Competitions - how lucky are you? Won anything good?

Competitions - how lucky are you? Won anything good?

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evilkinevil1981

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98 posts

112 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I'll enter competitions for pretty much anything either through the local papers, local radio station or on various click sites, not won my fortune yet, but have won 6 tubs of chocolate ice cream, a motorbike DVD and tickets to Knockhill club race.

Has anyone had any decent luck of late? and where did you enter?

DUMBO100

1,878 posts

183 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I once won a box of Beef Monster Munch

igiveup

2,875 posts

281 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I won a box of 6 Crayons once at a school fair, one of them was even a white crayon. what you supposed to do with that.

roboxm3

2,414 posts

194 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I won a Goops Frisbee from Going Live circa 1989.

Ikemi

8,438 posts

204 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I won second prize in a Blue Peter competition once, which resulted in some merchandise, a blue/white badge and a signed letter from the presenters. This was the early 90's, when John Leslie and Anthea Turner were on the programme.

I've also won a Nintendo GameCube, but quickly sold it onto a friend in order to buy a decent mountain biking helmet. More recently, free tickets to AutoSport motor show with decent arena seats, courtesy of Lotus ... smile

Still waiting to win a car, holiday or a watch! hehe

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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At one stage we started doing the "postcard" entries. Never won... I did win 2k on the lottery many years ago...

Flay

778 posts

186 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I once won a pack of cards guessing the distance from Kidderminster to York

Shaw Tarse

31,543 posts

202 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I won a Lotus...

towser44

3,472 posts

114 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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A North West radio station was giving tickets away daily to Southport Airshow about 3 years ago. I entered a couple of them but never won. Unbeknownst to me though, all entrants got entered into a draw for VIP Tickets with a night in a hotel including evening meal and breakfast. I was lucky enough to win it. The VIP bit included breakfast and picnic lunch, entrance to a marquee, meet the red arrows pilots/photos with them etc and seats on the pier (away from all the peasants) in proper deckchairs for the airshow. Sad thing was, having had photos and autographs with the Red Arrows pilots, 2 of them lost their lives not long after in that ejector seat issue and the crash down south :-(

750turbo

6,164 posts

223 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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An Easter Egg in a raffle, about 40 years ago mind smile

What happened to the thread with the guy that "won" the fancy Vauxhall from BOTB, despite spunking £1,000's on gambling.

Landlord

12,689 posts

256 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I won tickets to a computer show via Zzap 64 computer magazine. I got to meet the bloke who drew this ant thing that used to appear randomly in the mag and he drew one just for me (plus everyone else in the queue behind and in front of me).

Some Gump

12,671 posts

185 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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Got a free BMW trackday once, that was a really good day out.
Sadly, I'm yet to win the chance to meet the RLM team / visit NISMO garage, but fingers crossed that'll change eventually!

steve2

1,771 posts

217 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I spent £5.00 on raffle tickets last year and won a 7 course gourmet meal for 2 at Eastwell Manor.
The tickets were worth £125.00 each as the deal was for champagne and fine wines from Moet, room for the night and use of the spa after breakfast the morning after

NoVetec

9,967 posts

172 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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Shaw Tarse said:
I won a Lotus...
A seed or the actual flower?

Planet Claire

3,316 posts

208 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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Usually not much, but in the last two weeks I've won:
A box of chocolates,
£25 on the lottery (I don't normally buy them but feeling desperate),
And today won two tickets for the Festival of Speed at Goodwood!

Zippee

13,438 posts

233 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I only seem to have luck on ph.
Last win was the tyre comp earlier this year and won a set of eagle f1s.
Prior to that I won a page on a Renault sport track day at Bedford to launch the new Megane rs with ph.

Ilovejapcrap

3,274 posts

111 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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My brother won a playmobile helicopter he would not let play with it

remkingston

472 posts

146 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I won £5,000 worth of Husqvarna lawnmower stuff and chainsaws and bits.
I've also won random hedges, t-shirts and booze.

All from doing nothing basically. There are websites that you can subscribe to and they auto add you to 100s of competitions a week.

furtive

4,498 posts

278 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I won a dictionary in a local radio station phone in. The poor DJ was flogging this competition for ages and it was clear that no-one was phoning in, so I called them up and as the only caller I won it.

They told me off air I had to go and collect it myself from a place 30 miles away, so I never bothered

phil1979

3,540 posts

214 months

Friday 29th May 2015
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I won a set of Dunlop winter tyres from Pistonheads!