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  • annat
    annat Posts: 881 Forumite
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    me too or mds
  • For the latest competition (for £625,000) they say,

    Entries close 5pm Thursday 14 November”,

    however 14 November is a Friday, not a Thursday.


  • Molkomad
    Molkomad Posts: 136 Forumite
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    jjmmww1 said:
    Just started doing this again the last few weeks. How do you stay sane trying to ring the number 300 times when its the big prizes  :sweat_smile:
    I spread the calls out and do 50 a day from Friday so by Thursday I’ve got all my entries in…..still a massive ball ache though! 😅
  • Comping_Rich
    Comping_Rich Posts: 28,474 Forumite
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    For the latest competition (for £625,000) they say,

    Entries close 5pm Thursday 14 November”,

    however 14 November is a Friday, not a Thursday.



    It has been corrected now.

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  • Ms_Chocaholic
    Ms_Chocaholic Posts: 13,130 Forumite
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    I'm back to comping after a break.  When entering these ones you don't have to say a phrase when answering do you?  
    Thrifty Till 50 Then Spend Till the End
    You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time but you can never please all of the people all of the time
  • Comping_Rich
    Comping_Rich Posts: 28,474 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I'm back to comping after a break.  When entering these ones you don't have to say a phrase when answering do you?  
    Not anymore, you just need to answer your phone.

    Posting is a privilege, not a right. This is a privately-owned site. Posting is a privilege, not a right. Any inappropriate posts or any issues that take up a disproportionate amount of resources or make it a worse place to be will be stopped at our discretion - with or without explanation. No one pays to use this site; when there are issues, we pay to resolve them. Sometimes we need to prioritise spending money on the site, other issues or better resources.
    Please be nice to all MoneySavers. That’s the forum motto. Remember, the prime aim is to help provide info and resources. If you don’t like someone, their situation, their question or feel they’re intruding on ‘your board’ then please bite the bullet and think of the bigger issue. A Guardian article once "doffed its cap" to this forum as being the one place where consumers can collect together and fight back. Our job is to help keep it that way.

    Facebook = FB | Twitter/X = TW/X | Instagram = IG | Threads = THS | Snapchat = SC

    Rafflecopter = RC | Gleam = GL | LinkedIn = LI | TikTok = TT | YouTube = YT

    Pinterest = PIN | Twitch = TWH | Discord = DIS | Viral Sweep = VS | Sweep Widget = SW

    Raffle site = RS | Newsletter = NL




  • Ms_Chocaholic
    Ms_Chocaholic Posts: 13,130 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I'm back to comping after a break.  When entering these ones you don't have to say a phrase when answering do you?  
    Not anymore, you just need to answer your phone.

    Thank you :)
    Thrifty Till 50 Then Spend Till the End
    You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time but you can never please all of the people all of the time
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,363 Forumite
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    edited 14 November at 12:36AM
    I'm back to comping after a break.  When entering these ones you don't have to say a phrase when answering do you?  
    There is no phrase at the moment, just answer within 30 seconds - they select another potential winner on "must be won" comps unlike the good old days when they kept trying to get hold of the first selected.
  • dark_angel
    dark_angel Posts: 1,269 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    What time do they actually call you?
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