I started entering competitions semi-seriously in September 2013 and won nothing until this week - but oh my, what an inaugural win! I spotted the link on ThePrizeFinder website and entered the #UnlockLondon competition on the Guoman Hotels Facebook page - I just 'liked' their page, entered my details and a tip on 'secret London'. I was incredibly pleased to get an email this week to say I'd won! I'm told that over 2850 people entered so I feel very very lucky! My prize is a two-night stay for two in my choice of the luxury Guoman London hotels, along with £200 towards dinner, a private speedboat trip on the Thames, a half-day personal shopping trip with a celeb personal stylist, a helicopter trip, a 90 minute spa treatment each and finally £250 spending money! Phew! I think we'll need another break to get over the excitement!!! Oh, and then I got home and had two packs of California almonds to enjoy....! I LOVE my new hobby!
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#UnlockLondon
Friday, January 24, 2014
A Great Win For A Newbie
Friday, January 24, 2014
I started comping at the beginning of Jan and the only thing I got was a suspended twitter account (oops!!) But lessons learnt, I never really thought I would win. Today while I was cooking dinner I got a phone call from the head office saying a company on Facebook was trying to contact me. They had seen on my profile who I worked for so I phoned them. I checked my Facebook and sure enough on Monday (it's now Friday oops) I had won a pair of shoes. I had ten pairs of shoes and boots to choose from.
Meerkat for dinner!
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Although a 'biggie' has evaded me for a while, I think the little wins are what really keeps us going during a lean spell! The gorgeous party shoes and the Giraffe #DinnerWinner vouchers were won on RT Twitter comps, which take seconds and are run regularly. I really love RTs as you can still be 'in it to win it' even when you don't have much time, and are easy to do on a smartphone.
The thing that is so great about this hobby is the double joy - the thrill when you hear that you have won, and then the real excitement when you get to see and use what you have won. And that is exactly what I am doing this weekend - treating my friends to a slap up meal and a wander round the shops (but in flat shoes!)....and the meerkat is coming too.
Fabulous start to the new year!
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
I won a beautiful lamp from the daylight lamp company and today a HUGE box of goodies arrived from Planet Rock. I won the Planet Rock purge competition. I have won quite a few prizes through ThePrizeFinder website and this year has gotten off to a flying start. Here's wishing you all much luck in your comping!
Onesie Win!
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
This month has been very slow but I managed to win a Onesie. I have to pick that up when I'm in London. I've also won a rather nice leather belt worth £58, a watch, and a razor with my wife's name on it. I'm hoping for a big win to come in very soon. Keep entering everyone!
Toby Carvery
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
I have been entering comps for nearly two years and have won a few things through ThePrizefinder. I have been having a bit of a dry patch lately until I won a £50 Toby Carvery gift card. I'm planning on taking the family out for a meal with it.
So thank you Prizefinder.
My First Christmas Teddy
Monday, January 20, 2014
Well my new godson was born on 11th November 2013. I had been trying for 7 months to win anything a new mother and baby would need to no avail. Then 2 weeks before Christmas I got a Twitter message to say I had won a My 1st Christmas Teddy Bear, I was over the moon. The little man got it Christmas day and they had a cuddle. Perfect.
Slipper Win!
Sunday, January 19, 2014
I have always entered little competitions here and there over the years but never won a thing! I found ThePrizeFinder website by chance at the end of December and entered a few of the remaining advent competitions that were ending the following day. I never expected anything from it as I thought hundreds of people must enter so whats the chance I would win? Well two days later I had an email to say I had won a pair of Totes slippers! I was so thrilled! I emailed back straight away with the pair of bootie slippers I would like and my size and two days after that they were delivered and I haven't took them off since! Now every afternoon when my daughter has her nap (and I have done the housework!!) I put my feet up on the sofa and enter all the competitions I can in the hope for some more lovely wins!! Thank you Prizefinder!! xx
Great New Year start
Sunday, January 19, 2014
This January was the first time when I had some vouchers from December wins to spend on whatever I wanted, so it was a great start to go shopping in Dunelm Mill for new kitchen pans (Pinterest win), and treat myself to some expensive creams from Feelunique (Twitter). And then...the prizes started to roll in!!! First I got a WEM from Melvita that I've won a product in their Christmas photo booth competition (it was an easy game, uploading a photo and then just adding some 'festive cheer decoration' from the menu). Then I've spotted a comment giveaway on Watch Shop, with very few entries, and my comment was chosen as the winner that bagged me a Police perfume. On the same day I noticed that I had a message from Castello cheese in my 'Other' folder and they offered me a cheese & book hamper, as I got involved in their discussion app (there were like 3-4 comments and they were giving away 10 prizes, though it was back in November). In the next few days I've also won a Zaggora kit in their daily sharing giveaway (I was very lucky with that), a Gentlemen Only perfume in Givenchy's instant comp (incidentally, it's hubby's favourite), a Virgin Experience gift card, for the 2nd time (which is hopefully covering the cost of our planned mini-trip to Paris for hubby's birthday), a Happy Egg calendar (runner-up prize) and a Cushelle soft toy. But my favourite prizes so far are the big Neom hamper that I received just a few days ago, as a result of one of the giveaways on their website (I think I've spotted it on the closing day) and a HTC mobile which I've won on Instagram with a 'bad gift' photo competition. The last one was judged and I was really proud to be among the 12 people, even having the opportunity to choose between 3 models...and this win have given me the boost to try more creative/effort comp in 2014! :)
Little wins
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Me and my sister decided 9 weeks ago we were going to try comping. We had heard stories about people winning loads of prizes and thought we would give it a go and hopefully get some little bits.
Being sisters it soon turned into a competition as to who could get the most wins.
For me it started slow for me, a win a week, while my sister was getting loads of wins. She even won tickets to take her two children and my daughter to watch Cinderella in Bristol.
Then the New year came and some luck for me. I've had lots of little wins, 8 so far, from sweets to cleaning products to baby food which came in useful asI have a 5 month old baby who has just started to ween. Now I've really got in to it and I'm entering 100s of comps a day hoping for a big win.