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Comping for 9 years... 0 wins!
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Firstly, I wanted to say a massive thank you to everybody here who puts in the time to share entry information, competitions, do all of the puzzles to share answers etc. It's quite a community and it's always heartwarming to see.
I thought it was probably about time I said hello; this is my ninth year of doing competitions and sadly, my ninth year of not winning anything!
I have to admit I don't enter everything which I am well aware reduces my chances dramatically, but I do all of the ITV competitions via text, Take a Breaks, holiday entries, Heart/Absolute/Radio X etc, regular magazines like Bella/That's Life, along with the one-off entries for prizes. I'm also doing the daily Hits + Magic radio competitions at the moment...!
It would be a dream to win something. Oddly, despite a terrible drought of almost a decade, I still find the time to enter competitions - it's quite therapeutic? A win would certainly help my family's finances but for now, it's an oddly satisfying way to unwind! Am I alone in this? Ha!
Perhaps eventually I'll strike it lucky? Right?
I do wonder if I'm doing something wrong sometimes!
I thought it was probably about time I said hello; this is my ninth year of doing competitions and sadly, my ninth year of not winning anything!
I have to admit I don't enter everything which I am well aware reduces my chances dramatically, but I do all of the ITV competitions via text, Take a Breaks, holiday entries, Heart/Absolute/Radio X etc, regular magazines like Bella/That's Life, along with the one-off entries for prizes. I'm also doing the daily Hits + Magic radio competitions at the moment...!
It would be a dream to win something. Oddly, despite a terrible drought of almost a decade, I still find the time to enter competitions - it's quite therapeutic? A win would certainly help my family's finances but for now, it's an oddly satisfying way to unwind! Am I alone in this? Ha!
Perhaps eventually I'll strike it lucky? Right?
I do wonder if I'm doing something wrong sometimes!
Adam
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They don't quite have the same level of prize as the ITV ones though!
Mort: - £98,200
CCds: - £1,568.18
Loan: - £0
Savings: - £3,500.00
It's probably more of a time-thing for me, rather than the "greed" of wanting a big win. Perhaps I need to invest some more time here
Do you find these competitions via this board, or scout them yourself?
Each of them receives thousands of entries, some in the hundreds of thousands, so your chances of being a winner is pretty slim. I've been doing all the magazine puzzles for about 7 years now and only won with any of them once; I've never won with Heart, Capital etc.
Yes, people do win the big cash prizes, but you only have to look at I Won! board to see that the vast majority of people's prizes are things like tickets, pet supplies, toys, gin etc etc.
I'm not saying you should be entering for anything and everything - I certainly don't enter for anything I'm not sure I could want or use - but cast your net a little wider and enter for (eg) DVDs you'd like, makeup or toiletries if appropriate, food and drink prizes, local tickets, etc etc. You may find you get a few little wins.... although then again, you may not. My supply of small prizes seems to have completely dried up.
However it does seem like you have the right attitude - it's just a bit of fun, and if you win anything it's a bonus. Keep that up and hopefully something will come your way before too long!
From earlier this year
I probably wasn't clear in that I do enter for smaller items, but they're more one-off things I guess. I could certainly enter for more things, however.
Hi
I'm a newbie to this competition thing and not brilliant on finding my way around forums so please excuse my ignorance
what do you mean by the search facility.... is this to search for specific competitions and is that facility here on MSE
thanks:)
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