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http://www.superiorviolins.com/contest/

@Di_D Thanks Di_D yes they are running another competition. Sorry I hadn't got around to posting it been going for a few days. I've been a bit slack. Wasn't sure there was interest for the competitions.

@Lemond I do scan through them and appreciate the list
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@Di_D :) I use them as a reminder, few extra referrals and nice to share etc. Lot easier then going through all my bookmarks and working out if its expired etc. lol I must get around and do a proper submission for the features comp.

Tonight I'll put a few up. I generally only put a sample of what I've got running, else would flood the forum. It will mainly be electronics, phones, PC's etc.
I see Best Leather or something like that have a competition again for a bag. Not as fancy as I one I put up last month. Bond Lifestyle for a sweater. If you are looking for a dishwasher Appliances Online have a competition on their Facebook page. $1,700 value. Tempted thou would have no where to put it.

Enjoy!

Congrats

Have you received yours yet, got my today, humm, value for bulla products meant to be $75, grand total $54 that's including delivery but can't complain though, the family all love ice cream

Mine is being delivered tomorrow. How many tubs did you get? Just wondering how much space I'll need lol

Not much room required, 2 frozen yogurts , 2 2 litres ice cream, 3 boxes of ice creams, 1 bottle cream, let me know what you get?

As an alternative could you upload to Youtube and put the video link in the Facebook post? I haven't tried a video file . Also google how to post a video on Facebook. Might look into it later still recovering from cold all week. :(

I had a quick read not sure if you can directly post a video. I could be wrong. Looks like you can upload to your timeline. Make sure it's in a compatible format.

Why can't I post videos as a comment on a post?
https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=10204150810751629

How do I add videos to Facebook?
https://www.facebook.com/help/166707406722029

I can't upload a video.
https://www.facebook.com/help/215726848451641

@Lemond your a gem, I look into these later tonight. Ended up posting a photo in the comments but I think the video was much better. Live and learn. : )

@fourleaf lol. I don't know about that. I'm just a sucker for an IT problem. I haven't tried posting videos to facebook. Well expect for youtube video once to Optus help via a link to a unhappy customer. Roy Obinsons "Communication Breakdown". Amazing how quick they got service after that.

I agree a video can stand out and have a bigger impact!

Let us know how you go with attempting to post a video on Facebook for future reference.

I think you may not be able to post a video directly to a comment. Though from a quick read you should be able to upload to your facebook and share or post the link. The only other idea if your clip doesn't involve sound could be to convert to an animated Gif. There should be freely available tools to convert formats.

A good start to all the Christmas comps!

Congratulations :)

Awesome!

great prize - congrats.

@shuching It sounds like you might be covered by PayPal's Purchase Protection. Go here: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/security/unauthorized-transactions and report the theft immediately. You shouldn't be liable for such a large transaction as it would have caused a lot of red flags on your account, and chances are PayPal are already investigating it. Good luck!

WOW...... i thought paypal was fairly secure, obviously not, sorry to hear that mate!!

@FARMERTYSON It is secure when you don't post your full name, address, phone number and email address in a forum. Unfortunately this is what Shuching has done.

I hope they didn't get it. The banks have to investigate and report. No need to burn your recipes and papers. Did you end up contacting administration?

Thank you very much with amazing advices.

@KS141610 Was thinking someone might need it. SANTA
Reminds me should do it now.

Welcome to competitions.com.au KS14610

Will cost you thou to enter via ALL the international competition referrals below I listed. lol Lots of comps to choose from.

I will get around and remove a couple of expired competitions later.

I forgot the magic word. PLEASE. :)

Good Luck

Big hug.. Argh I bombed out with a string of low daily scores at the start of the week. Teasing me from last week. Sometimes I wonder how random the daily scores are. Last month was either 4 or 44 this month 1 seems to be the rage. lol

It looks pretty close for the monthly leaderboard this month. At the start of the week, I thought might have an outside chance. At least for the Top 20. Now be pushing it. Hopefully next week my luck will turn.

Good Luck for next month. :)

Doh guess what daily points got today :( Least could of been 6 6 6 after tonight's' quick T20 match I umpired.

Should just bet on 4 for daily points this last couple of months.

I was starting to suspect if daily points are totally randomized last month and did a quick read. Any web developers suspect the implementation of the daily points system? From a brief read if it's done in the browser it may be flawed. Thou not really my expertise.

This month I tried mixing up which browser I log in with and varying the time of login. Sounds bit superstitious lol.

Seriously from a web developers view any expert opinion on the implementation of the daily points?

I also get a little paranoid sometimes about my daily points, especially when some people get 100+ more then me over the month. But it does come and go. Sometimes I have a week of little ones, and then a week of big ones the following week.

As for the randomality of the computer generated points, I know from experience that you really need to use a complex randomiser to make it completely random. The one supplied in Javascript and PHP are far from random. I use the Math.random function in Javascript through a Firefox extension that I made to fill in my guessing game entries, and it's not unusual for the numbers to be close to each other, especially when I enter them around the same time each day. It's just not good enough for truly random numbers.

@divergent Agree to you need a complex randomiser to be completely random. I think Gleam run competitions use one. For the daily points I think it's just done in javascript on the client side then sent to the server. Could be wrong haven't fully inspected the javascript but noticed a random function somewhere.

Yeh nice to see it under 100 points gap. Gives you the feeling of hope. Last month was 150 away at the half way mark. :(

Number 4 for me has come up way to often in the last month. Was going to mention it last month. Was at least 6 times. Usually mine goes high, low , high, low etc. Barely had any in the 20's or teens over 3 months. Until I rotated browsers for a few days this last week. To test how random. Then got a string of 50's. Then a string of 1's and lows on the next rotation. Doh! l hope they keep low for the rest of the month, then make up for it next week with a string of highs. :)

I think some of the issues could be javascript related people may be experiencing for lost points etc. I suspect if you switch pages too quickly after selecting enter a competition, it is registered as viewed but hasn't had the chance to send that to the server. My first month I noticed something like this happening a few times. Only when I toggled the save /not interested competition options it would update. Then the competition would display back to Enter from Viewed. Slow process thou.

The first thing I do is do the guessing game which is bookmarked. Usually just after midnight with a few regulars I noticed. :) Sunday usually bit later like to check out what number won. Plus cricket umpiring I'm a bit exhausted.

Good Luck for next months leaderboard.

Thou I think @toxicgherkin mentioned it's his birthday NYE. :) I don't think I've passed him at the close of a day on the leaderboard since joining. I'm going to have to wait till April to have a chance.

@Lemond Once in a while I check the stats of the top players on the Leaderboard and compare competitions viewed. I've never come across any unregistered (viewed but not registered) competitions before. Usually I'm equal to what the top players are, but I'll monitor it on a more regular basis.

I have now and then go through the previous days competitions and found a competition that I haven't viewed before. I always check that I've clicked them all, but somehow one sneaks into the old list every now and then. How this happens is beyond me. :S

Oooo, the first of the month and I got 1 point today. How very generous! ;)

@divergent lol. Sorry, I got four 1's over the last two weeks. I know how it feels. Thou shouldn't laugh too much I'm bound to get a 4 tomorrow. Good news there's 30 more days to make it up.

@divergent Assuming you didn't get a 50 yesterday. I'll place a $2 bet @ 50 to 1 for a 50 tomorrow. Seemed most times I got a 1 was followed up by a 50.

@divergent That's weird how can people have like couple of viewed comps today but no daily points awarded?

Close, 36 points today. Heading in the right direction though, lol.

Ooo, 1 again today. I'm winning from the wrong end, lol.

@divergent :(. For about 30 seconds till I enlarged the page I thought I got 1. 41 Thankgod. Sounds like you had a horror run to the start of the month. You passed me on daily points couple days back. Been a slow start. The leaders already approaching +100 daily points ahead.

I'll post some international electronic PC etc competitions up tomorrow to help cheer you up. :). Appliances online got a creative competition for a nice TV open till Monday morning.

I got 3 today. At least it's heading in the right direction again, lol. No doubt I'll finish with a hiss and a roar. ;)

@divergent OMG Not looking like your month. God you're about 58 daily pts below par. ( Avg 25.5 per day) No wonder I couldn't see you on the leader board. :( Hang in there you might scrap into the top 20 with a good run. So looks like around 60 regulars enter daily. Can't believe MammaPigga's run of luck and has bolted out of the starting gate.

I put up a nice MS Surface Book competition last night. I've been on a lookout since it's launch for those. :).

I must do a run of entering in competitions been a bit slack due to been a bit crook most of the week.

I haven't been able to post for the last couple of days. Every time I click Post, the button changes to Please Wait and nothing else happens. I finally cleared my browser history, and it is all working again.

I'm going to stop grissling now. I've gotten 46 and 48 over the last two days so I'm happy again! ;)

@divergent lol :). Got a 49 and 23 so solid daily points to tease me around the Top 20. I was way overdue for some 20's. Cool sounds like was a browser issue. You haven't missed much apart from the competition for "ideas". Looking more like a pie throwing contest!

@divergent Apps Snaps. The only app you need is a called a browser app for competitions.com.au. I noticed a few keep bringing up Apps to solve world hunger. They forget a browser is an App!

@admin???

@FARMERTYSON opps

Did you check the junk folder? I hate when valid emails slip through to the junk folder. Also check your not blocking competition.com.au emails in the Hotmail settings. I'm not sure how long it takes to receive your prize from competitions.com.au. Or how long the cutoff period is to confirm a win. Some competitions can take a while to receive your prize (6-8 weks). :( I'm still waiting on a DVD from last month. Which has been confirmed and followed up. My only win!

Thank you very much.

Good wins, well done!

Congratulations! :)

Congrats!!!

Congrats - well done

I love a voucher I can use on groceries and tickets to the movies is always good.

@shuching Did you try contacting the administrators on the contact form? It's right down the bottom of the page for Contact Us option. Does competitions.com.au send an email out to confirm the win? Is there a reply back to claim period?

Damn I thought for a moment I had this weeks number of 870. I put it down last week and close to it. If only had that extra daily guess. Sigh x fingers for top 20 on the leaderboard. Looking a fairly close contest this month. Good luck all.

You should of received an email, did you use a different email address

Thank all of members help me . I am very happy and greatful your kindness. Thank you very much .

Shuching I think you should take down your personal details i.e. address as you have just made all that info public :)

Agree! Perfect way to find yourself registered to a mountain of spam.

I use CompingClub.com for a lot of competitions, as they have far more than are available here. It's open to the public (non-paying members) to add competitions as well, and to comment on comps, etc. It has its limits, unless you're a paid member, but I get by okay without having to pay for anything. It's good for answers as well, especially for magazine comps. I basically only use that and this site.

win-free-stuff.com.au/

I primarily use competitions.com.au I like the friendly forum. :)

I find it's easier to keep track of what competitions you have entered. List competitions similar to competitions.com.au with a few extra.

One major question. How do compers keep track of what competitions they have entered to avoid double entering competitions and breaking the terms and conditions?

What I do is bookmark as entered. Decided as was getting messy to do a separate bookmark folder for each month. Another folder for multiple entries and another for all those gleam random draws to tick off for each day. God checking my November bookmarks I've been busy. My bookmarks are a mess from the last couple of months. lol

I wish competitions.com.au was a little easier to keep track of competitions entered. I find the toggles for saved of not interested a bit slow to use. Would be great to have Entered Competition, Bookmark to enter later options.

Sometimes I google for what I might like to win. After a while, you tend to find promoters the due regular weekly competitions. Like PC Case gear usually do one each week that ends 5pm Monday. And Android Authority does regular weekly comps.

I will put a few international comps etc later I've found over the last week.

I now keep it simple.
I tried a few things, a spreadsheet, bookmarks and folders but with the different closing dates things did get messy and I was constantly checking and clearing out old competitions. I now use a very simple book with abbreviations, not exactly state of the art but it's easy to refer back to without having to switch screens and update information all the time. I have about six things I record-
cl 24/11 (closing date) dr 26/11 (draw date) in a margin on the left then
name
prize
multiple/ once only/ 25 WOL/ daily/weekly etc
*Any Special notes -ie need to check back on site for winning announcement (or anything that stands out in the T&Cs) Once the comp is closed I cross out the closing date. It's simple, easy to look through and saves me time.
I only enter the comps I'm really interested in winning and this helps keep my answers fresh too. Nothing worse than compers headache.

@fourleaf Some really good ideas. I was thinking spreadsheet and save the links and dates etc. I tried electronic Post IT notes mainly for WOL. That quickly became a mess. I also occasionally use the forum to remind me what daily gleam comps still going lol. Just posted a sample tonight.

Once you got 30 plus comps going at the same time with varying closing dates etc becomes a task. A book is a bit manual for most online competitions. Might suit WOL competitions. My WOL folder on the PC needs a spring clean.

Definitely need to organise it at least for each month. I find it handy at least bookmark as entered in case I come across the same competition again. If reposted or another forum.

Can get tricky with some Terms and conditions that are multiple entries but limit how many in a specific time period. Or run over long time periods.

Yeh same I generally enter competitions I'm only interested in. So when competitions.com.au has a makeup giveaway day etc I sometimes trawl the internet for global competitions. Thou take a bit of time checking terms and conditions to make sure can enter.

Thank you so much for your comments :) I don't and haven't kept track in any way so that sounds like a good idea because sometimes it's hard to remember what I've entered and I am from tasmania so I find myself excluded from quite a few competitions but that's ok I'll check out these sites thank you :)
Does anyone enter the sweepon take 5 and woman's day? I've entered them both a few times but wasn't sure if they were legit - only because it's such a simple entry and most of the instagram comps I've seen you have to follow 5 hundred different pages and do this and that. Lol all in fun and games I guess. Happy hump day all and good luck with whatever you want to win :D

@Sellwood92 The sweepon / Womans Day comps are genuine and further down you'll find comments from people who have won. Keeping track of comps you've entered is a good idea and sometimes when you go back to the site there are extra comps listed that aren't on here especially if the company has just run a big comp. ( They run smaller comps afterwards to keep interest up) This is another reason I use a book and a highlighter pen. I just find a book is easier and I can always refer back to it when I'm not on the computer and there's no updating required. Sometimes companies run comps where you have to comment everyday to win or have some special conditions and I make a note so I don't forget because I'd hate to loose my chances. Saves time and multiple files.
Saying that though lots of people do use spreadsheets and I'm sure @Lemond is going to come up with a brilliant idea and I can't wait for him to share!!! ;)

PS Some people use an app called Evernote to record 25 WOL answers or ideas ( I use memo) Very easy to use

@fourleaf Is it ok to enter all the Sweepon sister sites on the same day? It's a little confusing the terms and conditions. I have a feeling you can only enter once over all sites.

FAQ states
Sweepon, by Take 5 and Woman's Day, have the same prizes – can I enter on both websites?
You can enter once per prize, per site, per day. These are sister sites.

Terms and Conditions state
5.   Entrants may only enter once (1) per day per prize. A maximum of one (1) prize will be awarded per person for the entire Promotional Period, excluding SA and ACT residents.

There's a small catch as only awarded one prize so sometimes I don't enter a prize if don't need or like it. How long is the promotional period?

I have those automated listed on the home page as enter them daily lol.

@fourleaf For WOL I use Open Office and save to separate folders for each competition under my WOL comps. Thou need to split this up for monthly I generally do one once a week or so. Been a couple of weeks since doing the last one as been busy with cricket umpiring. Got a few to work on tonight.

Need a text editor that has a word count etc tools. A handy feature is the auto recovery for documents as my PC crashes way to often. Grrrr. I need to win a new PC.

Spreadsheet sounds a good idea so can sort by end date etc. Thou haven't gone to that extreme yet. Usually, I just quickly bookmark as enter and bookmark again under multiple entry for this month. I'm too busy finding the next Internation competition or recovering from a PC crash.

@Lemond Yes the T&Cs are confusing but I'm think you can enter each day from three sites - sweepon, take 5 and Womans Day. In fact I just tested this again by entering a cash draw and the three entries were accepted for the same prize. If I try to enter again it basically says come back tomorrow which further proves my theory that you can enter from the three sites. It would be picked by a random selection program so I wouldn't be too worried about it - if the system let's you place an entry it's already validated that the entry is OK. I saw the frequently asked questions on Google search but it's not the whole story. Not sure on how long it runs for but the prizes are updated reasonably frequently.

@fourleaf I know it's accepted on each site only once per day. :) Thou I hope it's not breaching terms and conditions. Very unusual to find a competition that can enter for the same prize on three sites once each. It's nice when a competition tells you've already entered.

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ohh, nice

I think a lot of sites just want their fans to win, as a reward for being a fan, or someone who actually wants the prize, and has probably given a good reason for why they want it in the 25 WOL. Although the winner may well have been a fan, or had a good use for the prize but has since changed circumstances, someone who sells it is more likely just to be a general comper who entered just because of the value of the prize, or maybe just to get a high from winning. That's just the divide between the minds of the promoters and the compers, and neither is wrong, just different. If we all thought the same, life would be pretty undramatic. I wouldn't feel guilty if I was caught selling a prize. A prize is still a prize, whether it's the actual prize or just the money the sale provides for other things.

really?, once you win it ,its your to do what ever you want with it , i re gift most of my gifts at christmas to family & friends, I find it saves me a lot of money, not to mention my F & F's get some pretty cool stuff & yes i have sold items on gumtree & ebay

Congrats, what an awesome prize, enjoy xxx Happy comping and hope you have many more wins.

Awesome!!!

Well Done!

Well done!

Enjoy!

Lovely!

Congratulations!

happy days:)

Thank you all

congrats!!

Congratulations :)

Congrats and lovely gesture :)

Congratulations, wonderful idea - may many more wins head your way xx

Nice win!!

Thank you all

A nice win!

Congrats!

Congrats

Voted and good luck to your hubby!

Thank you!

Voted

Congratulions!!!!

Woohoo well done, nice prize - enjoy.

Congratulations!

Congrats

Cool :)

That is Santorini

Cheers :)

Cheers, @Lemond.

@toxicgherkin Thought you might love that one. :).
There was another competition for a unique marble watch, thou I removed it as it required you to of joined its kick starter pledge first.

Found a competition and/or guaranteed prize if get enough referrals, thou T&C prohibit sharing on sweepstakes forums etc. Doh! Your allowed to post to Twitter and Facebook thou. Hmmmm

Hi Toxic, I've just seen that you have won an IXO Cordless Screwdriver and Attachments from BOSCH DIY AUST AND NZ FB.@toxicgherkin

@toxicgherkin Congrats Toxic. Perfect to tighten up all those loose screws. :)

@toxicgherkin Congrats Toxic. Perfect to tighten up all those loose screws. :)

@JulieD, thanks! I've sent a Facebook Direct Message to the promoter. Cheers for keeping an eye out. Wishing promoters would contact prize winners directly - they glean enough information off the entrant. I've been tagged before for FB prize notification so I assume this promoter could have done similarly. Instead notification was as plain text. Just goes to show one should followup on comps of interest. Cheers!

@Lemond

No problems, the same thing has happened to me on a few occasions, if I hadn't checked back, I would never have known I'd won! Merry Christmas!@toxicgherkin

@toxicgherkin lol. So the promoter didn't send a private message to you on facebook for the competition win?

Wonder if anyone here enters the OfferX comps there's $5,000 unclaimed there. Actually quite a few prizes unclaimed.

I used to enter the OfferX comps but it's tedious completing all the panels for your maximum 50 entries. Such a bore!

@toxicgherkin lol. Admire you tenacity to find out there's a maximum of 50 entries. The competition of utter boredom! I signed up months back a did a couple of entries and forgotten about it. I noticed a lot of unclaimed prizes.

I was curious how you got notified for your facebook win. Thought they would send a private message to notify of the win or email. Lucky you got someone watching your back. :)

@Lemond, true that! Hoping to return the many favours fellow compers have done me. :)

Wow that's fantastic! congratulations!

cONGRATuLAtiONs!!

@fourleaf Congratulations. Your kids will love you for that. :)

Wow. Great wins there, Alittle. Congratulations.

Great wins!

@alittlebitoffun, congratulations on all your wins

:)

thats want I would call " On a Roll" congrats!!!

well done

congrats and some nice wins!

OMG wow, well done what a haul, enjoy :)

Wonderful prizes. Enjoy and congratulations.

Awesome

Yes, I had this call when I first started. I think they sell holiday accommodation or timeshare or something similar for a hefty annual fee. (I think)

@fourleaf Thanks. When wanted CC details before confirmation and chance to fully check it all out, rang alarm bells. They haven't called back. lol. Could post the company will have to replay the recording. Lucky installed an auto recorded software.

Damn was hoping it was for the competition from Samsung for the washing machine. lol

Good luck with the washing machine.

@fourleaf Not looking good for the washing machine. :( Well at least lesson for improving WOL competitions for the next one.

Stay on the ceiling and lap it up. Well done!

And that's the reason I keep on entering. Congratulations.

bloody awesome win, happy days :)

Wow congrats!! That's amazing well done

happy days nice win there :-)

A huge congratulations, well done

Fantastic win. Congratulations.

Arrrrr! What a beautify bounty. Enjoy the loot. Congratulations.

Congratulations!!! AWESOME!!!

Wow that awesome

Ummm.....does anyone have a ladder??
Thanks everyone, much appreciated and I have a smile from ear to ear. I even went and dusted off my four leaf clover - still in good condition! Lol (For those who may not know, I'm not superstitious but I did find a four leaf clover in my backyard earlier this year, went done to my library because my computer was broken, checked my e-mail and won a couple of good prizes after winning nothing for a couple months hence the name fourleaf - just for fun) I really enjoy adding local comps to my on-line ones and it's paid off.

fantastic what an awesome Christmas gift

@MammaPigga84 Thank you I'm very happy.

Awesome! Well done :)

Thanks Trinket, wishing you the best!

Thanks :)

SICKKKKKK I hope I win something soon ;)

@fourleaf Stratco are giving away a Bailey ladder today for Win One Wednesday. :) Must enter today.
http://a.pgtb.me/70xTGz

@CardboardRobot , hang in there, you will.

@Lemond Haha, thanks for the tip! luckily I already had the good sense to enter that one today. Appreciated though.

@CardboardRobot, welcome!

Congratulations. Such a great prize.

@moiz12 thanks, haven't seen you for a while, hope everything's going well!

congrats, if you want to sell the ring, my uncle can help you with that , he's a diamond/jewellery dealer

Lovely!

whoa nelly!!! what a prize, congrats and well done on your dazzling win.

@bellcomper @Di_D @bops18 Thanks! much appreciated!

@fourleaf as well as can be I guess. Health issues and family issues just haven't had the time & inclination to enjoy this site to it's full potential lately. But always nice to check in and see other's such as yourself doing well in the prize department :) Hope all is well for all the other compers on here as well!

Nice to you from you though :) I hope things pick up for you soon. Sometimes time is short I know :)

Lovely win, JulieD. Congrats.

Congrats JulieD!

Nice prize, love their products, Congrats.

Yes my account has been hacked. I have contacted the administrator who I hope will fix this. Take no notice of any of the rubbish...... and good luck with your comping!

I thought that was a bit weird. The ironic thing is the posts are advertising ghostwriting services but their spelling and grammar are terrible. English is obviously not their first language but they are certainly not selling themselves very well. Lol!

That's weird, I don't get that one. And I don't have facebook either.

I haven't come across it. Sounds annoying.
Not much to go on. PC or mac? What browser and you using?

First thing I would try another browser and see if that solves it. Possible disable popups.
More ideas to come later.

Positioned well, wolverine! ;)
Congrats.

bit cryptic comment, but thanks for the congrats part.

Congrats. :)

Congrats - nice start to the week

Well done !!

Congratulations!

Agree. Best way is work out how to answer is look at similar competitions and winning answers. I hate those WOL type competitions as well. Like "Why do you deserve to win XYZ". Ask @toxicgherkin I think he's got the creative flare. I'm sure he's got a natural talent for those sort of competitions. :)

I feel you got to look out of the box a bit and not get too personal. I'll try find one winning example for a Facebook competition. From memory the winning example wasn't that personal thou clever reference to the competition prize.

Found the winning example for one competition.
It was for some beautiful Royal Doulton plates etc.
Question was "Tell us in 15 words or less why you deserve to win"

Banksy's got nothin' on my kitchen with these inside

Basically comes down to the judges. I think your point is how do you give yourself the best chance to be in the running.

It was probably the least personal response. But clever response. I try and get a feel what kind of judges or from promotional material provided by the promoter or prize.

Like from the caption competition after seeing a few over the last month you start to get a feel what sort of caption will win or what won't. I wish you could bounce ideas off the forum or msg in private without the fear of being pinched. lol

For finding what you really want. Google your shopping list. Eg "competition to win XYZ". Damn can't find another MS Surface Book competition open to Australia again. Found a nice Rolex watch thou. Not sure if open to Australia and requires pickup at store in UK. Nothing in the T&C's says must be a UK resident. Hopefully can get around it thou organising pickup through friends if I win.

The travel competitions I tend to avoid if they don't include some cash to cover travel expenses. Did we have to answer your qu in 25 WOL? lol opps went over the limit

We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!

@toxicgherkin. lol. Very good and under 25 WOL. :)

Quick someone feed him a competition. Did you catch Tarocash I posted up?

How did the chicken dinner go?

I've won a few of these "Why do you want to win" competitions. Sometimes it's been with a serious answer along the lines of - this is my problem and your product will be perfect to fix it. Sometimes it's been with goofy, unique uses for the product. Although they say "this is a game of skill and chance plays no part in determining the winner" but this is obviously not the case because you just don't know what the judges will like.

Chicken dinner was awesome! One hungry horde fed. No leftovers though. Bugger! :(
Tarocash promotion? Thanks for the headsup. Reposted/entered. Done & dusted! Cheers.

Got the code word off tenplay it's KITCHEN

From competitions.com.au a DVD and a life time supply of junk email.

Hi, a Blue Illusion Prize August last year, worth $2,300. Second biggest prize, Laptop this year worth $1200. No trips yet!

$600 go pro camera last year.. mostly win little prizes frequently... lots of make up and dvds!

i won $25,000 kitchen makeover

Wow @MammaPigga84 that's amazing!! I can only dream of a big win like that. So far my biggest has been a $650 watch. I tend to win small prizes frequently. I have only been entering for around 8 months and have managed over $5k so am pretty happy. I work full time and have 2 kids under 3 so need to find more hours in the day to enter more lol

@Lemond Was that the Freedom competition they just had. Was going to say spill the beans on the win. Thought might be Thur Powerball.

Its was 2 years ago that I won it, through Jiff competition. after that we sold our house, only enjoyed the kitchen for 6 months, but it was the feature to selling our house

@MammaPigga84 Very nice win. :).

Atm X fingers for a Samsung washing machine. OMO had a WOL competition just ended where they were giving away 50 Top loader washing machines value $1700 . The next day they had another comp end with 20 Simpson front loading machines for about $650 which I didn't enter. I did briefly mention they were running a competition early in the week.

Was a purchase from Woolies then do a WOL. I got enough OMO now to keep me going for a few of months. lol

Chances must be good. I was happy with my entries. Thou hope not penalized as the couple of entries I put in were slightly similar.

I was surprised competitions.com.au didn't list it. Either that or I missed it.

Did anyone else enter that competition?

yeah i tried my luck for the samsung washing machine, hoping to win one for my mum
have the annonced any winners

@MammaPigga84 Good luck.

For the OMO and Samsung washing machine comp.

Judging 6.11.15 and contact by 12.11.15 and you must reply within 5 working days of initial contact. Sure be something about proof of receipts somewhere. So check those emails next week and keep your Woolies receipts in a safe place. :)

http://omowinningcombo.com.au/assets/Woolworths%20OMO/WAU0001/4/Terms-and-Conditions-OMO-Samsung%20Promotion.pdf

@Lemond thanks lets hope we both a winners

Robot cleaner $1300. Most useful, though, was $500 IGA gift card. Nice not paying for groceries for a few weeks.

@Di_D thats always a big help having not to pay for groceries

10k holiday

@bellcomper fantastic where was holiday

What kind of phone do you have? On iphone you just press on/off button and home button at same time to take screenshot of photo.. no other app needed.. then you just post that photo like your own, easy.

@Bel7861 Samnsung Galaxy 4. Anything but an IPhone please.

http://www.androidcentral.com/how-take-screenshot-samsung-galaxy-s4

Ok.. it's the same thing, home and power button then just post the image through your instagram and tag.

@Bel7861 ok so I have to do a screen shot to regram/tag an image. Was hoping to do it from the PC from my Instragram account on a webpage. Instead of with the phone. Thou might be able to do it on the PC using Blue Stacks an Android emulator.

Its regramming an already existing picture the promoter has on twitter or instram I think.
For you help TaroCash are running a comp to regram and tag. Plus I think competions.com.au put one up for a bed sheet package I think.

I'll put the link up later if you can't find it. I think it's promoted on their Instragram account.

Any good competitions to enter this weekend? I've now got the weekend free due to all turf cricket being cancelled.

Thanks.

@Bel7861 https://instagram.com/p/9kjmIqnJ_M/?taken-by=tarocash Is the competition

Got it via their newsletter. :)

The image already exists on their instragram account do you still need to screenshot it? I kinda knew how do a screenshot thou find that method tricky from memory. There also software to do it.

@Bel7861 Thats the image. I saved the webpage. Will transfer that to the phone etc and see how I tag etc

@Bel7861 I think saving the webpage is better you can easily get all images. A screen grab might also capture personal things etc. Plus I guess a screen grab the images might be quite large in size and might need to fiddle to compressing it to a smaller size. Conditions state you can use any pic from Tarocash Competition.

@Bel7861 Transferring now easy just got to this pic I posted and save the image. :) No need to do a screenshot. :) Now just have to work out how to tag etc

It wouldn't let me save the image from the Instagram web page just thou could save the whole webpage. Seems a good idea for all regram comps on Instragram. No need for screenshots.

Admission! iPhone 6 (+) user here. I know! Tell me about it....you Samsung-o-philes. I'm slowly beginning to see the light....Now, as for regramming, I use a free app on the iPhone called R&R. Not sure of wider compatibility. There's bound to be other similar apps. All you do is search the image in the (R&R) app then regram (or post) to Instagram (or Flickr, Facebook etc). You can change background tones, do arty-farty stuff etc. The app lets you hashtag, and tag people etc. Easy peasy. No screenshots needed. Hope this helps some of you Instagrammers out there. :)

@toxicgherkin Thanks. Yeh I was going to ask you. Knew must of been easy ways to do it without screenshots as regrammed pics would all be slightly different. Must have a good look into it. Will see what apps andriod has. At least you've given me a list of features that appp should have to google for.

@toxicgherkin Think I did it. X fingers. I used the instagram app and added a comment with the #tarocashx007 tag. Looks like its ok. Still working out a good app for android to repost and tag.

@Lemond, head to Google Play and search for a regram (Instagram) app. I did and this is the first (and original one) I'm led to believe - "InstaRepost." Worth a look anyway if you're heading down that fickle and treacherous Instagram path... ;)

@toxicgherkin lol. Thanks. Yeh long as don't accidentally regram all my pics from the phone. Might of tried it. I tried tagging with the tarocashx007 and it tries searching for the user and couldn't find it.

Done. :) Good luck

done

Done , good luck

Congrats @toxicgherkin

Looks great. Enjoy. So who's invited for dinner? :)

lol. Yeh was going to ask how people keep track for competitions that you enter. I joined via your referral for click energy competition last night. Good luck for that as well.

The whole flocking flock!... ;)

They're great, enjoy!

what a beauty!

Good one and I love the design!