Make Me A Winner - General Chat

JamboDP

answered after 4 rings and went to O2 answer phone, no winner today

£95,000 tomorrow, you will have loads of entries if you enter all of them

IainHL

SpanishBlue said:

JamboDP said:

answered after two rings and said hello, no winner today.

£94,000 tomorrow not won since last Monday all entries rolled over.

Just said the lady entered only 8 mins before the lines closed and then said hello.

I can understand someone who entered perhaps several days ago and has since forgotten they are still in the draw. But taking the trouble to enter 8 minutes to 3, getting the call and still not saying the winning phrase....

Why would you do that?

I'm sure psychologists have a posh term for it, but I would call it conditioning. It seems the vast majority of people these days answer their mobile phone with "hello", whether they know who is calling or not, so it becomes ingrained behaviour. I know all of us on here think we would answer with the correct phrase, but I imagine if we got the call some of us would forget and say "hello".

As tompain100 said, a life-haunting moment.

sully1311

JamboDP said:

answered after 4 rings and went to O2 answer phone, no winner today

£95,000 tomorrow, you will have loads of entries if you enter all of them

So will everyone else!

Tashymon

IainHL said:

SpanishBlue said:

JamboDP said:

answered after two rings and said hello, no winner today.

£94,000 tomorrow not won since last Monday all entries rolled over.

Just said the lady entered only 8 mins before the lines closed and then said hello.

I can understand someone who entered perhaps several days ago and has since forgotten they are still in the draw. But taking the trouble to enter 8 minutes to 3, getting the call and still not saying the winning phrase....

Why would you do that?

I'm sure psychologists have a posh term for it, but I would call it conditioning. It seems the vast majority of people these days answer their mobile phone with "hello", whether they know who is calling or not, so it becomes ingrained behaviour. I know all of us on here think we would answer with the correct phrase, but I imagine if we got the call some of us would forget and say "hello".

As tompain100 said, a life-haunting moment.

I heard on the radio today that she was waiting for a call at that time and unfortunately she didn't anticipate actually getting a call from the competition. 

Abbafan1972

I would be mortified if I didn’t say the phrase. 

browna

It’s a cruel competition format to be fair. 

janE1956

browna said:

It’s a cruel competition format to be fair. 

you are not forced to enter

ROBDOLPHIN66

janE1956 said:

browna said:

It’s a cruel competition format to be fair. 

you are not forced to enter

That doesn't mean that it is not a cruel format.
Although, with the "results" this week, they will be very pleased with the way that it has gone.

Abbafan1972

The radio stations do a pretty good job of convincing people that the call is made whenever they make the call on the radio. But of course, those of us that have been entering for yonks and all us wonderful peeps on here know that it’s pre-recorded and it’s made a lot earlier. 

JamboDP

browna said:

It’s a cruel competition format to be fair. 

your whatsit at the bottom of the post is from a great Stones track.