Anybody won one of those car lotteries?

[sgtbash]

pidsy said:

DCG still have half the tickets for the Mustang with a day left.

Until they send the email out tomorrow, and magically they'll get practically all tickets bought.

[shibby!]

How long does it usually take to process the postal entries? I put a few in at DCG for the 911 and RS6.

Nothing seems to have been put in my account yet. Bummer....... Really want that 911.

[phope]

I sent off one postal entry for the Porsche/RS6 competition last Friday - it was marked on my account today.

[Killer2005]

pidsy said:

DCG still have half the tickets for the Mustang with a day left.

I was going to have a go on that myself but not used DCG before.

Worth a go?

[phope]

Killer2005 said:

I was going to have a go on that myself but not used DCG before.

Worth a go?

I can only speak from my own experience winning a Tiguan R back in May from DCG - top notch service all the way from winning it to delivery.

[shibby!]

Perfect! Gives me hope then still

[Killer2005]

phope said:

Killer2005 said:

I was going to have a go on that myself but not used DCG before.

Worth a go?

I can only speak from my own experience winning a Tiguan R back in May from DCG - top notch service all the way from winning it to delivery.

Well that's me convinced. Fingers crossed.

[pidsy]

Killer2005 said:

phope said:

Killer2005 said:

I was going to have a go on that myself but not used DCG before.

Worth a go?

I can only speak from my own experience winning a Tiguan R back in May from DCG - top notch service all the way from winning it to delivery.

Well that's me convinced. Fingers crossed.

I’m in for a couple.

(Big spender!)

[Mirinjawbro]

4500 pound for a ps5 if they sell out?

[ch37]

Mirinjawbro said:

4500 pound for a ps5 if they sell out?

One site was taking £6000 per PS5 multiple times per week...and selling out every time!

Maybe not so much DCG as they seem to have a captive audience, but most of these sites do need cash cows to keep them ticking over. Redline said recently that a car a week simply doesn't keep them in the black, hence the additional tech/cash comps.

[joropug]

ch37 said:

One site was taking £6000 per PS5 multiple times per week...and selling out every time!

Maybe not so much DCG as they seem to have a captive audience, but most of these sites do need cash cows to keep them ticking over. Redline said recently that a car a week simply doesn't keep them in the black, hence the additional tech/cash comps.

I like redline, but they’re doing themselves in by being niche.

A lot of the cars would need enthusiast owners, garages to retain the value and wouldn’t replace your current car - immediately adds steps in the way.

That said when they run modern comps they seem to struggle as their target market is now modern classic-centric I suppose.

[KingNothing]

PistonRings said:

KingNothing said:

Graeme123 said:

KingNothing said:

I won a Switch OLED last week from the site I won my Blade beer machine from. Haven't won a car yet from anywhere, doing alright on low odds comps though.

Elite by any chance?

No, place called Hot Comps.

I've had a couple of wins there, beer machine last week too. No cars though which is a shame

I won an ipad and £1000 on there last night, going have to start entering under aliases soon.

[anonymous-user]

The people that have won, are you generally lucky in life?

[DodgyGeezer]

The Spruce Goose said:

The people that have won, are you generally lucky in life?

To paraphrase - the more you enter, the luckier you get....

[ch37]

Nearly 2000 down, I must be very unlucky

Can't complain today though, entered a photography competition, my image was picked from thousands and I won a £450 lens today!

Clearly skill based comps are where it's at for me. Also won a holiday, a camera and other kit previously from photo comps.

[FatboyKim]

I've dipped in and out of various car giveaway competitions throughout the years, played DCG a few times online but never bothered with the postal entry.

- Do you write the desired box number on the postcard or does that not apply, and your details are just registered so they can match the entry up to your online account?
- If the former, what happens if that box number gets snapped up via an online player in the one or two days the post will take to get to their office?
- For numerous entries, is it literally a case of just sending 10 or 20 or 30 or however many separate stamped postcards in for them to process?

Edited by FatboyKim on Friday 3rd December 11:57

[anonymous-user]

The best strategy to potentially win is, one big go on a undersold draw. Maybe what you would spend in a year on one game.

[phope]

FatboyKim said:

I've dipped in and out of various car giveaway competitions throughout the years, played DCG a few times online but never bothered with the postal entry.

- Do you write the desired box number on the postcard or does that not apply, and your details are just registered so they can match the entry up to your online account?
- If the former, what happens if that box number gets snapped up via an online player in the one or two days the post will take to get to their office?
- For numerous entries, is it literally a case of just sending 10 or 20 or 30 or however many separate stamped postcards in for them to process?

Edited by FatboyKim on Friday 3rd December 11:57

It really isn't rocket science - they spell out exactly how they deal with postal entries - just do exactly as it says. 1 card= 1 entry.

For any postal entries I do, I just bought a pack of plain white postcards, printed some address labels, and printed some labels for the card reverse so the only thing I would need to do is write the competition name I wish to enter, along with the answer to the question found on the website entry page.

[SpanishTony]

What does the congregated think about posting name address email and phone number on a postcard that any tom dick and harry can read? Should we be worried?

[DodgyGeezer]

'interesting' that Dream Car seems to have vastly dropped the amount of cars they're giving away....