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Who's excited for Advents then?

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  • Inaka
    Inaka Posts: 243 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    This is my first year comping and thus my first year of advents. All I can say is I was not prepared   :tired_face:
  • 1trainer1
    1trainer1 Posts: 1,030 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    sammi86 said:
    I love advent time but for me this years offerings (so far) haven't quite hit the mark. Haven't entered for much so do not expect to win much, if anything.
    Also, i dislike how many are based on Instagram. I do not use Insta for comping so its annoying  :D
    Same here, I am not on social media so instragram, Facebook, twitter etc i do not enter those comps and this yesar nearly half the comps are on one of the networks, even all the gleam and rafflecopter ones have a lot of social media requirements

    not won a doddle yet but will see how i do at the end of the advents as its only early days yet

    Blessed on 18th February 2014 at 0814 with little Sarah xxx
  • tghe-retford
    tghe-retford Posts: 1,036 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I am not on social media (I'm not a fan of them) so most of the pages are just red X's. If more and more competitions move to social media networks, I am going to have to re-evaluate whether it is worth doing it.
  • cagsd
    cagsd Posts: 7,694 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Yeah I'm finding the same, I do have social media accounts but I hate spamming my pages with competitions so I don't enter anything that involves tagging people, multiple shares etc.  It's a shame as it seems like about three quarters of advents this year are on socials.  
  • I've hardly done any just a few that I have bookmarked. Main priority is catching up on the main board  :)
  • euronorris
    euronorris Posts: 12,247 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper PPI Party Pooper
    Def more on social media. IG in particular. I don't have a hope of keeping up with them, despite my best efforts.
    February wins: Theatre tickets
  • redfox5
    redfox5 Posts: 27,236 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Okay...I can't wait for the 12/12 for most of them to be closed  :D
    Wins in 2023 - 35
    Wins in 2022 - 43
    Wins in 2021 - 62
    Wins in 2020 - 68
    Wins in 2019 - 5
  • sammi86
    sammi86 Posts: 533 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I dont think i've ever X'ed as many as i have this year.
    Also, ive got so few in my bookmarks. But it is a good thing as i dont need to spend alot of time doing them!
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