post or online - which is best?

Flat_Eric
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I've been puzzling this evening and am now ready to submit my entries for the take a break weekly mag puzzles. Now entering online means no postage or associated costs but how do the competition bods distinguish between online and postal entries? If there's only one prize then it can't be a simple case of this comp we'll pick an online entry then the next comp we'll pick a postal entry? I'm guessing a winner from online entries is generated by computer but postal entries, surely it's a first out the hat job?

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  • mjm3346
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    edited 10 February 2018 at 11:56PM
    Flat_Eric wrote: »
    I've been puzzling this evening and am now ready to submit my entries for the take a break weekly mag puzzles. Now entering online means no postage or associated costs but how do the competition bods distinguish between online and postal entries? If there's only one prize then it can't be a simple case of this comp we'll pick an online entry then the next comp we'll pick a postal entry? I'm guessing a winner from online entries is generated by computer but postal entries, surely it's a first out the hat job?

    They are all combined before winners are selected (the postal entries are computerised).



    Found a bit from an old post about the company that handled real people magazine and others in that group
    The monthly entries are scanned initially and then the unique competition code for each entry is captured by our data capture team. This allows for competition entry results to be provided and each entry is placed in a unique competition pot to allow for computerized winner selection once each competition has closed.
  • mansey
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    mjm3346 wrote: »
    They are all combined before winners are selected (the postal entries are computerised).



    Found a bit from an old post about the company that handled real people magazine and others in that group

    I never knew that :eek: :T
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  • mjm3346
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    mansey wrote: »
    I never knew that :eek: :T

    It's similar to what they do with with postcard entries to the Derby PO Boxes for ITV, C5 etc

    The company that handles that lot
    We regularly capture data in any volumes from a variety of media including:... competition entries...

    data capture is split across two locations, each providing connectivity and contingency for the other in the event of a major system failure....

    We have the capability to process data via the traditional method of keyboard input; by scanning; through the use of automated data capture and data recognition systems
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