Who has won sweepstakes or contests?

[Lewski709]

Ok, there are all kinds of internet contests, sweepstakes, etc.....I think they are a scam. Tell me about your winnings, if you say they aren't. Just look at the top of the DIS, pop a bubble thing. Hmmmmmfffffffffffff, never won any.

 

[monkeyboy]

I won $2 scratching once

 

[mus muris asinus]

Originally posted by monkeyboy
I won $2 scratching once

Scratching what??

 

[Stimpy]

I do sweeps as a hobby when I have some extra time and have won some prizes. I usually only enter at national and/or big company sites. Biggest prize I won was a trip to D.C. for 2 adults for 3 nights. Worth about $4000. I also won a home theater system from Drypers, $500 Spa Wish gift certificate, lots of toys and other smaller prizes. Still aiming to win a Disney trip or cruise!

 

[Lynn CC]

I won $100 from a radio station once. I just walked into the grocery store where I always shop and they chose me to be the winner?? They asked me who my favorite radio station was and I had to look at their logo, I didn't want to tell them I listen to Ocean 104...the classical station.

I wish I could win a trip to Disney

 

[Allie322]

I'm not much into sweepstakes and contests but having said that....a few years ago I went to Jiffy Lube for an oil change. At the checkout counter was a pad of entry forms to win tickets to a Winston Cup race. I filled ONE out, paid my bill, and left. Imagine my surprise a month later when I got the phone call! It was a great experience that DH and I still talk about.

Oops--I just reread your original post. INTERNET contests. Oh well, that's what I get for DISing when I should be cleaning! Lewski, I'm with you on this one--I am very skeptical about the internet sweepstakes!

 

[dcgrumpy]

I won a trip to LA last year. I win a lot of small things like t-shirts, beach towels, mp3 player etc...I get about 2 unexpected boxes on my doorstep a month.

 

[Duchie]

I won a Blues Clues Thinking Chair about 5 years ago from a web site. It's a NICE chair - not flimsy at all. It's held out against 3 brutal kids better than our couch.

 

[mickeyfan1]

I have won lots of stuff via contests on the internet. Not the one at the top of the boards, but several movie packages from a local TV station when I lived in AZ, a College Football Champiaonship ESPN hat, and the best one was 1st place in the HP Mission:Space Sweepstakes, I won a laptop and a combo printer/.FAX.Scanner/Copier. ThHe bad thing about winning prized with a retail value of over 599.00 is that you will recieve a 1099 income statement and you will owe income tax on the value. I doubt that I would have paid $1500.00 for the same stuff in Circuit City or Staples, but as I was not looking to buy one, it worked out OK anyway.

I don't know if I would like to win anything as valuable as the Disney World Vacation package, they usually have ARV of 4 to 5 thoushand, and as I am retired, I can't afford the taxes!

 

[Big V]

I won an Intel digital camera once. I think it was worth about $100.00. I also won a St. Paulie Girl beach chair with an attached umbrella and two soft side coolers! They were both through internet sweepstakes.

 

[KristaTX]

Originally posted by mickeyfan1
the best one was 1st place in the HP Mission:Space Sweepstakes, I won a laptop and a combo printer/.FAX.Scanner/Copier.

Hey! Congratulations. I wondered if any DIS people won anything from that contest - I tried to enter but never got past the qualifying round with the little codes they had you enter.

 

[Danauk]

I know someone who won a TV contest, the kind where you write in. She won a house in Spain!!

I've never won that type of contest, but I did a win a national girl guide (girl scout for you guys!) cooking competition when I was 13. I won a weekend in London and went to see west end shows, museums etc and ate at fancy restaurants. Also when I was 17 I played in an Orchestra and we won a TV music competition.

 

[ToriLammy]

I've won quite a few things in internet sweepstakes, mostly instant wins where you play and they tell you right away if you've won. My daughter just got a bag of Neutrogena Cosmetics from Seventeen Magazine that I entered for her on-line. My bigger prizes come from mail-in sweepstakes, I've won a trip to France, a big screen TV for my Brother-in-law and that same BIL just won a trip to the Bahamas. My mother-in-law won a $1000 KMart gift card and I've gotten lots of other prizes, a Playstation2, games, t-shirts, hats, NASCAR diecasts, cash, gift cards, etc. If you really want to see a bunch of winners go to http://www.online-sweepstakes.com/ and read their forums, especially the win section. There is a whole culture surrounding the entering of sweepstakes and a lot of people who do really, really, really well. There is even an annual convention with as many as 500 people showing up every year. For me, I figure if I cover the cost of postage I'm doing well Most sweepstakes you find on-line are not scams.

 

[mbb]

Originally posted by Lynn CC


I wish I could win a trip to Disney

I did...it's how I wound up on the Dis...won the trip through Kodak, and was so excited - obviously...did a search on the net because I couldn't wait for the bookstore to open up in the am!! so we could start planning, and here we are...

We got a weeks accomodation at the Deluxe of our choice - picked the Polynesian because that's where I wanted to stay as a kid (instead of the Day's Inn LOL!!!) - 5dayPH for the four of us, airfare for four and spending $...

Bought DVC and haven't stopped entering contests since...

 

[barbeml]

I've won some small stufff in online contests: $25 Pier One Gift Certificate, $75 worth of Redken Salon products, Kobe Bryant basketball shoes (destined for an eBay sale), and some Scooby Doo Movie trinkets.

I have better luck in person. At fundraising events I have won a Phillips DVD Player (when they first came out and cost $$$), a week in Bermuda (could not use it) and a 2-pound box of Godiva Chocolates. I won the door prize (a book) at a business seminar last week.

Barbe

 

[disneysnowflake]

I won $1000 on a scratch off lottery ticket in 1999. The only problem with that is the PA lottery published my name on the internet (they do that for winners of $1000 or more). Would you believe that people called my house asking for a loan? Goodness. It's just $1000. How stupid.

Once I won 4 tickets to Busch Gardens in Virginia.

But my best prize was... a can of spam from my friend's church raffle.

 

[ead79]

I won a Yahoo online contest once. The prize was a $1000 gift certificate to CDnow.com. It was great! I was able to get tons of CDs and movies.

 

[HauntedMansionGeek]

Dang! You guys have won some cool stuff!!!
I've won pens several times (good pens, DISNEY pens! LOL) and I've won tshirts before.
My biggest win so far is a round trip airline ticket to Australia and spending money.

 

[princessariel]

The only thing I've won on the internet contests is a t-shirt and a few bucks. And I've entered thousands of them.

But at a church festival, I won their grandprize. A trip for 2 to the 1995 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Airfare, tickets to three events, lodging, and spending money. Meals were included too if we ate at our hotel. It was awesome! A great memory!