Competitions On The Phone?

[boxtops]

Dear AB Compers,

What is your view on phone-in or text competitions? I never do the former, rarely do the latter, because of the cost of doing so. If there is a comp (and I'm looking at the moment at the draws in Prima magazine), I'm much more likely to enter if it can be done on-line on my computer.

Yes, I know that the competition organisers rely on the phone/text entries to pay for the cost of whatever it is, but I resent that, it's a bit of a rip-off, IMO.

Thoughts?

[Hopkirk]

I would never pay to enter one, but I regularly do the free on line entries for ITV competitions.

However I have never won, and often wonder if the free entries are actually included in the draws.

[boxtops]

Hopkirk, I do those too - Dickinson, et al - I think they have to be included, it would be illegal otherwise, but I don't know how you find out (short of putting in an FOI request!)

[Hopkirk]

They wouldn't do these competitions unless they were generating a significant profit.

At least if you do the Lotto you know that at least some goes to good causes.

These just make the rich richer.

[silliemillie]

Oh we'll done! I love comps too so it's always nice to hear of a win.

[Hopkirk]

Who won, Millie?

[silliemillie]

Sorry, wrong thread, that was meant for the Cravendale one! It is early!!

[Tilly2]

I stopped buying Prima magazine for that reason, boxy. I think it's rip off. Yes, youcan send answeres on a postcard but I bet they don't even get looked at

[Hopkirk]

Answers on a postcard?

How very last millennium.

Have you seen the price of stamps recently?

[boxtops]

Exactly - that's why I do the on-line ones by choice!

[CatGirl4]

Second class stamps are 50p,don't know the price of 1st class though.

[weecalf]

60p

[brainiac]

I've often wondered if anyone has won the big cash prizes on This Morning and Loose Women by entering free online. How do they combine the phone, text and online entries to give all entrants a fair and equal chance of winning? Do they first have a draw to choose the method of entry that the winner will come from, then draw from all those that have entered that way??

[weecalf]

Imagine if you won you have have it all over the local press you that you watch that awful programme L W