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Got my hamper today, and so did my daughter, we just went down and donated them to the local Salvation Army for those that need emergency food relief.

Congratulations!! nice surprise for xmas

@tbone999 true festive spirit. Wonderful.

@Mandi_22, nice surprise, wasn't it? I'm planning those recipes already - on a strictly needs basis - economic downturn, and all that :( Hopefully the New Year will be brighter for all.

@Anna2077 cheers.

That was great of Dolmios :)

Who's invited for that feast? I'll bring the wine. Argh won another wine comp yesterday.

@Lemond yay...wine! hic...and congratulations...

Too easy mate,good luck :)

doneski!

Thanks think will need more then luck as just found out can only get a maximum of 5 referrals and missed a day of points. The winner is who gets the most points. Was hoping to make it up with some support and referrals. Doh!

Thanks @Trevsta and @toxicgherkin

@Lemond entered for you anyway, hope it helps

@fourleaf Thanks it's nice to know there's a bit of support out there. In the end I didn't finish off today's task as a good friend dropped by. Realistically had to do every day of the tasks and think missed the first day. Was hoping to bridge that gap with a few referrals.

X fingers for the next PC competition there's plenty out there :)

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas to you as well @Lemond and also to all the other compers...may you all have some luck in 2017

@Lemond Merry Christmas ! best of luck

Is this MammaPigga and changed your profile name?

After a year of comping it's interesting the type of people and why they comp. I lot are hoping for a touch of luck to help them get by. Sadly it also the time that brings out the worse whether it be through greed or desperation. I know a couple do with a good win to get them by. I hope they hang in there.

Recently been trying to help out some neighbors and get them into comping with a small amount of luck. It all helps. :)

Merry Christmas.

All the best :)

Hope you win some great prizes soon @Mamma

Thanks Guys. its meant to be fun , but some people are going beyond their power to make life harder for some. Im sure the greed has got to them ,and then they go setting up fb pages only to make themselves get more and more referrals, some with multiply pages ......

some are greedy
some wont let you join their page, for unknown reasons, hmmm they dont want you to win

some people use comping as a stress relief ,from what may be happening in their lives
some people are greedy
some people are getting by, week by week

I hope for those who are in need and not in- greed get lots of prizes so they can share their gifts to family members etc some cant afford to buy presents this year , so this is a treat every time they win and they are genuine

BEST OF LUCK TO FAIR COMPERS,

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas @Mamma :)

@Mamma, don't lose faith and I hope you win big. About 18 months a friend won a prize from an FB comp. She said the lady was lovely and they exchanged emails. Her and the other businesses she is associated with are aware of some people who have multiple FB comping accounts because they've been dobbed in to them. They also know of the private comp groups and the same names pop up again and again via tagging. I don't enter any comps that ask to tag. I also don't belong to any FB private comp groups. I did once and it showed me the ugly side of comping as I'm not about carrying on like a pork chop over a packet of free sweeties. Try not to feel annoyed that 'they' won't add you, you don't need them to win competitions. Have a safe and happy Christmas. M x

@picky Argh cringe don't mention tagging comps my pet hate. Just saw one tonight and so tempted to say something to them, first need to wait until my wine arrives. :)

One thing we all forget it's all about the promoter. Helping them market their products to contacts etc.

What I like to do if I win is bit of free publicity for my sponsors.
Thank you Scorptec Computers, Make Use Of , Sydney Tools, Waverely Toyota, DE Bortoli wines, Wine Tribe and and Eftpos :)

@picky If tagging is compulsorily for entry they run the risk of Facebook taking action for breaching their competition and promotions policy. Seen a few promoters this year have competition and all trace of shares etc removed. Also risk having their accounts suspended or worse.

Most times they however go unnoticed by Facebook unless it's a highly active competition or is reported.

@picky thanks picky , your spot on !

@Lemond I agree. Im just over greedy people that take this on as a fulltime job.
its meant to be fun
but i guess some a Grinch's all year round ( probably always been bullies)
its not me winning, i have won here and there
it that some people dont allow others to have a chance because of greed, I guess it like the old saying the RICH always want more and I guess the ones that win every week are up to their necks in it, do anything to keep it up....
ENJOY THE FESTIVE SEASON

@Mamma Thanks, thou not planning anything maybe watch the cricket and catch up with friends. Well some good news I've won the eftpos competition again. :) Twice within a week. It's definitely the competition that keeps on giving. If saw my bank balance today. Ek I need to check it's correct!

@Lemond thats great! been trying to win eftpos no luck yet. lets hope big $5000

@Mamma it seems to be the competition that keeps on giving.
I was bit surprised I've won twice in a few days. Was a bit slow on the uptake. I got hint from @bj74 to finally getting around to entering. It all helps and the best prize as can use it however. I could definitely do with $5000. A washing machine and new pc would be the on top of the list.

Good Luck!

@Lemond mine would be clear credit card debt and pay bills . sad but that would be it. Best OF LUCK

didn't realise that they had comps as well

@Anna2077 yes, Scoopon ran a 12 days of Christmas promotion. Ended now. I replied to their email that I received today, providing contact details. Nice to know at least one promoter has a system that works!

@toxicgherkin True!!

between volunteering & going to job interviews I've missed out on entering some 12 days comps... cannot enter them all, right?

@Anna2077 so, so true!

@toxicgherkin agency told me it was a 9 months may be 12 months contract. Went to the interview today, besides that he told me that I was the only one, he sent 3 other people AND it's ONLY till 30 Dec.

Telling the truth must be difficult for him...

Congratulations @toxicgherkin!
@Anna2077 Disappointing, I hope you went back and told him exactly what happened and asked for an explanation. That's just not on in my books. I can imagine how you must have felt. Chin up and stand tall.

@fourleaf just heard, it gets better.. the interviewer hated all of us, had something negative to say.. works great when you need a job and the agency might never touch you again..

The agency still thinks the job is for 9 - 12 months . Now it's on hold and they are taking on someone just till the 30th.

The cow that interviewed me is the one who is lying to everyone...need money so a bit down.

I'm usually good at reading people but I though the interview went well.. boy was I wrong LOL

Waiting for the shoe to drop as my tooth broke & dentist is away for the next 2 weeks. .

What will be #3? or may be not getting the job & bad feedback are 1& 2 :-)

@Anna2077 Chin up. Next year's yours!

@Anna2077 don't let it get to you. Some companies and employment agencies are just hopeless from what I've heard. Have you tried calling some of the big companies about and asking what employment agencies they use and then putting you're name down? When a company pays a private employment agency to find them people I'd hope the agency would perform much better.

@toxicgherkin aww thank you :-) From your mouth to g-d ears as they say... sorry to be a downer but it kind of hit me hard today.

@fourleaf most use all the agencies that I use, but I'm not 20 but its the lies and the rudeness that got to me today.

Not sure who to blame, agency often fibs but I think this time it's the company. I was told it till the 30th, now the agency was told it's only till the 30th.

Since I was rejected this time I can never apply to this company again.. that gets me as well. This way they are closing the door to a lot of people. Right now 4, but she does it each and every time...

Plus she shut the door for me to use this agency again. If I am not suitable that's fine, but no need to be this nasty.

@Anna2077 so sorry. The New Year will undoubtedly bring new opportunities. Carpe Diem, 'they' say, Stuff that! Carpe EVERYTHING! Wishing you and yours the happiest of times as this year wraps up. Exciting things ahead!

@toxicgherkin thank you! All the best to you and your family, 2017 has to be awesome...

Sorry was Debbie downer yesterday but got hit hard & neararest and dearest told me to deal with it like I always do.... some days it's impossible.

It's christmas time that's why.

@pizzaman111 @admin They suspiciously don't seem like genuine profiles. If they want free promotion they could place a featured a competition. :)

See
http://www.competitions.com.au/create-a-competition/
http://www.competitions.com.au/add-a-competition/

I was only joking

And I was only suggesting they might get more effective promotion if they featured a competition. :)

It seems only a small percentage of members actually read the forum. I'm sure we could all squeeze in doing a couple more comps before Christmas or is everyone need a comping holiday?

With a few similar profiles appearing recently it's possible they might be all bots. The posts appeared to be formal and similar bit like my spam emails.

Congrats I also think @toxicgherkin won one as well :)

@Alittlebitoffun, I received an email re same. Have to print off a letter (bearing unique Prize code) and take it down to my local store. Congratulations.

Congratulations!

Congratulations

Yay, cool prize

Beautiful prize fit for a princess congratulations!

Nice win!

Aww, so so cute. Congratulations, shtooff.

@shtooff, it happens to all of us now and then. That's been certainly true of me. Next year has your name all over it! Festive cheers.

Thanks @toxicgherkin. At least I got to see #1 once this month! :) hehe

@toxicgherkin has the safe arrived in time for Christmas? You need a place where to hide things from kids hehe

Hope you've recovered and are back to your usual self

Always the guessing game for this week :) I almost did the same a couple of days ago just scrapping in with a few minutes to go.

@Anna2077 no prize receipt as yet. I contacted the company. They've had a recent change of management. O-oh! I won't hold my breath.. :(

@toxicgherkin it's coming from Bauer media? if thats the price then you'll get it

@Anna2077 yes it was a Bauer media promotion though it was confirmed in Bauer's notification email that the Supplier would be in touch to make necessary arrangements. I've placed my enquiry with the Supplier (phone and follow-up email), and will hear from them soon (hopefully). :)

@toxicgherkin hopefully soon, if not then contact Bauer media. They claim that no matter what the prizes are issued.

@Anna2077 Contact established. I ended up picking up the prizes on Friday. :)

@toxicgherkin Fantastic!! Just in time to hide gifts from kids and chocolate stash :-)

@Anna2077 What's that combination again..? umm lol

@toxicgherkin did you hear about the dvds?

@shtooff not as yet. I'll try to chase supplier/s directly this week, as often that's from whom the prizes are distributed. I'll let you know how I fare.

@toxicgherkin just change it from all zeros default or kids will crack it in a second :-)

@Anna2077 hehe...though we all know that once you set and memorise a new code/password, you forget one!

@toxicgherkin I know, but try birthday dates, post codes where you've lived anything that will not be easy to forget.. having said that I forget passwords all the time.

With recruitment agencies i just don't bother remembering and reset them each time I need to use it.

@Anna2077 If it was alphabetical, I'd choose 'PASS'! lol

@toxicgherkin too short, you still need numbers at at times !@#$% etc

@toxicgherkin 6969 RockingHam Beach WA PO boxes. You won't forget that one :)

Big you get your ham you won?

@Lemond started upon it tonight - delicious. If you're quick, we'll save a hunk for you... ;) ....though my 18 yo lad has descended upon the house this eve, so, good luck with that! Midnight, muchies!..and then some. He eats me out of house and home! The 15 yo, by comparison, is a sparrow! :( lol

@toxicgherkin Argh missed out the quick and the dead. Caught up with a good mate tonight had fish and chips. Something haven't done in a while.

Well... guess what I've won the eftpos again. I think it's a new email. They must of seen my bank balance. Sigh thou says may take 4-6 weeks to deliver. On Friday it said 10 days so expecting that one soon along with more wine.

@Lemond yay! Congratulations.

@Lemond well said, couldn't agree more! And a Merry Christmas to you :)

@Alittlebitoffun Thanks how you coping with the Christmas tsunami of competitions? I wish I knew in advance what this was like. Might of prepared for the onslaught instead a 1/2 dozen days into it. It's like hitting the shops at Christmas time which I avoid like the plague.

Merry Christmas :)

@Alittlebitoffun No surprise they deleted the thread. Why I didn't post there.

I did still wanted to ask @LuckyNicky if they had written a blog on surviving the Christmas 12 days of "Joy" period.

I'm honestly getting slaughtered out there lol I have no system and am missing so many daily competitions. I can't keep up, between work and my two little ones, I barely have time to Comp on a normal day.
I've had a few small wins, but nothing to write home about. How are you going? You keeping up ok? Would love to hear any suggestions you may have on keeping up lol

@Alittlebitoffun lol Yeh if only I had prepared.
The Christmas tsunami has caused me to reevaluate my organisational of competitions. You might of seen the results today in various groups. :) Been organizing things as part of relaxing of entering them.

Well for the daily 12 days of "joy" I created a page to quickly click on them all. Gee reminds me I better to todays lol.

It expanded to somewhere around 30-40 at least daily ones. lol

Won enough wine for Christmas with a couple of wins.
One very nice wines hamper with candles and poster. The La Boheme posters arrived yesterday they look amazing. :)

@Goldmember congrats!

Thanks guys !

Great read, I think that would be everybody's ideal job! :)

I'm glad I'm my own boss and I give myself permission to use my own laptap to enter comps. LOL

Next year can we please have a survival guide for the Christmas tsunami of competitions. :)

Lucky I've won a few wines to get me through it. :)

Tried it, getting the same thing when I tried to submit. I'm on wireless at the moment.
Had the same problem with a competition last week and they suggested a different device.

Nope, just went straight into it

Excluding website issues. Possible you need to disable adblocking or enable javascript in your browser for that page to function. Hints one of those possible issues. Occasional come across sites where have that issue. What I do is swap to a browser I don't usually use or another device.

Thanks guys
I'm using Chrome - I've tried two PCs, have Java enabled, but I do have adblock on.
@bj74 was there a popup when you submitted your entry?

@shtooff I didn't enter.

Just experience with entry forms for competitions.
I recall one time the submit button wouldn't even display for a competition and was frantically trying to get a last minute entry in.

Try temporarily pausing any ad blocking extensions running and refresh the page. That most likely will do the trick.

First idea try a different browser.
I have a few backup browsers which break open in case of emergency. They are fresh installs which rarely use, so shouldn't be any issues with them. X fingers.

Possible could be a system settings for the internet privacy causing issues. In that case try a different device as a quick fix.

For Java enabled I guessing your referring to Java Script verses Java Applets. On that note I rarely see Applets around anymore. I think they've died off.

Hope one of those ideas helps you.
Let us know which one worked. Bound to be someone having a similar issue.

Thanks @Lemond. Will give some of these a try! Will update you - hopefully with a good result :)

No, I just went into the link you put up, I'm just on my phone@shtooff

Tried on the work PC. Worked instantly! Yay!

@shtooff lol. :) Winner!

It's probably related to some issue you've got running the java script on that page. Could be many reasons from even needing to update your browser.

Congratulations.

Thanks @Lemond. Let's hope now that I WIN!! :)

Congratulations

Nothing like free money, top win!

Congratulations. @bj74

Talking about free money got comp for more $$$:)

Referral Link: https://wn.nr/Aj4rhz
Ends: November 30, 2016
Open To: Worldwide
Prizes: Total of 10 prizes grand Prize $1,000

Good Luck to all!

Nice one, bj!

Happy Dayz!

Congratulations!

Congratulations

Winner winner chicken dinner, just won my second $100 Visa card

@bj74 Wow ok I'm getting the hint I should check out that competition :)

Yip you're right there@Lemond

Lovely win (AGAIN)! lol.. Congratulations, @bj74.

Wow! Congratulations again!

It's such an easy competition to enter, come on everyone enter now

@bj74 For the trifecta , if you were shopping at Woolworth's and scanned your rewards card, can enter the Eftpos andWoolworth's comps and earn reward points all at the same time. :)

That's great @Mandi_22 , I have a friend that has won twice now as well, sure will come in handy

@Mandi_22 Congrats :)

Thanks @bj74 we have another winner. :)

Congratulations, you're a winner of a $100 prepaid eftpos gift card in the eftpos CHQ, SAV & WIN promotion

Great stuff @Lemond

@Lemond congratulations. Woot. Woot!

@bj74 @toxicgherkin Thanks it will be a nice Christmas breather for some bills. It's a competition that keeps on giving!

I will post up tomorrow evening around 6 pm for a special request for a competition which is points based for a laptop.
The extra points from referrals would help tremendously and be most appreciated. :)

Merry Christmas

@bj74 Thanks again!
Got another nice email yesterday from Eftpos. I had to double check I wasn't looking at the same email :)

That's great @Lemond , one thing I'm surprised about though , they only come in regular post

@bj74 Yeh I will have to keep an eye on for it. Fridays win said 10 days for delivery and Tuesday said 4-6 weeks due to Christmas.

Apparently they have started sending them registered post@Lemond

Did you miss points for the guessing game this month? AGAIN! I've run out fingers for this year it's happened to you. Big hug. I noticed earlier in the month, but wasn't sure if you were one of the many to have the issues. Direct it to @admin ASAP when you noticed it. Looks like they have implemented a quick fix if it occurs.

i have no idea. maybe i need to sign out of website and come in daily

Loving all the international tech comps today :)

@Anna2077, remarkably well, thanks. Next outpatients appointment tomorow. Hoping you're on the same trajectory. :)

@toxicgherkin glad to hear it :-) Next Drs visit is in January.. will start to worry few days prior LOL

mystery winning
😃 well done!

Congratulations :)

Thanks guys!
I just googled! They're worth $40! SCORE!! :D
My little Bear and Bee will both be very excited :)

Congratulations!

Cool, great win

Good on ya!

Great win and I don't recall it either .. just google i.. Mouth of Mums comp closed on the 17th

Bit early for Santa maybe the little green men dropped by. UFO?

I had something like that happen to me last week. Out of the blue an Eau Thermale Avene Xeracalm cream & spray oil turned up in a post pack with no note, only a return address.

Strange I posted a comment and it vanished... @shtooff , think it was one from Mouth of Mums, unless someone else ran it as well

Congratulations :)

Thanks everyone! I had a memory last night actually! Can't remember who ran it, but I remember the Q&A.
Q: Why does your little one love Telletubbies (or what do they love about Telletubbies) (Something like that!)
A: Miss 3 loves the Sun! She loves that it looks like her baby sister.

Something like that anyway :)

Nice win Shtooff !

Found it! Family Capers!!
Not in the drop down list! Perhaps it wasn't listed on this site but I found the comp from entering the other comps they had listed!
https://www.familycapers.com.au/win-teletubbies-say-ho-ho-hello/

@shtooff Handy hint search your internet history. Sometimes I check it if I have forgotten to bookmark a competition entered, to avoid accidentally double entry. By bookmarking can check what I've entered to help check back who won. :)

Congratulations again. :)

good idea @Lemond. Will have to check my history when I'm back at work. I think I entered this one on my lunch break! However, I have a feeling my browsing history will be gone! Good for the future though :)

@shtooff When entering competitions I only use Chrome. I.e. all entered using the same browser and history is displayed for each device. Good luck. I do with a good clear out of my bookmarks after a year of comping. lol

@shtooff When entering competitions I only use Chrome. I.e. all entered using the same browser and history is displayed for each device. Good luck. I do with a good clear out of my bookmarks after a year of comping. lol

Thanks and I need a lot of luck as I've had a bad month on the daily points :(

Happy birthday!!

@Spyglass Happy Birthday!

@spyglass Think an early congratulations for 2nd or 3rd at worse. 194 should about scrap you into the top 3.

@Lemond thanks :) I'll take 2nd place anytime! Having a birthday helped though and those points were necessary as I didn't have a great run through the middle of the month. Sadly though, that's my biggest comp win so far!

@spyglass
Just like the monopoly game, "You win second prize in a beauty contest"!

Congrats. Just the start of a big week of competition results. Wins seem to come in runs so hang in there.

In still waiting on my "welcome" gift to this site.

If it's your birthday month just needed a few points above the average, depending how many birthday members in the month. You just scrapped in above 165 + bonus. Was looking that you would be close.

For 30 days winner will be about 200 points +- about 5, and 3rd is about 192ish. 31 days about 205, 200 and 195 ish would be roughly expected. That gives me a good idea how I'm going regardless of what the leader board looks like at the time.
Knowing all that, I knew about 10 days ago that I would be short by around 10 points. Getting 1 two days in a row midway didn't help :(

For winning.
The people that win regularly especially on Facebook competitions.
Some enter anything and everything playing the numbers game.
Others do well at the creative ones WOL etc. They seem are a good option if got some flare or passionate about the prize/promoter.
Then you got the "networking" skill for the tagging competitions and referrals etc. Personally, on Facebook they should bin/ban tagging competitions for numerous reasons.

I tend to concentrate on bringing home the gold back to Australia with the international competitions. More recently working on the referrals trying to find the more obscure competitions which are appreciated and hopefully in turn pick up a few referrals.

It comes down improving the odds, so potentially less waiting between wins. Even in Monopoly there are strategies for improving your odds (ie. the set before/after free parking). I've research the odds for everything. lol

Overall had a bit of luck this year. Couple very nice wins an SDD, iPad Pro and some Power Tools which gave to a good tradie friend. Desperately need a new PC, Washing machine or cash is always king.

Good Luck :)

@Lemond thanks ...I do tend to stay away from the FB comps which is a worry as they are getting more prevalent. I just don't want to clog up my feed (which is bad enough as I am in a lot of groups in case something comes up for my day job), but I may have to give in and create a comp only FB identity at some stage.

@spyglass Yeh there's a mountain of facebook ones, especially at the moment all the 12 days of XMAS ones. I'm going to glad when the 12 days is over.

I should ask one of my contacts how they handle that with clogging up the feed etc. If it's important for work you should set the See First in the News Feed options for that FB page.

You might have issues with FB or the promoter if you win and it's a "FAKE" or competition only account. Hope mine isn't judged as "competition" only by a promoter. I noticed one FB competition in the post would disqualify any "competition" only accounts.

@Admin and @Zedmin, thank you!

@Anna2077 @toxicgherkin @rianlana :) Glad your guessing game points finally got adjusted.

@toxicgherkin It has it checks, the mass of guinea pigs (members) to stumble across the minefield of bugs. It's how MS etc operate lol.

Looks like done the quick fix again. Wonder if it's an automated process or manual to check and adjust which members were affected. If they store the daily time-stamps for the guessing game for the whole month, would be able to calculate the number of days entered. Good chance only do that for each weeks guessing game.

X fingers either have made some changes to check and fix this bug or in the to do list before XMAS. :)

thanks toxicgherkin :)

Welcome to the forum. Wish it was under better circumstances.

It sounds like they were frustrated with the delayed feedback to some of the various issues with the site. I feel members would like some feedback if there are any issues as soon as possible. A sticky post at the top of the forum would be great. Even just a quick hello and it's being looked into. :)

Agree no one likes being threatened whether it's staff or members and won't be tolerated! The post could of been reworded in a more positive manner, reminding it's a friendly place.

Any ideas what causes the guessing game points issues?
As appears intermittent most likely could the client side with say JavaScirpt or their connection failing for whatever reason. I would like to avoid this issue if possible so any advice for members how to avoid it would be appreciated.

Thanks for the hard work for the site.

Merry Christmas