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philg28 Posts: 324 Forumite

Part of the Furniture

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3 December 2024 at 6:46PM in I won! I won! I won!

Thanks to the all the poster out there, I've not found what competition it was from as no comms received other than the arrival of a cheque for £1001 from "Future publishing" marked "RLC-NOV24-147 The Biggie winner 42".

A fantastic end to a long dry spell of no-wins, and has motivated me to keep going.

2024 wins: £1001 cheque
2021 wins: £50 cash (Sun); £200 product of year hamper (Sun)
2013 wins: hair styling wand, £500 cash
2012 wins: 6 iTune song downloads, Macbook Air + 12 months Netflix subscription!!, £500 cash, 1xbook, 1xblu-ray, Il Divo tickets, £250 L'Occitane hamper, £200 cash
2011 wins: iPod nano+£50 iTunes voucher,Sleeping Bag,DVDs,Electric toothbrush,£500 party pack,Katie Melua tickets,Motherboard,£50 iwoot voucher

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KJ1986 Posts: 4,176 Forumite

3 December 2024 at 6:56PM edited 3 December 2024 at 6:56PM

Lovely surprise. Well done.

I'm not certain but I think Chat has a puzzle called The Biggie so could possibly be from this...
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6560147/e-29-10-24-chat-issue-42

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Bigboytyson Posts: 4,019 Forumite

3 December 2024 at 10:01PM

Well done xxx

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Haribobo19 Posts: 2,057 Ambassador

3 December 2024 at 10:12PM

Congratulations! Great win for this time of year! 😀

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2022 Wins - 14 (Biggest win - Silent Night mattress)
2023 Wins - 28 (Biggest win - £400)
2024 Wins - 32 (Biggest win - Lenovo Legion Go)

2025 Wins -
January - 2
February - 5
March - 5
April - 3
May - 8
June - 8
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Deb2008 Posts: 1,561 Forumite

4 December 2024 at 11:07AM

Well done

2011 & 2012 - Many Fantastic Prizes - thank you to all posters 2021 7 small prizes 2022 1 small clever pots win2023 £50 Yours Mag 2024 £100 Thats Life, book win, Thats Life Crime, June, £100 Codebreakers, December Elf The Musical tickets and an overnight stay in Newport 2025
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MisledBat Posts: 15 Forumite

4 December 2024 at 1:09PM

That's a great win! Congrats!

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Samjade97 Posts: 2,063 Forumite

4 December 2024 at 3:11PM

Well done

March 25 - Aphrodisiac Chocolates £30 big table voucher
April 25 - £5 Starbucks voucher
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sarah250187 Posts: 10,077 Forumite

4 December 2024 at 7:09PM

Great win, congrats! Xx

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libra10 Posts: 19,553 Forumite

5 December 2024 at 3:55PM

Well done

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fourleaf Posts: 68 Forumite

5 December 2024 at 9:33PM

Congratulations! I had a Chat win arrive in the post this week too. Hadn’t won anything in a little while, so it was a lovely surprise! Well done

Wins: 2024: £200 skincare voucher, tickets to Hampton Court Palace Garden festival, £500. 2023: Skincare Previous: Case of wine, Resourceful Living book, Amazon Echo, £500, £100 Wagamama vouchers, a camera, a Blackberry, Amazon vouchers, gig tickets, £100 of shopping vouchers, £100 Topshop vouchers, V&A exhibition tickets

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hazeybabe90 Posts: 203 Forumite

6 December 2024 at 11:54AM

Congrats!!!

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