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Keep running out of time!!!

I started comping here in January, and have had 3 small wins. I have read that some people here do upwards of 150-200 competitions a day to win the prizes that they do......I am lucky to manage 20-30 a day! I try to always do the "ending tomorrow" post, and a few more if I have time.

I just dont seem to have time to fit in any more....:confused: what with work, housework, children etc etc!!!!

How do you all do it??? :confused:
Comp wins: Jan: Cuddly Iguana, Disney Watch Feb: Nothing!! March: Love Curse of the Rumbaughs book April: Nothing!! May: Years free cinema tickets
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  • bella165
    bella165 Posts: 13,127 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Stoptober Survivor
    easy get up a hour b4 the kids switch the pc and kettle on then do housework,
    wake kids 1hour later and then get on with the comping.my youngest is 18mts old and i also look after a 6 month old as well as my other 3 kids,and i can enter 100+a day and still cook cleam ect
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  • d130
    d130 Posts: 13,592 Forumite
    Well I do work full-time, but I have no kids and my house isn't very clean, so that makes it easier! :D When I first started comping, I started from the very back of the forum (the oldest threads) and just started working my way forward. I'm definitely not advocating that as it took ages to do, though I did enter loads of comps along the way, but since I did that I tend to be up-to-date on the ones on the board. That means I only need to enter any from today and whatever I didn't get to yesterday. I only enter for ones I want or think friends/family could use, which tends to cut down on the number I enter.

    I know loads of people swear by Roboform (I think that's the name) which remembers your logins and passwords which makes it easier, though I tend to just use the auto-fill on Firefox and Opera. Not having to type all of your details for each entry saves loads of time. I also have a template saved in my email so I can just select it and it pops in my name, address and phone number.

    And whatever I miss I just try and catch up on over the weekend! :)


    Total to date - £309.15
    March wins - Leaves of Grass DVD
  • bunn
    bunn Posts: 4,191 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    "I also have a template saved in my email so I can just select it and it pops in my name, address and phone number"


    how do u do this d130
  • bella165
    bella165 Posts: 13,127 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Stoptober Survivor
    bunn wrote: »
    "I also have a template saved in my email so I can just select it and it pops in my name, address and phone number"


    how do u do this d130

    you go to email options then edit signture that way it will be at the end of the email

    d130 how do you get autofill on firefox as ive downloaded the add on but dont know how to use it lol:o
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  • bunn
    bunn Posts: 4,191 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    yay thanks that will be so much quicker
  • Roboform saves lots of time too.

    I've not had much time to comp lately either.
    "Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into someone else's nonsense, tell yourself: Not my circus, not my monkeys." - Mark Borkowski.
  • Thanks all for your replies!!

    I do use roboform, which is fab. Am going to now start at the back and work forwards, as well as doing the "ending tomorrow" ones, and see how I get on!

    Maybe train my eight year old to do some for me??!!
    Comp wins: Jan: Cuddly Iguana, Disney Watch Feb: Nothing!! March: Love Curse of the Rumbaughs book April: Nothing!! May: Years free cinema tickets
  • NOSONDDU
    NOSONDDU Posts: 13,714 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I only do about 30 -40 a day as that's usually all the comps that have prizes I want to win for myself or for family and friends. Good luck
    "Every day when I wake up I thank the Lord I'm Welsh" Cerys Matthews
  • Dawnhoney_2
    Dawnhoney_2 Posts: 286 Forumite
    I Have A Bad Head Been Signed Off Work Or Two Weeks With Virtigo Feel Really Down In The Dumps :( How Do I Get Firefox?? May Be If I Had A Little Win Make Me Smile :)
  • connacher
    connacher Posts: 1,042 Forumite
    i am on this every spare min (work full time) and have neaver won anything. would love to win anything
    i used to hate it when aunts and grans would come up to me at weddings pinch my cheeks and say "your next, your next". well they stoped that crap when i started to do the same to them at funerals:rotfl:
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