tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880616829755966948.post4730817032467930916..comments2023-09-21T12:49:11.474+01:00Comments on Competition Grape Vine: What was your worst ever prize?Jane Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880616829755966948.post-18871410807563858622011-05-11T22:14:21.790+01:002011-05-11T22:14:21.790+01:00Thanks for the link and mention.
I got a rather n...Thanks for the link and mention. <br />I got a rather nice outcome from an email to shout - with my yucky shampoo. They sent me a whole load again - very well wrapped. So I now have about £80 worth inc the stuff I managed to rescue and wash off - still out of pocket for the neighbours rug - but I felt i'd had a good result and didn't push for it :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880616829755966948.post-75235586177979114572011-05-06T22:34:40.436+01:002011-05-06T22:34:40.436+01:00I won theatre tickets and my husband who usually f...I won theatre tickets and my husband who usually falls asleep sat through the first half wide awake and obviously hating every minute. He was delighted when I suggested we left in the interval - he treated abandoning the production as a prize win! Really the title should have warned us - "Privates on Parade" though I've since heard the play won awards in the seventies.<br />We have also sat through a couple of concerts trying to cover our ears so we don't get any deafer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880616829755966948.post-73966428444842613272011-05-05T00:36:05.268+01:002011-05-05T00:36:05.268+01:00A couple of years ago I found I was going to be a ...A couple of years ago I found I was going to be a granny for the first time and entered every baby competition going. I won a Bugaboo buggy, yahoo I was over the moon. <br />When it arrived it was a shabby ex rental with the rental sticker still on it! I was appalled, and decided I couldn’t give it as a gift so I sold it and put the money towards a new one. <br /> Several weeks went by & I kept thinking about the competition, I remember the TV station contacting me and saying congratulations out of 37,000 entrants you have won. Although I had entered free online, alot of entrants would have paid a premium rate and would not have expected a second hand prize. <br />So I decided to drop them a line just to say how disappointed I had been and that I was sure they had made enough money from the competition to warranted sending out a new prize. <br />Later that week I was informed an error had been made in the shipping department and a ‘brand new’ buggy had been despatched they would collect the ex rental buggy at the same time. <br />WHOOPS that was the last thing I expected!! Yes they still sent out the new buggy!chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13855783245701678927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880616829755966948.post-51478490537445106152011-05-04T23:02:00.565+01:002011-05-04T23:02:00.565+01:00Love your Malta story. We had similar experiences ...Love your Malta story. We had similar experiences in Crete when we risked a holiday where you aren't told the final destination till you get there. We had a super view of the only gasworks on the island, everything - including the bed bases and wardrobes were made of concrete and our hired car smelled of cats :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880616829755966948.post-90295210892387717872011-05-04T22:46:51.393+01:002011-05-04T22:46:51.393+01:00I won a "downhill racer" which was a sor...I won a "downhill racer" which was a sort of go-cart that ran on two huge balls. With two young children we were sure we could have fun with it. We found a gentle slope and soon found that no matter what our respective height and weight was the thing toppled within seconds. Neighbours joined in convinced that they would find the "trick" to making it work. We finally gave up when everyone was battered, bruised and <br />grazed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880616829755966948.post-67856751881113456252011-05-04T19:22:08.133+01:002011-05-04T19:22:08.133+01:00I once won an empty condom wallet - but at least i...I once won an empty condom wallet - but at least it didn't have cockroaches!Jane Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01380462044989718673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880616829755966948.post-18250993306031009322011-05-04T19:03:24.607+01:002011-05-04T19:03:24.607+01:00my worse prize ever was an empty jam jar - i till ...my worse prize ever was an empty jam jar - i till fall about laughing thinking of it nowtraceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366596611126384239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880616829755966948.post-77500622807530813612011-05-04T11:43:50.396+01:002011-05-04T11:43:50.396+01:00Once I won tickets to a concert plus a night at a ...Once I won tickets to a concert plus a night at a posh hotel and dinner. Eagerly I rang to confirm the booking but to enquire if there was a typo in the letter as the concert had taken place a few weeks previously. No mistake. They had forgotton to write and told me I couldn't have the hotel and dinner without the concert!Pappershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884503450285403753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880616829755966948.post-83611136579405441272011-05-04T09:52:06.695+01:002011-05-04T09:52:06.695+01:00Once won a collection of 'hosiery of your own ...Once won a collection of 'hosiery of your own choice' from the then Polly Peck. Not offered a choice at all, and when it arrived, it was mainly huge size tights in American tan, with one or two other completely unusable items. Queried it with the firm - no reply. Also with the competition magazine where I'd seen the comp - again no reply. Dumped the lot in a charity shop, who are probably still trying to sell the wretched things.Jacqueline Pyehttp://www.jacpye.comnoreply@blogger.com