Competition win

Now we're rocking. The prizes are starting to roll in.

Just had a call to tell me that I've won a pair of tickets to RedFest http://www.redfest.co.uk/
which looks pretty good - there's a really interesting line-up.

Unfortunately I'm in Vilnius (Llithuania) that weekend playing cricket so will have to pass on the tickets.

Must admit I was feeling a tad miserable about the veritable prize drought........a little more encouraged now.


good luck

compingking


Prizes entered 1451
Prizes won 3
Approx value £95
Period 7 weeks

Another comping session

I've just looked back to my last post, gadzooks - it's been a week since I've done an update.

Quite a lot has happened since my last post, I was pretty whacked after the mountaineering extravaganza last week but still managed to play an evening cricket match, do some long days at work (including a 14 hour day!).

At the weekend my wife was away on a girlie weekend so I spent the whole weekend as taxi driver for the children - as well as managing to be persuaded to have a fathers day lunch in Pizza Hut - not my favourite I admit but the endless ice cream fountain is a real winner for my 10 and 6 year old daughters.

So it came as a bit of a surprise when I added up the number of competitions I've managed to enter - a huge 312 in just over a week. This includes all of the puzzle magazines (Take a Break, That's Life and Chat) - must admit I've been entering them for years and haven't won anything from them - but I'll persevere as there are some great prizes every week, lots of cars and holidays for example.

Oh, thought I might mention that my big parcel contained a Rubiks Cube and a Rubiks Cube Keyring - a prize from Girltalk magazine. Hey, not much but my first prize since I started this blog.

good luck!

Compingking

Prizes entered 771
Prizes won 1
Approx value £15

Hurray

Just back from the Scottish Highlands - took part in the Wateraid Munro Challenge, I love doing things for Wateraid, it's a great charity. There were 26 of us in our group and we climbed the Aonachs (Aonach Mor and Aonach Beag) which are the 7th and 8th highest mountains in Britain.

I must admit to being pretty shattered, but I reckon we will have raised more than £3,000 - enough to save the lives of some 200 children who don't have access to clean water and sanitation.

Anyway, while I was away I got an excited phone call from home that a big brown package arrived - my first win since starting this blog.............. I'll update again on Wednesday, really really shattered and need my beauty sleep.

good luck

Compingking

Day 8 - another prize free day

Really busy day at work today - early start and 100 mile round trip commute from Swindon to Bristol - I try to work at home a couple of days per week to save on the commute - and to be honest I can get far more work done.

Anyway, I've just whizzed off about 25 entries including holidays to the Cook Islands, Malta, Butlins, Pontins and Zanzibar (where Freddie Mercury was born). There was also a rather tasty BMW convertible - cor!

Another prize free day today - but to be frank it's only day 8, which is no time at all...........

good luck!

Compingking

Prizes entered 459
Prizes won 0
Approx value 0

Phew - major competition marathon completed

I've just completed a marathon session, c. 90 minutes.

About 165 entries (c. 150 from this weeks Mycomps and 15 from today's Coffeebreak Winner). As usual there are some lovely prizes e.g. cars, holidays and wheelbarrows full of cash - deuced difficult to win though.

No prizes in June yet or indeed since I started this blog - fingers crossed that I get something from the huge number that finished on 31st May.

I introduced my childminder Jane to the joys of comping about 2 months ago - she has yet to win anything, it will happen - just need to persevere!

I need to get a wiggle on this week, I'll get my Simply Prizes magazine with, usually, about 150 competitions to enter. I'm off to Scotland to do a charity walk for Wateraid (the Munro Challenge) - so I expect I'll have withdrawl symptoms from Thursday to Sunday.

Prizes entered 434

Prizes won 0
Approx value 0

good luck!

compingking

Competition Time

I sometimes wonder how long I spend entering competitions - it used to be 2 hours on a Thursday night, completing all the comps from the mycomps online magazine (about 150 comps a week) plus another couple of hours doing all the entries from the Simplyprizes Magazine (about 350 comps a month).

On top of these I get a daily email from Coffeebreakwinner with about 6 to 15 comps in every week day. I also spend time chasing down entry forms from supermarkets and buying qualifying products.

All in all I probably spend about 7 hours per week or 30 hours per month entering competitions - given that on average I've won about £600 per month on prizes that makes my return at about £20 per hour, not so bad.

It has to be said though that this represents prizes won - if I were to sell everything the cash value would be much much less probably only about half of that!

So the point I'm trying to make in a roundabout way is that this is an amazing wonderful interesting hobby where you get a payback for the time you spend, but it is not the road to riches!


Prizes entered 197

Prizes won 0

Approx value 0


good luck!


compingking

First Post!

I've set up this blog to record the daily trials and tribulations of being a "comper".

I've been comping for about 3 years now and have won some amazing prizes - but by the same token have spent many many hours entering competitions and tracking down entry forms.

I'll update this most days - giving details of all the competitions I've entered and more excitingly all the fantastic prizes I am going to win!


good luck!

compingking