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Post by Weeterrier on Apr 15, 2008 19:05:05 GMT
I was wondering if any of you read 'Amateur Gardening' and enter the competitions? One of my neighbours (the one who buys but doesn't plant) is forever winning prizes. In fact, when I say as a joke "What have you won this week?" she invariably HAS!
I know it is a widely read publication, and I cannot understand how she is just so lucky. Does no-one else enter the competitions?
Recently she has won a goodly collection of small prizes of gardening sundries, but she has won a £200 lawn mower, £40 wellies, one of those stool/kneeler thingies, tub trugs, tools...................................
Perhaps she is just plain lucky. ;D
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Post by Ruthie on Apr 15, 2008 19:42:50 GMT
Perhaps she is an habitual competition enterer. They do say that if you enter loads of comps you are likely to win a great deal <wakemeupwhenitsoversmiley>. However I've never heard them say that you'll win several times from one mag. So, to conclude, sorry I don't have a clue how she does it!! More power to her elbow tho'!!!
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 16, 2008 8:42:32 GMT
I never win anything Wee, but then I don't enter ;D I did send pics of my veg plot project to GW Mag, they give garden vouchers if they print £100 and £20 a think if I remember. Never heard a peep from them  |
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 16, 2008 21:25:19 GMT
I have a friend that is always winning comps.....
She has won holidays, cinema tickets and all sorts....one day we were shopping in a newly opened store and you filled in your name and address to win a prize.....you guessed it, she won a magnum of champers and some Godiva chocolates...me..I won nothing.
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 17, 2008 8:02:20 GMT
I never win  But you know what they say... Bad luck at games, good luck at love I'll go for that ;D |
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Post by Weeterrier on Apr 24, 2008 21:41:33 GMT
She's won another one  This time a beautiful collection of 50 Sweetpea plants. All named varieties. 10 kinds, 5 of each. Surely hardly anyone phones to enter? The prize this week is Felco secateurs. I might give it a go. ;D |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Apr 25, 2008 7:24:25 GMT
Oooo I think will buy this week's copy - I used to buy it last year every week cos of the free seeds - got my photo of my Godetia's in it and they sent me some garden vouchers ;D
Not entered any comps but I may give it a try - someone has to win
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Post by Weeterrier on Apr 25, 2008 8:35:41 GMT
Go for it Jenny, and the free seeds are worth having this week too.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Apr 25, 2008 8:56:24 GMT
Ooo what are they - I may have some already  |
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 25, 2008 13:40:25 GMT
I never win at these sort of things,only thing i win on are the horses,now a nd again, once won £600 doubleing 3 horses up,think it was in the 80s,so it was worth a bit then.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Apr 25, 2008 15:02:19 GMT
I never win anything on the Lottery either - how I can manage not to get even one number right and I have four lines too  |
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 25, 2008 15:25:35 GMT
I feel i win every week on the lottie,cos i have never done it ;D
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Apr 25, 2008 18:19:37 GMT
I won an art compy in 1999...and recently won £100 vouchers to spend at a local nursery (in a raffle) Also had a £10 GC voucher from GW mag for answering a 'readers' survey'.
OOOH I won a compy on GWD last year!...just remembered...I'm still reading my prize (a year's subscription to GW magazine ;D ;D ;D )
Don't usually win owt...but I'm not fussed. A lottery win would be nice..but it can't be a big one as I've now planted my tree fern (Bruce) IN THE GARDEN...so I can't ever move... ;D
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Post by JennyWrenn on Apr 27, 2008 6:53:57 GMT
Just grabbed a copy of AM and didnt check out the free seeds - They are Cleome Colour Fountain - grew these for the BBC trials and difficult - they have to be hardened off - too much like hard work and I think I only got a couple in the end  |
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Post by Ruthie on Apr 28, 2008 19:36:27 GMT
I won an art compy in 1999...and recently won £100 vouchers to spend at a local nursery (in a raffle) Also had a £10 GC voucher from GW mag for answering a 'readers' survey'. OOOH I won a compy on GWD last year!...just remembered...I'm still reading my prize (a year's subscription to GW magazine ;D ;D ;D ) Don't usually win owt...but I'm not fussed. A lottery win would be nice..but it can't be a big one as I've now planted my tree fern (Bruce) IN THE GARDEN...so I can't ever move... ;D I was gobsmacked the other day when I opened a hand written envelope to find a £10 garden voucher inside with the message "thanks so much for your help with BBC Gardener's World magazine's Q & A! What's that all about? I've answered surveys etc on the 'net but didn't know about any gift vouchers! I'm not complaining you understand! |
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Post by Weeterrier on May 6, 2008 19:27:30 GMT
My neighbour has won again from the magazine, this time two strawberry planters. She is not a competition enterer except in Amateur Gardening. She has worked out that if she phones in her answer just before the closing date, she wins. This begins to sound a bit like the TV competition thing, where people are phoning at a £1 a time, with no chance of winning. Because names are not drawn at random as stated. With the magazine, it seems that it may be the last few contestants who are chosen. If this is the case, good for my neighbour, but a shame for all the other hopefuls.  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Jun 16, 2008 18:15:20 GMT
My neighbour is now winning every week. Except for one week where there was an electric hedgetrimmer on offer. She was really annoyed because she didn't know the answer to the qualifying question (usually the answer is given in the text). When I pointed out that it wouldn't matter, because she doesn't have hedges, she looked at me scornfully. ;D
She is winning with such regularity now, she isn't even excited anymore.
The magazine really should do better.
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Post by Pip on Jun 16, 2008 18:24:18 GMT
I have never won anything my life and if I did I bet it would be something that I didn't want. I feel sorry for your neighbour Weeterrier.
Pip
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Post by isabella on Jun 16, 2008 20:54:36 GMT
Last year I was lucky enough to win £2000.00 worth of prizes with this photo  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Jun 16, 2008 22:58:08 GMT
Well, no wonder you won Isabella ;D
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This time a beautiful collection of 50 Sweetpea plants. All named varieties. 10 kinds, 5 of each.
