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@admin We've had a problem.

I get the impression the guessing game etc is down for "maintenance" or the cleaners have pulled out a plug. :)

Is anyone else "experiencing" issues this morning with the guessing game and/or the daily points? i.e. The daily points are the same as yesterday and not adding the to the total.

@admin
That's unusual my post is dated 02 May 6:33 pm and it's currently 03 May 4:33 am AEST. Placing bets something is up with the time settings being used. The day will roll over at 10 am Wed which is "coincidentally" midnight UTC time.

@Lemond, yes a problem

@fourleaf Roger. We copy you're venting.

Along with a few other members!

@Admin The current state is guessing game and bonus for it working at midnight.

The daily random points generation and addition to total however isn't been performed.

May 4th 1am AEST

Thanks. @Trevsta Agreed way to long to receive my welcoming "gift".

God if wasn't this month next realistic chance could be a year away. From memory forget about June with what was at least 6 birthdays. Hmm May can't recall lmao.

Think there's a period from July to Sept with few birthdays for non birthday members to look forward to next.

Argh I think blew my luck on the guessing game last year just missing about a few weeks in a row.

Happy birthday for @bj74 for April better luck next year. :)

Thanks@Lemond , I never make it into the top 3 even though it's my birthday month, doesn't help getting 1 point the last 2 days either.

Good one, I know the feeling @Lemond :)

Good win for good bloke!!

Congratulations! :)

Congratulations @Lemond. Not showing birthday points on the leaderboard at all is an interesting way of operating, but it does leave everyone in suspense!

@spyglass Yeh it's a "cunning plan" to try keep members in the dark.

The currently trend is around three or four birthdays each month of determined compers. Once there's more then 6 birthdays in a month little chance for the non birthdays members. i.e (40-45% chance of a birthday member having a higher total score then any of the non birthday members.

X fingers the vast number of members don't get inspired on their birthday months otherwise will definitely be at least year for a genuine chance.

It's an interesting competition as it highlights who and how many determined Aussie compers there are.

Congrats also @wolverine @Brookemaree93 and @spyglass :)

Well done, young man! Congratulations, Mr Lemond!

Congrats :)

Thanks everyone. Good luck to the May birthdays. May there be not too many of them . :)

Thankyou@Lemond

The only advice as "comping" protocol demand all receipts upon payment and store in a safe location, until second chance draws are completed. :)

Always could do a quick google for the competition while shopping, if that was conditional on purchase. Even better check out what purchase competitions are about before shopping and plan ahead. You may come across T&C's that need X amount of the product on the same receipt. With that information could ask nicely to split up receipts. Eg Ask the checkout if they could please do all my 20 items on each separate receipt. ;-)

Enjoy the 3 bottles of Prosecco. It will soften your disappointment :)

Usually for the barcodes just write them down or take a photo of it and store digitally if really need to keep a record. That way you can also keep a tally of how much you have consumed this week. ;-)

Good point about purchase competitions. Someone remind me in about a month's time to add functionality for purchase competitions to connect photographed receipts or details to a competition entered for my database.

Must admit I'm a receipt hoarder ,probably have receipts I don't even need lol

@bj74 lol. Generally I'm pretty bad at keeping receipts. Thou I've allocated a draw to stuff them in. OK I've also got the Eftpos comp pics still sitting on the PC and probably littering my Facebook account. They could be cleaned up any volunteers?

I'm liking the idea just take a photograph and file away on the PC. Then could associate it with the competition entered. Also acts as a backup in case the physical receipts fade get damaged etc etc.

Could do some basic organisation with folders and meaningfully name the receipts. Issue might be if the same receipt is used for a number of comps. Either copy the receipt and rename for each comp. Endless ways to hoard/organise them. lol

I doubt competitions these days would ask to physically send in the actual receipt. A photo should be ok. X fingers. Guess read the fine print just in case.

I don't do many purchase competitions so not a priority. Wonder what organisation tips for keeping receipts for purchase competitions member's have.

True@Lemond , I've never actually had to send in actual receipts, just photos

@bj74 Me too. Hubby just cleaned out my receipts stash going back 8 years.

@gpbristow, I get a little sad on missing out on a good comp too!. it's pretty standard on purchase comps to keep receipts, barcode/ whole product especially with the big ones and keep the receipt for three months after in case of a second chance draw. For me, rule 'numero uno' is always to read the t&cs first to find out what they want you to keep. Sometimes entry needs a photo upload of the receipt but if you are lucky enough to win the major prize generally they will want the original as well because of the value of the prize. It all helps making sure it's a genuine entry and keeps cheats at bay. At the end of last year three major companies required winners to mail in ALL receipts entered in their comp. Some wanted original barcodes as well! A couple of years ago, I even had to get a signed statement from a JP for a second prize. Agree with @Lemond and @bj74, I've never had to mail them in but I've never won a major, major holiday yet either! Why take the risk, I'd hate to miss out because I didn't keep the original receipt as per the t&cs. Here's hoping for everyone lol! :) There's a couple of articles on entering purchase comps in the blog from memory. Enjoy and good luck with comping :)

Lol, I keep mine for 2 years @gaseja

@fourleaf Wise words to file away the physical receipts. I still think at least a photo of the receipt should be enough proof of purchase. If mailing them in they could get lost or damaged. At worse a photo acts as a backup.

For bar codes I kept a big bin of empty dairy milk bottles for their competition for ages. Was to lazy to take the bar codes off.

http://lp.megaphonemarketing.com.au/lelouvrecomp?kid=F35RV Here's the referral link I got when I entered :) good luck

I would only enter this one if I lived in Victoria. I see you need to collect the prize within 3 months.

Wow nice prize congrats :)

Giving me hints to get back into comping mode. As soon as I get around to finishing off setting up my database to damn manage the comping. It's slowly getting there :)

@Smalot11, a huge congratulations! Suitable win, and soon to be suitably attired....and shod! Way to go!

I like your methodical approach to comping I'm sure it will bring you lots of lovely prize wins :) @Lemond

Thanks, look forward to reading on the forum of your next win @toxicgherkin

Congratulations, what a great win

Thank you :) @bj74

Congratulations on a beautiful win!

Thanks I've always wanted a nice leather jacket, so I'm stocked :) @fourleaf

Great win! Well done

Nice win Smalot11

Cheers all :)

Looks like it's all working now. :)
Was afraid for a while that old allusive bug had surfaced.

Good to hear it's all working :)

@Smalot11 Argh had me worried for a while. I seemed to have "slight" delay before could register today's guessing game. Thought might of been caused by refreshing the browser around right on midnight to do the guessing game.

I have noticed one issue in previous months when doing the guessing game on the first of the month and missing the double guess. I seemed to get caught just after they cleared the previous month scores before working out if I had double guesses or not. Then was fine for the rest of the month.

Lesson is not don't try doing the guessing game on the first of the month for least a few minutes after midnight AEDT. If showing incorrect number of guesses come back a few minutes later and refresh. i.e. assuming you know if ended up 4-50th previous month and got double guesses.

Probably what should be done is disable the guessing game while any maintenance is being conducted. Bonus if they added a message stating down for maintenance would also be nice. :)

I'm playing the guessing game mid morning now since day light saving is finished and I have to wait to midnight instead of 11pm in Qld. :)

@admin @Zedmin are you permitting advertising in this format here, in the Forum? I'd like to know whether members report this as spam, or not, or whether the competition should be promoted via the requisite channel. Please advise.

Answer: Seven 1's :)

Assuming not an exaggeration ie. 98 - 1*6 - 1*10 gives a min score of 82 from 12 days So, how many 10 and/or 9's did you get in the first 12 days?

Overall you're currently still better off then @toxicgherkin :)

If it's you're birthday month you might still have a chance. Would need roughly 170ish (+5 above the monthly average). Don't give up just yet @FARMERTYSON :)

Good luck and Happy Birthday to all April birthday members. @FARMERTYSON, and @rianlana I think. Might be one or two more. :)

@Lemond only 2 days of 10 I think and no exaggeration.
Not my birthday month unfortunately

@Winner1 I don't think the points system is working properly either.

@SunnyLife Any hints why you say that?

@Winner1 A better question is what would be the odds for a similar scenario?
You can use combination probability have fun. I'm preoccupied :)

Eg Assuming 100 active members what be the odds within a year for a similar scenario occurring. i.e. For any given number occurring 6 times within 7 days. End up with 90 possible combinations out of a total (10^7).

For a year hmm 358 seven day periods and 100 members
35800*70= 2506000

2506000/10000000 = 0.25 i.e. 25% chance occurring in a year or on average once in approximately every 4 years

Be a rough starting point would need to check if used the correct methodology.

Taking one members run of numbers for a week may hint at an issue it's stretching it. You need to look a larger sample of random scores. I wouldn't expect your scenario to reoccur for a while. It's not impossible.

Eg
The odds of two consecutive days being the same number 10/100 , 3 days 10/1000 etc. So good chances at least one member out of 100 may get repeating numbers for the next 3 days.

It's not to say there may be an issue, by just using a sample of a couple of members scores over one week doesn't demonstrate much apart from that combination is a possibility. One out of a possible 10 million combinations for each member in a week.

Congratulations! :) That's going to be a very tasty Bunnings BBQ. Love a good Sanger with onions and loads of sauce. Hope you raise loads of funds.

Congrats :) Outback spirit are very generous. All the best for the bunnings BBQ

Congrats

It is an ongoing weekly thing so if you have a group doing a BBQ just find the current post on Facebook and nominate them

5. More and more people are entering comps. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Plus with being advertised on media and Facebook, so much less of a chance. Everyone's in on the game.

I'd like tips on 25 wol comps please

@pizzaman yep people play the poor woe me answer to get sympathy. Does that really win the hearts of the judges? I think they'd think the same as you @pizzaman.

Did a quick google search for you, pages 25 and 52

I have a seperate email address for all my comps. Only use Instagram for comps so probably Yes to that question.

I use separate email acc. too, sound advice :)

I set up an email address, Twitter and Instagram mainly for competitions. A different email address allows the filtering of emails as a result of entering comps to remain separate from main emails. When a friend is starting to enter comps and they ask my advice, the first thing I tell them is, setup an email address and use that for comps.

I use 2nd Twitter and a 2nd FB account for my 'sharing' entries (so I dont annoy friends and family). And yes I have multiple email addresses but i still play by the rules and enter once per day.

separate. honestly I have only started back entering comps for about a month. and again only enter big prizes travel etc I don't enter anything I wouldn't really like to win anymore and my comp email is packed full of emails now. although I guess if you have a lot of free time it doesn't matter.

Good one mate, good line up too I see.....enjoy:)

Let the good times roll :)

Fantastic congratulations! :)

Well done, have a great time

go u!!! well done indeed

It's asking you why you are telling your original convection recipe.
Answer:
To win a prize

Why it's your favorite, why you want to make it

Good attempt folks :) but if you click on the t&cs the full question is listed " in 25 words or less (tell us) your 'original' convection recipe and why is it original." Eg I discovered this during a science experiment in my microwave (?)

@fourleaf didn't look at the comp.. gave a general answer :-)

Thanks for the clarification @fourleaf.

And your answer to the Sharp product question is great. You want to stand out from the crowd.

That's gold!! Congrats.

Congratulations

That's XXXX'd! Congrats, @Try2win.

GOLD!

Congratulations!

Thanks all, should come in pretty handy for trips away

Congratulations!!

Thanks @Trevsta

well done! I was hoping for an EFTPOS win, but not for me unfortunately. What's the email address they notify you from?

Congratulations

Last day today I think so you still have a chance for $100 or the major $5k the email is just the normal one info@eftposaustralia.com.au @shtooff

Cheers mate @surferboy83

Great win, congratulations!

Thank you :) @fourleaf

Congrats

Thank you @Try2win

Congratulations

Great wins there, @Smalot11.

Thanks all :)

Congratulations!!!!!

Well done, that train left without me again!

Congratulations, you're on a winning streak at the moment

Congrats!! Extra lucky since it's an unclaimed prize :)

awesome! :) you're really on a roll!

Unstoppable mate! Well done

Congrats!

Well done

well done!! Send some luck this way LOL .. 3.5 months won zilch

Thanks, everyone. Yes, very fortunate, and extremely thankful. Cheers.

couldnt see it either

Found one. Very tiny. 3rd item down in the outdoor section. Table and 2 chair for $69.95. Just under the description. Hope you find it and good luck :)

@Smalot11 thank you so much, and here i was looking at the picture. . Best of luck , hopefully Easter will bring us something special

You're welcome and I know something wonderful will happen this Easter @Mamma

@Smalot11 sending you positive vibes to receive something great. Never give up, There is always something great out there for you. It happen to me , got used for a job was employed for a part time position but only was dumped as soon as the girl come back from holidays . Now im close to home 4 mins away pt time place, manager loves me the pay is better, and things are looking great. Havent won a big prize in years , but you just keep on going. Happy Easter and good luck

@Mamma Good for you :) happy easter and good luck too

I entered one a few weeks back, no sales calls from that entry but I did receive a follow up call to do a survey of which if I did it I'd then go in another draw. From that survey I have now had quite a few sales calls.

Got to be in it to win it though :)

thanks for the reply. I night of entering competitions and I have had 7 missed calls already.

Hopefully missed calls saying you have won 7 prizes @rosetyler

i wish :-)

I steer clear of them plus Cohort. You are right @rosetyler all you seem to do is go onto a mailing list.

Congrats. My Kids can't wait to see that movie. Have a great time!!

@shtooff Nicely played

Happy Dayz!!

Thanx Jen

Eligible NSW & ACT residents. Bugger!

@toxicgherkin sorry about that

@jennye hehe...I'll cope ;)

Fantastic! Congrats :)

@Smalot, fantastic. Charger - NICE! Sorely in need of one, to support ailing iPhone 6 Plus battery performance. Don't worry. I'm on the lookout for those comps! Congratulations.

Congratulations :)

Congrats!

Thanks all!!

Hail the Tox, keep that ball rolling brother!!!

@Trevsta, cheers!

The Tox, king of the comps! Well done and I see a major prize win in your future.

Keep in rolling in @Toxicgherkin! Congratulations on yet another great win. :)

Thank you all. @Smalot11, I'd hardly say king of the comps...not my aim. lol... I'm thankful for each and every win...and pass more than a few along to give back where I can...It's a great sense of community here. Cheers.

Awesome Win! Congrats!! Forgone the comp as didn't feel like buying wine hehe .. Easter week would have been handy

Indeed a great sense of community on here and, very happy to be a part of it and have the bonus of a few wins along the way too @toxicgherkin

have they already been listed?

Is there a competition submission feature now in action? What did they do regarding compbux for that etc?

I recall they mentioned something about competition submissions a couple of months ago thought nothing had come of it. Still the usually 10 competitions listed per day so assuming not much has changed.

Its only for people who run comps at the moment, so you have to register with your ABN etc.

They have not been listed before, one is a brand new giveaway started 2 days ago.

Just curious as to what the problem is with them. I've submitted a few in the past with no problem.

nice wins! hears hoping i jag something soon too :)

Congrats and enjoy!!

Congratulations

Congratulations, have a great time

Congratulations!

thanks everyone :)

Great news. Congratulations.

Nice Shtooff !!

I honestly have no idea how you are doing that. I've entered 139 times and still no win on that one lol on the bright side my husband won a TV a few days ago (let's hope we have better luck than with the tv I won last year that is still waiting on lol)
Congrats though it's awesome :)

yeah mate!

well done!! Money is extra tight right now here as well.. bills a coming.

Congrats, I'm hoping for the $5000 :)

Great wins, congratulations

where are you winning all the VISA debit cards from?

Gift cards and vouchers are always so handy to win, well done.

EFTPOS is having a big giveaway at the moment @shtooff

Congratulations! Always handy

far out... how did i miss this comp? I have so many receipts that I can upload. I haven't read the T&Cs yet, but is there a limit how many you can upload?

@Alittlebitoffun - a new TV is awesome. Great win by you two. Congrats.

@shtooff sorry, should clarify. First card arrived - not VISA debit - but is a card you activate online, with funds available generally by noon the following day. You can track your balance online too, which is handy. As for numbers of receipts to enter per day - unlimited. No minimum spend. No upper limit on entries. The promotion is is the final stages, winding up soon. Best of luck.

@Anna2077 I hear you... :(

I think more and more people are doing competitions. Desperate times call for desperate measures. With the media advertising and putting it out there and with Facebook the chances are becoming slimmer. Once upon a time a comp on F.B would only have say 200 entries compared to 2.6k now. I know you have to be in it to win it, but yes its becoming ridiculous.

@SunnyLife i avoid fb comps most of the time .. people copy each others comments, have had mine copied.

As well 2.5 weeks ago I found someone from overseas using my name.. she is not a relative, family or even name sake...

Different heritage, ancestry and all else that goes with it, she just adopted my name ... FB are telling me she is doing nothing wrong & not going against their regulations. Their regulations state that people must use their own names

Someone copied my answer last week and posted it on several pages. And I messaged them and commented under their post writing stop copying my answer and she blocked me and then I got a message from a friend of hers. It said, 'You $&#^*@*@* How dare you harass a 13 year old girl have reported you to the police'.

My answer had something about my two kids in it. So I don't know how a 13 year old girl has two kids. And also why would a 13 year have a facebook that's full of comps. It's hard to believe that there's a hardcore comper that's 13 years old.

Wow really, @Comp_chick , they start cheating young then!!

@Comp_chick Oh crap, is this what it has come to? Having to compete with 13 year old's or younger? (they can say that they are 13 to be eligible to enter the F.B comps, but there isn't any proof to tell if they are the age that they say they are. No one asks) Silly Facebook, one rule for some and another rule for others. :(

I was just scared about the police.
Like what else am I suppose to do if someone copied and pasted something I wrote that sometimes takes half an hour to an hour or sometimes more to write.
Am I suppose to turn a blind eye next time.
All I did was message them and told them to stop and I got blocked and apparently I reported to the police for harassing a 13 year old.
If she went to the police and told them I was harassing her, and then if the police asked why. I wonder what she would have said. Surely she would have been telling lies.
Update:
This person is such a cheat.
She just changed her last name was Ella now its Dunston - In one post she wrote she had a son aged 4 and then on another post she wrote her son is 3.
She's lost her marbles.

@Comp_chick The police would only laugh at her. They have better things to do. So many crazy people out there, karma usually has its ways with them. They are their own worst enemy. Hopefully you'll win something way better than what was offered in that prize. Good Luck to you :)

@SunnyLife
She's now copying my answer and adding a few extra words to it.
This person is frustrating me

Maybe contact the page holding the comp,@Comp_chick , they can see when a comment was posted and edited too

3 deep breaths Shtooff lol

might need 10 deep breaths @Trevsta... one for each pitiful cent! gah!

that's why I gave up doing them.. my favorite used to be being told that they aren't looking for people like me after I've done 85% of the survey ... apparently I didn't watch enough trash tv nor purchased take out ...

I've never had a problem with this survey site before and have actually made quite a bit of money through them. This one was just very frustrating! And I know it's not the survey site's fault... it's the company who designed the survey...

... whatever! I'm over it! Just got $4.00 for a 5 minute music survey! :D Love those ones!

Well done on another win!!

HI, @ouzocoke. Can't say I've had that experience precisely though I suggest you brace yourself in readiness for low daily points, ostensibly randomly! ;) Seems to go with the territory. A gracious 1 point for me today! :(

You can add another point to yesterday's for me. A whopping 2 points this morning. Gaaah!

So does everyone get different amount of random points per day or same amount

@ouzocoke, it's a random allocation of between 1 and 10 points to each user that logs in/has activity that particular day. You might find you score a 10 one day and receive 1 point the next day. I received 1 point on Sunday, 2 points on Monday, and I see this from this morning, 7 points. It's different for everyone.

@toxicgherkin Please just keep those low random scores to yourself for this month. :)

X fingers it's my turn for finally for a top 3

@ouzocoke They should be randomly allocated (1-10) to each member, per day when they visit the home page. Note activation of the random daily points system first requires visiting a new competition posted in that month.

If random you should expect occasional runs of a given number. To have a realistic chance for then top 3 looking at around a monthly total of 190ish-210 daily random points. Adjust that rough requirement down 25 points if it's your birthday month.

I wouldn't worry too much regarding the random daily bonus unless it's your birthday month or only a few birthdays for a given month. Otherwise you need a fair dose of good luck.

You still got double guesses for the weekly guessing game to look forward to in the following month, If end up in the top 50 scores. That's basically guaranteed if you visit the home page (for daily random points), do the guessing game and tick off most of the competitions posted for that month.

For some reason there has been a recent change to the allocation of the birthday bonus to the end of the month. Maybe it's a "cunning plan" to keep members interested.

Congratulations

Congrats

Great wins there.

Lovely, and hungry to see some pics from your up close and personal with Chef ... Congrats.

*rubs belly for luck* :) congrats on the wins!

Everything happens in 3' s they say:). Congratulations!

Fingers crossed...... and thanks all for the kind words. Nice community this :)

Congrats

Congrats!

Which chef is cooking ?

Mmmm,, interesting. Just had a look at the T&Cs and definitely does not close till the 7th, but agree, I can't get the comp to come up either, sure will continue to try, would be an amazing prize to win.

Stay Safe!!!

Hope you're drying out now. I'm lucky to have power, lots on the Sunshine Coast still without power. SES and emergency workers all doing a great job

Thanks @Trevsta the worst is over thank goodness. Saftey always in mind. We got rained on with a cat 3/4 (three quaters) I think with wind gusts at over 80-90kms. Didn't loose any trees after loads of rain before this.
@Smalot11, we lost power for six hours during the height of it. It was a little scary hearing that wind in the dark with a candle so I can't imagine what it was like for those further up the track. Yes, the emergency crews, Red Cross, others and SES are doing a great job.

QLD has copped a lot over the last few years ....time for a change of LUCK!! :)

@Trevsta , yes I agree! :) :)

Woah!! Big win there! Yeeeww congrats!!

That's a fantastic win! Congratulations and enjoy your holiday.

Congratulations

That's Gold right there. :)

Massive congratulations to you and the wife.

Thanks all, will be a great holiday.

Wow, how awesome!! Incentive for everyone!!

Nice win, congratulations!!

Very nice congratulations

Thank you and here's to a winning week for you all

Haha it's a very cute dog!

Cute dog

Welcome :)

OMG how wonderful is that !!!

@Rannia, the surveys stopped quite a while back. This is an obsolete feature of the site. It was underutilised, and archived.