Make Me A Winner - General Chat

LizB62

I don't think it helps that, for Make Me A Winner, you only need to enter once and your entry is eligible for every daily draw.
That's probably why people forget to answer with the phrase, because it could literally be weeks since they last entered.....

pate-ci0

Both sides of this discussion have merit and I must say that Make Me a Winner is my least favourite of the formats, particularly with the 'one entry makes you eligible for all competitions' even weeks later. 
I am positive that I missed out on £50,000+ a few years ago by fumbling a call on a new phone, couldn't swipe properly to answer and listening to the presenter later as the call went out, it sounded exactly like what I did. Just that missed chance was immensely disappointing and I still am annoyed years later. 
However, I don't blame the radio station for mucking it up, it was purely my decision to enter and entirely my fault I failed to answer properly. As mentioned above, we do not (or should not) live in a nanny state and passing the blame for things that go wrong in our lives is a failure to learn from our own mistakes, far too prevalent in today's society. If you can't handle and deal with disappointment and failure, particularly for something that you never had in the first place, then don't try anything that could induce those feeling - stay in bed for the rest of your life. If you consider the consequences of getting the answer wrong for these competitions and the chance that such could tip you over an emotional edge, you really should forget the allure of a tiny probability of winning a life-changing financial prize and do not enter at all, to preserve your sanity. But that assumes people are logical and rational, which shoots that whole rationale down in flames.
I learned years ago that the Universe is out to kill you (and eventually will!), so deal with it and at the end of the day, Darwin always wins.

cagsd

Didn't they used to give a £1,000 "consolation prize" to people who answered with Hello? That seems like a nicer way to soften the blow! 

Dust_Bunny

I've bought a cheap payg mobile I use just for comps, when it rings it's straight away, unlike some android phones.

It's not rung yet but I'll know it's a comp & nothing personal.

Bridger12

Thursday- 3 rings gent answers make me a winner, presenter you’ve just won £75,000, gent thank you very much. Presenter asks gent spend money, gent new tools in the workshop at home, presenter think said what gent building, gent few projects in pipeline. Presenter asks gent he will treat, gent maybe holiday first time won anything like this thank you. 
  Friday- £90,000 presenter all entries valid until 14/10/22 

Bridger12

Friday- 5 rings no pickup,£90,000 not won today. 
  Monday- £40,000

SarahBert

pate-ci0 said:

Both sides of this discussion have merit and I must say that Make Me a Winner is my least favourite of the formats, particularly with the 'one entry makes you eligible for all competitions' even weeks later. 
I am positive that I missed out on £50,000+ a few years ago by fumbling a call on a new phone, couldn't swipe properly to answer and listening to the presenter later as the call went out, it sounded exactly like what I did. Just that missed chance was immensely disappointing and I still am annoyed years later. 
However, I don't blame the radio station for mucking it up, it was purely my decision to enter and entirely my fault I failed to answer properly. As mentioned above, we do not (or should not) live in a nanny state and passing the blame for things that go wrong in our lives is a failure to learn from our own mistakes, far too prevalent in today's society. If you can't handle and deal with disappointment and failure, particularly for something that you never had in the first place, then don't try anything that could induce those feeling - stay in bed for the rest of your life. If you consider the consequences of getting the answer wrong for these competitions and the chance that such could tip you over an emotional edge, you really should forget the allure of a tiny probability of winning a life-changing financial prize and do not enter at all, to preserve your sanity. But that assumes people are logical and rational, which shoots that whole rationale down in flames.
I learned years ago that the Universe is out to kill you (and eventually will!), so deal with it and at the end of the day, Darwin always wins.

Yes, I have to say this is very strange that your entry is still valid weeks later - is it not possible to 'close' the competition every Friday and start again the following Monday to keep it fresh in people's minds?  Or if not every week perhaps every month?  But I also agree that this is not a nanny state and if you enter you are responsible for reading the rules and acknowledging them..... I've been entering for so long that 4pm is etched on my brain!

mjm3346

SarahBert said:

pate-ci0 said:

Both sides of this discussion have merit and I must say that Make Me a Winner is my least favourite of the formats, particularly with the 'one entry makes you eligible for all competitions' even weeks later. 
I am positive that I missed out on £50,000+ a few years ago by fumbling a call on a new phone, couldn't swipe properly to answer and listening to the presenter later as the call went out, it sounded exactly like what I did. Just that missed chance was immensely disappointing and I still am annoyed years later. 
However, I don't blame the radio station for mucking it up, it was purely my decision to enter and entirely my fault I failed to answer properly. As mentioned above, we do not (or should not) live in a nanny state and passing the blame for things that go wrong in our lives is a failure to learn from our own mistakes, far too prevalent in today's society. If you can't handle and deal with disappointment and failure, particularly for something that you never had in the first place, then don't try anything that could induce those feeling - stay in bed for the rest of your life. If you consider the consequences of getting the answer wrong for these competitions and the chance that such could tip you over an emotional edge, you really should forget the allure of a tiny probability of winning a life-changing financial prize and do not enter at all, to preserve your sanity. But that assumes people are logical and rational, which shoots that whole rationale down in flames.
I learned years ago that the Universe is out to kill you (and eventually will!), so deal with it and at the end of the day, Darwin always wins.

Yes, I have to say this is very strange that your entry is still valid weeks later - is it not possible to 'close' the competition every Friday and start again the following Monday to keep it fresh in people's minds?  Or if not every week perhaps every month?  But I also agree that this is not a nanny state and if you enter you are responsible for reading the rules and acknowledging them..... I've been entering for so long that 4pm is etched on my brain!

All in the T&Cs and has been done this way for ages so why is it strange?

Apart from people who cannot cope having the sense not to enter perhaps those who simply don't like it run this way shouldn't enter either and if there were enough of these "concerned" people who choose not to enter then it would probably change.

The current  entry method is actually an advantage to the people who enter via the web as they are much more likely to max their entries every day while those using the paid route are much less likely to do so, particularly when the prize is a smaller one. 
Not to forget that 1 paid entry gives a chance to win for the length of the competition without needing to pay every day/week etc

cagsd

It does seem a bit harsh I agree, but top and bottom of it is that it's in the T&Cs that all entries remain valid, and when you enter any competition you are accepting the T&Cs no matter what they say.  If people choose not to read them then that's up to them. 
I would imagine the vast majority of entries come from a single text from a person who happens to be listening on a given day, thinks "ooh that sounds good I'll enter that", sends text and then forgets all about it the next day. 
And having all the entries roll over is a sound business model for the radio company to make a profit, as it becomes vanishingly less likely as the days go by, that the winning entrant will be one who has entered that day or very recently. 
 

SarahBert

mjm3346 said:

SarahBert said:

pate-ci0 said:

Both sides of this discussion have merit and I must say that Make Me a Winner is my least favourite of the formats, particularly with the 'one entry makes you eligible for all competitions' even weeks later. 
I am positive that I missed out on £50,000+ a few years ago by fumbling a call on a new phone, couldn't swipe properly to answer and listening to the presenter later as the call went out, it sounded exactly like what I did. Just that missed chance was immensely disappointing and I still am annoyed years later. 
However, I don't blame the radio station for mucking it up, it was purely my decision to enter and entirely my fault I failed to answer properly. As mentioned above, we do not (or should not) live in a nanny state and passing the blame for things that go wrong in our lives is a failure to learn from our own mistakes, far too prevalent in today's society. If you can't handle and deal with disappointment and failure, particularly for something that you never had in the first place, then don't try anything that could induce those feeling - stay in bed for the rest of your life. If you consider the consequences of getting the answer wrong for these competitions and the chance that such could tip you over an emotional edge, you really should forget the allure of a tiny probability of winning a life-changing financial prize and do not enter at all, to preserve your sanity. But that assumes people are logical and rational, which shoots that whole rationale down in flames.
I learned years ago that the Universe is out to kill you (and eventually will!), so deal with it and at the end of the day, Darwin always wins.

Yes, I have to say this is very strange that your entry is still valid weeks later - is it not possible to 'close' the competition every Friday and start again the following Monday to keep it fresh in people's minds?  Or if not every week perhaps every month?  But I also agree that this is not a nanny state and if you enter you are responsible for reading the rules and acknowledging them..... I've been entering for so long that 4pm is etched on my brain!

All in the T&Cs and has been done this way for ages so why is it strange?

Apart from people who cannot cope having the sense not to enter perhaps those who simply don't like it run this way shouldn't enter either and if there were enough of these "concerned" people who choose not to enter then it would probably change.

The current  entry method is actually an advantage to the people who enter via the web as they are much more likely to max their entries every day while those using the paid route are much less likely to do so, particularly when the prize is a smaller one. 
Not to forget that 1 paid entry gives a chance to win for the length of the competition without needing to pay every day/week etc

I know it's all in the T&Cs I was just mulling over that it's odd how long they keep people entered in it for a given competition, do all competitions everywhere work like this?  This is the only radio comp I've ever entered so I'm probably not up to speed on this subject.....I only do the free on-line entry.