Entering competitions is so much fun, although I often forget I've entered as soon as the entry is sent off, making it that much more surprising should I win. LOL
Over the years, I've won concert tickets to Billy Joel, Rick Springfield, and Rod Stewart, among others, oh, including to a local jazz concert. Gift cards (mostly to restaurants). Festival and amusement park passes. T-shirts. Video games, books, CDs (the music kind, not the money kind, unfortunately). Free samples of products, and that's all I can recall off the top of my head.
Wow, you're prolific, Becky. Do you have a special technique or is it all about quantity. Have you ever had any success winning phone/text comps? I've always been a bit suspicious of those.
Pre-internet, I loved phone competitions. When we first started homeschooling, I let my kids enter competitions on my cell phone (if I were with them). Now that they're adults, they're too cool to do these hobbies with their dear old (emphasis on old) mom. There's no real rhyme or reason, just a combination of boredom and ADHD.
As an aside, happy early Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day (on 1/24)! I recently finished Every Day's a Holiday and look forward to Life's a Beach, which is already in my KU library. :-)
I once won a weekend away for two at a 4 star hotel in Croydon. All I had to do was write my comments on Croydon for a business survey. For reasons I won’t go into I was extremely annoyed at them and wrote some very unflattering comments about Croydon and the Council. After I entered I thought no more of it as I was happy enough that they knew how I felt, so imagine my surprise when I won the prize! To this day I have no idea if the draw was random or they were just trying to show me there was actually somewhere nice in Croydon!
I hope you did win 😁 you can read my post ‘the completion winner’ if you have time ! My friend is the luckiest person when it comes to competitions, she has won thousands of items, trips, spas , skiing holidays! The lot 😆
I once got a $5 gift certificate for a beer at a local bar, but that's because I gave a pint of blood. Not exactly winning since everyone who gave blood got one, but a pint for a pint seemed fair...
In the early 1980s I received a letter telling me that I had won a week in a Villa in Portugal. I was about to bin the letter as a scam when I realised that it was from a charity that I had been supporting and so I rang the phone number in the letter and ended up having a lovely holiday. I also won £100 from Readers Digest too !
To be continued???? What???? I can’t take the tension. First the Muffin Man’s new job, littering, where is he now mystery and now the round the world trip lost (maybe) due to lack of proper marital communication! I hate cliffhangers!
BTW my Uncle once won a huge Colour TV, in the days when colour was a huge novelty. There were even people queueing outside his living room window to see the marvel of colour! He won by composing a slogan for Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts.
I won an autograph book when I was 9, for knowing the green cross code! Best of all it was presented to me by The Green Cross Code Man AKA Darth Vader!!!!
Entering competitions is so much fun, although I often forget I've entered as soon as the entry is sent off, making it that much more surprising should I win. LOL
Over the years, I've won concert tickets to Billy Joel, Rick Springfield, and Rod Stewart, among others, oh, including to a local jazz concert. Gift cards (mostly to restaurants). Festival and amusement park passes. T-shirts. Video games, books, CDs (the music kind, not the money kind, unfortunately). Free samples of products, and that's all I can recall off the top of my head.
Wow, you're prolific, Becky. Do you have a special technique or is it all about quantity. Have you ever had any success winning phone/text comps? I've always been a bit suspicious of those.
Pre-internet, I loved phone competitions. When we first started homeschooling, I let my kids enter competitions on my cell phone (if I were with them). Now that they're adults, they're too cool to do these hobbies with their dear old (emphasis on old) mom. There's no real rhyme or reason, just a combination of boredom and ADHD.
As an aside, happy early Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day (on 1/24)! I recently finished Every Day's a Holiday and look forward to Life's a Beach, which is already in my KU library. :-)
I once won a weekend away for two at a 4 star hotel in Croydon. All I had to do was write my comments on Croydon for a business survey. For reasons I won’t go into I was extremely annoyed at them and wrote some very unflattering comments about Croydon and the Council. After I entered I thought no more of it as I was happy enough that they knew how I felt, so imagine my surprise when I won the prize! To this day I have no idea if the draw was random or they were just trying to show me there was actually somewhere nice in Croydon!
haha, that's brilliant. And did your hotel stay change your opinion of Croydon?
No! The hotel was nice but very much on the outskirts of Croydon. That was probably 25 years ago and I doubt the rest has improved since!
I won a big box of bacon flavour crisps once. That was a good day!
Sounds like the BEST day!
I hope you did win 😁 you can read my post ‘the completion winner’ if you have time ! My friend is the luckiest person when it comes to competitions, she has won thousands of items, trips, spas , skiing holidays! The lot 😆
Wow, I've just read your post. The New York trip sounds incredible. But what was Hel's secret?
Thanks for reading George 😁 Hel’s claims it’s all her positive thinking 🤔😆
I once got a $5 gift certificate for a beer at a local bar, but that's because I gave a pint of blood. Not exactly winning since everyone who gave blood got one, but a pint for a pint seemed fair...
a pint for a pint is a great idea. Although it would be a bit worrying if you saw someone coming in for their eighth free beer of the day. 😲
In the early 1980s I received a letter telling me that I had won a week in a Villa in Portugal. I was about to bin the letter as a scam when I realised that it was from a charity that I had been supporting and so I rang the phone number in the letter and ended up having a lovely holiday. I also won £100 from Readers Digest too !
Wow, a week in Portugal sounds incredible. Good job you didn't bin that letter!
Noooooo, I want to know the outcome!
I'd better get writing.
To be continued???? What???? I can’t take the tension. First the Muffin Man’s new job, littering, where is he now mystery and now the round the world trip lost (maybe) due to lack of proper marital communication! I hate cliffhangers!
Ha, sorry. I'll get writing. I still need to do a bit more investigating to have an adequate update to the Muffin Man saga. It will come.
Don't make us wait too long!
I'm on it!
BTW my Uncle once won a huge Colour TV, in the days when colour was a huge novelty. There were even people queueing outside his living room window to see the marvel of colour! He won by composing a slogan for Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts.
That's very cool. Love the thought of people queueing outside his window. Do you know if Bassett's use his slogan?
Wow! I am eagerly awaiting the next instalment..........more soon please George! Xx
Did George and Rachel go around the world?!!
Stay tuned.....
You'll find out soon.
I won an autograph book when I was 9, for knowing the green cross code! Best of all it was presented to me by The Green Cross Code Man AKA Darth Vader!!!!