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I don't mind purchase comps except for the ones that then ask for 25 wol, that's just greedy, lol.
Can't enter maccas ones now, my 14 year just started a job there,abit disappointed as a few years ago actually won in the monopoly second chance draw, was mean't to be a blue ray player but by the time the second chance draw came around it wasn't in stock lol, so I got a blue ray surround sound system, even better

Thank you Nicole. It sounds like the "professional" compers are very organised and have a system for everything. I already keep all my receipts & you are right, they do come in handy but keeping the barcodes! Now that is organised.

Some handy tips like keeping the receipts for 2nd chance draws.

For the terms and conditions for purchase competitions they sometimes require separate invoices. That's when you ask your nice checkout person to do then separately :) I tend to do those over a few shopping trips.

Maybe another hint. Check the recycling bin for your building if you can't find your barcodes. lol Just make sure it matches your receipt.

Personally don't do them that often when on a budget. I think the last time I did one involved buying a few bottles of wine, that were also on discount. At least they don't perish. They've come in handy when dropping over to friends for dinner.

@gaseja Common sense that need some method to keep organised. To win you need to enter a "few" competitions. Some methods may work well when only got a handful of competitions running at a time. After a "few" hundred whatever the type of competition it starts becoming too time consuming to manage without some sort of organisation.

If not organised and happen to win you may easily miss out due to misplacing a receipt or not getting the notification that you won. I saw an email today for a great competition that they did a 2nd draw for. It was for $5000 and another $5000 value for holiday etc. When that person realizes they be kicking themselves. I hope I haven't missed an email on that note. I was fortunate to see the email for the Ipad Pro I won, found it in junk emails. Lucky I had finally got around to a massive of a clean up of my emails a couple of days earlier.

Over the last few months been adjusting how I manage online competitions. ie. The bookmarks. I'll post up some screenshots in a couple of weeks how mine look. I do have a bookmark folder for purchases , only the one in there that runs for a quite few months. It's handy to bookmark the entry form and terms and conditions as a reminder.

@bj74 Even better if it's got a two step hurdle for entry.
It even further reduces the likelihood of the number of entries.
For the coffee machine creative photo competition I did, thou it didn't involve a purchase you had to go to their popup stand sample their product, and use the cup as a prop. Most people weren't aware there was a competition for it and the additional hurdle basically weeded it down to a couple of dozen at most. I didn't win, but gave myself a good chance. All you can do maximize the likelihood of winning. It means less competitions to enter between wins. :)

I have been lucky enough to win several puchase comps over the years including a PSP from Arnott's Shapes and $500 eftpos card from Golden Circle. I am on a budget so I only enter the comps that are for products I am actually going to use. I keep an expanding folder to keep my receipts in and keep them in month order so each pocket is a different month. Each month's receipts are kept for 12 months and as that month rolls around again I clear the old ones out and start again. That way I don't need to keep track of ending dates as some only run for a few weeks and some last for months. My biggest gripe with supermarket comps is their advertising. I often find they only put competition leaflets up long after the comp has started and leave old ones up for months after they have closed. Sometimes they advertise in their catalogues. IGA used to be good and list all their comps on their website but in the last year or so they have stopped doing that. It can be hard to find what competitions are actually running. www.thecompetitions.com.au often have a few on their site. I still prefer to enter these then the WOL comps as I think the odds of winning are basically the same for everyone. WOL comps really depend on what they are looking for and I am not a mind reader. Good luck!

@kaybee72 You might want to check netrewards.com.au under Product Purchases. This may assist you when you go shopping.