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Notified of win

dj_uk_1234
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I’ve been entering competitions on and off for a while but never won.
Do you lucky winners generally get notified by telephone? I rarely check my emails in the address I use due to the sheer amount of spam and i’m worried I might have missed contact somewhere along the way
Cheers guys and good luck
Do you lucky winners generally get notified by telephone? I rarely check my emails in the address I use due to the sheer amount of spam and i’m worried I might have missed contact somewhere along the way
Cheers guys and good luck
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More often than not you're notified by email rather than phone in my experience.4
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I've only been notified by phone once or twice, by far the majority of wins have been notified by email (with some just turning up unannounced in the post). Most of the comps I enter do not require a phone number and unless it is mandatory I do not fill it in.
You get in the habit of running through the emails each day and deleting the obvious spam; most WEMs are sent from a personal address from the promoting company (though not all) and if you search your emails for keywords like won or winner or congratulations then you should pick up potential prizes you might have missed.
Do make a point of unsubscribing from emails where the competition date has expired; you really need to keep the spam volume down.
I would say that I regularly get about 100-200 spam emails a day, takes about 5-10 minutes to clear them.1 -
pate-ci0 said:
Do make a point of unsubscribing from emails where the competition date has expired; you really need to keep the spam volume down.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe and Old Style Money Saving boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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Although rather old this thread still gives some idea of how people get notified
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/526089/how-you-are-informed-of-wins/p1
One thing to remember is you can only get notified by whatever contact details you have given so unless you gave a phone number at time of entry you cannot be notified by phone1 -
Brie said:pate-ci0 said:
Do make a point of unsubscribing from emails where the competition date has expired; you really need to keep the spam volume down.
Unless otherwise stated in the rules, ie a mandatory newsletter signup or newsletter membership, there should be no differentiation between those who choose to sign up for an optional newsletter and those who do not.
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Most competitions email you and if you do not reply within the given time scale then you usually forfeit your prize, this can be anywhere from 24 hours to 30 days usually.
The odd prize has just turned up in the post, but yes mostly are notified by email.
You can search your email for certain words, like Congrats, Congratulations, Winner etc. which usually bring up the majority of winning emails. But you may need to manually check you Junk/Spam folder.
Always check what is mandatory for competition entries though, as often the newsletter or other communication isn't required and it is optional.Thank you to everyone who posts competitions and good luck to everyone who enters.0 -
pate-ci0 said:Brie said:pate-ci0 said:
Do make a point of unsubscribing from emails where the competition date has expired; you really need to keep the spam volume down.
Unless otherwise stated in the rules, ie a mandatory newsletter signup or newsletter membership, there should be no differentiation between those who choose to sign up for an optional newsletter and those who do not.
I stress 'should'.- First, the consent needs to have been freely given. If you require people to consent to receive marketing as a condition to entering a promotion or accessing a product or opportunity, the ASA is unlikely to accept that it was ‘freely given.
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mjm3346 said:
- First, the consent needs to have been freely given. If you require people to consent to receive marketing as a condition to entering a promotion or accessing a product or opportunity, the ASA is unlikely to accept that it was ‘freely given.
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I found my last two wins in my junk folder.Every day I check then delete all my inbox and junk folder. 10 mins at a time.
If you are still doing competitions regularly, then try searching as people have mentioned above, then delete the lot and start again with a clean in box0
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