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To stop entering competitions because no one wins anything?

88 replies

Olu123 · 03/03/2022 21:08

Just that really. Not even about the lottery or lucky dips or anything like that.
It’s Vodafone rewards; sky VIP, win a weekend for 2 etc etc. Has anyone ever actually won anything from random online competitions? I keep entering but never win and don’t know anyone in real life that has ever won.

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crowsfeet57 · 04/03/2022 14:36

New kitchen, trip to New York, family trip to Disneyland Paris, TV's. cash vouchers, olympics tickets, shows....

You have to be committed to win regularly.

Renovationstation · 04/03/2022 14:32

I won a Vodafone Rewards competition for a £5 Argos voucher Grin

I enter everything I come across but other the Argos voucher I've only otherwise won bus tickets for our local bus company (day rover type ones worth about £10) and a Funday Times game as a kid in the 1980's.

Fingers crossed by big lottery payout is coming soon Halo

DaisyDreaming · 04/03/2022 13:55

I’ve won before. They used to be easier to win but now competition entering is a lot more popular. Someone legally has to win and companies will be fined if they don’t give out the prize and are reported. If you think most competitions have hundreds of thousands of entries, some even over a million entries then the chances of winning are small but someone does win legit competitions

AKAanothername · 04/03/2022 13:15

I won a flat in London, it was an Evening Standard competition.

Nothingfree · 04/03/2022 12:57

@Isis1981uk

I've been comping for 22 years & win on average 3 prizes a week. I've won a £22,000 car, numerous holidays (St Lucia, Vancouver, French Alps, & Cornwall), laptops, tablets, phones, £1000's of toys & books, beauty products, theatre weekends in London etc

The people who say they don't win anything:
a) Don't enter enough (I enter 200 a day easily) AND/OR
b) Don't follow the entry rules correctly.

My mum only enters 10-20 a day and has still won a weekend in Paris in a 5* hotel, tickets to see Sam Smith, & a £500 KitchenAid.

You are my people Grin
Nothingfree · 04/03/2022 12:56

I enter a lot of competitions regularly and have been very very lucky my biggest win was a brand new car from the women's mags when they did them years ago. I have won vouchers, mini breaks, cash etc.

The mantra is - you have to be in it to win it, (in other words enter as much as possible and you will eventually win) good luck 🤞🍀

RuralDwelling · 04/03/2022 12:42

@Chouetted

I won £100 in a crossword competition.

The victory was made much sweeter by the fact I'd only entered because my mum had told me "noone ever wins those".

I also won £100 in a crossword competition & £200 for passing Go! 🤣🤣🤣
Chouetted · 04/03/2022 12:36

I won £100 in a crossword competition.

The victory was made much sweeter by the fact I'd only entered because my mum had told me "noone ever wins those".

Isis1981uk · 04/03/2022 12:33

I've been comping for 22 years & win on average 3 prizes a week. I've won a £22,000 car, numerous holidays (St Lucia, Vancouver, French Alps, & Cornwall), laptops, tablets, phones, £1000's of toys & books, beauty products, theatre weekends in London etc

The people who say they don't win anything:
a) Don't enter enough (I enter 200 a day easily) AND/OR
b) Don't follow the entry rules correctly.

My mum only enters 10-20 a day and has still won a weekend in Paris in a 5* hotel, tickets to see Sam Smith, & a £500 KitchenAid.

TacoCats · 04/03/2022 12:32

I've won loads of things, from a iPad to a grand. But it was like 6-7 years ago now, you have to enter loads for it to be worth while.

TheChippendenSpook · 04/03/2022 12:28

I won a competition on Netmums. It was very a nice prize too, just for answering a question.

PuppyMonkey · 04/03/2022 12:25

I would really love to hear from anyone who has won one of those Omaze million pound houses.Grin

Alltheprettyseahorses · 04/03/2022 12:11

I went through a 3 month phase last year of entering every competition I could find and from that DD has won 2 prizes, a personalised sequin cushion and books from Pony magazine (subscriber anyway) and a big bundle of Pusheen toys and stationery. I've won a book. So not bad. In my teen years, I entered a few competitions and won quite a lot of prizes from a massive chocolate hamper to Radix sets. There's always a chance of winning.

LangClegsInSpace · 04/03/2022 12:05

I won 'guess the weight of the cake' once. I popped in to a school fair on my way back from having DS weighed at the baby clinic. Hefting DS in one arm and the cake in the other, I reckoned they weighed about the same.

Tillow4ever · 04/03/2022 11:59

A friend of mine used to enter a LOT of competitions. She won absolutely loads of stuff. So I tried it too. Won a fridge magnet (which I bloody love actually) and nothing more.

I think some people are very lucky. I don't think the majority of competitions are fixed, I just think a hell of a lot of people enter the comps with big prizes - and only 1 (or maybe a few) can win.

twoshedsjackson · 04/03/2022 11:20

I often solve the Griddler puzzle in the Sunday Telegraph. I have twice, in the past, won a £50 book token. The new prize is a Telegraph pen, and I keep trying. As it's a logic puzzle, it's mostly because it cheers me that I can still solve it; that pen would give me serious bragging rights!

Snozwanger · 04/03/2022 11:17

I won a £50 Dunelm voucher for sharing a pic of a product I'd bought on their local FB community page. Sometimes you do get lucky.

Phos · 04/03/2022 11:16

I won a hot tub this week

FoxyFoxyLoxy · 04/03/2022 11:07

Of course people win. In the early days of the Internet (1998-2002 ish) I entered loads of competitions and won some great stuff including a pair of diamond earrings, flights and car hire in France and a posh £400 hamper. But hardly anyone was online.

A quick google tells me 12.7 people in the UK are Sky customers. If only 5% enter competitions, that's a 1 in 635,000 chance you'll be the winner. Hardly great odds.

TheSpanishApartment · 04/03/2022 11:03

I won a hotel stay in a fancy hotel in wimbledon once.

deadlanguage · 04/03/2022 11:00

My dad has won loads of stuff from the radio, maybe that’s easier than online competitions! He also won a holiday, from a supermarket magazine I think. I won lunch with an author via a leaflet in the bookshop as well.

KylieCharlene · 04/03/2022 10:57

I won a £200 voucher from Mumsnet for posting a question on a Q&A guest thread.

Edinvillian · 04/03/2022 10:55

I recently won £1000 on a Quidco competition for doing a home insurance comparison. Didn't even know that there was a competition and didn't read the email telling me that I'd won as thought it was junk. Only noticed when the money appeared in my Quidco account.

VapeVamp12 · 04/03/2022 10:49

My parents won a holiday to Canada with £1000 spending money and my BIL / SIL won a 2 week holiday to Thailand!

thetemptationofchocolate · 04/03/2022 10:42

I won £50 cash once, that was handy.
Have won other things too but not often and nothing life-changing!

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