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does anyone win on socials

Just wondered if anyone has ever won on instagram, facebook comps as i never see any winners from here in the i won section unless i've missed them.

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  • born_again
    born_again Posts: 23,559 Forumite
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    They are just ways of scraping information to be sold on.

    Life in the slow lane
  • redfox5
    redfox5 Posts: 27,063 Forumite
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    Yes. My first win this year was the The Ensemble Set from AKT London from Instagram.

    Towards the end of the last year, I won a hamper, again on Instagram.

    I have better success on X, but it's mainly books.

    I don't use Facebook to enter comps but I have in the past and won.

    I don't think they sell on information, they just want you to follow them in the hope you will buy something they advertise later. You don't really give them any information to sell on.

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  • I won a coat from Lavish Alice on Instagram a few years back (RRP was around £100) and it's really nice.

    I don't participate in any on Facebook, there seems to be a lot of spam/fake giveaways going around, especially for holidays and things.

  • MyRealNameToo
    MyRealNameToo Posts: 3,888 Forumite
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    Dont do comps generally but did enter and win a single one once with Fortnums on social media, was a caption this photo type thing with them selecting the "best" answer.

  • AC55
    AC55 Posts: 5,691 Forumite
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    One of my biggest wins was on Instagram - around £1k worth of Le Creuset products.

    Lots of people now enter on instagram now though so I've noticed my wins on there starting to slow down (and overall in general tbh).

  • Tearoma
    Tearoma Posts: 1,183 Forumite
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    Yes, I think the competition platform I've most consistently won prizes from is Instagram.

    I've had nothing from Facebook, but then again I don't enter many competitions on there.

  • hertzyabazas
    hertzyabazas Posts: 34,136 Forumite
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    Plenty from all of the over the years.

    Most come from Instagram these days

  • Samjade97
    Samjade97 Posts: 2,300 Forumite
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    Most of my wins are from instagram

    April 25 - £5 Starbucks voucher
    August 25 - Bundle of Tessa Bailey Books
    Nov 25 - Trio of Nail Polish
    Dec 25 - £50 Amazon Voucher
    March 26 - Easter egg
  • Haribobo19
    Haribobo19 Posts: 4,822 Ambassador
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    I've won lots of times from socials, mostly on X and Instagram as that's where most of the comps are, but I have had a few on Facebook too!

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