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2020 Advents

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How we all doing, any wins yet?
The Advent board seems pretty quiet this year, I wonder if people are 1) not finding the forum or 2) just not doing them this year?
To be honest, I've barely done any this year.
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  • janE1956
    janE1956 Posts: 2,261 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    no wins but have done loads, prefer to bookmark the ones I want to do then get an e mail when each one is updated, (works for me that way) quieter now the first 12 have gone
  • Zanzib
    Zanzib Posts: 5,376 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    One win from a 12 day advent, but entering as many as in previous years.
  •  To be honest ive not been comping at all since the new forum appeared. 
     Still nosing on the other boards daily but find navigating comps horrid. There are loads less posted too but then i didnt enter FB or IG so dodged lots
  • janE1956
    janE1956 Posts: 2,261 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I have started IG this advent and enjoyed it use the same 3 people to tag and they use me etc so bit of fun (apart from yesterday when 2 sites tried to scam me
  • badamsgirl
    badamsgirl Posts: 4,516 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I've had one little win so far. I think the advent board is a little harder to keep track of, just as i can't always tell which ones i've already checked during the day so i may miss out on some. I normally check my own bookmarked comps first, then trawl social media and then come to the boards sporadically during the day and try and work through what i have and haven't entered. I think i'm probably entering more as i'm doing more on twitter and instagram this year whereas i normally only enter a handful on social media.
    [COLOR="Px (urple"]Good luck for 2025 Comping! Be lucky! [/COLOR]
    My July 2025 Wins: £50 dining out voucher (web)
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,257 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Probably a bit of everything but mostly because they are not on the main board (thankfully)
    just one easy to find comparison
    ITV advent this year 12,600 views, last year 21,500
  • bluesooz
    bluesooz Posts: 7,387 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I've actually found the advent board easier to use than when they were on main board.  I dip in and out during the day, working through the pages and can tell if any new comments - both by where they are in the order and the fact they have a purple 'new' statement.  I also dip into other comping sites and their advents are kept separate too.  Most prizes on offer are quite small, so I'm not bothered if I have a day off entering

    Have won a couple of prizes.
  • hwg3141
    hwg3141 Posts: 630 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I'm not really bothering with the advents this year, apart from Nintendo and Sandberg. I just find it takes too long otherwise
  • redfox5
    redfox5 Posts: 25,068 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I've been doing as many as possible and had 3 wins but so many IG ones! I feel like there are less Big companies doing it. Remember last year Sky & Freeview were involved. Also people keep trying to scam me on IG & FB. 

    I miss the old thanks button as I used it to highlight what I'd entered but the new comp-liment button is not as clear.   
    Wins in 2023 - 35
    Wins in 2022 - 43
    Wins in 2021 - 62
    Wins in 2020 - 68
    Wins in 2019 - 5
  • I like the new advent board and prefer it to the old system. I’m finding it easier to enter lots of advents this year, but I’ve not had any advent wins yet. 

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