GYO online competitions

[rustylady]

I always enter the competitions and giveaways every month, but have just noticed when I went to the competition (on the home page) today that although the blurb started with "February is a good time to" and was to win Felco pruning tools, when I got to the bottom of the entry form the closing date was given as December 9th 2007. Completed it and entered anyway, but it does make you wonder, doesn't it? There was no competition last month, by the way. Do any of the administrators know if the closing date was a typing error?

[SarzWix]

I've noticed the competition online being "a bit hit & miss" a couple of times - closing date for the month before or not updated at all... I usually do an entry anyway but I'd quite like to see a list of winners each month too, if that could be organised, so we all know we're not wasting our time ?

[Shortie]

I'll ask Admin... to be honest I haven't looked at the comps for a little while myself

[rustylady]

I'll ask Admin... to be honest I haven't looked at the comps for a little while myself

Thanks Shortie. My feelings are if you don't enter you definitely won't win anything so I always have a go, but if the closing date is actually before the comp appears on the site it seems pointless.

[seasprout]

i always have a go.

Once won a prize from Gardens Monthly though.
Paper entry not on-line.

[Paul Wagland]

Those prizes really do get won - there's a separate company which does all the data handling which is why the paper entries aren't sent to the GYO office address. The winners are selected at random by the magazine staff. I think Gardens Monthly use the same system.

Updating the closing date on the website is easily forgotten though...

[Alice]

Good info Paul. Do you have inside information or is this just how things work in general.

[pigletwillie]

Paul was Editor of GYO a while back Alice.

As for the prizes, I dont think any grape has won a prize yet. I once won a saw bench from a wood working magazine but have never won anything gardening related.

[Don Vincenzo]

[QUOTE=pigletwillie;164551]Paul was Editor of GYO a while back Alice.

As for the prizes, I dont think any grape has won a prize yet.

I am so sorry but you are wrong!!
Some months ago I received one of the second prizes ( don't remember which competition )......a fantastic packet of cabbage seeds....Wooowww!!
Don Vincenzo

[pigletwillie]

Lol,

ok Don, I dont think a grape has won a major prize---- or have they???

[seasprout]

Paul looks better without the beard.

Good info Paul. Do you have inside information or is this just how things work in general.

Alice as I am sure you are an avid reader of GYO each month, as i am, You must have temporarily forgotton he is in it each week doing the Allotment feature, he's the one I think has the groovy blue shed, Its by the sea I think.

Can you imagine...being paid to work on your allotment. jammy..


Although I do have issue with him over the naughty picture on page 23 of the FEB issue. Fork stored upside down, outwards...face height. Tut Tut.

[seasprout]

Lol,

ok Don, I dont think a grape has won a major prize---- or have they???

I once won some granualar worming preperation from a cat magazine.
I did enter the comp... but the cat spat out all the food in a huff.

[TPeers]

I won a book! Only time I've every won anything!

[Two_Sheds]

the GYO competitions are open to the general public as well, on website such as Loquax - The UK Competitions Portal
so the odds of a Grape winning are vastly reduced

[rustylady]

the GYO competitions are open to the general public as well, on website such as Loquax - The UK Competitions Portal
so the odds of a Grape winning are vastly reduced

Oh!! I assumed that cos they're on our site they were just for us. Never mind, I'll still keep entering.