What is the Best Competition Prize You Have Ever Won?

lornaae Gift cards are always a great win because you can get what you will like

lornaae where did you win that

hanalya it was a Latest Deals Facebook competition a few years ago

jms19 The thing with big prizes like holidays, cars etc is they are marketed more (TV adverts etc) and so they get a LOT of entries, it's much more competitive. But say a bundle of books, won't get as many entries and you have more of a chance of winning.

SamGoodship yeah that’s a good point actually, the more eye catching the prize the more entries.

MrsCraig Wow that gift card was a great win! Especially when you can buy food, bits for the home, clothes, pet food etc

SamGoodship it came in so handy. Was so pleased that I won it, didn't actually believe it until I got the voucher through.

MrsCraig do you have any recommendations or suggestions where people win genuine prizes

hanalya mine are won from either fb, Instagram or the magazine websites. Won quite a lot over the years. Have stopped entering as many recently, must get back to it.

MrsCraig how do you find genuine ones

hanalya on social media look for the blue tick next to the page name, that tells you it's the real page. For the magazine ones type the name of the magazine into Google, create an account and enter them.

MrsCraig thanks any recommendations of names of magazines

jam45 I remember she used to pay for like a few a4 sheets full of competitions and we would sit writing the SAE for ages

jam45 do you have any recommendations or suggestions where people win genuine prizes

hanalya All the tabloid newspapers. I used to win many, many prizes from my local evening newspaper. Also the women's weekly magazines.

kikogpe you have won only here is there any other genuine place you have take part

hanalya I only enter competitions posted here. There are plenty daily to enjoy.

JLouM Keep doing it. "You've got to be in it to win it".

I have won 3 prizes this month so far.

JLouM If you enjoy it, keep at it.

Otherwise your time might be better used doing something you enjoy, as no win is guaranteed.

I enter significantly less than I used to, more people are also entering these days, there are competitions everywhere. Looking for low entry competitions, those that require effort or local with prize collection may help you see some more wins. So if you are on social media, follow local shopping centres that may hold regular competitions or garden centres.

I've won 4 prizes in May so far, been accepted to trial 1 product - some body wash (just have to try it, leave an honest review and I get to keep the full product) and claimed a 1 voucher - Family National Trust voucher to hopefully use which is worth around £26 I believe (Not sure if that was a draw or a given though.) The 4 prizes worth £148.99

Try this one, especially if you have a Hungry Horse nearby and drink or know someone who does, it has a total of 28,024 prizes available with the top prize being a £2000 holiday voucher.

www.latestdeals.co.uk/competitions/win-drink-hungry-horse-2000-holiday-voucher-28024-prizes-hungryhorsecompetitions

snoogans888 where you took participation

hanalya oh this was way back in 2010! But I entered the competition from Olive Magazine, on their website I think.

snoogans888 do you buy different magazines & then participate in competition from them

hanalya no I stopped buying magazines as they’re too expensive. Most magazines have a website and their competitions on there to enter.

lilyflower thats really awesome any particular suggestion or tips where people actually win apart from here

hanalya No particular suggestions but I tend to 'earn' more from survey sites than comp wins. If you have children in the family Toppsta is good for books, sign up and click all the ones you fancy, if you get the book you then do a quick review.

lilyflower which survey sites are genuine one as most you just get scammed

hanalya I use Lifepoints (voucher), YouGov (pays out at £50 cash or voucher), Panelbase (pays cash), Ipsos and Branded Surveys. Others on here may be able to suggest more.

AnnaLevermore thats very good where did you win that one

hanalya twitter

AnnaLevermore any specific account where you participate which is genuine

hanalya I enter on competition database or loquax website. All links genuine

AnnaLevermore do you have link or pic of those accounts on twitter

hanalya They are other websites, not Twitter.

Twitter have loads of accounts that host competitions, you have to be careful and any winning notification you get you need to make sure is from a genuine account too, if someone asks you to click a link to fill in your details via a social media post or message, it is most likely a scam message, report and block is best or ignore it. You have to be super careful.

If you enter via other websites too though, you need to make sure you don't accidentally enter more than allowed, as you can disqualify yourself.

Well done AnnaLevermore £1000 would be very welcomed here Fantastic win!

DeBunny thanks for that tip

DeBunny how do you find those accounts which are genuine

hanalya you get to know the signs.

But most companies will never ask for any details other than an email address OR a home address and possibly a telephone number. They should not be asking you to go to an external link or message a different account from the original.

on Social media:

Legitimate big companies so a store like B&M, if you go to their genuine website, then click the twitter icon (usually in a tab, at the top or bottom of their webpage) it will take you to the genuine twitter account - if you get a message or notification, hover over the response to see if it is exactly the same account name, same followers and if you are following them etc.

A lot of big businesses will have a GOLD tick on Twitter (not blue one, people can pay for a blue one on Twitter, so it doesn't mean anything.) not all businesses are verified though and the BLUE tick on Instagram, if you hover over the tick it should say Verified. Also a BLUE tick on Facebook, if you hover over the tick on Facebook it should say - Facebook confirmed that this Page is authentic.

Also if the original page responds to your comment on Facebook their name should have a 'Author' grey tag next to their name on the reply.

Twitter gold tick image:

chele44 very lucky at the very right time did you take part on here or somewhere else