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Awesome, your on a roll!

congratulations...

Lol all things HOBBIT just creep me out. Congrats to you though :-)

Cheers everyone

Just Love anything Hobbit Congrats!

Is that a picture of your face when you opened the pack/

@jennye It's my duck pout that gave it away, hey..?

Nice work

lol I also won the latter....twice somehow!!!

Good wins!

👏👏

I'm not sure if Safari as browser corrupts punctuation but often apostrophes present as something else. Grrr. I should switch over to Firefox instead.

congrats...

Wow, that's a great surprise delivery! Free money rocks! Astounds me though, that so many never include a letter or even just a business card. I like 'thanking' promoters when I've won, but if they don't tell me who they are, I can't help it lol

Oooh mystery wins are awesome, enjoy the prize

congrats...

cool ...congrats...

Great wins, all!

Me! Whats your facebook name I will add you

Thanks good point - https://www.facebook.com/angela.hogan Thanks :)

I requested , my name is Tracy :)

Request sent :)

Thanks to everyone who friended me, pls feel free to tag me :)

Me! 😉 friend request sent...

I was going to ask the same thing :) I have sent you a friend request, my name is Nicky. Thanks

you can tag me, Belle Warrant

Cool

Great Prize - love it when they come at the perfect time.

congrats ...

congratulations...

well done

And more power to you Inwithachance!

congrats...

well done

Great wins! 👏

Great Run of Luck!

Happy gardening!

wow - congrats... great prizes..

enjoy your winning streak, well done.

lovely win

GO BUBBLE936! GO BUBBLE GO BUBBLE YO YO GO. . . . BUBBLE!!! : )

Great win!

Awesome!

Thanks everyone...

Well done, I won this blender from Good Guys comp a while back absolutely awesome.

Top prize!

Surprises are the BEST!

Happy Surprises, well done Inwithachance

congrats...

surprise, surprise

Congrats!

woohoo congrats, olay is great

Super!

wow - congrats

wow - congrats

pretty snazzy win!

Very Nice, Congrats!

Wow awesome!

Fantabulous, nice prize

thank you everyone for your kind words. Feeling lucky and blessed

Fantastic!

Especially with Facebook comps where we're expected to check back on the day and reply withing 24hrs

I use a spreadsheet for Facebook competitions
Date and cut and paste the address

I have a spreadsheet with dates the comp is drawn , the site it's from, what the prize is (I highlight it if it is from fb so I know to keep checking as they're often so slack with announcing winners)

congratulations...

Congrats!

Congrats

Thanks Inwithachance

Congrats!

congrats

Well done!

Congrats!

Congrats!

Good win

wow congratulations....

Fizzy Fun!

I want a soda stream too, great win :D

Cool!

Sounds like fun, enjoy!

Have a good surf! Will you be able to surf on your holiday to San Francisco?

Indulge, have a cookie or two too!

believe it or not there are photos of guys surfing under the golden gate bridge! The people who gave out the prize let me extend the flights for 5 extra nights!!! So we going to NYC too!!!!!(at our own cost.) Thanks @julieD So might surf santa cruz down the coast too. @inwithachance sure will!

Have a great time!@surferboy83

@surferboy83 hang 10. Meanwhile I'll take 5!

Hope you have a fantastic time!

It's a good read, again, and oh so true! Wishing there were more "fun" comps. I can recall a Comp run by Quick Beds, I think it was, a treasure hunt of clues. Loved it.

Hi @Jennye, the article is spot on! and is exactly how I feel. I don't mind considering buying from a company that follows at least some of these rules because I feel that if they do things the right way then their products must be OK. If they judge things haphazardly and have badly run competitions then I wonder if their products are made the same way, without any thought. It reflects back on the company. Is there a way to get this beautiful letter out there!

Letter to dear blogger.....Spot on! (as always).

@fourleaf I have sent this blog post to PrizePig - a Sydney business that helps other businesses run competitions. Let's see if they pass it on....

Exactly @jennye you have said it all exactly!!

loved reading it...

Well said :-)

congratulations...

Good win again! congrats!

congrats...

@bubble936 GL 2 u! : )

Your turn to do the washing up @inwithachance??

@fourleaf I am giving it to Mum as a late Mother's Day present, can't wait to see the look on her face! :P

Winner winner big bloody grinner :-)
Congrats!!

There is always next week!

That desperation feeling is horrible, I empathise with you and wish you a lot of luck for next week. Ps. there's always the $50. Guessing game on Sunday?

Chin up...

You always get something when you least expect, keep going!

Done, good luck!

Good luck! Voted

Voted!

Done

@Kimba22 thank you so much

@Inwithachance thank you very much

@Trevsta thank very much

@bj74 thank you so much

Thanks! Me too!! *runs off to check emails* haha

There's nothing better than a positive attitude - Good Luck!

Fingers crossed for you. In saying that it has now been over a week since I won anything. Hoping I am not about to go through a dry spell!!

BIG FAT ZERO!!!! Never had a dry spell this long, and I'm seriously considering giving up. I have zero attention span if things bore me lol

Cheer up roobycat! Today hasn't ended yet, besides today could just be the rehearsal for tomorrow!

:-(

My 2.5 week dry spell was broken on Wednesday got phone call for $90 worth of lip gloss, came home from work to a parcel of 10 DVDs and cookbook an unknown prize, then email for Luna park rebel WilsoN movie pack, a facebook message for snoop dag cd and vileda handi dish....so I guess I made up for the dry spell, no doubt your will end again soon good luck I feel you pain

Wow that is an awesome drought breaker. I must confess I thought I was in the beginning of a drought but received an email late this afternoon to say I had won a copy of The Water Diviner on DVD. Don't give up roobycat!!!

Two weeks spell! Try months on end for me.. And the one prize I did win took 4 emails and 3 months to receive!! Hahaha. Gotta laugh!

Nice drought breaking wins !

Oooooh that's a good prize! Well done!

Congrats!

wow congrats...

Congratulations.

Great prize and very handy, congrats

Great prize!

Great win. I'm having a run of Facebook wins too. And to think I didn't bother with them for ages.

Thank you everyone!

Voted, good luck

Done. Ok so what should I wear to the Party? I'm thinking Hawaiian theme? :P

I voted. Good luck :-) look at the others though. This is another example of comps being unfair. How can others already have 6 or 7 hundred votes? Why can't companies just decide on their own winner instead of asking for 'likes'.

Done, good luck!!

@roobycat Yeah, I already know I don't stand a chance. I mean, some people have nearly 1000 "friends" on Facebook; people they barely know but whom can still be used as a vote.

I'm here with my wee number of less than 100 FB friends, so I was bit disappointed when I realised the major prize was going to be a popularity contest.

But hey, at least I won a mini prize! :)

Yeah I was surprised to see it was a 'who has the most facebook contacts' too. Really unfair. I LOVE your idea!! Also one is called 'Nutella' and marshmallow. I would think that's a copyright breach as Nutella is a trademark so they might be in a spot of bother there. I didn't enter this, as I didn't like how it was run anyway (they can use everyone's idea and make millions of dollars while the one who thought of it gets nothing) but good on you for getting a prize. Seems there were a lot of entries! ANYTHING free is good! :-)

Has voting closed? When I click on the link it tells me the page is either broken or expired.

Wow they have removed their page from facebook but I just found the t&cs for the comp and it is based on a popularity contest up until the 19th May. So it looks like they have closed it 5 days early. Interesting!
In respect of the Daily and Major Prize, the judge or judges may also assess the potential popularity of an eligible entry, including based on the popularity of the Eligible Entrant's Facebook page and the number of "likes" and comments received for the eligible entry on the McCain Facebook page, from the start of the Promotion Period up until 11.59pm (AEDT) on 19 May 2015.

Just voted ... good luck xx

Did you vote by clicking on the link bops as I still can not get through. I tried Jess but it musn't like me!

Still working for me kaybee :-)

This is what I get when I click on the link. The page you requested cannot be displayed right now. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may be broken or expired, or you may not have permission to view this page.
I tried doing a search in Facebook and tried clicking on the facebook link in the t&cs I found earlier and get basically the same thing? Must just be me!

Ok I just searched on Facebook through my daughter's account and it came up straight away. I tried again on mine and nothing! I did enter the competition myself and liked their facebook page. They have blocked me for some reason?

Ummm mahhhhh! You musta been naughty!! haha

Hmm I musta! Whatever! I voted via my daughter's account so take that McCains! Ha ha!

hahahaha you rebel, you! That'll learn 'em! lol

before everyone jumps the gun about it being a 'voting competition' take a chance to read the terms and conditions...
At the end of the Promotion Period, the Promoter will choose the best entry from the fourteen (14) Daily Prize winning entries to win the Major Prize.

@YourMum
Ah, well don't I feel a bit foolish. :P

Granted, it also states "In respect of the Daily and Major Prize, the judge or judges may also assess the potential popularity of an eligible entry, including based on the popularity of the Eligible Entrant's Facebook page and the number of "likes" and comments received for the eligible entry on the McCain Facebook page", which makes me think it is still inclined to be a popularity contest. After all, are they more likely to create the Nutella toasties, with 1000+ likes and thus a stronger indicator of people buying them in stores, or my humble lil' veggie?

(But hell, who am I to talk? If the Nutella one got made, I'd be all over that.) ;)

They are obviously applying a little bit of free market research by seeing which are the most popular on Facebook before investing their dollars to create it. Good luck! I would buy your veggie one over the Nutella one.

@kaybee72 Yes I just clicked on the link and it opened up for me :)

That's awesome! I didn't win this week. I was probably blocked from winning anymore lol!

I am gifting it to my best friend on her birthday :)

Well done & nice!

Congratulations on the win.

woohoo... well done xx

Very nice!

On a Roll!

Awesome! Well done!! I'm going through a dry spell again. 11 days now!!!!! Grrrrr! Usually after these, I win a few things in a row. Here's hoping lol

Good wins!

congrats ...

Great prizes!

Nice prizes...enjoy xx

Good wins!

Thanks guys, very happy with my wins :D

Which probably means a HUGE Win is on the way.

Oh! I just whinged that I haven't won for 11 days. Best I just shut up then huh? lol please don't tell me it can go on for months :-(

Best of luck, I really hope something wonderful comes your way soon.

thanks everyone :)
I'd be happy with a movie pass or something haha

Hi Mellyxo...I feel your pain...

Agree with Inwithachance, Big one must be on the way!

I sure hope your both right... Big win or little win I am ready for it :)

congrats - your wins really inspire me :)

@bubble936 Sending MEGA Lucky Vibes to you bubble936! CATCH 'EM!

thanks @Inwithachance catching all of them :)

congrats..

PS: I won another radio comp a few weeks back, and with the initial call, they did leave a message and I called them back as the number was displayed too. But when they called again next morning (on air, to claim prize) it was a private number

I'm not sure about radio comps but when I've had winning phones calls ,they always leave a message, haven't been private numbers either

Hmm, well for once, I really hope it was a telemarketer lol I won a major comp in January, and they called and left messages and emailed me as well. Ok thanks.

I would have thought that they would have left a message. Unless it is like cash cow on Sunrise were you have to answer in so many rings.

Most cases that I am aware of they do a re-draw to the next name called out or in line...
fingers crossed its not the case this time for you :)

Yeah well no message. I'm hoping I'm wrong too. It's an overseas trip and I actually was pretty happy with my entry. Well if I did miss out, I hope I never find that out. I'd throw myself under a bus I reckon!! lol

I won an Audi. They left aessagr saying I had won a prize till I called them back.

An AUDI???? WOW! That's brilliant!! Congrats!

they call back, I won a holiday, i was at the doctors , the ph keep ringing & ringing, my sons kept telling me,I was trying to listen to the specialist,got the call when i was finished at doctors.

Cool!

Nice win!

Lovely!

Awesome!

Lovely win there, npas. Enjoy. :)

congrats...

well done - wonderful prize

congrats...

They're great slippers, good win!

Congrats again!

Awesome! Warm feet warm heart!

super cool ...congrats..

Excellent prize!

Congrats!

Looks like an intersting movie.

How gorgeous!

congrats - very pretty..

looks fab

Pop the kettle on.... Lovely win. Congratulations.

Nice win JulieD!

Lovely and bright. Good win!

Good Going!

Tea always tastes better from a pot and in a pretty cup...don't ask me why.

I agree Vicki. Gorgeous win Julie!

I can't wait to have some of my lovely tea in it, atm its French Earl Grey which is a favourite! I'm a tea fanatic! Ha ha

very pretty!

i don't enter facebook competitions which ask for tagging and sharing. I only enter the ones which require some photo or answer.

I agree. I only like to enter the ones that have a link that takes you through to a competition page rather than have to comment on the facebook page.

I'm don't think a lot are judged fairly or if all the answers are even read in some cases. Most creative wins doesn't always happen, I saw a small appliance company give a juicer to a smoothie recipe and a stick blender to a juicing recipe. So much for companies knowing their own product. I don't normally read answers but in this case I was curious.
Another appliance from the same company went to an answer that was good but I'm sure there were better answers in there. (Not mine). They must have been in a hurry that day. Good luck to those winners but it isn't fair on the people who put a lot of effort into their answers.

Yup. I'm over the 'like, tag and share' ones too. Seeing the same names over and over and over, and tags left right and centre, with the same names all tagging each other. And actually, to 'make' people share and tag, is against Facebook competition rules, but it's happening over and over. Moreso on the smaller pages. Bigger companies should know better, but apparently they don't.

I am also no longer entering comps that require tagging etc. I don't mind "sharing" on my timeline, but not everyone is into comping, so it might get a bit annoying. I saw an entry the other day that had 210 "likes" ? How is that even possible?

Yep Julie. I really don't enter Facebook comps if the prize doesn't jump out at me anyway, and am especially not ones run by small companies. I've seen photos with hundreds and hundreds of likes while the 'average Joe' post has 5 or so.. That to me, proves it's the ones that are only in it to win for the sake of winning (I've even seen some say they didn't want the prize, they just like 'winning'), and are members of groups that you 'pay' for likes. I just think it's unfair on the ones that are genuinely wanting to win the prize, not just because they can. I share a few here and there, but when it comes to tagging, I only tag my daughter or friends that I think would like the prize. My Facebook is a way to keep in touch with friends and family, not to annoy crap out of people with what I would class as 'spam'. Others seem to tag half the worlds population, so they can have those ones all to themselves :-)

Wow roobycat I didn't even know you could pay for likes. That is taking it way too seriously lol! I also get put off if there are already hundreds of comments and the prize is not that good anyway.

Yes Kaybee, there's groups of them. Stupid isn't it. Classed as cheating if you ask me, but if they want to waste their time and money winning a fart in a bottle or a movie ticket they'll never use, they can go for their life. I UNLIKE those pages and I know many others do too, so it can have the opposite effect for the page owner.

Here's one of those stupid comps that expect you to jump through hoops and do hand stands. And it's also one of those where people can and do tag 18 million people, and to win what? A necklace? A fridge magnet? Check out what you have to do!! What a load of poo! Hmm that rhymes. Might keep that for a 25 WOL comp! haha

MINI GIVEAWAY THREE

Tag one friend per comment
Tag as many times as you like but a different name in each tag
To be entered, the friend you tag must like the comment they are tagged in....
You cannot tag yourself
Like the page and post
Ends tonight Tuesday 12/5/2015 at 10.00pm Sydney Time
Australian Residents Only
Not sponsored, endorsed or administered by Facebook
Ready......GO

Wow, I certainly have opened up a can of worms. I can see a blog on this happening...

It's ridiculous isn't it? And yes, I think these kind of comps hurt their brand rather than help it, as I unlike, and will never enter their comps either. Like you said, it's desperation to get their page 'out there', but can't they see that people are only 'using them' to win comps, and don't actually care at all what their page is about. I've stopped entering comps for 'junk' now anyway. I have enough of that lol!. Atleast I know if I do win something, then it's something I really wanted. Not an email that screams 'WINNER' and then I read it and say ohh, is that all. Defeats the purpose lol

Not to mention who has time for that!! Fart in a bottle love it !!

I agree... Although I have only won 1 facebook competition the constant sharing of photos, tags and commenting plus liking I am surprised I have any friends left on facebook. Its almost as bad as all the candy crush requests everyone sends out along with all the other game requests!!!

Lol @kaybee! Well I wouldn't be surprised to see that as a prize .... and some would fight to the death for it too! @Melly I don't have a problem with game requests .... I block them and that's that lol they drive me INSANE! so that's why I don't usually enter 'tag and share' ones (I do rarely, but not often) because I can't complain about game requests and then annoy everyone with comps lol

Lovely win. Congratulations 'clover'.

Jewellery always nice!

Good Going!

Awesome! Well done! We all need some pretties :-)