My daughter, a keen and successful comper, introduced me to this site in January and I've been busy ever since! I've won thirteen prizes, so I'm pretty happy. I now have bedding, a science book, tickets to the Ideal Home Show, Grand Designs and a radio show. I've won £50 of Hotel Chocolat, holiday insurance, tomato seeds, two Bubble Bum booster seats with earphones (my favourite prize so far) and a box of A Little More vitamin drinks.
I've won a caption competition, with clever tweets and blog comments and sheer luck. I've found that luck has played a minor part in my success though, and effort has won me more. I've been lucky with one Rafflecopter, two instant wins and several Twitter competitions.My advice to other new compers is, to enter anything that requires a bit of effort as less people take part, but if there's something you really fancy, enter anyway as you may be lucky.
One important thing is, always take a screen shot of messages telling you that you have won, in case of problems. I've not received one prize of Sylvanian family chocolate rabbits won with an instant win before Easter. They contacted me and I sent my details to them, but no toys arrived. I can't find the correspondence. I've tried everything to search for it, including on this site, but no luck and I have now run out of options. So, now I make sure I have proof that I've won and any messages that have passed between us. Good luck to you all
