does anyone ever win competitions?

[loltolhurst]

does anyone ever win competitions or does the prize always go to a friend of a friend of the organisers?? never won anything and just got cack on o2 surprises again i wonder if the advertised prizes ever get to any member of the public? whats the best thing u have won?

[bigTee]

My mate won a 5* holiday for 4 to The Maldives via GMTV…

[adycav]

Recently I have won:

A Citizen Evo Drive watch (letter of the month in a car mag)
A £300 supercar driving day (TG magazine)
Ferrari 60th celebration event at Silverstone tickets (thanks PH!)

My brother won a racing bike once via a Frosties competition.

[toasty]

I won 2 flights to Helsinki and a limited edition art print in 2 separate comps in the London Metro.

[aclivity]

I won an iPod touch last year (work competition, so not as open as some), my wife won a giant beanbag in December in a newspaper competition.

[sneijder]

Some folk do this as a hobby.

I won a Campbells meatballs watch once.

[A911DOM]

I won a new tom-tom from a raffle late last year - does that count?

(Although I doff my cap to the hard work going in to fund raising, I cant believe these guys sold more tickets than the amount of prizes on the table).

For some reason, this freebe sat-nav has been the only one that hasnt messed me around or lost signal every three seconds (having tried Garmin and Tom tom).

I was also lucky enough to be able to return my recently bought Tom Tom IQ Routes unit to John Lewis with a full refund - Like a Roll-over win that weekend

[MitchT]

I once won a tour of the British American Racing facility in Brackley. Well, actually, it was my then girlfriend who won it, but she let me go in her place.

[loltolhurst]

dam must just be me

[Landlord]

I won two tickets to a computer show courtesy of ZZap64 in the mid-80s.

[Mini1275]

I won the PH monthly photography competition, nothing as big and spectacular as some of the above but i was chuffed.

[paulm3]

I won 2nd place and got trackday tickets thanks to PH and the DVLA Win a reg plate competion.

[Nee_Naw]

Yup, always imagined I was the unluckiest person in the world. Entered a competition in Autosport and won a tour of the McLaren factory, was the day after Hamilton recorded his Top Gear bit.

Luckily someone dropped out and I got to take a mate too. Had a poke around the F1 they have sitting in the atrium, also saw the one promised to Hamilton, but they wouldn't let us open it up. Great day, that was.

Never won anything else though.

[al1991]

No.

[sleep envy]

no one mention the elise
























oh, fk

I just did

[patmahe]

I won a mountain bike when I was a kid.

[Vipers]

Of course people win competitions. I had a phone call in October telling me I had won a holiday all expences paid to Florida, told them to pop the details in the post.

Guess they got lost somewhere

[Charlie Foxtrot]

I came runner up in a colouring in competition when I was five. won a little torch with a penguin picture on it. not a jot since then.

[Puggit]

Mini1275 said:

I won the PH monthly photography competition, nothing as big and spectacular as some of the above but i was chuffed.

I bet it wasn't a snow picture

[skilly1]

I won the imaginary Wildcat in the imaginary competition, its great in my dreams.