Originally posted by cndlady I received a call earlier today that I am a second place winner in todays parent baby contest I won a Fuji S100 12x Zoom Cameras

I am soooo jealous ..congrats!

2009 was not a great year for me either .Although it was close to $5000 in prizes. So far 2010 is about $45
My total for 2008 was $15,850 and 2007 was at least $10,000 and that in 2006 too!

I enter probably 100 or so a day as well. I use Roboform which makes it a whole lot quicker(maybe an hour or so)

I do not know how people win $1000's in prizes. I also enter 100's of contests everyday using Sweep to keep track of all the daily/weekly/monthly contests and Roboform to fill in the forms.

Yet I only win once in a blue moon. Last year I won about $100 worth of small prizes ($15 Starbucks card, Dole salad, box of cereal, book, hershey chocolates, winter toque, backpack).

The year before that I won a Wii and not much else (my biggest prize ever but not valued in the $1000s).

Don't expect to win because others are winning. Enter for the fun of it and don't give up!

I keep going because it is a great thrill to win a prize even if it isn't too valuable, plus I know it WILL be my turn one day.

I come and enter at least 15-20 contests per day. i dont bother with the ones that are for a prize i wouldn't want. Its just frustrating to put all that time in entering and come out with a big fat nothing!
Hopefully next time i post in this forum, i will have better news to share!
Good luck to you all!

Originally posted by racerchk I come and enter at least 15-20 contests per day. i dont bother with the ones that are for a prize i wouldn't want. Its just frustrating to put all that time in entering and come out with a big fat nothing! Hopefully next time i post in this forum, i will have better news to share! Good luck to you all!

tee hee..is that all? I enter about 600 daily and then after i am done i look for more! ;-)) it is a never ending hobby that requires work, persistence, patience and some faith and dreaming too..
;-))

Originally posted by Luckygal I do not know how people win $1000's in prizes. I also enter 100's of contests everyday using Sweep to keep track of all the daily/weekly/monthly contests and Roboform to fill in the forms. Yet I only win once in a blue moon. Last year I won about $100 worth of small prizes ($15 Starbucks card, Dole salad, box of cereal, book, hershey chocolates, winter toque, backpack). The year before that I won a Wii and not much else (my biggest prize ever but not valued in the $1000s). Don't expect to win because others are winning. Enter for the fun of it and don't give up! I keep going because it is a great thrill to win a prize even if it isn't too valuable, plus I know it WILL be my turn one day.

Hi Lucky - What is Sweep?
I have a hard time keeping track of all the contests I want to enter lol.

I won Marcelle Essentials Eye Contour Cream

Hi Lucky - What is Sweep?
I have a hard time keeping track of all the contests I want to enter lol. [/QUOTE]

I can't enter without sweep. It is a program that I downloaded for free and it saves all of my contest information. I enter in the contest name, the website, and contest expiry date. The program can group the contests into daily, weekly, monthly and onetime entries. I click one button to go directly to the website and when I am finished entering I click the done button. Sweep then records when I entered. This is great so that I can keep track of when I can enter again with out being disqualified.

The program is very easy for me to use since I am not too tech-savy. If I can use it anyone can use it. I love sweep!

Originally posted by Luckygal I do not know how people win $1000's in prizes. I also enter 100's of contests everyday using Sweep to keep track of all the daily/weekly/monthly contests and Roboform to fill in the forms.

On average I try and enter between 50 and 100 contests a day (some days I don't find time to enter any at all)

I only enter for those things I really want, can use or my kids can use). I enter ALL my contests manually as it is easier than trying to remember which allow the use of roboform and which don't. I found when I quit using roboform I started winning a lot more. Some will say they use it and win so who knows.
in 2009 I won about $8,000, largest of the prizes being a trip to NYC

Originally posted by scraps tee hee..is that all? I enter about 600 daily and then after i am done i look for more! ;-)) it is a never ending hobby that requires work, persistence, patience and some faith and dreaming too.. ;-))

Do you mean 600 DIFFERENT contests daily!?!
Where do you find all the contests? The only ones I enter are the one's here on Juju...

I only have about 40 daily contests in my bookmarks. Suggestions

I can't enter without sweep. It is a program that I downloaded for free and it saves all of my contest information. I enter in the contest name, the website, and contest expiry date. The program can group the contests into daily, weekly, monthly and onetime entries. I click one button to go directly to the website and when I am finished entering I click the done button. Sweep then records when I entered. This is great so that I can keep track of when I can enter again with out being disqualified. The program is very easy for me to use since I am not too tech-savy. If I can use it anyone can use it. I love sweep!

Could you tell me where I can download it please

Originally posted by scraps tee hee..is that all? I enter about 600 daily and then after i am done i look for more! ;-)) it is a never ending hobby that requires work, persistence, patience and some faith and dreaming too.. ;-))

600!!! Where do you find that many?
Woah!

How much did you win last year

Originally posted by cndlady On average I try and enter between 50 and 100 contests a day (some days I don't find time to enter any at all) I only enter for those things I really want, can use or my kids can use). I enter ALL my contests manually as it is easier than trying to remember which allow the use of roboform and which don't. I found when I quit using roboform I started winning a lot more. Some will say they use it and win so who knows. in 2009 I won about $8,000, largest of the prizes being a trip to NYC

Congrats for a great year! Did you take your trip yet.

Originally posted by Maggie How do they know that Roboform was used?

there are programs out there that can count keystrokes, there can also tell by the amount of time it takes to fill out the form.

the cookies that send back and forth when you enter a contest can tell them a lot of things..

I don't know what sites are using these days (I have been out of the computer industry for a lot of years now), but there has always been a way to tell how the forms were submitted.

I only know that since I quit using roboform my winnings have more than tripled and I hear the same from friends who don't use it any more.

I quit using roboform about six months ago and my net winnings have not changed at all..I recently won $25 from Energizer and prior to that I can't even remember when I had a net win.

I have never done well with national net prizes only winning one major one in 11 yrs of contesting.

Thank goodness for other type of contests I have done well with them..but I still keep trying with net as it is easy and who knows however probably alot of other people think the same.