct. They do say it is a 12 day competition starting on 1st December.
The mandatory field and the title really should both have the same. If it does turn out to be different, they can both be edited.

@BootsMullery, looks like I set E: 12/12? as a guessed end date and E: 24/12 in the new date field.  I didn't realise the new date field was the date that the search would bring up (this could be a major problem) so had put E: 24/12 to be on the safe side.  I have now amended it to E: 13/12 as there is a problem where people can't comment on the comp on the end date (I don't think this has been sorted out yet). ie E: 12/12 would be expired on E: 12/12 at about 12.01 am (I think).

Thanks for pointing this problem out, just as well we're aware of this now whilst Advents posting is new, I'll put a comment in Compers Chat Corner 

EDIT: posting in CCC here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6210147/advent-posting-potential-problem/p1?new=1

BootsMullery

cornishpasty1 said:

BootsMullery said:

@cornishpasty1 The Sort facility seems to be sorting this thread under a date of 24/12/2020, which suggests that this is the date entered in the Mandatory Closing Date, but the End Date in the title is 12/12, which would look to be correct. They do say it is a 12 day competition starting on 1st December.
The mandatory field and the title really should both have the same. If it does turn out to be different, they can both be edited.

@BootsMullery, looks like I set E: 12/12? as a guessed end date and E: 24/12 in the new date field.  I didn't realise the new date field was the date that the search would bring up (this could be a major problem) so had put E: 24/12 to be on the safe side.  I have now amended it to E: 13/12 as there is a problem where people can't comment on the comp on the end date (I don't think this has been sorted out yet). ie E: 12/12 would be expired on E: 12/12 at about 12.01 am (I think).

Thanks for pointing this problem out, just as well we're aware of this now whilst Advents posting is new, I'll put a comment in Compers Chat Corner 

EDIT: posting in CCC here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6210147/advent-posting-potential-problem/p1?new=1

The commenting problem you mention was sorted within days of it first being mentioned. The thread does not now get closed until 23:59 on the Closing Date and it is no longer necessary to add a day.
You say "the date that the search would bring up" but I was referring to "sort" not "search". The Search facility would still work on the End Date in the title but this not really satisfactory as so many people do not format that date correctly and it needs to be exact for search to find it.
The "Sort" function works on the mandatory Closing Date  and the date in the title is irrelevant. This function is perfect for End Date compers as long as the correct date is input. It merely takes the whole of the Competitions Time forum and puts the Open or Closed threads in date order when the options "Closing Date" and "Open"/Close are selected.
As I understand it, the BG's also use the Sort function when moving out the expired comps to GO and it is for this purpose that expired threads get "Closed" at the end of the day on which they expire. The BG's use the Sort function with "Closing Date" and "Close" options which then returns all of the Closed threads on the Competitions Time board and which they can then move them to GO. Again, this is much more reliable than any Search. 

cornishpasty1

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6208931/a-12-12-the-12-days-of-christmas-fairfax-and-favor-sign-up-early-starts-01-12/p1?new=1

cornishpasty1

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Looks like this starts at noon today, although when I clicked the Day 1 it says opens at 1pm

I_Love_comps

Message when opening box says check back at 1pm

thisone

Seems to be an enter once and be informed of winners via email as per last year. Today's prize 2 pairs of shoes and a signature cap, entering PEARTREE reveals the winners partial email

Zanzib

Day 2 opens at 1.30 pm