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Tips for winning stuff?? - Anything will do

:huh: Hello every body ("hi doctor mick"), I havent been a member for too long on here but I have been entering all and any competitions for a few weeks now but have not yet won a sausage.

Could anybody tell me if there is a knack to this or is it down to luck? :confused:

I hope theres a knack to it as I've never really been a lucky person.:mad:

Any advice from fellow competition folk???
Target: £145,000 for 2008
why aim low? I want my mortgage paid for!
Otherwise... only 30 years to go to pay off!!!
Comp wins: zip, zero + other words beginning with a 'z'.:rolleyes:
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  • hjb123
    hjb123 Posts: 32,002 Forumite
    just keep at it, enter as many as you can. persevere, you will soon win, wins are like buses, none for a while then several at once

    remember it may take a bit from first entering to getting notification of a prize or receiving the prize as the closing dates may not have passed, then they have to draw the winners and then notify them

    dont give up yet!:D
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  • Hee hee - I have been comping for about a year and must be one of the unluckiest people around - i haven't won a bean and enter about 50-60 comps a week, but some people on her have won loads of things. I think its just down to luck, the more you enter the more chances you have of winning, but obviously not in my case. Hope you win something soon! Good luck.
    If dogs don't go to heaven, then I want to go where they go. :A
  • emmy05
    emmy05 Posts: 2,085 Forumite
    i am with welsh cake, any that i enter always seem to ignore me lol, but you never know, it might well start to happen for us, good luck xx
  • BenhamsLC
    BenhamsLC Posts: 5,880 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Be positive, you can't win if your not in it and keep trying
    Silver Surfer, Always Smiling

    114 wins in 2015, 94 wins in 2016
    121 Wins in 2017, 154 wins in 2018
    90 wins in 2019, 37 wins in 2020
    Good Luck and Thank You
  • I started in January and have just won a small thing today ... but a couple of not real wins as well i.e. make-over and photos but £50 quid deposit - had read of others not getting deposit back .... plus a money off voucher. I think time will bring more wins and persistence ...
  • has anyone on the forum won any of the 'biggies' - by internet entry- This Morning, Real Deal, Loose Women.
  • emmy05
    emmy05 Posts: 2,085 Forumite
    not that ive seen lol
  • irisrose
    irisrose Posts: 4,248 Forumite
    Someone won £3,000 on loose woman from my post so anythings possible
  • mpython
    mpython Posts: 3,677 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    jaytee1 wrote: »
    has anyone on the forum won any of the 'biggies' - by internet entry- This Morning, Real Deal, Loose Women.

    Hi jaytee, wlecome to the forums. if you look at the sub forum below you'll find hundreds of winners, some small, some quirky & some very big indeed. The vast majority are internet rather than post of text.

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=73
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  • I won a £4k diamoind and a trip to amsterdam to pick it up.

    Also I won a £3.5k trip to the himalayas with mens health magazine.

    I also won a surround sound system.

    Ive been entering since Jan 2007 and dont tent to bother with the small comps like cd's and dvd's.

    I enter evrything else tho, gotta just keep going
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