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that happens quite often, I and probably many others have told the site admin about this issue

This has happened to me over last couple of days also. I even did the online chat that it says to do if you don't receive the points but haven't heard yet (and that was originally from 13th Oct, plus 1 today). Did you also notice how much the survey points have decreased by over past couple of months?

similar has happened to me on many occasions

Catseyes, have you tried to scroll down on the Guessing Game page? That's where you'll see notice of upcoming guessing games, with dates.

@toxicgherkin Thank you for that, I must need new glasses.

Hello @she-oak! most purchase competitions are legitimate and are governed under strict rules and T&Cs. Sometimes there is a delay before actual winners are drawn. And yes some companies get a little slack in announcing the winners on their site. Maybe contact the company via their 'contact us' screen and ask the question.
@admin kindly find and list the competitions but unfortunately don't have any say in how the comp is run by the company.
Wishing you the best of luck

@fourleaf Thanks for responding. I have contacted them, twice. Once to the particular outlet I purchased the item from and the other to their head office. Neither one of them have responded. The competition closed around a month ago. It's just disheartening when there are so many scams these days because you never know if you're next when it comes to being ripped off. Anyway I guess it's out of admins control. Thanks for taking the time to respond.

@she-oak, very disheartening for an expensive entry.....if you can find the T&Cs that is usually a wealth of information including whether they have outsourced the competition to a marketing company who will be across it. Keep trying and if necessary make some loud noises on their social media accounts or if you feel strongly enough fill out a form on the ACCC web site. Don't be disheartened, there are a lot of good, well run comps out there.... :)

Hi, @she-oak. Do you recall the name of the Promoter/Store/Competition 'name'?

It was for a Nokia camera and the promoter was ShopMyLocal. By the time I paid for the bottle of Glen Grant scotch (which by the way I don't even drink alcohol at all - I gave it to my sister) and also with postage it came to a little over $70. I just feel a little ripped off. It's not the fact that I didn't win. I just like to see that the prizes offered were honoured. I've been entering competitions all my life and I've never come across one where the winners were not published. Maybe it's what they do now. I would never have normally entered a competition where I had to spend so much - especially for something useless to me (like alcohol) but the camera prize was so appealling. I am an amateur photographer and pensioner and around a year ago my house was broken into and ransacked and my camera was stolen. Like I said I was taken in by the possibility of winning a camera. I love entering competitions I just wish the promoters would do the right thing. Thanks @fourleaf and @toxicgherkin for responding

@she-oak, I found this online. I do have my sources! ;-)
Winners announced on this webpage:

https://www.shopmylocal.com.au/promo/ggnikon

and here are the (perhaps abridged) T&C's. Cheers

Terms & Conditions
Glen Grant – Win 1 of 10 Nikon Camera's Promotion
"Glen Grant – Win 1 of 10 Nikon Camera's Promotion"

Terms and Conditions

Information on how to enter and prize(s) form part of these Terms and Conditions (terms). By participating, you agree to be bound by these terms. Entries must comply with these terms to be valid.

Details

Promotion Website: www.shopmylocal.com.au/promo/ggnikon

Promoter

Campari Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 72 137 554 726) of Level 21, 141 Walker Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, phone 1800 856 939. Authority / Permit number The Promotion is authorised under NSW authority No. TP/00032. ACT Permit No. TP 20/0098. SA Permit No. T20/869

Promotional Period

The Promotion commences at 9am (AEST) on 14/08/20 and closes at 11.59pm (AEST) on 11.09.20. Eligible Entrants Entry is open to Australian residents aged 18 years or over. Employees (and their immediate families) of the Promoter, its related entities and any agencies associated with this Promotion are ineligible to enter.

Entry.

1. To enter, each Eligible Entrant must, during the Promotional Period:

(a) Purchase any Glen Grant Arboralis or Glen Grant 10-year-old in a single transaction (Qualifying Transaction) either in-store or online from participating retailers featured on the Shopmylocal.com.au website

(b) Visit www.shopmylocal.com.au/promo/ggnikon and follow the enter here prompts to the online entry page. Then enter name, address, email, phone number and upload proof of purchase (receipt). Entrants must retain the original receipt for their Qualifying Transaction as proof of purchase and produce this within 7 days of a request by the Promoter. Failure to do so may, in the sole discretion of the Promotor, result in invalidation of the entrant's entry and forfeiture of any right to a prize.

2. Entries which in the reasonable opinion of the Promoter:

(a) are received outside the Promotional Period;

(b) contain defamatory, offensive or inappropriate content or infringe intellectual property rights;

(c) are incomplete or indecipherable; or

(d) do not otherwise comply with these terms, will be invalid and ineligible for any prize.

3. Only 1 entry permitted per Qualifying Transaction. Each entry must be submitted separately. A maximum of 1 entry per person per day is permitted.

Draw

4. The Draw will be conducted at Level 2, 11 York street, Sydney, NSW 2000 at 10am (AEST) on 14.09.20, by way of a random draw.

5. An independent scrutineer will observe the Draw process and announcement of the winner.

6. The first ten valid entries randomly drawn will win the Prize (Winner).

7. The Promoter may at any time (including after the Promotional Period), verify the validity of entries and entrants and disqualify any individual who the Promoter reasonably believes has breached any of these terms or engaged in any unlawful or other improper misconduct calculated to jeopardise fair and proper conduct of the Promotion.

8. If there is a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the Promoter may, in its sole discretion, determine the identity of the entrant. Prize(s)

9. The Winner will receive 1 of 10 Nikon Z50 digital SLR Cameras with Nikon Z DX 16-50mm lens and an online Nikon school workshop. Each prize is valued at $1789 RRP (recommended retail price)

10. Total Prize Promotion Pool is $17,890 RRP

11. If the Prize is unavailable, the Promoter in its absolute discretion, may substitute the Prize (or a component of the Prize) with a prize of equal value and/or specification, subject to any written directions from a regulatory authority. Notification of Winner

12. The Winner will be notified in writing and by telephone within 2 days of the Draw. Their name will also be published www.shopmylocal.com.au/promo/ggnikon on 15.09.20.

13. In the event that the Winner cannot be contacted, the Promoter will retain the Prize for three and a half months from the date of the Draw. If the Prize is not claimed within this time, the Promoter will re-draw another winner for the unclaimed Prize at Level 2, 11 York street, Sydney, NSW 2000 at 10am (AEDT) on 14.12.20, by way of a random draw (Re-draw).

14. The winner of the Re-draw will be contacted in writing and by telephone within 2 days of the Re-draw. Their name will also be published on www.shopmylocal.com.au/promo/ggnikon on 15.12.20.

15. The Prize will be delivered free of charge to the Winner (or Re-draw winner) at the address nominated on their entry within 28 days of the draw (or Re-draw).

Privacy

16. The Promoter will collect, use and disclose your personal information in conducting the Promotion in accordance with its Privacy Policy, available at https://www.campariau.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Privacy... The Promoter may also use your personal information for promotional, marketing, publicity, research and profiling purposes, including sending electronic messages to, or telephoning, you.

17. Entrants consent to the Promoter using their name, likeness, image and/or voice in the event they are a Winner (including photograph, film and/or recording of same) in any media for an unlimited period without remuneration for the purpose of promoting the Promotion and any of the Promoter's products.

Miscellaneous

18. The Promoter encourages consumers to enjoy liquor responsibly. Consumers of legal drinking age are advised to consider the safe drinking levels recommended in the National Health & Medical Research Council Australian Alcohol Guidelines (available at www.nhmrc.gov.au).

19. If this Promotion is interfered with in any way or is not capable of being conducted as reasonably anticipated for any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter including technical difficulties, unauthorised intervention or fraud, the Promoter may, to the extent permitted by law:

(a) disqualify any entrant; or

(b) subject to any written directions from a regulatory authority, modify, suspend, terminate or cancel the Promotion or modify the Prize, as appropriate.

20. Nothing in these terms limits, excludes or modifies (or purports to do so) any non-excludable guarantees or warranties under consumer law (Non-Excludable Guarantees).

21. Except for the Non-Excludable Guarantees and any other liability that cannot by law be excluded, the Promoter (including its respective officers, employees and agents) will not be responsible and excludes all liability (including negligence) for any personal injury or loss or damage (including loss of opportunity), whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of:

(a) the Promotion and/or the taking or use of the Prize;

(b) any technical difficulties or equipment malfunction outside of the Promoter's reasonable control;

(c) any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference;

(d) any late, lost, altered or misdirected entries due to any reason beyond the Promoter's reasonable control;

(e) any tax liability incurred by a Winner or entrant; and/or

(f) any damage to or delay in transit of the Prize during delivery, except to the extent caused or contributed to by the Promoter.

22. If a dispute arises between you and the Promoter concerning the conduct of this promotion or claiming a prize, the Promoter will, acting reasonably, consider any facts or evidence you provide, and respond within a reasonable time. In all other respects, the Promoter's decision in connection with all aspects of this competition is final.

Thanks heaps.

@she-oak I think this is the winners list?
https://www.shopmylocal.com.au/promo/ggnikon

@toxicgherkin sorry, didn't see your reply!

Hi, user_10157047537714177. I know of one competition/promotion winners announcement group on Facebook. It's membership-based. Free membership. Members announce winners here, from mostly Facebook and Instagram. Perhaps have a look, and if you'd like to join, send a request through to the moderator/s. Here's the detail:

Competition Winners Australia - https://www.facebook.com/groups/428451857308064

This can be handy as many promoters are no longer tagging winning entrants via social media competitions. In many cases the winners names are merely announced. This is where eagle-eyed group members might follow-up, and post the result/s. Hope this helps. Cheers.

Hi, boocuddles60. There's an icon in the lower right of this Forum page. Looks like a stylised head and shoulders, in a circle. If you click on that, it should open a fresh chat session. I tried to attach an image of the icon but couldn't. Another glitch to be ironed out perhaps. Hope this helps. (Mac OS X, Opera as browser).

Thanks found it, sent message, no reply

yes I have had pretty much the same thing - no response at all! I redeemed points over a week ago and nothing yet. contacted site via chat 2 times and no response as yet!

@wolverine its very frustrating , i havent got any emails or response back at all either

I have recently had a reply and the problem is fixed now - I would suggest try them again

keeps saying flexi gift card site is under maintenance and also you can't choose how much you want to redeem as it automatically goes to the highest points you have available

Apologies everyone, due to fraud, we've had to cap Flexi Card in recent times to ensure redemptions made are legitimate. We take fraud seriously and will be working on improving this system ASAP.

@admin sorry that the site has been misused/abused by certain individuals. Time to Spring Clean your subscribers list it sounds like, and have vetting protocols in place for new subscriber uptake. I'm sure you're on to it. Will be interesting to see the impact on the Guessing Game and the spread of winners. 'Some' seem to be awfully lucky...

That has never been my experience, @Food-Hunter. You can always send a message to Support via the chat function.

Hi Food-Hunter.. I'm sorry,
you and your 20 fake accounts are not welcome here. Our community is full of honest and genuine people and we do not appreciate your unethical participation.

@admin
It is not illegal to have as much accounts as I want, but it is illegal to pay not out the redeems, Mr. cheater.

I've never had a problem in 8 yrs. Love it

@admin, we support you and your endeavours. Thanks for looking out for this comping community. :-)

I have not had any problems with redemption. This is not a fake website.

never been a problem getting pay outs or gift cards until now

@janiecaroline, are you thinking of another competition website? Here it's free to participate, and you were logged in when you posted this comment from last month. Is it all sorted now for you? Cheers.

I posted a question on Sunday and received my reply today, July 6th.

The site has only been changed for about one week. I stopped getting emails too, but when I messaged them, I got emails within two hours.

woohoo thanks admin - I can now see my fave numbers that I've previously guessed.

Hi,. Yes it's on the home page as the blue block..

Good question

Thanks!

Nice one, @surferboy83 !

Thanks mate @toxicgherkin

Awesome, enjoy! :)

Cheers @fourleaf :)

Congrats

bj74 thanks heaps!

Mate,you've still obviously got the touch, congratulations bud

Trevsta just when I thought its been a long while and boom! Back in the game. Cheers

still getting them here

Yes same for me - doesn't matter which one I try to do, doesn't go anywhere and just gives me the 5 points, very frustrating as I had 15 there all of a sudden and thought woohoo I might earn some points and then nothing :(

Yes i reported it the admin guys, so it might help if everyone that has had the same issue also report what has been happening

I didn't qualify for a 3 minute survey - clearly aimed at smokers which I'm not - and didn't even get the non-qualifying category 5 CompBux. This system is 'buxted'!

a fairly good survey site I go to is
https://www.lifepointspanel.com/
(hope this helps!)

There are My Opinions,Opinion World,

Competition Winners Australia is a popular forum on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/428451857308064/

@toxicgherkin thanks, I thought there was a lot more been out of the comping game for a while now

You can join these groups..

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ContestsWorld/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/589653394544383/

@Zeur
Not been getting them for quite some time now

Same here, no more emails, not sure why!

None since before xmas

The last one I received was on the 19th of December :/

update - just had my first newsletter in weeks (maybe it's back to normal now?)

I got one today 9 Jan 2020.

They stopped and then started up again but now seem to have stopped again. I haven't received one since Tuesday 21st January. Before that they were coming daily but they stopped for weeks over Xmas time. From early December until early January. Don't know what's happening, even their Facebook page isn't up to date either. The last post on there was April 2019. Weird way to run a competition line!!

Congrats

Cheers kathiet8

Nice win, congrats! :)

Thanks fourleaf :)

Hi Surfer Boy,

Woah, that's luck shining upon you! Congratulations!!

Cheers lizawilson03 :)

I received a message that he is changing email providers that's why there's a problem.

Then why not put up a note to that effect on the website letting everyone know?

I received the newsletter today 9 Jan 2020.

It's stopped again with no messages, not a great way to run a competition line.

I have had the same issue @carolsomer

Same here ,,,,

I totally agree Carol.

Posting on daily on your blog is not a good strategy in any way! Instead, schedule 2-3 good blog posts a week and use the remaining time to share them on different social platforms on different search engines. That will save enough time for your subscribers to come back to read your posts and engage.

Hi Liza. Yes, I agree with that. Posting daily on a blog is overwhelming.

Thank you for sharing this amazing idea, really appreciates your post.
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yes @carolsomer that does seem quite unfair for people to win it several times - not too sure how they manage that, the site says you aren't supposed to cheat and you should be disqualified if this were the case.