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Your first win???

:hello: Hi, i'm new to this and have become completly addicted! :D

I was just wondering if people can share their first win or....more importantly...their first big win? I know hearing this will give me a boost to continue on and hopefully does the same for other compers. :beer:

Also, do you remember how long after you first started comping that you had your first win?

Thanks and happy comping! :)
E.I.J.O.Q.U.X.Y.Z
:staradmin You gotta be in it to win it! :staradmin
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  • hjb123
    hjb123 Posts: 32,002 Forumite
    my first win since starting comping on MSE was a nights dinner bed and breakfast at a boutique hotel in edinburgh. Went up over my birthday and was a lovely break
    Weight Loss - 102lb
  • Strepsy
    Strepsy Posts: 5,651 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I won £20 Fat Face vouchers about 2 days after I started comping, I was hooked. The first big thing was a laptop.
    I've been lucky, I'll be lucky again. ~ Bette Davis
  • Overthetop
    Overthetop Posts: 207 Forumite
    I have only just started comping with MSE but previoulsy my first win was a TV back in the 90s
  • DUKE
    DUKE Posts: 7,360 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    My first win was within 8 weeks of entering comps, it was a scented candle set.

    First big wins (both won on the same day) were a years supply of Chicago Town pizza, and a fly-drive to anywhere in America - I went to Hawaii :D
  • chezas
    chezas Posts: 850 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    :T Wow! Both on the same day! That's great!
    E.I.J.O.Q.U.X.Y.Z
    :staradmin You gotta be in it to win it! :staradmin
  • lewpster
    lewpster Posts: 1,665 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    My best win has been a Wii I won just before Christmas - prob 5/6 months after I started using the boards properly xx
  • ellasmommy
    ellasmommy Posts: 2,542 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    My first win was £250 to spend at debenhams, i had to go on virgin radio & tell them my favourite xmas song! Thats was about a month after i started comping xx
    Do good and good will come to you.
  • T--J
    T--J Posts: 4,298 Forumite
    My first win was a yoga DVD in February, a month after I'd started comping. My first biggies were a total of £3300 Virgin Experience vouchers with Big Snap in March/April. :j
    2017 Wins: £200 (Total since 2008: £43,827! :shocked:)
    Best wins: £5000 with ITV :eek:, Trips to New York fashion week/Malta/Lake Como/Paris/London/St Mellion spa, iPhones, iPad, TVs, vouchers
    May-Oct: 0 Nov: £200.10
  • Evie82
    Evie82 Posts: 340 Forumite
    I was poorly in Feb this year and led up on the sofa and I spent a couple of hours entering competitions. 4 days later a Bouquet of flowers arrived, a prize for a caption competition.

    Im a dipper, I dont do any for months then I spend days applying.
    Dont give up, law of averages say you will win something someday. :beer:
  • josie301
    josie301 Posts: 4,654 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    my first win was a set of 10 hardback novels - I was 10 (and was hooked then!!)

    in the past 18mths the biggest things I have won are PS3 60gb, an Xbox360 Elite, 2 nintendo DS's, Sony portable DVD player and a Sony Vaio laptop. (My kids think I'm god!;) )

    There are many others prizes I have won which are smaller but so much better - tickets to shows, kids party, vouchers etc.

    Keep going its worth it!
    ;)

    ps - still trying for the TV & Wii!!
    Jo x
    2007:£5181.09 2008: £6619.70 2009: £4284.49 2010: £5213.14 2011: £4980.62 2012: £3188.52 :)

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