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Your first win???

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  • chezas
    chezas Posts: 850 Forumite
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    josie301 wrote: »
    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!!



    Wow! Great prizes! If i can win even one of those, i'd be over the moon! Well done!! :T
    E.I.J.O.Q.U.X.Y.Z
    :staradmin You gotta be in it to win it! :staradmin
  • green1970
    green1970 Posts: 744 Forumite
    I started comping through this site at the end of February and I had my first big win about 10 days after starting. It was a trip to a Tiger Sanctuary in Periyar, India and we're going at the end of October.

    Then had another nice win a fortnight or so later which was an annual cinema pass and a digital camera.

    So I've had a really good start. 7 of the smaller wins from Glamour in May have made May for me - I'd have had nothing at all for May other than a PC game if it hadn't have been for that competition. Got down to the last 4 to win a car on the radio but lost out there.

    I would love a new bed and a TV that's bigger than 50" - those are my competition dream wins and I'll keep plugging away until I've got them :-)
    11th Heaven prizes Number 103
    Jan Wins - £15 itunes voucher, Food Processor
    1) Holiday 2) Cash 3) Ipad [STRIKE]4) Kitchen gadgets[/STRIKE] 5) New Actifry 6) Garden/House makeover 7) New Bed 8) Multi-region BluRay player 9) Netbook 10) Gig tickets 11) 3D TV

  • gingerchick
    gingerchick Posts: 3,847 Forumite
    My first ever win was a two day/one night stay at champneys.
    Me and my mate went about two years ago and had a fab time.
    This was before I used this forum for comps regularly.
    I was a freebie hunter first, but once I'd won that I was hooked and haven't looked back since.
    Have won some great prizes thanks to people on here posting and sharing comps.
    :beer:
  • ella87310
    ella87310 Posts: 2,930 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    My 1st win was about 2 weeks after I started - a hallmark goodybag, which was lovely and my biggest win has been just over £2000 virgin experience vouchers from big snap amazing :j:j:j
  • I started comping in March last year and more recently started using MSe (was using a porthole website before!) By May I had three wins:

    Tickets to the Vitality Show in London (small win but I was pleased!)
    Then - some garden furniture - table and two chairs from UKTV worth about £200
    Then (and you could have knocked me down with a feather!) A HOLIDAY TO AUSTRALIA AND TICKETS TO SEE GWEN STEFANI!!! Went last August and it was fantastic!

    Really is the luck of the draw and as this forum proves you have to be in it to win it and you never know when the next big win is round the corner! Half the fun is just dreaming of winning but knowing it actually happens means its not a pipe dream it could be you next time round! A year and a bit later I have won two other weekend holidays abroad! (Paris - but couldn't go and Russia in August!) and loads of other small prizes! So heres to living the dream (and wasting hours of our lives on our laptops in the mean time!!)

    xx:rotfl: :rotfl: :beer: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    Thank you to all posters:beer:
  • I really can't remember what my first win was but I'm pretty sure it came about 2 months after I started in March 2007.

    My first big win was a while gold and diamond necklace worth £1000 and it came only 4 or 5 months after I started.

    I won a laptop last year too, which was probably one of my favourite wins because it's enabled me to enter far more comps and therefore win more.

    My biggest win this year was £980 from Dickinsons Real Deal.

    Good luck to everyone entering and thanks to everyone posting.

    Jen x
    Biggest win: £10,000 from Pepsi
    Favourite win: Handmade jewellery worth £1000
    ITV Winners Club Member #1
    Check out the ITV Winners Club in IWIWIW
    I shall write in ever decreasing circles until I have nothing left to say
  • Munchkim
    Munchkim Posts: 5,447 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    My first win was within a month or so of starting and it was a cat poets calendar and book, I was so excited by it and soon became totally hooked! I've been comping since October last year and my better wins include a spa break, an iphone and a £1000 experience voucher so it is well worth it. Good luck to you and everyone else on here too :D
    Just become FTBs & Aiming to be mortgage free by 2034 :wink:

    Thank you to all who post on the comps/freebies forums
    you've helped us save our deposit :money:
  • Having just read through this thread again, I've realised the best thing I've won since coming here is the friendship and companionship from people who post here.

    This has to be the best forum in the world and I love you all dearly so Thanks

    Jen x
    Biggest win: £10,000 from Pepsi
    Favourite win: Handmade jewellery worth £1000
    ITV Winners Club Member #1
    Check out the ITV Winners Club in IWIWIW
    I shall write in ever decreasing circles until I have nothing left to say
  • Munchkim
    Munchkim Posts: 5,447 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    jen.eng wrote: »
    Having just read through this thread again, I've realised the best thing I've won since coming here is the friendship and companionship from people who post here.

    This has to be the best forum in the world and I love you all dearly so Thanks

    Jen x

    That is so true, everyone here is so helpful and friendly, this is for you all
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    Just become FTBs & Aiming to be mortgage free by 2034 :wink:

    Thank you to all who post on the comps/freebies forums
    you've helped us save our deposit :money:
  • Ripata_2
    Ripata_2 Posts: 100 Forumite
    Hiya ive been doing these comps since march,and the only thing ive won is golf tickets for show in london for hubby,im hoping for a big win,im starting to get fed up now!
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