Competitions Discussion Thread Part 6

Dalkirst

I reckon some people post comps that have been posted before just to get the thanks;)

hjb123

Dalkirst wrote: »

I reckon some people post comps that have been posted before just to get the thanks;)

lol, or even just reply to posts to get a thanks?:D

dementedhousewife

Dalkirst wrote: »

I reckon some people post comps that have been posted before just to get the thanks;)

Its not about the Thanks...
Its about finding comps for us all to win..

toniq

Thanks for saying that darren! ive thought that for a while xxxxx

kipper_2-2

hjb123 wrote: »

lol, or even just reply to posts to get a thanks?:D

:whistle:

kipper_2-2

dementedhousewife wrote: »

Its not about the Thanks...
Its about finding comps for us all to win..

I think it is to some, not all tbh, but all it takes is a little care and consideration to post a competition.


I've said it before I've been here years now and I have seen people come and go and only a few hardcore stay to the bitter end and persevere with the posting of comps for everyone, its normally the newbies who have a flurry of posting (badly) and entering comps, then get bored and stop altogether.

rrickyuk

ginjim wrote: »

ok you can all come to mine but its £2.85 a pint

That's cheap for London.

rrickyuk

So, does this sound right from what you have all said:

Use the url without the 'www.', and before the first '/', eg:

timeout.com

not

www.timeout.com/competitions

Use a key word or words, eg: Cyprus, New York, Britney Spears.

Is that right?

I find the title of the comp, eg: Win two return flights to Paris with Flybe! useful as well.

The email address can be useful for email only comps.

The main thing seems to be that you can never rely on a whole url search on its own.

I make a lot fewer mistakes now by doing these things, and agree with the points about thanks made above.

That's my twopennurth.

Oh, and it was a good idea to bring this up, Al Mac. :beer:

Two posts in this thread from me = more thanks! :rotfl:

hjb123

rrickyuk wrote: »

So, does this sound right from what you have all said:

Use the url without the 'www.', and before the first '/', eg:

timeout.com

not

www.timeout.com/competitions

thats how I do it and it seems to work for me?

agebuss

Methinks also there are some people out there who enjoy telling you it's been posted before, so won't we be taking away their pleasure???