When a prize offers ‘a year’s supply of’ something, I’ve often wondered how it would be calculated. I recently found out having won a year’s supply of a brand new Comfort Intense Fabric Conditioner in the Comfort Big Bang competition.
My eagerly anticipated prize arrived in three boxes: a good sign. As well as three fragrances (sunburst, ocean pearl and fuschia) there were two sizes - 5 large each doing 64 washes and 12 smaller ones for 38 washes i.e. a total of 776 loads of washing.
Now bearing in mind there are only the two of us, we’re retired so no dirty work clothes and, we often travel for three months of the year (hopefully on holiday’s we’ve won), we calculated our prize would last over 10 years.
However, I love sharing my winnings and so when visiting friends for dinner, I’ve taken a bottle of wine, and a bottle of Comfort (disguised in a wine bag), or left one on the doorstep (like a milk bottle) the following day with a thank you card attached.
It also makes doing the washing a slightly more interesting experience and as all I did was enter my details, it reminds me that entering this type of competition can be lucrative.
