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Is this cheeky fuckery?

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ChocolateWhisperer · 02/09/2019 20:48

I've name changed, she's on here Grin

There's a baby/toddler of the year competition and the local newspaper has a token inside you use to vote for your favourite.

CF has tagged over 80 of us insisting we all buy multiple copies and fill out the tokens so her baby wins. If we don't want to buy copies ourselves we can send her a paypal payment and she will do it for us.

On a certain day there are double tokens so we have been warned that we WILL be pestered to buy several more copies each and fill them out.

Kindly though she's offered to collect filled out tokens though as she doesn't drive I have no idea who will be lumbered with that fabulous task.

No 'Hi I'm entering X into the baby/toddler of the year competition I'd love it if you voted for my baby' just told we must buy several copies each.

This is fine cheeky fuckery right?

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ChocolateWhisperer · 02/09/2019 21:10

@JuniperSling no, I think there's a few of these competitions starting today.

I don't actually know what the prize is! Will find out, it's probably some cheap tat trophy and a winners photo in the paper.

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CroissantwithCheese · 02/09/2019 21:10

Oooh there she is ^

littlegrulalaa · 02/09/2019 21:14

Riiiight. So after some googling it's basically a baby pageant, whereby babies are judged on how "cute" they are in appearance.

Classy Grin

EmmiJay · 02/09/2019 21:15

Why does she need such validation that her baby is adorable? Quick! Someone toss a pound coin into the babies buggy so she can stop thisConfusedGrin

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ChocolateWhisperer · 02/09/2019 21:16

So far she's raised £0 of the £350 she's asking for for these papers. That's 500 papers. Mad as a box of frogs.

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womenspeakout · 02/09/2019 21:19

Oh, she crazy.

ellzebellze · 02/09/2019 21:24

Oh, I'd so have to tell the paper Grin

jadeyfly · 02/09/2019 21:27

She's a nutter!

EvilPostbox · 02/09/2019 21:27

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londonrach · 02/09/2019 21:27

I seriously don't understand why anyone lets their baby or toddler photo in local paper.

runoutofnamechanges · 02/09/2019 21:28

I remember those competitions from when DS was little.

A photographer would set up in the baby department at Boots and you could get a free miniscule photo done and then they would try to flog you a gazillion copies at over inflated prices, and you could only get a big print if you bought a package with eleventy million of the small and medium prints. Then the local paper would print the photos and "the public" would vote sending back tokens for the most beautiful baby to win something rubbish like a free photo. Every year the winner would be the child with the biggest CF parents who nagged the most people to buy the paper and send in tokens. The winning photo was usually some poor child crying with snot bubbles or posset on it's face as the photographer had to take the snap in 10 seconds flat because the queue was so long. It was never the most beautiful baby that won.

The real winners were the photographer, paper and Royal Mail...

INeedAFlerken · 02/09/2019 21:30

Tell her you think another baby is cuter, so your conscience requires you to vote for the other baby.

Bookworm4 · 02/09/2019 21:31

What? She wants £350 to buy papers so she can vote?
Is the prize worth £1000s ?
She’s way past batshit!

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ChocolateWhisperer · 02/09/2019 21:31

@runoutofnamechanges that's about the size of it!

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Ohyesiam · 02/09/2019 21:32

You do realise that if she is on MN it's highly likely she'll guess it's about her
Can’t quite see where the guess work will be in this one.

gamerchick · 02/09/2019 21:35

A police request I would probably do one. Demands for multiple wouldn't even get that. It's very entitled behaviour almost.

Just no

It might have been kinder to tell her though rather than risk the press lifting your thread. This is just the sort of juicy cheeky fuckery they like.

gamerchick · 02/09/2019 21:35

*polite

Starlight456 · 02/09/2019 21:36

This is the reason I hate these competitions. It’s like tickets at the arcade, spend a lot for a crap prize.

clary · 02/09/2019 21:37

Prize will be £100s in cash I imagine, our local paper one is. Massive circulation money-spinner.

smileylottie87 · 02/09/2019 21:38

Shock that is bananas! The cheek of some people. I hope she does see this and realise what a C.F. she is

Witchofzog · 02/09/2019 21:40

Well op's "friend". If you are reading this, you are a cheating cow. If you win it's because you CHEATED not because your baby is the cutest. So what is the point? Stop being so domineering Angry

Courtney555 · 02/09/2019 21:41

On principle I'd vote for another baby, total stranger if necessary.

SpringFan · 02/09/2019 21:41

I'd just tip off the paper- get her DC disqualified.

diddl · 02/09/2019 21:42

Well who on earth is going to bother taking any notice of her "demand"?

Is she unwell?

Weezol · 02/09/2019 21:45

Oh, I'd so have to tell the paper

I would definitley send a link to the competition organisers - this isn't just Cheeky Fuckery, it's Cheating Cheeky Fuckery.

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