Get featured on the Competitions.com.au Blog and earn points!!!! We're looking for long time compers to give tips and inspiration for fellow compers. Would be a quick ten question questionaire!
Get featured on the Competitions.com.au Blog and earn points!!!! We're looking for long time compers to give tips and inspiration for fellow compers. Would be a quick ten question questionaire!
Totally pumped....1st win for the year a $100.00 voucher! Nicorette competition....no I don't smoke either but if I did I would certainly be trying to give up with their product :) :)
@Try2win Argh I know they're multiplying. I'm still trying to find a few I really like. Haven't even checked my list from last year or done any serious searching. There's a few nice one's there.
At least this way it should be quicker if see anything interesting.in.
@Brookemaree93 lmao. There's a lot more about and just adding a few as come across them. There's probably at least three times that circulating about. Only entering the few I'm interested and this year as my heart isn't in the advent comps. I'm feeling the better for i compared to last year. Unlikely I'll be stocking up another years supply of wine from Xmas comps. Plus I've still got a bottle of cognac to pick up won from a couple of weeks ago. :)
If I'm really organised by next year it really could be a exhausting list, even for the determined. That involves a integregrating a couple of databases and programs that are halfed baked. That's on hiatus with PC issues making things close to impossible the last few months. That was aiming to at the next stage before specifically for this years advent comps. Still a lot of work to do on that and taking it slowly. See where it is in 6 months time.
The various sites help and provide enough to keep most busy. It depends on how selectively looking for specific prizes. If they're well circulated everyone man and his dog is also entering andl doing your own searching can be rewarding. Argh a couple of times this year came close to 50/50 chances for decent prizes. Thou once you start having to reqularily search about the legwork gets time consuming . It's so easy to get distracted by the mass of competitions while exploring.
The "GodFather" would be @toxicgherkin. I'm still an apprentice with trying to hack through this jungle of comps.
True, have not seen The Don, sorry, The Tox for a while, Trevsta was my life influence for starting after he won New York Beyoncé trip and stacks of other stuff so watching his mad adventure gave me the bug :) Good Luck
@Brookemaree93 They're still about. I'll send some of that good karma for the eftpos comp. It's been rubbing off on a few nice contacts :) I won the eftpos again.
Wow Trevsta 's NY trip win sounds amazing. I had a small adventure today (St Kilda pier) was for a a loot drop for XBoxes etc. They did one for Melbourne, Sydney and Brissy. To my suprise was dropped really close to me. Sadly I was too slow. It went within 10 min. I'm and about 5 away by tram. Well was a exciting change of pace for a competitoin. I havent run down a tram in ages.
Yeah comps can be fun once in a while and some amazing opportunities. At the moment I'm happy with the small cash wins accumulated this year. Overall not a bad year it's been majority cash/coles myers vouchers around $600 which have come in handy.
Dear Admin I think you're given me too many points. I logged in sometime after 1.00 am and I'm sure I was awarded points for visiting the page. I've just logged in again to check out any new competitions and my score jumped up again without doing anything to earn a point. Can you check for me please. Thanks.
I've never come across that scenerio where thought got too many points. Most likely it was daily random points for visiting the home page which when refreshed the page later on showed up on the your total. I'd place bets someone had a long night and seeing double. :)
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Hi my name is Jo Lee and I am addicted to comping, my first step to sobriety is recognition to this heinous habit, I mean it's now like 1:30am and I'm on this comp site, had my fix, til tomorrow! Like getting medicine each day except its comping stuff, sshh :)
@Smalot11 I get the same feeling when midnight rolls over or the end of the month.
Hope everyone is doing well for the XMAS comps. So far haven't got into the groove for diving in for the XMAS rush and will start easing into a few today. Do we have a post for a quick list of any the 12 days of XMAS? Would be appreciated due to some technical difficulties making reading challenging.
@Lemond I've only done the ones on OzBargain, just search 12 Days Of Christmas. The is a list started on one of the Facebook comps page, I'll look and see if I tag you in it.
@Smalot11 Yeah there's some great contributors that work nonstop there. I struggle to keep up with one in particular. Slowly working a list for the reoccurring ones interested in. With the various sites they get buried in haystack if miss the initial post and If lucky catch catch them on closing day.
I had more 1's and 2's last month then ever, plus missed out on 50 of the guessing game ... and @spyglass you've been in top 3 plenty of times .. I've never been there.
They are keeping me at low numbers '2' .. I raised the question and they will keep on giving me low numbers as punishment by the looks of it..
And since the game wasn't adjusted and I missed out on 50 points I only get one guess this month...
@Winner1 not sure what happened that month.. pretty. sure it will never happen again .. random. means everyone gets a chance not the selected preferred few ... I haven't seen some around for a long time....
I've been out of work for eons and every little bit would help ... if this months is same as November was then I'm gone ..
@anna2077, this post is nothing to do with the daily random points. I started this post because I was only given 1 guess in the daily guessing game, though entitled to 2 daily guesses. Stay positive, and hope the numbers fall in your favour this month.
@Try2win I have one guess for the second day in a row as well .. I've lost faith .... Since I've joined in 2014 there has been nothing .. not even bonus points on my birthday when it was my birthday ... it's only meant for some not all .. some complain and their points improve .. I mention it and I get mostly numbers under 5....
Yeah, got 2 guesses today, thanks @admin for fixing this problem. Now, just need the money to show up in my paypal account that I cashed out of compbux back on the 20th of last month :-(
@admin Was there any news regarding last months leader board winners? I suspect no members in the top 10 from last month received their compbux prize.
The issue of one guess for the guessing game seems to be a related with the leader board results from last month that haven't been processed.. That determines for the following month if members have single or double guesses.
@Anna2077 I think @moreofachance trick this year is to pull those 10's out of their ... hat. I'm due for my fair share of 10's. After my week 3 start didn't think would make the top few. Had like a total of less then 10 from 4 days in a row.
@purplesp8y Must of been real unlucky it looked around a week to go they were going to win by a furlong.
Surely this month @Anna2077 your luck will turn around. Well any month soon...
@Lemond tell someone who will believe you ... if the game was fair then everyone would get a chance .. but since only few always win ... and when you don't get the scores that you are entitled to like guessing game... the game is thrown ... no point in trying... if the game will be fair then daily points will be removed ..
Cheer up @Anna2077, I had a second and two thirds in three years and have never had a first on the leaderboard. Scores can be disheartening but try focusing on the comps. Quitx are giving away 100's of free movie tickets, it sounds like you deserve a good movie... Did you send a direct message to admin? Hopefully they'll fix it for you ??
@fourleaf I joined in 2014.. my best in all the years was being at #5. I didn't get all the guessing game scores and the admin didn't''t bother to fix it. I don't enter many comps .. only what I need
Some have worked out how to make the game work for them to be always on top ..
I get to see movies via subscriptions ..
Posted a message in the forum and was ignored and this month I only get one 'lucky' number guess ..
@Anna2077 I am hearing you loud and clear.I am lucky if I even get 1 10 a month and get so many 1,s and 2,s it's rediculouus.I also notice many of the same names are often in the top 10 each month every time.I have been a member for 5 years and never have been in top 5 but did win the guessing game once soon after I joined.I notice my points are always pretty close to yours
@Anna2077 All members get the same chance EVERY month..
Probably one of the biggest influences are the simple "skill" components for the major bonus. eg Complete profile, add a pic and do the daily guessing game. Seems like there're hundreds of "floating" members which don't do that. It's up to them to be active and complete those simple requirements to maximise their chances.
It's possible I could of have been top if had been on the ball this month or out of the top bunch if too many slip ups. There wasn't much in it between first and fifth. When you finally get lucky with the daily points to be a genuine chance it helps if maximise your chances as possible. From there you just X your fingers and patiently wait for your lucky daily points to come up.
Lemond, I think your very wise and always courteous and diligent, probably should try umpiring cricket! This ain't Rocket Science and it's only a game, although some take it way too serious and to heart, the rulz say every comper has to be a happy camper! Good Luck you legend!!!
Lemond is the Papa Smurf of comping and our adjudicator for issues and advice, everyone Hail The King, for he is a living legend of sound mind and character!!!
@Anna2077 Congratuations on your extraordinary spiritual insight and such ironic comedic timing of your gift. May it result in an infectious mass outbreak of good Karma throughout the comping land. Thank you for providing such a thoughtful gift which becomes pure comedy gold in when in reference to my blessed week. If I wasn't also distracted sharing your enthusiasm, your statement could be interpreted to representate the opposite of the embodiment of good Karma. We can only presume you weren't intentional attempting to offend the antaryami who resides inside us? That would only be contrary to your unqualified wisdom you were trying to protray.
You also must of been so overcome with your rush to spread all the good Karma you invertly made some tiny oversights. You wouldn't want to confuse your new followers. Possibly you intended to state "Bad Karma results in you stop winning" etc . To help you achieve your karmic cleanse you'll need to differentiate Karma, good Karma and bad Karma. Karma is a spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions influence the future. It encompass both good and bad Karma. Given that divine knowledge you could soon be on the start and first step of the journey to cleanse any residing bad Karma
What masterful comedic timing and exceptional irony and your statement is on so many previous states of existence, which has decided my fate with another unexpected future of a good Karma existence. Either I've been courting good Karma or her twin sister, Fortuna this week, it's impossible to tell them apart! I'll thank them both for the divine week for their well appreciated and timely gifts.
The first gift was from one my favourite sponsors, Eftpos. This was due to surprised influx of good Karma and despite only having submitted very few entries an unexpected individual greatly attributed to my fortunate resulting gift. This could of been the result of attributing the last few months due towards their site in my own usual and instinctive way. One thousand blessings in return towards that person . :)
The second gift will be from our generous competition site that provided another timely gift
The third divine gift this week was a Laser X 817 Crash Cam. Thou I don't drive this gift may spread untold Karma as coincidental, or was it good Karma?, a good mate that I hadn't heard from for ages unexpected dropped by, of all days the first day Comparmageddon or as I refer to it, forgive me "The 12 days of Hell" I cherish their unexpected divine timing and helping out when most needed. They have exceptiional timing for materializing on the exact same day when I was previously gifted such genourous items.
Good Karma and/or Fortuna have been extrermely appreciated this week and possibly sensed how urgently I require a new computer. These gifts will help achive my nobel goal and will enable the continuation of spreding your wisdom.
@Anna2077 Thank you for your best wishes. You've blessed again in multitudes, beginning with yet another 9 to start my day off. How do you do it?
Appologies If I didn't adorn thee soul to your satisfaction. I was overwhelmed by the mass of good karma you sent. The timing of your divine message must of come directly from the heavens to have such a spontaneous result. Shouldn't we share your success and aspire how to obtain such divine powers, so that we all can pass on such good Karma at will?
Your wisdom shows no bounds. Is that the third step you're referring to about one must claim responsibility? We would all love to know how you progressesed so quickly in your karmic cleansing.
Lemond, I care about your wins and for that matter anyone else's wins,your wisdom has no boundaries and is clearly superior to others,good luck mate and good luck Anna :)
Yep, another 10 for me today, great Karma, another great day on this great site, keep em Rollin and for the record, try logging on standing on one leg while shaking your head really fast, it gets you higher numbers every time but don't tell too many people, keep it small ssshh, Lemond for President!!! Hail The Oh Wise One :)
Seems I've had the negative karma thrown at me, 1 today and same yesterday :-( . All the negative air needs freshening, so I burnt a candle this morning, lol. Good luck all.
@Brookemaree93 Thanks. Thou I was posting due the timing and comic irony. Just some timely examples of how good karma can be unexpectly returned. :)
If wisdom equates to donig way too many competitions there's proabably quite a few lessons learnt. That and observing what goes on in the comping circles. Some of it gets very murky especially voting competitions.
The pitfalls they're a hell of a lot of comps about once start digging about. I could spend the whole day just checking various sources worldwide. Sometimes discover some great off radar competitons. I've cut back doing that this year until complete a more efficient way to manage it.
It's easy to get overwhelmed by the vast number of competitions. This year I've cut right back and basically was only doing a handful of comps and the leader board for most of year. Only in the last couple of months been lot more active with urgency of requiring to replace my PC which is approching unusable. The wins have helped towards it's budget and currently stuck waiting for components to be in stock soon.
There's a few members that have great succes and my i impression they focus on their various fortes. Those usually have lower entries and great prizes. That's something I'd like to work on.
@Try2win I think my New Years resolution is don't mention the leaderboard and daily score . I hope Karma takes that in jest as I mentioned a few days ago my favourite number this year seems to be 9. Had 3 so far this month.
@moreofachance lmao. There's probably a few times I've been superstitious with the daily scores. Like do I spoil a nice day and unwrap it early or wait. It can be nice pick me up ... well at least for one day. It can cruel comp with the slow motion draw over a month, especially when it comes to the last few days and have a chance.
@moreofachance Argh I should of waited until my morning coffee. Well looks like your off and running in the Xmas dash for cash. I've stumbled and in danger of being trampled by the oncoming Xmas hoards. I'll try and hold them off as long as possible. Just keep on running and don't look back.
@Anna2077 Was to prompt you to maybe reflect why it appears you default to the need to projective negative karma. Possibly there're some underlying issues clouding your thoughts. It doesn't excuse what could be considered "trolling" at times.
Maybe the best XMAS gift could be reflecting and obtaining some insights into Karma and use that knowledge to achieve your goals like your dream job.
@Admin, I cashed in some CompBux on the 20th, it still hasn't turned up in my paypal account. I thought it was supposed to only take a couple of business days! How much longer before it is transferred?
Facebook competitions generally don't get them. If only I knew exactly which ones are the result of those phishing emails be great. There are some types I try and avoid, especially the ones involving dozens of yes/no responses.
On that note I should clean out my junk folder. I seem to accumulate a couple hundred each day. The trend lately is bitcoin trader ones and the usual other types.
@heidiho73 Great tips. I find using bookmarks is a good fall back method for keeping track of competitions entered. Notepads I find are ineffective apart from maybe brainstorm creative comps as virtually all comps are online entry.
If stick to using one browser for entering comps and bookmark before hitting the submit then append the closing date in a consistent manner eg "01/09/2017" it helps for checking back and avoiding double entry. i.e. the bookmark will show up when you revisit the page. This has help numerous times. Thou on the odd occassion you might find promoters reusing the same link.
For various social media, daily entry etc I separate into separate folders etc month. The limitations are when a new month rolls over and got comps spanning months it gets a bit cumbersome. Also appending to the start of the book a consistent date in the format above allows for sorting of bookmarks easily.
Most likely what preference you use comes down to the volume and types of comps entered.
I haven't won anything in my life! I don't even have over $50. I get into debt to my parents a lot because of the stuff I buy. (Not always, and I usually just owe them $5-20).
So I'm here to have some money to keep in pocket if I ever get in debt again. Cheers, Toby. ;-)
Totally off the wall topic, but does anyone know of any competitions directed at gay guys - I know there have been competitions for gay trip/holidays in the past, but have not come across any recently. Any tips for any current gay guys comps for trips, holidays or gay friendly stuff is appreciated.
Marriage equality has finally got the vote, 61.6% Yes to the postal vote, which a record 80% of people voted in, GO HOMOSEXUALITY! GO EQUALITY!!! :-|) So Proud!
I am trying so hard this month to crack the top ten. Even though I entered everything I'm eligible for and used all the newsletter links, no joy. So this month head down, click click clack! I am not aiming too high, just slowly sneak up a bit each month. I need to learn how to add comps to help everyone else. I have read some people are really frustrated at their leaderboard results. Don't give up, then you'll never get there. If there is a state that has a lot of state only comps some months that is hard to beat. Just remember there are a lot of us trying to be on top and don't forget it's fun having a challenge. Good luck this month everyone.
@heidiho73 to get a point for a listed comp you only need to view it, not enter it. So it does not matter what states are eligible to enter the comp for you to get a point.
Hello there @heidiho73! Nice to hear from you! Yes, remember as @spyglass says that you only need to click on the comps on this site so they change colour to "viewed" to get your point. No need to view or enter all the comps in the newsletters to get points as mostly they're comp summeries or reminders of comps already listed here unless you want to of course. :) Hope you do all the other things like updating your profile for extra permanent points as well...looking forward to seeing you on the leaderboard soon!
@fourleaf Thanks for going to the trouble of explaining that so clearly, I really appreciate your giving spirit and it's great to hear from you. Your good people. I hope you win something extra special this week, I'll think positive thoughts of luck in your direction. Have an interesting weekend mate.
@heidiho73 As long as you complete the major bonus which are mandatory to have a genuine chance you're in the running. -You will NEED to do every day the guessing game. (50 points) -NEED to click on the email newsletter bonus. (30 points) -Visit the home page daily where the competitions are listed to obtain your daily random points (1-10) -Tick off most if not all competitions posted during the current month before they EXPIRE or before the end of the month.
As the guessing game has a bonus worth 50 points each day, if miss a day statistically is improbable for a top 10. Still may/likely make the Top 50 if miss only one day. That depends how many active members. Trend seems can miss one miss day currently.
For the newsletter email bonus also virtually mandatory (30 points). It will be fairly obvious when that occurs. I.e. Should notice a jump in the leaderboard scores or a dramatic drop in your leaderboard position. Best to log into this site first the click on the bonus link within that newsletter email. The hard part maybe locating that email.
Make sure visit the home page each day to collect your daily random points. Just a note for the first day of the month to activate the points system first click on a new comp posted then refresh the main comp page. That's an annoying feature which catches out new members.
Only comps posted this month count towards the comps viewed tally. You can miss a few comps posted without too much effect. Thou could make the difference between few positions at the end of the month. It appears you might of missed a couple of competitions so far posted this month. You can use the filter by entered which will display competitions you haven't clicked. Note if was posted this month and already expired it shouldn't be displayed.
@heidiho73 Argh ... when you got 80,000+ emails between a couple of accounts finding those elusive important emails, especially the winning ones gets "challenging".
Lesson is first create a separate comping account then don't then decide to switch back. You get twice as many spam emails. Thou the advantage is you can spot those easier when get them twice.
Yeah found a winning email tonight. Nothing major just a PC game. Now if only had a decent PC to run it on.
A new month and daily number is 3, when logged in thought it would be a 1 .. surprised to receive 3 .. not sure why I even bother ... so many years since I've joined and yet to see myself in the top 3, managed to get into top 5.. must have been blue moon.
Sure can be on the low end @Anna2077, I coped a lot of 1, 2 & 3's, with just an odd 6, 8 or a couple of 10s. I started this month with a 3, lol. Good luck
@Try2win thank you, to you too! that's what my last month was like .. got 3's for the last 2 days .. even on my birthday my daily score was 6... in all the years that've been here made it to top 5 one time... never in top 3. SO I give up lol
@Anna2077 lmao I was about last month month for the daily random points out of the members that did all the major bonuses. Probably first in the number of comps ticked off if that counts. Any luck this month I'll bounce back. At least for this month got double guesses for the guessing game to look forward to. Never complaining, I'm just handballing back your lovely daily points enjoy. :)
It's way too early to get pessimistic or optiministic for the leaderbarod. At least you could of waited until about day 14-21 when start get a good impression if genuinely still in with chance. You be hoping to be around 90 daily points for 14 days or for 21 days around 135. I look at how a each 7 day period where an average around 45 points for each week places roughly the top 1/2 dozen. It only takes a decent run for a few days to turn things around quickly.
If I'm ever complaining it's about my PC. I wouldn't wish it on anyone as it's a form of torture. I won't be handballing that when I finally retire it to the scrape heap. I could do with some nice small cash wins this month to help towards the budget for a new PC. X fingers.
@spyglass will get back. Currently my pc is virtually unusable. It's not up to researching and doing any major reading. Sort of feel I'm using a blinds man cane to use it with major display issues. Hopefully will sort out a new PC by the end of the month.
Educated guess thinking your qu might be financial/stock market related. Just remember past performance is no indicator of future performance. :)
Is anyone interested in sharing their Competitions Experience for the Competitions.com.au Blog. It would be ten questions via email about your wins, tips and everything in between. If so, contact me and I will send through the questions.
Is anyone interested in sharing their Competitions Experience for the Competitions.com.au Blog. It would be ten questions via email about your wins, tips and everything in between. If so, contact me and I will send through the questions.
Kids love them so that's good. And I must say how impressed I am with Whirlpool cooking, the new machine was delivered to my door in 2 days after winning. Very happy :) Thank you.
I sent a message last Friday and have not had a reply either. Mine was about being (or in this case, not being) awarded the Compbux for participating in the interview.
I'm still waiting, no reply, has not even read all my messages, although I am using my cousins paypal as mine was compromised last year and I will never use it again, mmm, still a good site for the mad comps, patience is the virtue :)
@moreofachance Patience is a virtue. Keeps you out of trouble while things sort themselves out.
I have almost infinite patience. Think cricket umpiring and one match batted by day and half 328 deliveries for 43 runs. So patience with a pinch of stubbornness. Lmao
I think the site has had a server move that wasn't smooth. I got a response on FB. Maybe try there as well.
Finally I'm out of my misery as my PC died today. Long long overdue. So... last months win is going to come in handy. Damn one finger typing on an iPad until can get a new PC.
Won a couple of pounds one regular 'sponsor'. Hmm I need to pick some lucky lotto numbers from lottoland U.K.
@Lemond patience was not needed, I was also paid two days ago, just didn't realise it, as I said, I love this site for the mad comps and the leaderboard and guessing game are a bloody bonus, I've had a good run in 15 months, twice won and 3rd and also a guessing game, Thankyou @alex @admin, happy Dayz r here
@heidiho73 lol yeah will find comps for everyone's forte if look hard and long enough. I can imagine the inflight conservation. 'Hi I'm a bit nervous for my audition. .....
You get some interesting comps from time to time I think one member won a travel comp where can to handcuff themselves to,a case for an extended period could of been days/weeks. I've done where had to keep a hand on a car and have footballs to catch etc etc years ago.
@Smalot11 What car? I don't usually enter car competitions. Which comp was that for? There is a slight off chance with someone with the same name. I've come across that recently.
I won a inflatible ride on toy designed for toddlers which I've gifted. I had to double check that I had entered that comp. Yeah was bookmarked. Argh rarely would I enter such a comp there must of been another prize in the same comp was interested in.
@Smalot11 lol that's was for AFL Grand Final tickets a few years back. Argh lasted for hours then they favoured someone. Ended up with a a cap I've still got. :)
Thought I''ve missed an winning email etc. I still reckon half the luck is finding those winning notifications before it's too late. @toxicgherkin :(
I think will end up buying a PC in the next few weeks. I can't old out too much longer waiting for the end of month draws.
Hello sandi.888, Basically once you join update your profile pic with a photo for 50 points, update your survey details for an additional 50 points. These points stay permanently. Every day that you log in, you get a random number of points between 1 -10. (They will appear on the left hand site on the competitions page). Then play the guessing game each day for an additional 50 points every day. Every competition that you click on will give you one point. If your not interested in entering that comp still click on it for the point and then hit the little not interested button on the right. The competition will disappear off the list. Open the emails - every now and then there are extra ways to earn points. Hope I have'nt missed anything so welcome and good luck with your wins! :)
They reset at the end of the month, if you have enough points to be in the top 50 that month you get a prize listed below. Once you have enough Compbux you can turn them into cash with PayPal. Good luck.
1st Prize: 10,000 CompBux
2nd Prize: 5,000 CompBux
3rd Prize: 2,500 CompBux
4th Prize: 500 CompBux
5th-10th Prize: 100 CompBux
4th-50th Prize: Will gain an extra guess everyday when playing the guessing game for the following month.
You need to have those amount of comp buxs to cash out at various levels. You can also gain extra compbuxs from surveys listed to reach the various levels to cash out. Note for the lower the compbuxs amounts cashed out you loose a bit on the "exchange" rates.
Another cash/voucher which will come in very handy. Back to rattling the tin can for good luck. Didn't notice it for a while. Arrrrrrrr was busy havin' some fun with a comp. I need some more mateys for shark-chum. :)
@gaseja @admin I'm starting to wonder that as well. First time I've attempted the transfer which I did on the 1st. Previously via bank transfer was within a few days. I was messaged that it would be fixed this week a over a week back.
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A warning re PuraChoice washing machine competition on Facebook ...
The competition is layered ie there is more than one step, three in fact, and they don't tell you that in the opening step.
1. Like, comment, share the Facebook page 2. You get a private message to say now you have to enter your name and email 3. Then you get another message and email to say now you have to buy a product and upload a photo
If you are happy doing that, all is good.
But I have a dislike for being asked to jump through extra hoops that were not made clear at the beginning enabling them to harvest contact information when you may be disinclined to complete all the tasks.
@Di_D Opps did I accidently hijack @Di_D post. Argh atm the first time in a week can actually see what I'm typing on the PC. Hmm was sure I did my post re compbux in a new post.
Agree don't like when they spring surprises like that. Same goes for when they bury T&C's.
@Lemond thanks, I just noticed that earlier today. It looks like it was announced late as I received the email today as well. Now to win something in an external comp as I haven't won anything since movie tickets in Mar 2016!! I don't enter a lot of comps, maybe 40-60 a month but I would have thought that something will come my way soon.
@spyglass Looks like the site had major maintenance this morning. Hang on you won last month leaderboard there's a win and probably won a leaderboard around last year in May. Cash is king beats most prizes :) if you have enough computer under the mattress should ok to cash out the $50. I'm still trying to reach that level for a 3rd place $25 won a few months back.
@Lemond yes, I was meaning that his site is the only place where I seem to win anything. I've had a good run in the last 12 months, so I'll take that as a win.....but there is nothing wrong with being greedy so a win from another site is long overdue!
@spyglass I know that feeling this year though won a few small prizes this month a $20 Bunnings, $100 Coles and a bottle of cognac which will pick up this weekend.
Sort of ironically that the comps that win are from the comp site and. It from entering the comps.
Damn typo last post mean be compbux under the bed thou do keep my old pc parts under there as well. It's a time for a spring clean.
The only thing I would add for voting requests is an end date so members know how urgent to get votes in etc. Also worthy of attaching the photo in your post to draw attention.
Will vote soon as had a quick look at the T&C's. I've included a rough extract of important points below for members. Looks like your partner can also separately do an entry. Voters can only vote once per entrant, but may vote for as MANY different entry pages.
The Promotion opens 18th September 2017 at 9am and closes 30th November 2017 at midnight AEST. Open To: Australia only, 18+
Main Prize: at the end of the Promotion, the eligible Entry with the most valid Votes will be deemed the winner of the main prize. The Entry with the second highest amount of valid Votes will be deemed the winner of the first runner up prize and the Entry with the third highest amount of valid Votes will be deemed the winner of the second runner up winner.
There is also a voter prize. Voter Prizes: Entrants must complete an entry on the Website by filling in the online form in order to vote for their favourite couple. Each Entry page has an entry form which constitutes a vote (Vote) when successfully completed. An entrant may Vote for each Entry ONCE only, but may Vote for as MANY different Entry pages as they like. Each valid Vote is entered into the draw for the Voter Prize Pool.
Voter Prizes: The Voter Prize recipients will be judged by a board of Thomas representatives, based on the judge's personal opinions as to the Votes they deem most creative, worthy and, where appropriate, aligned to the Thomas brand values.
Voter Prize Pool: Main Voter Prize consists of: – Either a $1,500 diamond pendant or a $1,500 watch from Thomas Jewellers, the winner can choose which to receive, which will be administered in store or by phone / email, valid until 31/7/18 Weekly Voter Prizes consist of: – 10 x $100 vouchers from Thomas Jewellers , which the winners can choose to spend in store or via the online store, valid until 31/7/18
Wow great pirzes lots of luck. If haven't already done so utialize any of the Aussie comping groups and any other Australian social groups. :)
@Npas For the carrot for members to vote and do a 25 words or you less "Why this couple should win The Finest Wedding in the counry". Main Voter Prize consists of: – Either a $1,500 diamond pendant or a $1,500 watch from Thomas Jewellers, Weekly Voter Prizes consist of: – 10 x $100 vouchers from Thomas Jewellers , which the winners can choose to spend in store or via the online store, valid until 31/7/18
How do you check back whether you have win anything? especially on facebook if they just announce your name and expect you to contact them yourself? and I actually don't have any comping friend on facebook :(
Argh my pet hate and a close 2nd sorting through my emails searching if won.
The first option is to keep an eye on FB notifications from competitions entered. Probably best to always to add a comment to a comp post even if not required. I think that might give a notification. It also helps me for the email notifications sent i.e. can separate my email folders according to search terms. Eg "commented on" etc. Lately I'm finding notifications disappearing before I get to follow them up. From there you can go through you own timeline for what posts your commented on etc for checking back.
I find the most reliable way is to send them to your emails then can more easily search for the regular winning terms. It's not foolproof thou might help. Also searching for your name and using the winning terms eg "winner", "congrat" , "win" etc etc on Facebook.
I also bookmark FB competitiion posts with the end date at the start of the label so can sort into order. EG Sept 30, 2017 : 'Comp XYZ'. That way can manually check back and either delete the bookmarks or update the label. most times if get around to it append XXX to the start of the label to identify checked drawn result. Ideally I looking to scrap using bookmarks it has it limitations apart from a mass of bookmark folders to create each month. i.e. you may have other social media you checking back on.
Entering comps is the easy part like you're hinting at, managing to checking back and catching that winning post when finally happens can be a challenge. Joining the Facebook winners group can help to a degree, it depends if someone else in the group has also entered and then posts a winners announcement Generally I don't enter a lot of the ones that happen to be posted and probably pass over 95% of the comps that ones that circulate about. Still manage to enter many 100's per month that interest me. So it depends on where you are sourcing your comp from for the likelyhood a winners post announcement is done in the group. If sourcing them from the Aussie competition sites, like this one a good chance will be posted. The downside every man and his dog has probably also entered.
Comping friends help. If I spot if they have will tag and message them. If you're lucky will find some nice ones to help you. You'll find lots of "voluenteers" for adding to as comping contacts, generally looking for someone to add to their mass tagging for extra entries. It has it's pros and cons having many comping contacts.
Pros. To meet basic FB comp requirements eg Tag X number of friends. Lots of comping contact to mass tag the crap of a tagging comp for bonus entries. Note need to be carefully doing too many in a period or may find FB temporary suspends you from commenting, tagging. Also some comping contacts may become a bit Share referrals based competitions for bonus entries.
Cons. Can end up being overwhelmed with FB notifications especially during the busy XMAS comping season. If manage to find low entry comps it's a domino effect once nice comps come to the attention of the large groups That can also be a pro for finding competitions thou you don't necessarily have to be a contact to know what's circulating about.
Things to least be wary of at ;east and if lucky will find some comping contacts to help you. If relative new to comping having some comping contacts can open up a mass of competitions that don't get around to being listed on sites. Thou you don't necessarily need to join as a friend contact see what's circulating about.
@indriasun Doh Richmond won by tooooooo much. Was right on the money for one comp at half time. :(
I think all I read was tips, god I've definately got footy tipping on the brain atm. lmao.
The one thing searching for your name won't find is when the promoter posts an image or video for winner announcements. If someone has shared it to the group usually they will put in the subject "Congratulations XYZ". If members keep to that standard I find easy to spot in the subject headings for my FB email notifications.
Hey, I've tried to join this Competition Winners Australia, but it's been pending for a few days now. Apparently people already in the group are able to send joining requests out to others, is that true? I really wanna join, haha!
I've won a $100 coles card. Finally the end of my Facebook comp drought since January. Provisionally appears the my stars have aligned with a Steven Bradbury effort for the leader board. Contgrats to the other leader board winners. I thought be extremely close finish. Woot Woot.
Now X fingers for Richmond to win by around 9 points for the footy tipping. Go Tigers!!!!
@Smalot11 @Try2win Thanks. :) Total argree Coles gift cards are very handy and good as cash.
This year it's been a run of small cash wins from this site a few times and another site's exclusive comps twice last month that's adding up nicely.
Hadn't done that much comping in comparision to last year while was distracted to the database/programme the last 6 months +. Kinda made a pact after the XMAS rush of comps needed a better way for at least checking back and doing the daily bonus entries. Why if anything my wins have been from the sites I don't neeed to be constantly checking emails or FB notifications etc.
For now that's on slight hiatus to actually enter a decent amount comps to improve my chances. There's only so many times can get lucky on the leader board etc. Thou the nightmare of checking back on all the Facebook comps is going to be "fun" in the next week. Was lucky that one of my nice comping contacts tagged me when saw that I won. One of the pros of having at least a couple of nice comping contacts :)
If it pours Yellow & Black the drought will be broken. God a drought since 1980 for Richmond fans, now that's a drought!
@Smalot11 :) I don't think much luck with allllllllllllllllll the footy tipping comps I've done over the last week.
Argh I'm footy tipped out must of done about 40+ of them. Bit like doing all the XMAS ones, at least they only go for a few days. You need to on the ball or end up only left with picking enormous margins as most where first to guess closest. If could do that over again would be bit more organised how to locate them.
Damn one was for for $250 cash with only ONE Richmond guess. I was spot on at the half time margin if that counts :( Just had to decide higher or lower then that one guess. Hmmm still can hope they don't claim it in time. "wishful' thinking
So if do a bit of leg work and hunt around you can find the occassional very decent odds off the main comping radar. IMO my impression most of the Aussie compers on FB rarely do any as see the same ones circulating about. Really it's only the first couple times a promoter runs some competitions they are low key after that they become known.
Won $9.33 today from Draftstars free entry comp to add to my run of cash wins. Along with approximatelyr 10,000 winners, virtually everyone that entered that today won. :)
@surferboy83 Thanks Yeah small wins, I'll have to keep rattling that tin can for luck. :)
Should be another $10 tonight from Draftstars from the free entry comp. Appears you require a balance of $20 to cash out easily, x fingers should just be over that now. Its been nice weekend with 4 wins with either coles/cash :)
I've won $500 Tixstar voucher yay! I love this site and have won quite a bit :) Do you think it's ethical to sell the prize? I'm willing to part with it for $300.
What you do with it is your business. The only issues might be the terms and conditions if can sell it easily. You'll have to check with if can transfer it without any issues. Being a voucher highly possible be fine. Tickets for events on the otherhand there might be issues to overcome.
The ethics of selling your prized possessions is something you'll have to grapple with. The biggest issue personally find the hassle of selling if won something can't use. If got higher priorities for other things really need it's a no brainer.
Thanks all, @Lemond thanks for your advice, yeah I find it is not easy to sell things and I'm actually quite afraid of other's judgment when I get it for free but trying to make money out of it. I can see that some people don't think it's acceptable although I believe it's my right to do so, moreover there's some effort involved. I can see that this Tixstar voucher can be given/sold. Let me know if any of you wants to get this $500 voucher for $300. Thanks all. https://www.tixstar.com.au/
@indriasun God I wouldn't worry, at times can be heated debate. When you get to understand the various reasons you can't be too quick to judge. You'll probably find those judging were eyeing off that prize etc :). I wish you could pick and choose what you want to win it's a bit of a lucky dip. Stick your hand in and could be keys to a new car or box of tissues.
Personally I keep (most times) to comps with prizes want to win and lately more focused on cash/grocery vouchers. Occassional some eye candy might lure me off the that path. So overall if win the odds are something really looking for. I pass over like 90% of comps saves wasted time checking back on those.
Reminds me I need to find someone from South Australia or wants to win a holiday 5 nights accomodation without airfares, if it hasn't closed and withdraw my entry. Lasted I checked had few entries. I think if still open be the 2pm i.e. the first bounce of the footy. :)
It's been a bit of a prize drought but today I awoke to find a nice big parcel at my front door - a National Geographic Telescope (good quality). Perfect for my grandson's Birthday.
Thanks! @jennye - good luck with the writing - trick is to keep trying. Sometimes a story/poem that gets nowhere in one competition will win another one (although I always end up tweaking them each time as well)