What's the best/worst thing you've won?

Basq · 12-08-2004 12:46AM #1

I won a Siemens C65 phone from that Fanta Promotion this evening... didn't even need a new phone but may sell it yet.

So i decided to ask what's everyone else's best or worst thing they've won?.. and if there's any humourous stories to you winning them, share them too!

Best thing i won:
Don't exactly win much. But the Siemens C65 i won today probably was the best. Won a big box of Sour Cream & Onion 'Hunky Dory's' last year off StudentCents.ie also.

Worst thing i won:
2 tickets to Meteor Awards: Was watching that ID sh*te on Network 2. And they said to e-mail in and i could win tickets to it - didn't even know who was at it. Found out after i won i was going to see Westlife and a load of crappy pop acts. Didn't even go - gave them to my brother who gave them to a mate of his who always hooks him up with rugby tickets.

Fido Dido Pen: When i was in first or second class, i entered an Art Competition in school. A small competition, only between students in our class. All i knew was there was a prize. I worked really hard to get that prize. Came first... got a green Fido Dido (bloke off 7Up) pen. I was pissed! :mad:

Dave · 12-08-2004 09:47AM

I've never won anything. So count yourself lucky. Then again maybe it's because I never enter stuff.

Aurther Hugh · 12-08-2004 09:49AM

I remember one of the worst tv prizes I ever heard of was on that light entertainment nightmare 'The Big Top' hosted by Aonghus McNally. Contestants had the chance to win one double glazed window. I'd love to see a where are they now the lone double glazed window

loz_the_boz · 12-08-2004 09:52AM

last thing i won were Cinema tickets to see 'Herbie Rides Again' - about 20 years ago !

Bard · 12-08-2004 10:36AM

The best is probably the €500 I won on a scratch card once. The worst is probably an album on tape ... Hits '87 or something.

dudara · 12-08-2004 11:08AM

I used to be quite a competition junkie and the best prize I ever won was an IBM Thinkpad laptop and Fuji digital camera

I think the worst has to be the tefal non-stick baking sheet.

climaxer · 12-08-2004 11:09AM

Best things I've won:

IR£250 on a scratch card and the week later IR£200 around 6 years ago which was brilliant because at the time I was broke.

My daugher won a Waterford Crystal bowl worth around £300 a few years ago at a school draw. Sold it though as I have three uncles working in Wat Crystal and we have tonnes of the stuff already.

My Mam won a willy exerciser in the xmas pub quiz last xmas! Still thrown up in the spare room - we forgot to have a look at it! Same night she won two bottles of wine, large box of celebrations and bottle a brandy. Guess her luck was in.

Oh yeah won €30 playing the slots in Tramore on Tuesday night.

Worst things I've won:

Bottle red wine at the local pub quiz - hate red wine.

I also hate getting a Free scratch card because you never get anything else on a free one and I hate getting the three bloody stars too as its too much bother sending it off!

Kêrmêttê · 12-08-2004 11:10AM

I am somewhat addicted to entering competitions.
My nice winnings include:

Toy Jack-in-the-Box at a school raffle.
Sindy Dolls and sindy clothes at a kids christmas party.
Bouquet of Flowers.
Various different boxes of chocolates.
Tickets to the Placebo gig in the Olympia in Dec 2001
Selection of CD's and a tshirt.
Cinema tickets to Kill Bill Vol.1.
Limited Edition "Intolerable Cruelty" champagne glasses.
Selection of hair care products.
€500 cheque (won that 2 days before Christmas which was nice).
A weekend to London.
A weekend to Iceland.
A Motorola V525.

My crappy prizes include:

A giant luminous pink Koala teddy bear in a community sale of work.
A miserable ugly Panda Bear teddy in a St. Patricks Day pub raffle.
Wet Wet Wet album... one of those antique vinyl things... never played it.
Fine Young Cannibals album... again vinyl and never played.
A Handsome Family CD

Cinema tickets to Space Cowboys (I gave them away)
Calvin Klein G-string undies... I never collected this... too embarassed!

I'm prolly forgetting some... but there ya go...
I'm addicted to competitions

Hello Kitty · 12-08-2004 11:40AM

After church there'd always be some sort of raffle thingy,
and every time I enetered it id win SHAMPOO.....
pissed me off :mad:

Tommy Vercetti · 12-08-2004 11:46AM

the only thing I've ever won is a cake at some ****ty raffle, and it tasted like **** too

Jim · 12-08-2004 11:50AM

House plant.

aphex™ · 12-08-2004 11:50AM

Won 4 tickets to the JFK aircraft carrier in Dublin bay... sold 2 for £700

What a day... :cool:

Sleepy · 12-08-2004 11:52AM

Won a signed vinyl copy of "Song From Hope Street" by David Kitt. There were only a thousand copies pressed on vinyl so hopefully it could be worth something some day (assuming he hits the big time which is a big assumption).

Dr. Loon · 12-08-2004 11:53AM

Hello Kitty wrote:

After church there'd always be some sort of raffle thingy,
and every time I enetered it id win SHAMPOO.....
pissed me off :mad:

Maybe someone was trying to drop a hint!?

Worst thing I've won would be wine in a pub quiz. Non-alcoholic. Suppose we deserved it seeing as we cheated.

Best thing... don't know. I don't win things.

azezil · 12-08-2004 12:33PM

Havn't won many things but I'm very proud of my spamming award from Boards.ie

HAHA TAKKIT SMAK >_<

Earthhorse · 12-08-2004 12:57PM

Logging off hotmail a few years ago brought me to msn. They had some competition to promote the release of Best of Tubular Bells. I entered my details and forgot about it.

Two weeks later a signed copy of the album arrives in the post. Sweet!

Can't remember ever winning anything else really.

kida · 12-08-2004 01:09PM

A trip for 2 to the Ireland US game in Giants Stadium 1994. Was unbelievable...

Kone · 12-08-2004 01:38PM

Best : Loads of concert/footy tickets (too many to remember!)

Worst : a voucher for a packet of Walkers Crips worth 20cent! Man was that worthless

Sleepy · 12-08-2004 01:53PM

No fair, I enter loads of competitions and never win anything cool like that!

Bloody*Mary · 12-08-2004 04:38PM

I won a brand new car a couple of years back ...kept it and sold my original car cleared the car loan and still had a few grand spare ...I think that will be it for me could never be that lucky again

threebeards · 12-08-2004 04:44PM

Won a Blackboard Jungle Dictionary signed by Ray D'arcy a good few years back - Woohoooooo!!!!!

Spunog UIE · 12-08-2004 04:46PM

Best: Was a jacket with 'the chase ' movie logo embroidered on it. Very nice, and it was someone else that entered my name into it.

Worst: Was an umbrella

from a Pitch and Putt competition years ago.

CareBear · 12-08-2004 09:09PM

Worst thing was a pair of vases with pink flowers.

Best thing was a dvd player. Wuhoo!

The Song Thrush · 12-08-2004 11:51PM

Best thing I've ever won is €1,000 from the FM104 Joker.

Worst thing I ever won was probably a pencil case.

embee · 13-08-2004 12:36AM

Best thing I ever won 1993 - Was on my primary schools table quiz team - won both regional and national finals of Cadburys sponsored quiz and won a years supply of Cadburys chocolate and a trip with my quiz team-mates and a teacher to Cadbury World in the UK. Also went to Stratford Upon Avon. When you are 12, that is possibly the best EVER thing to win.
Now, I hate chocolate.

Worst thing I ever won A really naff cutlery set as a spot prize at a seperate table quiz. White with blue patterns on the handles. Horrible things.

alleepally · 13-08-2004 12:49AM

I won the Trivial Pursuit boardgame "live on air" on Poparama years ago. For those who don't know of Poparama - it was a radio programme on RTE Radio back in the 80's. Ian Dempsey presented it as well as Ruth Buchanan (she's married to Senator Shane Ross). Great aul programme.

I have also recently won loads of free ringtones and logos on the Pepsi Max promotions. WOO HOOO!!!

fragile · 13-08-2004 05:01PM

basquille wrote:

I won a Siemens C65 phone from that Fanta Promotion this evening... didn't even need a new phone but may sell it yet.

tman · 13-08-2004 05:06PM

2 tickets to see Nick Warren... thats all i've ever won
had a blinding night though

Explosive_Cornflake · 13-08-2004 05:08PM

I won a mountain bike when i was about 10. Was sweet, cuz i really wanted a new bike, and i didn't even enter the competition.

tman · 13-08-2004 05:25PM

Explosive_Cornflake wrote:

I won a mountain bike when i was about 10. Was sweet, cuz i really wanted a new bike, and i didn't even enter the competition.

so you stole it?

Big Ears · 13-08-2004 05:33PM

tman wrote:

so you stole it?

no he won............he broke the chain the fastest .

What's the best/worst thing you've won?

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