New Year Resolutions for 2009: Start a New Hobby - Entering Competitions!
Now that Christmas has passed many people start thinking of towards 2009 and those dreaded New Year’s resolutions. Starting a new hobby or learn something new tend to feature on many resolution lists - so if you’re looking for something new to do in 2009 why not start entering competitions (also known as comping) with [...]
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I Never Win Anything! Make Sure You Enter Then!
I never win anything is many a comper’s lament, and quite often that’s simply because luck isn’t with them that day/week/month/year/ever (delete as applicable to you). There’s not much you can do to change luck if you’re comping in the right way, but blimey guv’nor there are so many of you who make schoolboy and [...]
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Has The Credit Crunch Changed Your Comping?
Yesterday we were asked an interesting question about competitions and the credit crunch and it got us thinking! We were asked whether more people were taking up comping in the hope to try and win the expensive holidays and luxury items that perhaps once were a lot more accessible?
Over the last year we’d confidently [...]
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Why Compers Are Not Always Welcome To Enter Competitions!
Bizarre as it sounds compers aren’t always welcome to enter competitions. This week for example we received emails off Dirt Bike Rider and UK Safety Footwear asking us not to tell you about their prize draws. They join a small number of sites and Essential Publishing who prefer it if compers don’t know that they’re [...]
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Should Compers Worry About Identity Theft?
From the information you put on social network sites like Facebook to the Government mislaying a few data discs which just so happen to contain 25 million people’s details, identity theft is is currently a hot news topic. As compers (and freebie hunters as well) we, day in day out, happily pass our details to [...]
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