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I don't think its rude at all!!! Its like you are the customer type thing, you have the right to know at least :)

I think you have a right to know who won the competition. If they are legit then they shouldn't have anything to hide.

Well I emailed them. I just thought bugger it, I want to know lol! They answered pretty much straight away, that yes it had been judged and the winner notified. They received thousands of entries (obviously), and he said mine made him laugh a lot, so if he actually remembers my entry, I hope that doesn't mean I was close, but not close enough! That would annoy more than just not winning haha always the bridesmaid .........

Well at least you made an impression!

Lol but not a big enough one @kaybee72 :-(

You could probably add Jack Media to the list as well. They seem to do the same thing as Cohort Digital, only they don't offer a skip option or actually tell you that you've been successfully entered. Yes, I've always gotten phone calls from Cohort, even when I choose the No option, so I'm always weary of entering. On all of them, I now tend to enter the competition on the first page, and as soon as the questionnaires pop up I just close my browser. I've noticed emails sometimes come to me saying I've been entered, just by completing my details on the first page. Sometimes, the first page of the questionnaires say that I've been entered as well. Either way, I no longer fill in the questionnaires as it is asking them to give your details to the related company regardless of what answer you give. Also, I've never heard of anyone actually winning the competitions, so I'm still in the dark as to whether or not they are real competitions.

I'm very careful with what I enter. If I get a 'survey' that I have to do to 'complete my entry', I also just close the window. When I first started doing this competition bizzo, and was learning my way around, I accidentally clicked 'yes' to hear from Real Insurance .... oh my GOSH they HOUNDED me, 5 or 6 calls a day until I finally just blocked them!! Never ever again will I do that. I now never fail to read terms, especially if there's not much info on the page, and I have to say I very very rarely get any telemarketing calls

Hi Judynjo, There are lots and lots of comps out there which don't need you to fill out surveys :) , I enter the ones without the 12 pages of questions after making the mistake of filling one out and getting endless calls after I said no to everything. If you do, the trick is to hit the skip or next button without answering any questions. If they call I say no early on in the conversation and ask to be removed from their calling database list which they must do or they can be reported. These are really hard core marketing campaigns and in the beginning it took me a while to work out which comps these were. Most comps are ok. Good luck with your comping :)

Congrats, Christmas in July!

Awesome, never used E books either!

I haven't either Enjoy!

Me neither, but my daughter does. Enjoy!

Congrats!

I have an ereader and I don't use it as much as I should but I don't mind them.

Lovely win!

Beautiful prize, you'll be glowing in no time congrats :)

oooooh jealous. Nice win!

Congrats!

Awesome!!

Nice prize!

lovely....enjoy...

Awesome achievement, well done!

Wow, that's a rate of 0.93 wins a day (almost one a day)! Keep up the good work. You're an inspiration Inwithachance!

super congratulations....

Congrats! :)

well done.

Nice!

Nice stats!

That is so cool! Can only hope that happens to me!

roobster, we've seen this before I think. If it's not plagiarism, it's passing off an image lifted from the net as SG's own. I suggest you block aforementioned individual on FB then this person cannot see your creative AND ORIGINAL response/s.

Same has happened to me, with one of those names copying my answer. Also noticed just recently on a FB comp that someone copied an individual's answer and they "won" a runner up prize. Luckily the guy who they had copied from, brought it to the Promoters attention, and it was rectified.

Hey guys! :-) yeah it's just wrong, and how stupid are they, posting it right there for the original 'answerer' to see it. Yes I'd definitely being it to promoters attention, don't worry about that lol. I don't mind not winning comps, but when it's won by a CHEAT, then I get angry. Also seems like a fake account anyway

Yes, I don't think it's a real account either because I saw this happen in a comp about 2 weeks ago. Wording, spaces, everything was the same. I think somehow this person is using some sort of robot to enter comps and relying on the fact that the promoter won't read the answers and uses a random draw. Not good! Makes me angry too when an a slightly changed answer wins. Happened to me in one of the Mother's Day comps.

Yep, I think this same name has popped up a few times, by cheating and copying. Oh well, I guess all we can do is keep an eye out, and make it public knowledge if one of their answers wins. Very annoying though. It was female that copied MY answer the other day. Clicked on her profile, and sure enough, competition only account

That is just rude!

Oh yes @kaybee72. That's one thing I have noticed a lot since I started doing this. Not every comper is 'nice', and not all of them care what toes they step on to get to that prize. Whether it be a tshirt or fridge magnet, some will fight to the death for it

Yep! It's a tough game, I think I sat on 1 for about a week then ended up 7th or 9th at the end of the month. Good luck! :)

Because of health issues I am ranked 127th so there is no way I am going to get anywhere this month even with my Birthday points too.

Lol, 48 bonus points today. It goes from one extreme to the other. Yeah, it's exciting nonetheless. I feel for you jennye. I know how hard it is to keep up the routine when your health gets you down. I hope you get better!

@jennye hope your feeling better very soon.

congrats

think you have to change your name to lucky

nice win

Congrats :)

Since Winners are Grinners, you'd be better off changing your name to Smiley! ;)

Well done, sssh!

WOOHOO for YOU! Well done! As for sharing, I have the same dilemma with my daughter lol. She said to me once 'Mum .... how come when you win cheaper stuff or something you don't want, you give it to me, but when it's cool stuff, you keep it'. Ummm, because I'm your mother and that's the rules, so deal with it KID! haha (she's 27)

Congrats!

well done, definitely hide it!

Thanks guys. Hopefully the package arrives while they are at school.

A little encouragement can go a long way...."do the washing up or homework for a week and you can have the eyeshadow" :)

Ha ha @fourleaf I like your thinking.

I think you shoul hide it for sure! Congrats!

Congrats!

congrats...

I won a family pass to Minions movie which will also be getting passed on lol I wanted the FIRST prize :-(

I'm sure if you give them away, "they'll be back" in some other shape or form. ;)

Congrats:)

Congrats!

awesome

Spending spree time! Enjoy! :) Worth that shopping list. Did you end up eating all that other stuff?

Congrats :)

wow ..congrats ..wonderful prize....

Wonderful prize, congrats!

Fantastic win!

Thanks guys! Absolutely LOVE gift cards, and for a $10 purchase, it paid off well lol. @fourleaf, hubby is slowly BUT SURELY working his way through it all haha!!

When I know I have a gift card coming I plan out all the lovely things I could get with it. Then when it comes I go and buy something mundane that I need. I still love winning them though. Congratulations.

Well done and nice win!

I love gift card wins!

Thank you! Yes @Jrob71. I do exactly the same. I've got a few gift cards at the moment, but a few weeks back, I won $2000. Was gonna buy this, and that and some of that, and go there for a holiday ....... did none of it!

Well done! I still have a $500 eftpos card I won earlier this year burning a whole in my pocket. When I won a $1000 Westfield gift card a few years ago we ended up frittering it away on a bit of this and a bit of that rather than buy something decent. It was fun while it lasted!

Lol @kaybee72. yes I did the same last year with a $2000 pre paid Visa. Frittered away on meals out, and clothes etc. Although we did buy an air conditioner so I guess I atleast have SOMETHING to show for it

For me, it depends on life in general. Sometimes I'll go nuts and spend a fair while entering, other days, maybe 1 or 2, and other days, 20 minutes here n there throughout the day. But I'm super picky these days and lean mainly towards the bigger comps now, of things I really want, and usually 25WOL. 90% of Facebook comps I don't go near, as the prize is no good to me. I want prizes I'm super excited about winning :-)

VickieP you read my mind, I was thinking this just yesterday, I enter comps for things I really want usually set aside at least an hour per day although this week I've needed a bit of a break. Then I spend time keeping my inbox under some sort of control. Also have made a list of daily entry comps. I'm trying to put some order into things but If I don't write the ones I really want to win down I forget to enter the next day which is really annoying! I think my best answers come when I really love the prize. Any organizational tips from anyone would be appreciated!

Just about to give up as it's been so long between prizes

@bunna you'll win something now that you've complained. Every time I complain and crack it and say that's it, I'm not doing it anymore, I win a few good ones in a row, so good luck!!

I'm sitting in front of the TV, with laptop, dividing my attention between a movie and comps/surveys and will do this until tiredness or cold drives me to bed. Some nights I go out and sometimes I can't be bothered comping so it probably works out to be just a few nights a week.

Thanks I hope so@roobycat

@bunna. Watch The Secret. Attitude has a lot to do with winning competitions. Logic states that lucky draws are just random, but hope states that there's more to it (a battle that occurs between the hemispheres of our brain). I find that when I'm in a happy and hopeful mood, my 25 words or less entries are actually pretty good. They are unique, clever and very applicable to the question asked. But if my mood is a little depressed, I seem to only come up with dry, boring, by the book entries.

Inwithachance can probably attest to this, that when you're on a roll, or in the zone, prizes just come at you left, right and centre. This is not just because they enter a lot of competitions, because we all do this, but because they are hopeful and believe in their success, and that success naturally comes to them. Give it a try.

@danwgreenfield I think being positive is a must. Truth is though, I STILL can't believe my Luck!

congrats..

Good one! :)

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Well done!

Great prize congrats!

Nice

Enjoy your jellybeans. I got mine the other day, haven't tasted them yet but love their normal jellybeans. I also got my prize from Glucogel Magic Tree for winning one Tuesday (mine was a plastic jellybean dispenser/gumball machine).

I got mine in the mail the other day too :)
Havent tried them yet.

Good wins to both prizes!

congrats...

Well done, congrats

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Good win!

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Enjoy!

Congrats!

awesome, that movie looks like it will be worth seeing on the big screen

congrats

surprise wins are always great, well done

Congrats!

congrats - my kids love that dairy snack...

Lovely!

congrats

Generally they'll send you a message and you email them back

@bj74 ok thanks

Congrats!

Good win!

Nice one!!
Love Livetribe
I just cashed in my points for $60 of vouchers :-)

@Tiesha Love Libetribe now won 2 x points = giftcards from them in 6 months. $50 and $100 - Good Luck.

Same.. 160 all up since feb .!! Good luck to you 2 :-) @bops18

Congrats

Nice. The view is awesome I hope you are not scared of heights!

Nice Toxic...enjoy mate!

Fab! Good win!

Enjoy!, fantastic win.

Fun win! congrats :)

Awesome prize, well done, enjoy.

Congrats

Great win and enjoy!

Grats!

Congrats again!

Well done JulieD :)
I did see that comp on facebook.

Thank you everyone. Happy comping!

Well done, I saw that, great prize.

Congrats! :)

Congrats, am sure it will come in very handy on your big treks.

Grats!

Nice one!

Well done, nice prize.

congrats they look cool

Congrats, looks good

Awesome!

Nom nom nom! Grats!

I won one of these a while back, and they are great. Hubby takes it to work (construction sites) plugs it in, in their mess room, and when it's time for 'smoko' his meal is ready to go. No lining up with a hundred other blokes, to use the microwave. He loves it!

Brilliant prize. I didn't even know they existed.

Very handy, congrats!

Great prize, well done, enjoy using it.

Yep I've seen quite a few. And yes I mention it to them, publically. They shouldn't make rules if they aren't going to stick by them. I'm never rude about it, but find if you do it publically, they tend to back-pedal, because it's not a good look. But recently I saw this happen, and complaints rolled in, and the company basically said 'well that's the answer we liked the most, so that's the winner'. So why say 25 WOL then? I also saw quite a BIG prize be given to someone who hadn't even answered the question that was asked. Stupid

Isn't there something about the rules of running comps that mean WOL comps are easier to run than random draws (maybe random is gambling so needs a license?). But WOL take more work to come up with a winner so maybe they run under WOL rules but don't use any effort in 'choosing' a winner.

Yeah, I saw a very dismal entry win a major prize with 27 words about 8 mths ago.
(And I mean dismal).
Considering I'd spent about three days racking my brains to come up with a reasonable answer within 25 words, I was floored. I had a hard time working out how it was judged. At least with PROPERLY run FB comps you can see the answers which I hope keep judges honest and on their toes. Nothing wrong with asking a few questions.

Funny you should ask. Tonight an $899 Swarovski Figurine Comp ended. 25WOL as per the rules? Have a look, I count FORTY NINE WORDS! Jema was the Winner.
The Winner's entry.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153079735928224&set=p.10153079735928224&type=1&theater

The Comp itself. Link to T's & C's included in the post.
"To enter the Competition, you must:
(a) Like 1 of the 2 Cinderella competition post over the 7 day Competition Period.
(b) Answer, in 25 words or less, the question, in the comment section on Facebook, which is asked in the post"
https://www.facebook.com/SWAROVSKI.AU/photos/a.658783844174293.1073741828.466603406725672/962579073794767/?type=1&comment_id=966045183448156¬if_t=photo_reply

@Inwithachance this is the one I was referring too. I sent a pm to Swarovski immediately after the winner was announced, so will see if they reply. I reckon I deleted my answer 10 or so times trying to get in with the 25wol. Don't mind if I don't win, but would be happier if the winner had to follow the same rules I did. I think a majority of the winners had over the 25 :(

I sent Swarovski a PM explaining about the 25wol, they either didn't care or didn't read my email as this was their response, oh well, I knew it wouldn't do anything but at least I tried lol

@Shannon06 I think that's called not answering your enquiry.

Hi guys, they've redrawn this comp!

@JulieD Good.

Wow! Lol that's unreal! I've seen about 30 words 'win' but that winners entry was like a novel! Haha

S T O O P I D - choooooo straight over their heads!! just like the answer derrrrrrrrr

congrats - you are an inspiration..

@bubble936 Thanks! That's the whole idea of posting the Wins. To let people, (especially new members), here see that you can Win; Win A LOT, in the hope that they might get into it instead of thinking 'no-one Wins'. If I can be THIS Lucky maybe others can be too. Even a few Wins are better than not bothering. Still a lot of skeptical people out there who think no-one Wins Comps really, the Prizes just 'evaporate or whatever'. Good Luck to you!

Congrats! Hope you win a popcorn machine (or new microwave) - Pronto!
By the way how's that cute calf going?

@fourleaf Needs more votes. THANKS! Yes lots of Movies to munch Popcorn to. I've Won 8 Dvds this week!

I don't reply to your wins too often - takes away from precious comping time, but yes, your posts are inspirational and help me through the droughts.

Are you retried ? You win so many comps . Hope one day I can be successful like you :) good one ya

@Jrob71 Nice to know. Good Luck to you!

@MammaPigga84 Just well organised. Good Luck!

congrats....

I love surprise prizes, but don't like when they don't say who it's from. I like to thank promoters

@roobycat As do I. The whole point is to promote themselves so no idea why they wouldn't at least put a business card in with it.

Yeah exactly! lol kind of defeats the purpose of giving it away in the first place. Even their name and address on a sticker on the envelope would suffice!

Nope. And I entered a bazillion times lol

No phone calls yet

the holiday home should of been drawn yesterday, so some lucky person out there won the holiday home

They announce it on grand final show. To be in the draw for the house, you had to have been a weekly winner, to go into the draw for the house. So if you haven't had notification that you're a weekly winner from the show, or any supermarket, then you aren't in the draw :-( which I am not. It's pretty hard to win, so whoever now owns it, is SUPER lucky

i saw that, think it's pretty stink really, people probably enter heaps and don't realise unless you're a weekly winner (which I think should be just a bonus) you not entered into the main prize draw, I think everyone who enters should be in the draw for the main prize, but unfortunately it's like this for all the house rules comps

Yep agree. Same with the supermarkets taking part. For all IGA receipts, you could enter, and if your name was drawn as a weekly prize, it was just 'good on you', but Woolies receipts weekly winners won $10,000 cash (granted, Masters, owned by Woolies are the major sponsors of the show) but yes, the rules weren't made very clear. A lot wouldn't bother looking into them before entering. Imagine how much they made on the texts at 55c each!!!! Sneaky

Yeah I didn't realise and was entering nightly code word , the people from Woolworths had more chance winning as 8 were from house rules nightly code and Woolworths had 2 winners and iga had 1 winner . 11 people in total . Even to get $10,000 would been a bonus . Just imagine how many people entered , it's like trying to win the lottery and panadol being sponsor .

@roobycat I was thinking the same thing about the cost of the text but infact you are paying for their auto reply as well that's why it costs 55c each text.

Yeah I know! And imagine a few thousand people all sending (let's say) 10 entries per night (some a lot more) for a couple of months. Cost of house = covered

the companies make so much money from all of us compers, like you said more people buy the products hoping to win , which pays for the prize they give and more

Oh god yeah. Those SMS comps, they'd make a fortune!

Hi. You need to complete your profile here: http://www.competitions.com.au/surveys/

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This has been fixed. The leaderboard page had the correct calculation. Thanks.

Good win!

Nice win- well done

congrats

Geez! You have some luck! May I ask, do you use other websites or mainly this awesome one?

@Melliijh Wherever there's a Comp I'm there!

Good one, congrats!

Aces!

Happy school holidays!

Congrats, great prize.

Nice win there, congrats!

Very interesting movie!

MEGA!

That's awesome!

I have a Nutri-Bullet and they are awesome :)
Enjoy!!!

OMG woohooooo - I entered this and had everything crossed, awesome prize, well done.

Thanks everyone, happy comping!

Congrats, lovely prize

Well done. That's a good prize!

congrats....

Exciting!

Congrats!

Some great movies there!

Great prize, congrats.

great prizes! congrats :)

Perfect for those movie nights in. Congrats.

Congrats!

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Great win, makes me want to have a play too!

Congrats awesome prize

That is a wonderful prize!

Thank you all and Happy Comping.

Congrats! :)

Have you tried contacting a premier league team or his favourite team to ask them if they can post a pic/or video with some caption that includes your sons names..maybe a recruiting trial/spoof video. Sorry not really my area of expertise.

I'm not really good at this but how about a video dressed up as a soccer star (or wearing stars) somehow showing him shooting goals with him saying comments such as soccer is great because dribbling is now OK, helps me get to my goals, and even a group shot of family/friends cheering madly on the sidelines but he's running in the wrong direction and they turn him around, him saying soccer is going to set me in the right direction and him head hitting a ball saying how soccer is going to get him ahead. Maybe paint on a mustache and get him to wear a funny wig. Sorry, I'm sure some of the others will have some fantastic ideas.

Thank you both :)