I've entered a few competitions online recently, and have won some prizes and passes to things. I also won a mountain bike when I was 10 for drawing a picture about the dangers of not being road safe for a TAC calendar. The picture consisted of a woman and son standing over a grave stone in the rain, looking down at the plot of the husband/father who had died due to not being road safety aware enough. That's right, TAC promoting weird and strange behaviour from 10 year olds.
Has anyone ever won something from competitions/gamehsows?
What's the best thing you've won?
How'd you win it?
I won an electric barbecue from a docket when I bought a lawn mower. Victa lawmowers & Sunbeam appliances are the same company.
We won $100k in the lottery at work - split 8 ways.
Ms Godzilla's parents won "afternoon tea on 3 continents" with Lipton tea. The were taken to afternnoon tea in Europe, USA and Asia
The heart of the nation.
nice one , rigid. How'd you do it?
Rigid is Sophie Delizio? You a little champion, sweetheart.
I won a CD player in about 1990. I'm still using it.
i won a game boy in 1992.
nuthin' ...
ever.
I won a my little pony in 1988.
i won a go kart from a valvoline bottle....
was mega excited till i picked it up and found it was a electronic one, recommended for ages3-7.
furious.
when i was about 10 (year 6?) i won a year long ice hockey training thing at macquarie ice rink - it was through a saturday morning tv show (maybe the marty monster one?). it included all the gear and lessons/training. about two weeks after i won, the ice rink changed owners and they didn't honour the prize.
Pip, I won some MLPs, too.
Most memorable prize was a Britpop swag from Recovery that somewhat confusingly included a signed copy of The Pet Shop Boys' then-latest album.
i won a playstation back in the day. and a 42" plasma tv last year.
i won corel draw 6. from computer world magazine. "worth $1000!"
I have $20 in scratchie winnings that I'm yet to cash in. I'm saving it for when I'm desperate.
in grade 3 i dressed up as norm from the life be in it ads and won the fancy dress comp.
when Brag was Revolver...I won over 60 eps/ablums over an 18 month period..apparently it was only some other guy and I entering the giveaways.
I was the colouring-in and spelling bee QUEEN when I was in primary school..so assorted goodies from that.
a five dollar scratchie
$1000 when I was 8, but my parents siphoned that away.
employee of the year a few years ago..a crap Captain Cook cruise around the harbour.
its so sad reading this list..I thought I kicked ace at the time of the winning and stuff
Mrs Seymour won 10 cds from Mono. After a month or 2 of chasing it became clear they were never going to send them (thanks Mono!!).
Still waiting... it's only been 3 years so I harbour hope.
i have won two teenage mutant ninja turtles comps in my day.
i did a bit of work in a call centre type thing and had wicked speed dial phones, and always won something every week out of beat and inpress.
was orsum ...
I won a teeshirt at a dress-up party. It was way cool.
I won a slab and a bottle of red at a quiz night a few weeks back.
Oh, and I won a weekend at a B&B at another quiz night, which I never used and it expired. I'm not as smrat as they say I am.
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I lack luck
geez there's some decent plunder on this thread
$1200 in lottery and a 42" plasma tv!
I won a Lego contest, some small Lotto and scratchie wins, a few cds here and there.
I've also won a huge Sony Trinitron TV and a DVD player in a competition I had no recollection of entering!
i won a lego contest too. got invited back to the blacktown grand final. some little shit beat me, i came second. the winner got a trip to the national championship in melbourne :(
i came runner up in a regional yo-yo competition and scored a gold yoyo, several packs of strings, an electronic game, a coca cola bag, a 6 pack of coke and coke stickers, plus more stuff i forget.
I never made it to the grand final. It was in the city and something came up so my parents couldn't take me. Damn shame, but I still had some cool Lego from winning the Parramatta round so I wasn't too upset. I came equal first with a boy who later became a good friend of mine in high school.
I've also won a huge Sony Trinitron TV and a DVD player in a competition I had no recollection of entering!
jeepers that wasn't a bad spot of amnesia!
As a child I won a pair of Roller Blades in a competition they were running at Woolworths in Bonnyrigg Plaza.
my brother also won a tetris comp at a nearby westfield and scored all kinds great stuff.
i was way better than him. i shoulda entered!!!
I won a bottle of wine by not getting electrocuted by those reflex testing machines...yay me.
jeepers that wasn't a bad spot of amnesia!
I was getting weird calls on my mobile for about a week and thought some a-hole was pranking me. I eventually texted the number back after ignoring it and asked "do you actually want to speak to me?" and they replied "Yes, please call us on ......". So I called and funnily enough I'd won a TV and a DVD player.
did you ever recall the entry you must have made?
I won a cola chew from karaoke at the Laundry one night for my rendition of Wuthering Heights.
Fucking deserved it too.
i won a nudie juice beach towel yiippeeeee
"i won a nudie juice beach towel yiippeeeee"
me too... what does it look like? mine hasnt come yet
i won a teddy bear from darryl cotton when i was a few years old..
when i was thirteen i won a competition on a plane on the way to qld. we had to guess what the temperature outside was, and i got it right. got to sit in the cockpit as the plane landed! woo!
"the love of a good woman"
I won a singing Geelong teddybear from Recovery magazine, back in 1999! I still have it, though he doesn't sing anymore, woe!
Most recently, I won a pass to a hippy film festival... I didn't stay til the end, although the main doco was good, it was all about the girls in China that make the beads for Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
i won one of those big bouncing ball things with the handles for holding onto while you bounce upon it. i won it on agro's cartoon connection when i was 15. the competition was for drawing, for under 12s. i lied about my age.