Contests & Sweepstakes Tips, Advice, and Questions

I'll be closing on a house here at the end of the month and changing addresses (obviously) so I'm trying to figure out the best thing to do. My thought was to just stop entering all of my daily entries (not IWGs) and do all the new ones with the new address, but I didn't want to be DQ'd for entering my same info w/ new address into contests that I've already entered my old address.

I have UPS and FedEx alerts setup for my current place, so I'll at least be able to know when a package is being delivered there and possibly re-route it. I'll also have USPS forwarding.

Has anyone else had this kind of situation and have suggestions?

Quote from theviper21 : I'll be closing on a house here at the end of the month and changing addresses (obviously) so I'm trying to figure out the best thing to do. My thought was to just stop entering all of my daily entries (not IWGs) and do all the new ones with the new address, but I didn't want to be DQ'd for entering my same info w/ new address into contests that I've already entered my old address. I have UPS and FedEx alerts setup for my current place, so I'll at least be able to know when a package is being delivered there and possibly re-route it. I'll also have USPS forwarding. Has anyone else had this kind of situation and have suggestions?

Even I will be moving end of next month and trying to figure out what would be the best thing to do...

By the way, I know UPS sends alerts via My UPS Choice, but how do you get alerts from FedEx?

I have no idea how to reroute fed ex, think your best bet is to explain your situation when you receive a winning email. UPS/USPS options you chose are logical and the best bet.

I don't think you will get DQed by most placed from changing addresses. Contests you log in to you can change your address in account options generally speaking. You just want to explain the change if you win on an early entry. Maybe have an agreement in place with new owners to ship fed ex packages back to you??? Most people are neighborly and will help you out if you ask nicely.

Is anyone having problems with the good housekeeping giveaways? It goes to a contest page instead of the giveaway page and I cant find the link on the pages either.

Quote from Jang : I'm not the greatest sweeper, so you'd probably get a better answer from someone with more years doing it than I do. It takes me a couple of hours. I usually do it in parts...I do my instant wins all at the same time. I currently have about 45 of them. Then I split up my dailies, which I have about 160 of right now. I just put some youtube videos on in the background, open up the links in groups of 20 or so and go at it. Each day is different. Sometimes I do everything at the same time. Sometimes I take breaks if I'm too bored or don't have time to sit there for that long. I use a laptop so sometimes I do it when I'm eating or laying in bed.

How do you remember all the dailies you are entered in?

Quote from DCFreebies : How do you remember all the dailies you are entered in?

I bookmark the slickdeals threads.

Quote from DCFreebies : How do you remember all the dailies you are entered in?

I think the easiest way is bookmark things you want to enter on a regular basis. Maybe set up an excel spreadsheet...

I would use the fields:
Expiration Date | Contest URL | Rules URL | Notes

Then sort by expiration date.This will make it easy to eliminate expired contests from your routine.

If you are a geek you may even code a field that acts as a counter within your spreadsheet. Every time you click a link it increments to keep track of total entries.

I'm NOT a geek so don't ask me

At any rate an unwritten rule that a lot of newer people don't get is bumping threads a lot is a pain in the neck. A lot of people use the site to enter the contests in order, so movement of threads make it hard to enter. Best NOT to bump/move threads with a comment unless they are about to fall off the back page due to inactivity.

I bookmark them by the type of sweep they are: IWG, Daily, Other

And I rename it the expiring date

Quote from shopgurl101 : I bookmark them by the type of sweep they are: IWG, Daily, Other And I rename it the expiring date

I like that most people here format the expiration date the same way in the thread title. It makes it easy to search through my bookmarks when I need to.

Quote from DCFreebies : How do you remember all the dailies you are entered in?

Easiest way for me is just to bookmark them in Roboform (with type, title, exp date, etc.) and if they expire move them to an expired folder. Way more organized than bookmarks to me. Plus you can always keep a record of what you enter and it is not browser-centric.

Quote from empyrean : Easiest way for me is just to bookmark them in Roboform (with type, title, exp date, etc.) and if they expire move them to an expired folder. Way more organized than bookmarks to me. Plus you can always keep a record of what you enter and it is not browser-centric.

That's a good idea. I wanted to use Roboform bookmarks but I always get too lazy to transfer them all.

Just curious if anyone knew a trick on how to redeem the GC from the Camel Birthday IWG? I won the $25 and when I try to redeem it through the 3rd party site it doesn't do anything. I've tried using IE and Firefox and same thing. TIA!

D'oh! I figured it out. I needed to include the full zip code on it. Sheesh. How picky and now I can't delete this, lol. Thanks anyways.

I am sure I am not alone in this feeling. I haven't won anything in a few weeks, nada, zip, zilch. Pretty much everything I have won previous has been received. Nothing even to look forward to. Then I look at my emails and the monster of spam I have created and wonder how could I have not won anything in the last few weeks???? jeez Someone else mentioned that once they complain, they win something. OK so I am complaining........ Back to getting rid of this mountain of spam cause I don't want to accidently miss something.

Quote from dustdiva : I am sure I am not alone in this feeling. I haven't won anything in a few weeks, nada, zip, zilch. Pretty much everything I have won previous has been received. Nothing even to look forward to. Then I look at my emails and the monster of spam I have created and wonder how could I have not won anything in the last few weeks???? jeez Someone else mentioned that once they complain, they win something. OK so I am complaining........ Back to getting rid of this mountain of spam cause I don't want to accidently miss something.

Everyone has losing streaks, I've entered 500-600 a day and not even won a digital download for 3-4 months before. Can't tell you how depressing that kind of time commitment is.