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January has started quietly but with three "pressies" already arriving (and its only the 17th) I'm very pleased. First was a necklace from Turquoise Weddings Advent Calendar, next was a small box of Belgium Chocs from My Travel, and third was a super Galt Pirate Pursuit Game (complete with wind-up Galleon) from Mature Times Online. So a good start to the New Year - onwards and upwards! Thank you Prizefinder.com - keep up the good work!

We've just won a runner's up prize in the Hotel Transylvania movie comp, sponsored by Zing carbonated fruit drink. We received a Murray soft toy, a stationery set and 8 cases of Zing (I've never heard of it before but it tastes very nice, and counts as one of your five a day!)

I entered quite a lot of the Christmas comps and after the New Year I assumed that all the winners had been notified and nothing more would come of them. However on the 4th of Jan a big box arrived in the post and I couldn't quite remember ordering anything so I wondered what it was. I opened it with my 11 year old son not knowing what I might find and as I opened it we both said "Woooah!" when we realised it was an X-box 360 with Kinect! An absolutely fabulous surprise! The accompanying letter said I had backed a winning Reindeer from the Flora Reindeer races comp on Facebook! I was absolutely amazed as I had no idea, it made my day and the kids were delighted as they had been nagging me for an X-box for ages, but I had told them that I wasn't going to waste nearly £300 on another console when we already had a Wii & a PS3!
I had always heard stories of people having nice wins just turn up in the post, but this was the first time that it's happened to me so it made a lovely surprise start to the year!

I'm not new to comping however I am new to the site. Like many working parents, I started comping after the kids went to school and before I went to work. It's been profitable and rewarding over the last 4 years and I havent paid for holidays in that time.
I happened on ThePrizefinder last year by chance and saw a TV comp mentioned. Like most, I thought "Lottery odds", no chance of winning, however I did enter that and found some more which I also entered on a wing and a prayer.
The end result was a telephone call from ITV one morning infoming me I had won a luxury 5 star break to New York for 6 people worth around £20,000 and £20,000 cash. I was speechless!
I would encourage people to carry on, there are lean times, I haven't had one win so far this year but I bagged £43,470 last year and averaged several thousand a year. What other hobby gets you meeting the famous, meals, weekend breaks, holidays and huge cash prizes?
Needless to say I am now signed up and looking forwards to blowing it on 5th Avenue this April!

I used to enter competitions a year or 2 back and won only 2 small prizes, but due to circumstances I had to stop. Since the 3rd of Jan I have started again. On the 7th I won a Halo's and Horns comp and received a package full of bubble baths, body washes, lotions and tooth paste for children. Then on the 8th I won a £50 voucher for M&S. I couldn't believe I had won 2 in 2 days. I was over the moon. Both of them were twitter comps which at first I never bothered with, but now I'm glad I started with them. It's an amazing feeling to win and now I'm hooked.

I am new to comping and like to enter Facebook competitions through The Prize finder when I have spare time. I entered a comp on Andrex Washlets recently to be the face of their new advert...well too my surprise I had an email saying I had won. The advert was on ITV 1 on sat night at 9pm - prime time TV :-) Everyone thought it was hilarious!! Ths has spurred me on now. You can win ...I'm going to aim for a prize next!

After entering alot of advent competitions in December I had become a little disheartened. I had only managed to win a Pringles speaker (which most people got!) and there were stories everywhere of peoples' great wins! I had a phone call last week to say I had won the runner up prize for a competition run by gurgle which was a baby thermometer worth £22. Lets hope this is the first win of many for 2013.

Last Easter, Waitrose ran a competition to win a cookery day at the Waitrose cookery school for two. The prize included £200 of travelling expenses. My son and I travelled to London the night before and stayed over so that we could have an early start. We had a really wonderful time. We cooked a 3 course lunch for ourselves and in the afternoon we also had a cooking demonstration in the Lecture theatre. We had a fantastic day out and we learnt a lot about food and cooking that day.
Waitrose also made a video on that day. So we were followed around by the by a couple of videographers and an interviewer. It was all great fun. If there is another competition at Waitrose cooking school this year, I hope to win it again.

In December I've tried out new ways of comping such as Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. I couldn't believe when I've noticed a comment from Farfetch that I've won in their Christmas wrapping photo competition. I had to upload a pic, showing my prezzie wrapping skills. I was very proud of a nice little package and this photo won the their prize of $250 credit on the website. I was so glad and happy and though choosing was not easy, I've decided to get this stylish scarf from Alexander McQueen that I've wanted forever but could never afford. The scarf has arrived today and turned a dull rainy day into bright happy Monday!

I only starting comping just before Christmas 2012. I won a couple of small items like 3 Weird Fish caps, Hotel Chocolat reindeer lolly, Copella Emma Bridgwater mug, Dairymilk bar and then first thing in the New Year I found out I'd won a Le Creuset roasting set! I am hooked on comping now and will definitely carry on. Thank you Prize Finder for making it so easy!