Competitions on the web

[waynegohl]

Hi amigaboi

Why do you think people can't be bothered? We get the feeling people absolutely love online competitions, and we should know, we run the biggest competitions site in South Africa, called Win Stuff We find all the online competitions and post them all in one place so you can easily find and enter the competitions you're interested in. We only post legitimate competitions which are open to South Africans so you know that when you enter a competition on our site, you can rest assured there will be a winner.

I think I entered some comps on that site. I do allot of searching the web to find sites to make money and have started wondering if sights with Facebook or Twitter links are more legit then ones without those.

 

[justtech]

I don't think that's the best qualifier since anyone with a Facebook or Twitter account can go ahead and 'set up' a competition on their page. There are however a few things you need to check for which would generally give you a good idea about whether competitions are legitimate or not.

Who's offering the competition. Is it a well established brand? Some new companies also run competitions as part of their launch however and just because they're new, doesn't mean they're not to be trusted so don't dismiss it immediately.
Are the competition terms and conditions available on the website you're trying to enter on? If they aren't, request for them to be emailed to you by the site owners.
Are the contact details of the promoters, whether it be the company itself or their digital marketing agencies available? We see a lot of small competitions pop up on Facebook from unknown brands without any terms and conditions or contact details available. Be sure you trust the brand before entering these.
What are the entry terms? Some sites do use a referral system but when you're requested to enter 10 of your friends email addresses, be cautious.
Use common sense. Don't fall for scam SMSs and Emails informing you of your winnings in a competition you never entered. Also, do not enter a competition if it requires you to give up too much personal information.

The easiest thing to do when in doubt about the legitimacy of a competition you found online is to pick up the phone and call the company offering the competition. You will very quickly be able to establish whether or not the competition is real.

Even better, just use Win Stuff to find all your online competitions. We do our best to make sure the competitions we list can be trusted.

 

[waynegohl]

I am busy with the survey sites and whilst most work the surveys are few and far between and the amounts per survey are so little to cashout you will be on that site for years before you get anything. Some though have nice prices for their surveys but they are also few and far between whilst others will give you something for your time and effort. Some scamsters want you to pay them to qualify for their surveys.

There are some international sites out there that will pay you for being loyal whilst others are a waist of time.

 

[AniV]

Yeah, I had a mate who just sat at home and entered 5FM competitions, he won loads. I wish i had the time, and the balls... if it involves speaking on the radio, it better be a blady good prize for me to enter and make a tit out of myself !

This reminded me of the Japanese Reality Show contestant "Nasubi" who spent a year and 3 months locked up in an apartment naked on TV, with nothing but a large stack of postcards. He had to earn everything including his food and clothes by entering postcard competitions. The goal was to reach a certain amount of money in winnings before he would be let out the room again. I wouldn't want to be this guy. Sign up for a reality TV show and miss out on the next year and 3 months of your life.

http://www.quirkyjapan.or.tv/nasubi.html

 

[scotty777]

I've entered every myBB competition since I've joined (well, give or take a few... I do go on holiday for two weeks once of twice a year...), but either way, I've never won...

I must say though, I don't like the idea of "winning" stuff... Usually, it's more effort trying to get the 'prize' than it's worth... Also, there's no such thing as a free lunch, and I can tell you now, there's no way, shape or form that I'm going to win anything in my little life, as experience has taught me well.

Besides, why enter competitions, when you could be doing something productive, like getting a job? Thus you can save up monies and buy two iPads, or maybe a house!?


Also, I have my email at a nice equilibrium now. I receive just enough mail for me to deal with in hands on (and not just deleting things without knowing what it is, because you suddenly have 10239234099350475 new messages).


Besides, I've won the: UK, Canadian, US, Bulgarian, Chinese etc etc Lottery, and each time I go claim my prize, I get raped by big Nigerians... So I'm quite cautious...

 

[ichigo]

I enter on this site and Mygaming Site and only ever won once and won something I didn't even need