Competition Discussion

zimszimer1

As the competition thread is just for posting links, starting a thread for related discussions/questions.

As per the post that opened the original thread, it is for posting competition links. Recently, there's been more chats than links making it difficult to check if a competition has been shared already. This results in duplicate competitions being posted and way too many email notifications.

The likes of Gormal and others very kindly put in a lot of time and effort collecting, checking and sharing competitions. We don't want to make it harder.

Most seem to be happy with posts saying thanks to OP if you win. Nothing stopping you adding a link to a competition with it though Afterall, it doesn't work unless ppl contribute.

It'd be great if we could keep questions on delivery of prizes/t&cs/answers and chats here. Only share links and wins on the original post.

Hope this works for everyone!

I love winning stuff so always up for a chat about what's been working and what's not.

ladymary

always up for the chats too, love hearing about wins

COD4132

Great Thread to start. Thanks Zimszimer1

zimszimer1

ladymary wrote: »

always up for the chats too, love hearing about wins

Ah very good. Anything that's been working for you?

I only ever win small things, either on local radio, twitter or Instagram. I gave up on Facebook competitions years ago. Wins a win though and it's still lovely when a prize arrives. Magazine competitions where you have to email in seem to be easy enough to win as well. The dream is to win a holiday

smallgarden

I think Twitter is one of the best social platforms to try win competitions. You can search for specific things you want to win

zimszimer1

smallgarden wrote: »

I think Twitter is one of the best social platforms to try win competitions. You can search for specific things you want to win

Mind me asking how you search? I switch between ppl you follow and local filters, with general search terms like "rt win" "giveaway" etc. I'm not living in Dublin so probably missing most of the Irish competitions.

smallgarden

zimszimer1 wrote: »

Mind me asking how you search? I switch between ppl you follow and local filters, with general search terms like "rt win" "giveaway" etc. I'm not living in Dublin so probably missing most of the Irish competitions.

Theres definitely more results in the people near me when in Dublin alright. I also type in specific terms like win kaleidoscope, win rds and click latest and all/not restricted. It's good for winning tickets e.g. bloom, taste etc. I'm also sneaky and if you come across someone who does a lot of comping on twitter and I search their twitter handle, making sure not to like or rt their tweets as that's really annoying.

cvb03

smallgarden wrote: »

Theres definitely more results in the people near me when in Dublin alright. I also type in specific terms like win kaleidoscope, win rds and click latest and all/not restricted. It's good for winning tickets e.g. bloom, taste etc. I'm also sneaky and if you come across someone who does a lot of comping on twitter and I search their twitter handle, making sure not to like or rt their tweets as that's really annoying.

Does your Twitter need to be on public to win on the competitions?

Gangu

I won on the New York bagel competition. First win in about a year of entering everything. Everything except Facebook and instagram.

COD4132

Instagram seems to be where i'm getting wins from havent won much but got a BBQ from Insta.

Must revisit Twitter as seems to be a lot of success.

blackro12345

If only all the competitions were like the Coke one!

davo2001

Has the coke comp finished?

smallgarden

davo2001 wrote: »

Has the coke comp finished?

Closing date was 30th June so I presume so

zimszimer1

davo2001 wrote: »

Has the coke comp finished?

Yep, finished on the 30th June!

zimszimer1

cvb03 wrote: »

Does your Twitter need to be on public to win on the competitions?

Almost every competition will ask for a retweet so needs to be public alright.

Gangu

zimszimer1 wrote: »

Almost every competition will ask for a retweet so needs to be public alright.

Yes. The cost of entering is free marketing for the brand on Twitter.

ladymary

Hi guys anybody entering the HEINZ150 are ye getting the reply
when ye text in, i did first 2 days but nothing since..

Gangu

That circle k spin competition, anyone win anything?

zimszimer1

ladymary wrote: »

Hi guys anybody entering the HEINZ150 are ye getting the reply
when ye text in, i did first 2 days but nothing since..

Ya same, haven't received a response since the Tues 2nd

zimszimer1

Gangu wrote: »

That circle k spin competition, anyone win anything?

Won a coffee and pastry yesterday! It's the small wins ðŸ˜

GBX

Can of orange is all I've won lately on the circle K spins!

belle_09

Just got a text saying I'm a provisional winner in the Pringles text comp. Now I've to answer a question. Googled but answer isn't as clear as I'd like ��. Did anyone else get a text?

thebond

yes I get the text, answer is 1968
email the answer, and you will win the €400 lastminute.ie prize

Congratulations!:):):)

Stephykavanagh

zimszimer1 wrote: »

Yep, finished on the 30th June!

I do know someone who won today so they must be giving out the unclaimed ones

1perriwinkle

belle_09 wrote: »

Just got a text saying I'm a provisional winner in the Pringles text comp. Now I've to answer a question. Googled but answer isn't as clear as I'd like ��. Did anyone else get a text?

I wonder have they let everyone know that won? Didn’t get a text but would love a voucher :-P

dubs09

1perriwinkle wrote: »

I wonder have they let everyone know that won? Didn’t get a text but would love a voucher :-P

Same here lol. Not having much luck these days! Congratulations to everyone that did win, that's a fantastic prize

lillycakes2

i got my prize aswell !!! so excited ! its such a great prize !!!!

dubs09

I hope the OP was lucky too!

belle_09

Delighted to have won a last minute voucher. I gave a long winded answer but they were happy to accept it ��such a great prize!

zimszimer1

belle_09 wrote: »

Delighted to have won a last minute voucher. I gave a long winded answer but they were happy to accept it ��such a great prize!

Well done & congrats to everyone that won. Great prize. It's encouraging to see wins from the thread too

magicray

well done to the holiday voucher winners, still living in hope here

Has anyone any tips for twitter, I am not having any luck elsewhere so may aswell give it a go

smallgarden

magicray wrote: »

well done to the holiday voucher winners, still living in hope here

Has anyone any tips for twitter, I am not having any luck elsewhere so may aswell give it a go

Use general terms and switch up your search settings. I use people you follow anywhere and anyone but near you. Anyone near you doesn't work great outside of Dublin e.g. Rt win, retweet win, giveaway, giving away, competition, win tickets

Use specific terms and search for all and click latest. I sometimes have to click between top posts and latest as often no results comes up at first e.g. win rds, win aviva, win croke park, dublin premiere, ireland tickets, win one4all, win bloom, win taste, etc

I find twitter is best for winning tickets mainly. Generally there aren't many comps on twitter. I think they're migrating to Instagram but I find Twitter easier to search

magicray

Thanks for that smallgarden, I love winning movie previews etc

I have never searched - do you need to use # or @ to search well ?

smallgarden

magicray wrote: »

Thanks for that smallgarden, I love winning movie previews etc

I have never searched - do you need to use # or @ to search well ?

I rarely to never use them. If you know of a specific movie you want to see you can search dublin/cork preview or premiere, irish premiere, etc.

Sometimes google is good too. Win tickets, competition, win plus specific term etc and limit it to past week or month and if in google.ie you can limit to pages from Ireland

Daddydaycare1

Freetext SUMMER to 50400 ..win a BBQ with BUD

Daddydaycare1

And
Freetext FRIDGE to 50400 ..win a Mini Travel Fridge with BUD

zimszimer1

Daddydaycare1 wrote: »

And
Freetext FRIDGE to 50400 ..win a Mini Travel Fridge with BUD

Hope you don't mind, I just copied this to the other thread, thanks.

I never win text in competitions but love entering them for some reason!

thebond

I have won two text comps so far, the rugby ball with Guinness, and the €400 lastminute.ie with Tesco/Pringles

dubs09

Does anyone know if you can enter Pigsback competitions more than once? Is it a once per day kind of thing?

zimszimer1

dubs09 wrote: »

Does anyone know if you can enter Pigsback competitions more than once? Is it a once per day kind of thing?

Ya, you can enter once per day. I've been entering for years and never won anything on it. I probably haven't been consistent enough with daily entries though.

I've seen a few on the competition thread mention pigsback wins in the past.

lillycakes2

Would pigsback expect you to answer daily to win? I don't think I could do that ! would wreck my head . ive never won with them either

Gormal

I gave up on the PB ones, because I entered one and then got marketing calls from O2. Nipped them in the bud, because my number is unregistered, asked them how they got my number and to remove me from their lists or I'd report them.

zimszimer1

lillycakes2 wrote: »

Would pigsback expect you to answer daily to win? I think think I could do that ! would wreck my head . ive never won with them either

No expectations. Just the more you enter, the better the chance you have of winning. I don't have the patience either.

zimszimer1

Gormal wrote: »

I gave up on the PB ones, because I entered one and then got marketing calls from O2. Nipped them in the bud, because my number is unregistered, asked them how they got my number and to remove me from their lists or I'd report them.

That's dodgy. PB has been a sinking ship for a while so not too surprised to hear that.

TheJet

Has anyone received their Ticketmaster voucher from the Coca Cola comp? I’ve not got mine yet

cbee20

TheJet wrote: »

Has anyone received their Ticketmaster voucher from the Coca Cola comp? I’ve not got mine yet

Email you get after you reply to confirm that you want to claim your prize states that you'll receive the voucher within 28 days.

macguru

cbee20 wrote: »

Email you get after you reply to confirm that you want to claim your prize states that you'll receive the voucher within 28 days.

Yes, both myself and the better half, one took three weeks the other took almost a month.

M

Cal04

Anyone see a comp to win Gucci sunglasses, got a pair in the post but didn't order them, wondering if I won them..

magicray

Cal04 wrote: »

Anyone see a comp to win Gucci sunglasses, got a pair in the post but didn't order them, wondering if I won them..

Well done, I don't remember that one myself but nice surprise for you

Gangu

Cal04 wrote: »

Anyone see a comp to win Gucci sunglasses, got a pair in the post but didn't order them, wondering if I won them..

Nice problem to have 😎

smallgarden

Cal04 wrote: »

Anyone see a comp to win Gucci sunglasses, got a pair in the post but didn't order them, wondering if I won them..

Did you order anything recently. I got a pair of fake raybans when I ordered shoes from what turned out to be a sketchy site. It was tracked post to prove they'd sent the package