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Competition wins
Posted by: benevie27
Date: 28th Jan 2025
Are there any compers on here that have never won a thing on this site.I have been a member for many years now and to date have never won anything from here. I am not complaining would love to hear from members that are none winners?
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: Great Aunt Elsie
Date: 28th Jan 2025
I too have been a member for many years and have only won about 4 things over the years. I find the CC comps hard to win especially the "Where in the World". I have done all the daily comps religiously and have had my name out a couple of times but never won yet seen the same names winning! Am I doing them at the wrong time of day??
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: benevie27
Date: 1st Feb 2025
It is true names of the same winners come up time after time how do they manage to win so many.I spend ages on here entering the competitions on here,but after many years I still haven't won anything on this site.Well must keep trying Happy Comping.
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: eoli
Date: 3rd Feb 2025
I won a couple of times within the first couple of months of joining a few years ago, but nothing since then. It's also a long time since I had my name drawn for Where in the World.
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: DawnReverie
Date: 5th Feb 2025
It definitely feels frustrating when you enter competitions for years and never see your name come up. Have you noticed if there’s a better time of day to enter, or if certain types of comps have higher win rates? Some sites might have algorithms that favor early entries, while others could be completely random.
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: benevie27
Date: 5th Feb 2025
That is a very interesting thought,now I am retired I can enter anytime I want really.
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: harryskinner
Date: 24th Feb 2025
Ask Deborah Gilbody, she seems to win all the time.
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: kevincharley
Date: 27th Feb 2025
And how would I know how selections are made? Yes, I've been lucky recently. That's how random selection works.
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: kevincharley
Date: 10th Mar 2025
Harry Skinner
Yup! You're noticing the recent wins, not the years of losses.
Personally, when someone wins, I'm pleased for them, I don't grumble that they've been lucky and I haven't.
Yup! You're noticing the recent wins, not the years of losses.
Personally, when someone wins, I'm pleased for them, I don't grumble that they've been lucky and I haven't.
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: harryskinner
Date: 10th Mar 2025
I’m not grumbling I’m happy for you. Congratulations on tomorrow’s win.
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: kevincharley
Date: 11th Mar 2025
Harry, that's the kiss of death if ever I saw one!!
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: Great Aunt Elsie
Date: 12th Mar 2025
I think "the bag" needs a good shake up!!
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: kevincharley
Date: 12th Mar 2025
Great Aunt Elsie
I don't, I'm rather happy about the bag staying as it is!!
I don't, I'm rather happy about the bag staying as it is!!
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: Great Aunt Elsie
Date: 14th Mar 2025
Ha, ha! I bet you are Deborah! I would think the same if I saw my name come out as many times! Makes doing the comps all that more worthwhile. Oh well I'll live in hope!
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: kevincharley
Date: 14th Mar 2025
Just wish my luck stretched to other competitions. The last two years have been rather barren.
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: harryskinner
Date: 24th Mar 2025
Just how much random luck can one person have. Deborah Gilbody wins again and again and again and again and again and again.
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: kevincharley
Date: 14th May 2025
Harryskinner
You must be delighted that my name has not been drawn recently.
Proving the meaning of the term 'random selection'.
You must be delighted that my name has not been drawn recently.
Proving the meaning of the term 'random selection'.
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: harryskinner
Date: 15th May 2025
Not at all. It’s just that you were randomly selected far more than random selection.
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: kevincharley
Date: 15th May 2025
NO! That's just how random selection works!
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: jajwhite
Date: 18th Jun 2025
Never won a thing. I got 4 numbers on the lottery once (£82!) and won a pen in a school raffle in the early 1980s but I subscribed to Competitor's Companion when it was a paper mag (only once) and have been around here for many years.
I don't do it often, but occasionally when I have a quiet day at work, I will enter 10 or 20 competitions. I assume they weed people out because I've never won a damn thing.
You hear of people who have won the lottery multiple times, due to random chance. I should be due a few by now!
I don't do it often, but occasionally when I have a quiet day at work, I will enter 10 or 20 competitions. I assume they weed people out because I've never won a damn thing.
You hear of people who have won the lottery multiple times, due to random chance. I should be due a few by now!
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: Pippin
Date: 18th Jun 2025
Ah the Competitor's Companion paper magazine. I used to subscribe to that too. I think it was in the 1990s. It was quite a challenge going round the supermarket looking for the products with the entry forms on that CC had told you about. The competitions were nearly always slogan competitions and I invested in rhyming books etc to help. I remember posting off my entries in a stamped envelope - seems so archaic now. I aimed for one competition a day. I won loads of small prizes but the best of all was a pair of gold/diamond earrings from a competition run by Vienetta Ice Cream. They were valued at £1500 retail. They were too heavy to actually wear! When I joined this site about 10 years ago I won £1000 in the first month and I thought I was going to be able to become a professional comper. That proved to be beginner's luck though. I did win a holiday to Derby Fest and a holiday to Butlins but apart from that, only small prizes. Eventually, the prizes dried up completely and I gave CC a long break. I came back to this site a year ago and since then, I haven't won a thing from the commercial competitions. Apparently there's just too many people doing them. I do enjoy 'Our' competitions though and take part every day.
Re: Competition wins
Posted by: kevincharley
Date: 18th Jun 2025
Oh yes, The Magazine! There were others too that I can't remember the name of.
I used to love the postal entry competitions and won all sorts including a stay at Claridges, a limited edition Beatles watch, a video camera (When you needed strong arms to hold them!) loads of little prizes. But now, like you say, there are just too many people entering to be in with much of a chance of winning
Saying that, my best ever win was a postal entry on one of the TV competitions - £9,000 cash.
I used to love the postal entry competitions and won all sorts including a stay at Claridges, a limited edition Beatles watch, a video camera (When you needed strong arms to hold them!) loads of little prizes. But now, like you say, there are just too many people entering to be in with much of a chance of winning
Saying that, my best ever win was a postal entry on one of the TV competitions - £9,000 cash.
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