📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Your first win???

124

Comments

  • dinx1972
    dinx1972 Posts: 1,885 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    My first win came not long after I started entering and was a Barbie MP3 Accessory Pack (my 6 year old Ds was not amused:rotfl: ), but it went into the present box and was well received.

    My biggest win has been £500 cash (still not received yet:mad: ), from a Virgin Radio comp.

    Have won various other wonderful things, including tickets to premier movies, and a trip to Edinburgh with travel included, oh allsorts.

    It just makes a change to actually look forward to the postman delivering the mail, instead of worrying about which bill/demand will land on the mat next:rotfl: .

    Still have a wish list though, LCD TV, wii, xbox360, laptop. Just biggy stuff really on my wish list. Am not expecting to win these but you can hope, and it is fun imagining where something could go, or who in the family could use that prize.

    Keep at it. I only started in February and have smashed my £2008 for 2008.
    :j DEBT FREE FROM 01/01/11 :j
    Declutter 2012 - 191, 2013 - 26
  • iolande
    iolande Posts: 88 Forumite
    I've only been comping for a couple of weeks, but . . . on my very first day I entered the National Trust Family Pass competition and won one!!! So despite it being a small prize (and they gave away 2000 of them) it has spurred me on and I'm totally hooked :D and incredibly grateful for the people who have taken the time to post the comps and compile the daily list ;) Mind you, the end of the month comps took me by surprise 800+ :eek: I cherry picked comps that I thought I would like to prize to and entered over 200 that day :D
  • Baybee1984
    Baybee1984 Posts: 572 Forumite
    Only started this last week and jus had my first win, a Saawariya DVD, so not bad for a start :) Okay so its a Blu-Ray and a film Ill prob never watch but itll make someone a nice present, or even a few pennies on ebay :) Thank you to the OP [theres a few comps for the same thing so not sure which I entered lol] and also big thanks to those that go out there way to make the comp lists, much appreciated!! Good Luck everyone :)
    \\ Debt Free April 2008 //
    \\ Single Mummy to 1 boy - 4 years & 5 months old //
    \\ Last weeks spend: £139.39 - 2 NSDs //
  • d130
    d130 Posts: 13,592 Forumite
    My first win was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Goodie bag - it was a runners up prize but inspired me to keep going. :)

    My first big win was probably the £200 I won from Puzzler, which quickly got put towards a holiday.


    Total to date - £309.15
    March wins - Leaves of Grass DVD
  • kipper_2-2
    kipper_2-2 Posts: 56,025 Forumite
    First thing I won was a Philips Home Cinema System in Feb 2007 (about 2 years after I first started comping on here :eek:)

    Bear in mind though the board was tiny then and there was probably the same amount of comps going on in a week as there are in a day now!


    :D
  • comping_cat
    comping_cat Posts: 24,006 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    My first win was about 2 months after starting on the comps - it was a Lulu Guiness handbag worth £400 and a Jagger top worth £150!!!

    My best win was a Wii last year, saved our christmas!!!
  • Keefcat
    Keefcat Posts: 583 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    I've been comping since the end of March and my first win has been my biggest, a weekend in Glasgow with 1st class rail travel - ridiculously expensive - 2 nights in a hotel with breakfast both mornings and dinner on one night, and i'm going this Friday ! I had 8 wins last month, nothing huge but everyone made my day and that's what it's all about !
  • ducky3
    ducky3 Posts: 97 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    i have been comping for a few weeks, havent won anything myself as of yet but fingers crossed...
    my sis (josie) entered me in for a few of the glamour ones and i won 3 things! :)
    i only do comps ending at the minute, should i start doing the normal ones? i dont know where to start, theres so many!
  • dean2oo6
    dean2oo6 Posts: 217 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Fairly new to this and my main win was from the News Of The World in April. Won an Executive box for 15 at Arsenals ground for Sweden v Brazil. It was great as free beer and food. Was worth £2500.
    Just waiting for my next win now.
  • COCONUT
    COCONUT Posts: 158 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    he he, i spend so long reading about all the great things other people have won i forget to enter any comps! the "i've won" board is almost as addictive as the comps boards!
    Best win 2011: Maldives Holiday!
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.4K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.3K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.8K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.4K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599.7K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.2K Life & Family
  • 258K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.