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These Comps ARE an uphill battle. Rambo trembles when he hears the word Comping! :P

lol totally understand am in the same boat, was top 20 all month and forgot to check comps added before midnight, so got shafted :(

I don't get the game .... I "played" for 20 minutes and have a grand total of about 200 points and 2 beans. That's a ridiculous time investment to "earn" a sample of jellybeans or even win a $20 teddy bear. I can't believe there are people with over 50,000 points! The game is neither that interesting nor are the prizes worth that effort.

Nope...sorry I planted mine medium lol. And even that is annoying and takes forever...

Lol yeah totally stupid and too much effort for not much return. Started mine last night, but think I might let it wilt today lol

I'm with you @roobycat

I played the game... Only the easiest level though haha
I will forget about it in a day or 2 though.

Congrats, Congrats!

well done...was hoping to win this to put to good use in the winter months...enjoy

congrats....

Congrats! :)

well done

congrats...

:)

Cool!

Nice win!

COFFFFFFFEEEEEEEEEE! Enjoy!

Congrats Bops

Great win, enjoy!

Yummy coffee

Thank you all and happy comping.

Congrats.. looks great! ;)

Congrats!

Nice!

bopsie, way to go. Nice win. Enjoy.

bopsie, way to go. Nice win. Enjoy.

Congrats - they look better in the flesh than on FB!

Nice win, congrats!

Lovely win

Thank you all and Happy comping.

i can help if you ever want travel stories. i have won 4 of them.

@surferboy83 Hi Surferboy. Can you drop me a quick email so I can get your email and I would love to take up this offer for a blog in the future. No hurry...

hi jennye its brynprobett@gmail.com

Brrr, indeed! Wonderful blog. Jenny.

Can you upload the article on to Blog? : )

@Inwithachance No, it's a bit too complicated to do that. You will just have to buy a copy if you are interested.

@jennye Will do!

Here's a snippit!

Another great article, thanks Jennye!

Awesome hope it's a good movie

Congrats! looks like a good movie!

Looks good!

we won preview night its an interesting movie with ending that i didn't get....but not bad

Lol wow, I'm definitely NOT telling my daughter now! haha

Well done!

Congrats!

Devils Advocate here - I have FETCH TV, and NatGeo TV is part of that subscription service. How is it fair that some perhaps are manipulating the system by sharing a codeword that they would not otherwise have access to, when they are not subscribers. Breach of T&C as entrant. Just saying.

@toxicgherkin
understand totally, why is it fair that someone wins a competition to get family and friends to like s picture but asks people on a forum such as this? People who only have a few friends, or friend that don't like 'liking photos for comps' are at a disadvantage as well. I guess what I am trying to say is people will always find a way around the T&Cs. Ps I too have Fetch although I missed the code word so got it off the internet.

@Shannon06 I hear ya.... :-)

@toxicgherkin, hear what you are saying but maybe the people sharing are hoping that good things will come back to them if they share the love. Plus I can honestly say I have sat down and watched a tv show that I wouldn't normally watch just to get a codeword and when I have gone to enter the competition completely forgotten what the code was. So this is handy. I like the thought of everyone helping everyone kind of like how people on here ask for votes etc in the forum I think this is no different and totally okay. Positive vibes I say.

I got the codeword off the competition site net rewards.

@kaybee72 that's where I got the code word too lol I really don't think it makes a difference, every one knows you can get these things on line these days, that's the beauty of the Internet lol

@bj74 I wouldn't have even known about the comp if it wasn't for yours and the other posts about wining & I have Nat Geo TV so personally I'm thanking you :)

@toxicgherkin I'm with you on the blatant breach of t&c's :-/
I imagine the major prize winner will be properly verified as a Foxtel subscriber before awarding that prize at least.

It was an amazing doco and i already had it scheduled to watch before i knew there was a comp. Shame people skip over watching it to go straight to the internet for the answer.

To all: should I start to feel as though this negativity is being aimed solely at me and my win. I went from excited to being made to feel guilty and I didn't think that was what the forum was about. I don't think I will bother posting wins or anything on this site again. Best of luck all

I also posted my win Shannon. To be fair the comping website net rewards did post the code word on their site for anyone to enter the competition and the instant win prize of a camera was awarded without any verification of membership of Foxtel etc determined. So as far as I am concerned that is a fair win. As for the major prize it is more than likely that proof of subscription will be required and fair enough. Insinuations that people have somehow gained an unfair advantage is a bit harsh. I have entered comps where t&cs have stated that barcodes and receipts are to be kept as proof on winning a prize and yet was never required to produce them when I was lucky enough to win. So don't feel guilty for your win Shannon and to be honest I actually did not read the t&cs before I entered this comp so yes I probably did the wrong thing by entering but it is also up to the promoter to enforce t&cs rules .

Shannon like I said, there are plenty of people on here who constantly ask for votes and likes etc and noone makes peep about that. If people have a problem with your win I think that is their problem. Good on you, I like hearing about other people's wins and I hope you have plenty more.

Why are people annoyed that someone is playing devils advocate and pointing out that if you are not a subscriber then you (not you specifically @Shannon06) are not entitled to enter the competition......... genuine compers are the first to get up in arms about PROMOTERS who bend their rules but it's ok when COMPERS ignore rules?

@Shannon06 - you're a genuine subscriber, you don't have to feel bad - great win!
I haven't entered as I'm not a subscriber but imagine winning the grand prize - once in a lifetime experience!

For the record I did not enter intentionally to break the rules or get around T&cs. I got caught up in the excitement of entering the competition and made the mistake of simply not reading them before I entered. I certainly did not expect to win. It was an honest mistake and like I said the code word was shared on a comping website and the prize was awarded by the promoter without any verification of subscription. It was a fair point made about the breach of T&cs and it did not annoy me but I disagreed with the insinuation that everyone who entered the comp had set out to deliberately break the rules.

Totally agree@kaybee72

I only saw the comp details after reading all the posts here. Tried my luck and got the confirmation text saying that I've won a camera also!! So excited biggest win in a LONG time. Thanks everyone for sharing and keeping my interest level up for entering comps :)

Hahaha good on you!!! My daughter has been trying too, but no luck! Wow, that's 3!

Make that 4! shannon06 has joined the club!

I don't know what I've started, but it's working!! lol well ... for some, Tina :-( my daughter's not happy either lol

"Good onya", kaybee. Congrats.

Thanks toxicgherkin.

Congrats!

No luck for me! :(

I can't find that comp. :-\ Could someone kindly share a link?

@Hawkstring on net rewaerds, National Geographic Channel comp, code word whale!

Awesome...great work.

@Trevsta You legend. Thank you.

congrats...

Well done

Still a fantastic win and a great time, congrats!

Wow! Sounds like great night. I'd have drank $5000 of cocktails!! Well done on the $1000. I'd be more than happy with that

Hahahaha not quite $5000 worth of cocktails but free which is always great :)
I told my hubby we have a date set for some shopping and a bite to eat in the city now which is exciting : )

Lo I'd have had a damn good go at it! haha congrats though, that's awesome. I won $2000 last year, and it seriously burnt a hole in my pocket. I just HAD to get out there and spend atleast some of it .... immediately. Ya know .... Incase it disappeared or something lol!

That's GREAT the Win went to someone in need and you've got $1000 to spend on a Surprise Gift for me! :P

Hahaha yes well I know what I will be doing this weekend apart from washing and house work :) @roobycat

im just trying to catch up to you and all of the 101 wins you have had this year... haha @Inwithachance

That's awesome! Congratulations and happy shopping!

Yes well don't give us poor people a second thought will you :P lol

Thanks :-) @kaybee72

Well Done!

Thanks! I nearly needed a new phone too, coz I nearly dropped it when I won haha! Camera will be well used on the overseas trip I'm going to win! Lol

congrats...

WOW... That is awesome. Well done :)

@roobycat congratulations!

Thanks guys! I just cant believe I got an instant win. I read the text they sent me about 10 times just to be sure! Lol been wanting a camera for ages!

great win. congrats.

Thanks @toxicgherkin. Say cheeeeeeeeez !

Welcome! It's really trial and error. I've entered plenty on here, and have had no problems. Sure, the random telemarketer call here and there, but you can soon block those. After a while, you can spot a 'scam' a mile off. I never enter the ones that say 'and now to complete your entry, here's some offers for you' and there's about 10 pages of junk to plough through. Those ones, I think, are just phishing ones :-)

I opened a Hotmail account especially for competitions so my important emails don't get lost in the junk. A lot of comps sign you up for newsletters as a condition of entry but every now and then I go through and unsubscribe. I do get a few telemarketer calls but I don't think it's much worse than before. I've only been notified of wins by phone on two occasions but I always worry that one day I will miss a call for a big win.

Thanks heaps guys, great to know! I've set up a hotmail account to use so that's a good start, will just remind myself that I can block numbers if I get any annoying calls. Hope to get a win soon :)

Bluestskies you might want to read the blog by Jennye which has some great tips. To get to the blog scroll down to the bottom of the page on the homepage and it's on the far right

@fourleaf It probably should be a link a link at the top. Moved! :D

Thanks admin, I had a funny feeling when I wrote that!

Ah perfect! Thanks guys!

congrats...

Congratulations, have tried hard to win one of their comps but nothing as yet

I think from memory my very first win was a BBQ worth $1000+ from a local radio station.

I won a local school raffle hamper. It had some random stuff in it like a sculpture of a cat. A notepad in the shape of a cat. Off-smelling room spray. Still waiting to win from Competitions online, exercising my 25 WOL skills (or lack of)!

Wow that's a gooden, Melly! lol Mombatti! I remember once when my daughter was at primary school, they asked people for pantry items to make up a hamper for a raffle. Beauty! Time to clean out my pantry of all that junk we won't eat! I sent bags of (still good) food to school for the hamper ..... guess who ended up winning said raffle?? And let me tell you, it seemed that I wasn't the only one that cleaned out their pantries for it! :-(

$2500 Cash Oz Lotteries Facebook Lot-O-Trivia Free Comp last year.

$50,000 Pepsi-Beyonce New York global dream prize 18 mnths ago, some parts of the trip were priceless like hanging out with Beyonc￿nd more, how could i not have the bug after that!! :)

$30 shrek prize pack..

@Trevsta Oh that's right... I remember you winning that comp. That is awesome. Did you manage to get any photos of the trip or a selfie with Queen B?
@roobycat hahahahaha that is so funny. something like that would happen to me too no doubt. I am forever cleaning out our cupboard when I decide I want to go on a health kick haha

Amazing how we all remember what is it was, huh? But seriously, Trevsta, how could you NOT remember that! Wow that's awesome! Lol Melly. Yes I ended up with something like 30 packets of jelly, and LOTS of out of date stuff. Was 'awesome' :-( lol

Around the same time i won the (Woolworths) Pepsi Prize, I also won the major Pepsi beyonce (IGA) VIP Sydney concert, accom, meet and greet, limo, $500 dinner, and two VIP front row tix aswell as 33 x $50 T-Shirts and also $100 i-tunes card and 1x Merch, prize pack, all in one month, 3 different running comps with Pepsi, i could not, and still cant, believe my luck, since then i reckon(including sml things like stubby holders)i have won another 150 or so prizes, althou these days i tend to go for the better prizes, so if i win, i win good, good luck to everyone!!!! :)

MiNDFOOD magazine Easter last year. Won Marion cookbook plus seven of her recipe bases. It's the one I've got my four leaf clover pressed into, which I'm thinking of replanting....you know, just in case...
Trevsta that is just amazing! Wow! Any photos to share? Roobycat that is so funny and chocolate is always good! TinaC those slippers are super cute! Inwithachance and bubble are on a roll and good luck! Mombatti.

And Mellyxo good luck for the radio comp tonight!!

Yeh good luck tonight Mellyxo!!!

@Mandi_22 , THATS GOLD!!

Wow Trevsta. You and Beyonce must be old mates by now then lol. I hope Melly lets us know how she goes!!!!!

first win $5000 cash for buying a light globe!

Amen!!

I'm only giving it another month, and then I think I'll find a new hobby. Over it. No wins = sheer boredom and lots of wasted time lol it's 12 months on July 1st, since I started doing this 'seriously' and yes I've had some fabulous wins, but I've never been great of keeping my attention focused on something that doesn't excite me lol

Me too Nassep!

Well I've entered a LOT (hundreds) on here and other places, and while you do get a lot of junk mail and a few telemarketing phone calls here and there, I've had nothing major happen, so yeah, it's pretty safe as far as I can see

Welcome nikolai5wightman!
You'll get a lot of e-mail, facebook adds and depending on the competition, calls, like roobycat said. These are usually from sites that ask you questions like, do you want insurance, sponsor a charity and the questions go on for pages.....just remember to say no if you want too and don't answer if it makes you feel uncomfortable. (after all you are the customer) These pages can also generate lots of- emails, just unsubscribe.
I've had no problems at all.

Thanks guys! One more thing though... How do you unsubscribe from people calling/texting you?

If you do get a call and your not interested just say that your not interested and ask to be removed from their call list. I'm fairly nice to them because it's a way they make their living. For sms you can try texting "stop" back (without the commas) and texts should stop. Most of the systems are automated. You can also call your mobile service provider and they can put a free bar on your phone (prepaid and postpaid) but this may stop you entering competitions to 19 numbers, (check with your provider) :)

CONGRATULATIONS on your first win!!

Congrats, may it be the first of many!

Gongrats!

Congrats... Mindfood is a hard one to win from!

Well done! May the wins start rolling in. I've only won once from Mindfood, about 6 months ago. They're tricky to win, but usually good prizes :-)

Awesome! The last prize I won was a copy of The Water Diviner from Mindfood.

Congratulations, christineD. I agree with the above that MINDFood is a tricky one. No wins there for me yet...

Congrats!

Congrats! The first win is always a memorable one! (My first win was from MiNDFOOD too)

Looks like a great prize, yummy!

Cool

Well done. I need to start complaining. I am in the middle of a 2 week dry spell.

2 weeks? is that it haha
Mine was a dry spell from the end of last year haha

Ha ha I know crazy but I have been on a roll since the beginning of the year winning at least one prize a week that I am having withdrawals. lol!

Congrats, enjoy!

nice win!

thanks everyone :)

Nice start Toxic :)

Good one!

Wow! fantastic, your on a roll! ...... (Umm)

congrats..

Great work!

Yes I've seen it several times. You can report them for it, if the T&C's state something that they haven't followed through on. Others go the other way, and don't announce winners when they say they will, or keep extending the competition length

Love coloured pens!

Go Bubble Go Bubble Go Bubble!!!!!

Nice one!

You gotta love stationery! :)

I luv pilot pens. I won two boxes a few months ago and will enter more of their comps in the future, for sure.

Congratulations, Julie.

congrats

Congrats

Good win, it's a great movie!

I got that too but there are no cinemas near me that are a showing it so I am using the movie pass as a bookmark!

congrats..

I won the same prize from a different competition and got to see the movie in the nick of time at the last cinema left showing the film. I am glad I got to see it. I enjoyed it.

Enjoy

wow ...congrats...

@bubble936 GL 2 U! : )

Thanks!

Congrats

great shot! good win there mate!

AND you Won American Sniper see my post above. Congrats! : ) DOUBLE CONGRATS!!

congratulations...

Yay!

Nice!

I'd love to see that match. Pity it's in Adelaide :(

congrats - perfect start of the week..

Congrats. Nom Nom Nom!

Lovely!

Where's the beer? Congratulations.

Congrats!

yum.. so good.:)

Noice!

Thanks :)
Question I had to answer was:
What is broken when something is spoken?

Wow! Best of luck there, Melly, for the big one on Thursday! :)

Thanks :) @toxicgherkin will keep you updated Thursday on if I win or not.

Big congratulations, you must be very excited for Thursday.... good luck!

Congratulations, fingers crossed for Thursday

Excited but nervous. I'm not very good with Cryptic puzzles and stuff but a 1 in 4 chance is pretty good.

Hmmm, nothing and then a BIG WIN! Congrats!!

A thousand bucks is MINOR??? Wow! Awesome! Congrats! My answer to question would be 'trust', and in breaking trust when telling secrets .... but then, could be 'silence' too. Lol good luck

That is wonderful.....

The answer was Silence :) @roobycat
haha yes thanks @Inwithachance

congrats...

@bubble936 thanks :) its pretty cool

Well done, great prize!

Thanks :) @JulieD
Great start to the week that's for sure :)

Done

Facebook and twitter can put you in a bad mood, i have deleted people i knew from school ,but why have I got them on their? i don't even have their number, so why should they be apart of my life? there reason is people like to be nosey , some like to gossip , some like to stalk your profile, some like yo befriend you ? all to know what you are up too? but why is the question, here is an answer, it may be wrong.Some people are not happy in their own life and like to see what people get up to so they can gossip. To stay positive its best to keep out the negative, negative can play a big role in your decision making , being influenced by negativity can lead you in the wrong direction , it can set you life back in years. Good luck with what ever you are going through

This is exactly why, in all my years of being on Facebook, I still don't even have 100 'friends'. I don't get how people have hundreds or even thousands. I've had friend requests from people I don't even speak to in the street, so why should they see my private page where I share things with close friends and family. And I have (rarely) added people from my past, but if after a few weeks, they haven't had any active involvement on my page by way of comments or likes, then I delete them again. I'm sorry you've been let down, but sometimes you just have to look after number one, and not worry about anyone else. Real friends don't abandon and/or ignore you

I guess that means you eat this week?

Congrats - gotta love the vouchers.

Awesome!

@jennye hehe....yes, there's vittles for the chillun's this wintery week..... ;-)

Woohoo...Happy Spending, enjoy your prize.

Thanks all.

Love winning Coles/Myer gift vouchers so well done

Wow! That is really good congratulations!

awesome win :) happy days

congratulations ....

Well done, sensory prizes are absolutely so cool ... Enjoy growing your frogs :)

Great advice!

Thanks Jennye, I'm relating to point 2 at the moment, I've noticed that I've experienced "competition headache" which is a bit like "ice cream headache". Thinking a bit too hard at times for my poor brain cells and have to go do something else!

Well written and good advice once again @jennye

coool ...congrats ...great win...

Excellent wins!

Great prize....these are awesome, I'm hoping to win some for my Grandson or nephews.

congrats

Congrats

well done

that's a great thing...

Good Going!

Congratulations Jennye, That's great news.

congrats..

I still have a cupboard of White Glo...

@jennye Then I hope you have it under lock and key THAT STUFF is very popular!