Have you shared your prizes with others? Here's my story :-) |
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posted 13-8-2018 @ 07:10 PM
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Have you shared your prizes with others? Here's my story :-)
We all love a good competition win, but sharing prizes with family and friends is doubly rewarding! Just curious how many of you have been able to
spread the love and share your prizes with others?
My best one was in 2016 when I won a Morning Show/Qantas competition (50 WOL) where the prize was a trip for six to Sydney for the Australian premiere
of Finding Dory. The theme of the competition was along the lines of the movie and “reuniting with friends and family”. Two of the six airfares could
be international. As soon as I got the WPC, I messaged our friends in the US asking if they were still up (it was late on a Sunday night over there).
I waited a bit, got no response, then sent another message saying “It’s kind of important”. They finally replied so we then video-called them. The
absolute best part was saying “Hey, just wondering what you were doing next week?” They looked somewhat confused and replied “Ummm, nothing much I
guess”. Then we asked “Just wondering whether you would like to come to Australia?” Well, the looks on their faces when it all sunk in was absolutely
priceless! Their excitement then, and over that entire week before they flew out here made me so damn happy. Even when they were here, I remember we
were walking around the SeaLife aquarium and our friend was saying how he just can’t believe they were here and how surreal it all was. They basically
only had a week from the time I told them until they flew here, so it really was a whirlwind! They had never been to Australia before, and we were
given tickets to all the attractions such as the SeaLife Aquarium, Madam Tussauds, the Wildlife park, Sydney Tower, Manly Aquarium, plus of course we
walked the blue carpet at the Finding Dory premiere. So whilst myself, hubby and two kids got a trip to Sydney, I think our US friends were the real
winners in this one. I’ve been very fortunate to have a lot of big wins since starting comping in around 1992 (cruise, overseas and interstate
holidays, electrical goods etc., and my biggest was a considerable cash prize from a radio station), but I consider the Finding Dory one the most
rewarding win in my comping history. I’ve had other small wins like lunches etc. that I’ve been able to share with friends, and I took my entire
workplace on a weekend winery tour with the balance of a $2000 local travel voucher we were struggling to spend on ourselves. They are the best
memories, and so appreciated by others who just weren’t expecting it.
Let me know if you have ever had the chance to share the joy of your winnings, and if you ever get the chance to in the future, I highly recommend
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posted 13-8-2018 @ 07:19 PM
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That’s Fantastic - Well done 
My son will be getting the 1st car I won and as it only had one owner (me) I know it’s small & pretty reliable and we will be released from Taxi
duty's , So a win win  |
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posted 13-8-2018 @ 07:52 PM
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I give most of my prizes away. I think I told the story of a young couple from church who were stressed at they had a lot of help for their wedding
and wanted to buy boxes of chocolates as thank you gifts. I had won $500 worth of gift packs. I just gave them the lot. I have also passed on bed
linen, groceries, toys, movie passes, weekends away and lots of stuff really.
Prize wins 2014: $37680
Prize wins 2011: $13000
previous years about $25000
The harder you work the luckier you get
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posted 13-8-2018 @ 07:55 PM
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I took ten of my work mates out for a Chunky Custard Christmas Dinner a few years ago - they thought it was fab.
Besides my immediate family benefiting from my hobby i'm taking my sister to NZ later this year - the look on her face was priceless when i asked if
she wanted to join me.... |
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posted 13-8-2018 @ 08:39 PM
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There's something great about giving stuff away or winning for other people. I won my parents $10K by nominating them in the Today Show Knock of Cash.
And last year I won a trip for 4 to all 3 State of Origin games so took three different groups of friends/workmates, who absolutely loved me for it!
Also won 2 year's worth of internet and an XBOX for my sister and her fam who struggle financially so that was one less monthly expense for them. |
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posted 13-8-2018 @ 08:58 PM
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These stories are making me all teary! So memorable and heartfelt. 
My biggest win to date is a travel voucher which we will be using to take our kids on their first ever overseas trip, and I do hope that in time, I
will be in a position like you all were to make others smile from my wins.
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posted 13-8-2018 @ 10:17 PM
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I took two of my friends to LA and San Francisco thanks to The Morning Show's Inside Out Competition. While just last year I took my sister with me to
Sydney to the Australia Premiere of The Greatest Showman where we were just meters away from Zac Efron (who she adores) and Hugh Jackman. I love
comping as it gives you the opportunity to give amazing experiences to friends and family that they may not be able to afford or ever experience. |
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posted 14-8-2018 @ 05:35 AM
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My hubby had never travelled until he met his comping wife. Now he has been on multiple overseas trips and places in Australia. Most memorable were
our trip to Tassie where he saw snow for the very first time (and it wasn't even forecast) and on a trip to London we went to the street and house
where his Dad and grandparents once lived. Coming up in October we will be back in England and he will be going to watch Fulham play at their home
ground, just like his granddad did many years ago. |
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posted 14-8-2018 @ 05:53 AM
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I love reading this thread   Most of my prizes I give away, though
small amounts of cash or giftcards is what I mainly keep.
Where to start, most of my family has had experiences due to my comping
Siblings great escape to Sydney, cousin finally got a dishwasher, nephew
has travelled around Aussie, nieces went to their first ever concert, Brittany Spears in style. The experiences have been endless from fine dining,
concerts,
musicals, hotel stays, brother loved the day at the MCG, in the fan box, with
so many goodiesKids have seen many toys, I have given many hampers
to charitys and even tickets to people I have never met. I love the gift of giving and thank god for my lottos family
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posted 14-8-2018 @ 08:25 AM
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I too love to share my wins, sharing it with someone is a far better feeling than winning it(don’t get me wrong I still love that winning feeling), I
got to take 4 friends to The Melbourne cup in 2014 just asking them if they would like to join us all expenses paid was such a highlight in my life
and their faces and responses that moment there will live with me forever. |
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posted 14-8-2018 @ 08:28 AM
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Won $10000 travel voucher.
Took family of 5 to Hamilton Island for a week, paid for daughters stay in a luxury hotel for her wedding night, paid for sons airfare to the US, and
a fancy lunch for hubby and I to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary! |
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posted 14-8-2018 @ 09:08 AM
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Reading these stories warms my heart... I was very fortunate last year to win a private Gold Class screening of Wonder Woman for my 40th birthday. It
was so wonderful treating my friends and family to a night out. It is particularly special to me now as it is the last time I saw my beautiful cousin
who sadly passed away a few months later from cancer. She was so vibrant and happy this night and I'll cherish the memory forever. So grateful for the
opportunities comping has given me... |
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posted 14-8-2018 @ 11:30 PM
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Have given away many of my prizes over the decades and sharing the joy is wonderful! Stayed with a friend in Sydney for a week and won them 50
scratchies, dinner out and tickets to the movies in 3 separate comps, so even after I left the prizes kept arriving reminding them of the fun we
shared and they could continue the fun in my absence! Posted off $130 of skin care to my friend in a drought ravaged area recently and she got teary
as it was total luxury to have something to pamper herself with! Winning 10kg of chocolate for the local fire brigade volunteers was great as they
were astounded to be thought of and thanked. One of my dearest friends now was just an acquaintance ten years ago that I invited to share my dinner on
a river cruise at sunset prize...they were fascinated I entered comps but now when I ring them to tell them of a win they are just as excited as me
sharing the joy as they look at the photo of us on the cruise which is beside the phone! |
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posted 15-8-2018 @ 03:33 PM
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Gave my daughter the car I won. |
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posted 15-8-2018 @ 03:57 PM
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I won a team of footy shirts from Nutri grain and supplied our primary school footy team with them, I shouted our 2 friends to a weekend in Sydney
with all expenses paid for. I have donated winnings to various raffles and sometimes have won some of it back
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posted 16-8-2018 @ 09:27 AM
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Love this thread. I too give away a lot of my prizes. Treating family and friends with little extras is a joy for both them and myself.
I also have a 'prize/ present' cupboard where I stash my random wins and gift them around throughout the year.
My daughter this morning is testing showbags at Wayville (Adelaide) Showgrounds and I hope it will become a treasured childhood memory for her. |
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posted 16-8-2018 @ 12:30 PM
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The prizes that I do get I share with my family and relatives. |
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posted 16-8-2018 @ 05:33 PM
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Took my kids on a Maeve O'Meara, Asian tour of Sydney, including the market & Chinatown, plus heaps more, wow !!! , we ate & ate ... & ate
some more (nobody ever starves on an Asian Inspirations adventure) ... had a private dinner, cooked by Heather Jong, a top Korean Chef, in her own
home, with a personal wine expert ... it was supposed to be for 2 hours ... we had to remind them our carraige would turn into a pumpkin, at midnight
... have to admit we were slightly hungover the next morning !!!! ... but the best bit, my daughter was working herself into the ground and that
weekend was a light bulb moment. that turned her life around ... best prize ever a HAPPY, HEALTHY daughter |
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