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Do you enter ALL the competitions on MN or just the ones that you'd like to win?

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Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 07-Nov-08 17:43:42
Normally only fio the prize is relevant but ended up winning books suitable for my dnephew when I had really entered for a ski holiday !

Does adding a comment to a listing count as adding a listing ? (there are only so many things to do after all!)
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 07-Nov-08 17:33:16
Only the ones I would like to win and only once. Maybe I should change that though as I never do win.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 07-Nov-08 17:32:40
Or if I can't do the dates, eg the current one for Chatham House prize - can't enter as my dd will be at school on those dates - and no, I don't do holidays during term time grin
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 07-Nov-08 17:29:42
I don't enter ones which are unsuitable for my dd's age, or if I don't like the prize

<creeps to LTH>
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 07-Nov-08 17:26:57
I don't enter that many because with two grown-up children, I'm not going to want baby stuff (at least not until either of them presents me with a grandchildgrin) Until then, I keep my tips for the comps I'd really like to win...
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 07-Nov-08 17:23:38
I hardly ever recognise the names of winners.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 07-Nov-08 17:19:39
well, if they don't want the prize they shouldn't put their email address in the box when submitting the tip/review.

Of course my startingthis thread it means I've jinxed myself for the prize I really want to win.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 07-Nov-08 14:17:23
people add tips n stuff without wanting to enter a comp??? shock
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 07-Nov-08 14:02:30
Some of them you enter automatically if you post a review/tip/whatever they've picked on that week. So it's quite possible to enter without even noticing that there is a competition...
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 07-Nov-08 14:02:30
Only the ones i'd want to win.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 07-Nov-08 14:02:00
I do just the things I want. Normally just once too going with the theory that if I am meant to win it then I will

Apart from the HSM one which I entered about 4 times as I wanted xmas stuff blush

It pisses me off too though - why enter to win stuff for a small girl when you only have teenage sons etc?
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 07-Nov-08 14:00:22
Because quite frankly, people who enter them all even if its stuff they'd never use/want/need/whatever piss me right off.

Yes yes yes comps are open to every one but its just greedy IMHO.

Oh and No I've never won anything.
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