Winning Stories
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009I received a few letters and emails from some of our Winners.
One subscriber from AB wrote to tell me that being retired making time for Contests has helped her benefit her whole family. She keeps a tally since 1994 and has won an astounding $233,000 of cash and prizes! Oh my goodness, what a lucky person!Keeping a tally or spreadsheet is a great way to keep track of what a Winner you are and to keep you motivated when the wins are less than abundant, which happens to us all.
This subscriber recently won a Jeep Liberty, fully loaded and her second vehicle win in 14 years. She also won $1000 gift certificates to two different hardware stores, a furniture store, shopping spree with a local hockey player, $500 Best Buy gift certificats, $100 WestJet gift certificate, $200 restaurant gift certificates & tickets to see productions and movies. She mentions that she only enters for the prizes she can use, and “when I have dry spells I just continue to enter and wait for that special phone call”. She also mentions that she likes to enter mail-in contests, ballot contests and local contests. She makes an effort to enter some of the Internet contests that intrigue her. Over the years this lady has also won 26 trips to destinations in North America and Europe, shopping sprees etc, and the opportunity to share with her family. Thank you for sharing your wins with all of us!
My family had a good final few months of last year as well… I found out I won a contest from Off & SCJohnson Company with a trip to an Adventure destination in Canada. Then on December 24th my husband received a call from a local mall where he had entered a ballot contest (1 entry/ person). He won a trip for 2 to Las Vegas and we took the trip at the start of February. It was a wonderful three day whirlwind trip that we both really enjoyed, although I gambled away any of the winnings I may have won on the slots! But it was fabulous to get away from our city in the winter and enjoy some sunny, warm weather for a few days and also enjoy the sights and events in Las Vegas!
In addition,2009 has started off well for my family. My son won a football jersey, football and cap from an In-store Family Foods draw, I won a cookware set from the Co-op/ Campbells contest that ended in December (one of 25 sets worth $699 I believe) and my son won a spot in the Manitoba Driver’s Ed challenge to possibly win a larger prize such as a scholarship. So I believe that 2009 will again be good to those who put in a good effort. Remember, each of us goes through slower spells, but if you enter consistently, enter locally, and enter in a variety of methods, ie) Mail in, ballots, text message, Internet, creative entries like photo contests or essays, you will be lucky too! BELIEVE!
Other winners:
J. from MB reports that they won a Hell’s Kitchen Prize pack, $50 g.c from a Post cereal contest, Montgomery Gentry tickets, theatre tickets & an Herbal Essenses prize pack. More recently J. won a Vespa worth $5000! Congratulations !
M. from SK reports winning a George Canyon Autographed CD, iPod Shuffle, camera, sports jersey & $50 Walmart certificate recently. Congratulations to both and thanks for sharing your wins with us!
Summer wins:
A winner from SK wrote with her recent wins: Blu-Ray disc player and movie collection, val $1,000, and an instant win 1 year magazine subscription, CMT Country Heat CD, val $20. Keep it up!!
Another subscriber wrote to tell me she has had her best year yet, in the summer she won: A Vespa scooter, val $5000, Cuba trip, val $4000, BC winery tour for 4, val $8000, plus some smaller wins including an Arriba chips soundtrack prize and a Nascar hat, plus a Nestle Instant win Crayola package. Great wins! Keep it up and enjoy those trips! ** Update, this winner has now won a trip to the 2010 Olympics! Go Canada!
I have had a very good year also. Our family has won three trips. My husband and I just returned from Algonquin Park last week with a Great Canadian Adventures weekend from Off that I won last fall. Our whole family also visited New Brunswick in Aug, courtesy of Nestle, a trip my husband won. This was a wonderful 3 night trip staying at the Fairmont Algonquin. Also in Feb this year my husband and I went to Las Vegas with a 3 night trip won from a local mall (I mentioned this in a previous post). This summer, my daughter and I went to Elkhorn Spa in MB for a 2 night spa getaway which we thoroughly enjoyed, courtesy of a local CTV Watch and Win Contest.
My son won $1000 on the Crush/ Much Music daily Internet contest. He has put the money into his savings & I can tell you it was a pretty big thrill for a 15 year old! I was impressed when I saw him answer the phone, pick up a pen and correctly answer a STQ, all before telling me who it was! I have trained him right! Other small wins include a prize pack from Sonora wines, val $100 and DVD from the Arriba contest, plus recently my husband got an email that he won a prize from an Internet Arm & Hammer contest, which we are also waiting for. So yes, it has been a good run. Persistence is the key!
We want to hear about all your wins!!
Another winner from Edmonton who recently wrote in tells me that she just won a big trip to New York City this month from the online contest, Share the Energy & Win. She has won the trip (choice of NY, Las Angeles or Las Vegas) plus 2 tours & $1000 cash. Also this year she tells me that she has won 7 sets of movie tickets, $200 in Boston Pizza g.c (yummy), many food prizes, cans of Maxwell House coffee, an Eton Radio from Energizer, val $175, stamps, a DVD, 2– iPods, a fondue set & a bar set, val $129. Wow! That is quite a wonderful list! Thank you for sharing your great fortune.