Share Your Wins for August!
Monday September 1, 2008
It's that time of the month again, everybody, the time when we eagerly wait to hear the results of the tons of sweepstakes that ended along with August, and to find out whether we'll receive any of the prizes. I'd love to hear about the prizes that you've won in the last month!
August was a pretty good month for me. I won:
- A Single-Day admission pass to any Six Flags theme park. (daily instant).
- A $100 Prepaid Visa Gift Card from MyCoke Rewards Bringing Home the Green Sweepstakes (daily instant).
- A $50 gift card from Kraft (daily instant).
- A $10 Amazon gift certificate from Stouffers (daily instant).
- A $25 gift certificate from Lipton (daily instant).
Now I'd love to hear about your sweepstakes successes! Tell me about your wins last month, big or small, by clicking on the "Comments" button below and sharing your prizes!
Comments
I actually had a pretty good month. I won a $25.00 Panara GC from Wyndham, $30.00 for 6 flags through Johnny Rockets, $50.00 GC from Kraft, $5.00 6 flags coupon from Lunchables, 4 tickets to 6 flags from MyCoke Rewards, 4 tickets to the Bodies Museum in Cincinnati, Colgate toothpaste, $25.00 Pier One GC, a prize package from Kelloggs with all kinds of cereals, snacks, tote bag, and beach items, an Ipod Shuffle from Good Housekeeping, and a couple of movie tickets through various sponsors.
Very nice, Epblack, congratulations!!
This is my second month sweeping and I got kraft $50 Gc, Hillshire farms -two movie tickets, mamma mia movie ticket, stepbrothers t-shirt and drum set, and a colgate toothpaste. Congratulations to all winners.
Great job for your first month, Celeste, congratulations!
I won the Lance Snack pac sweep 1st prize. Just ccame yesterday. 3 boxes of snacks. biggest win yet.
Congratulations, Catherine, I hope you’ll enjoy your snacks!
This month I won a $50 gift card from Kraft. Funny, I got so spoiled with several wins in July that was getting disappointed after going a few weeks without an instant win.
I know the feeling, Kelly! Even though I’ve had a good month, it’s been a little while since I’ve gotten a win, and I’d really like to see another!
I’m hoping the end-of-the-month sweeps will have brought me some luck 
When I have had a zero month….and that’s been more often than I’d like…it great to see the enthusiasm of others that have won. Thanks for posting those wins…and keep on winning!
Jimtom, I’m sorry to hear that it was a slow month for you. I hope that your luck was just storing up for a big win in September!
I won the “Valero Tailgate Party Sweepstakes” — one winner got the entire $13,039 worth of prizes.
This is the biggest sweeps that I have ever won — lots of small sweeps, but nothing like this.
Wow, that sounds like an amazing prize, Bill! What kinds of prizes did you win?
I won 2 different movie tickets in August. One for Tropic Thunder and one for Mama Mia.
I keep hoping for a gift card or trip or something of value but nothing yet. Congrats to all of the other winners.
Congratulations on your movie ticket wins, Tbirdtony, and I hope that a nice, juicy gift certificate is in the cards for you this month!
I just began entering last month. I won just once - an instant win of 5 free music downloads. I was pretty excited to win that day, but really hoped to have even one more small win this month. Congratulations to all of the winners this month!
I won one of the $50.00 Gift Certicate from Kraft saying it will be sent in 4-6 weeks. But not sure if I will be getting it. Just said grand prize winner, but didn’t have any instructions on how to claim. And don’t remember if filled out info when I signed up. It did have an authorization code. Just curious if others that won got the same message. Thanks,
Margaret, congratulations on getting a prize in your very first month of entry! That’s really great - oftentimes it takes much longer. Remember that as your entries start to pile up, so will your chances of winning
Linda, I think I received the same message. Remember that they have your information on file from when you registered, so they should be able to send your gift card to you without any additional information from you. I hope you’ll get your card quickly!
i won a tube of tooth paste from colgate healthy upgrade,i won a 1lb of Davids Cookie tin from Summer Of Savings and a $20.00 master card from auto trader turn2 sweepstakes.
LOL. It’s funny to see I’m not the only one to have “won” the Colgate toothpaste sample. I had a good laugh with that after getting too excited before seeing what I actually won.
Other than that, and a Subway cookie, nothing this month. I guess I’ve been slacking on the entries, or going after the big fish.
Very nice prizes, Jodieblond, especially that elusive Colgate toothpaste, which I have been consistently failing to win!
Greg, if I ever hit that toothpaste win, I’ll be jumping and hollering like it’s $100. I’m really frustrated with not winning it
Though to be honest, I’d probably prefer the yoga DVD. 
Here’s hoping that some big prizes will be coming up for you with the end of the month win notifications!
Thanks for answering about the Kraft $50.00. I really couldn’t remember if I filled out my info when first entering. Looking forward to already spending it!! LOL!!!
Wow Bill Lea That was Great!! Lucky you!! Congratulations!!
Linda, do you have any ideas for what to spend it on yet?
Congratulations to all that won something in August. Personally, I have not won anything as yet but I (as I am every month) hopeful that this is the month that I finally break through and win something.
Continued good luck to all.
Richard, I hope that this will be the big month for you!
I won a coupon for a free small cheese pizza from Papa Gino’s. It was second prize.
Also won a $5 Starbucks card from the Aramark spa sweepstakes.
I won a Kodak digital camera from the Kleenex sweepstaes.
WPVI-Channel 6 ABC Philadelphia - I won 2 orchestra tickets to see Bernadette Peters at the Mann Center. She was great.
Congratulations, Jane! It sounds like you have a food theme going
A Batman keytag from General Mills Spectacular. My only win since January!
August was a dry month for me too; just a movie ticket to Tropic Thunder. Hopefully September will be better!
I didn’t win anything, but one of my sons won a $25 Lipton prepaid Mastercardcard & hubby won a 1 month membership to Netflix…so I am happy
Just started sweepstaking at the begining of August..first win was a pack of Mike & Ikes (which my son gleefully snitched out of the mail when it arrived!) then won a climate controled pet carrier from Womans World
Hope September is lucky for all!
OOOPS I was wrong, I did win something…
A Dole Distinctive Salad. I wanted to win it too, so I shouldn’t have forgotten
just started entering about two weeks ago..haven’t won a thing. From your list of wins I can see that big win is illusive!! But I only want what I need and that’s something I can turn into cash. Don’t we all.
thanks, L
I received a Blockbuster card for one rental, although I can’t remember winning it, the Colgate toothpaste sample and a 14 oz. bag of M&Ms from the Haunted Mansion. I really crack up entering that one b/c of the dressed up skeleton M&M - it’s so goofy
This month I won $50 in the Lipton instant win, and a free can of Camel snuff (that went right in the trash unfortunately - yuck!)
how often do everyone ck for their notifications? because i”m new i haven’t won yet but i sent so so so many in i;m just hoping an waitinga new sweeper.
I had a great month:
Subway:
Scrabble game, 3-mo Pogo membership, several instant win food prizes
Others:
14.0z M&M’s
grill (Crisco)
$5 Chevron card
Wendy’s Frosty
Beachball
Vincent Longo Waterproof Mascara, Creme Concealer and Pink satin bag
Tava Zero Calorie Sparkling Beverage from Q&S
Dragonmooncrafts agate necklace
and…
$200
Lucky Mag/Clean Sweeps 1x
Clean Ultimate Eau de Parfum,Soft body lotion, Bath&shower gel
Quaker Life Ceral Shuuerfly Photo Album (daily)
Colgate toothpaste
JVC Jazz Sweeps t-shirt (first 500)
Tropic Thunder movie tic
Prilosec nascar DVD
Sears VIP music download
Totinos Dark Knight movie tic
Congrats to all the winners
My first win after playing since January — about 30-40 sweepstakes per day — I was about to give up and then Nursery Water sent an AbbyCadabby doll with DVD. Not exactly what I’d had in mind for my big win, but it’s a start!
I have been entering more than 120 dailies since May and have yet to win anything. I also enter between 10 & 12 weekly and another 6 to 8 monthly. All I can think of is that I have to be doing something wrong…or is my luck just that bad?
Very nice, Barbara! Kleenex tells me nothing but sorry, sorry, sorry. I’d love a digital camera to replace mine, which is broken.
Jh2014, that sounds like an amazing show, congratulations!
Diane, at least it’s something to re-energize your faith in sweeping! I hope many more wins follow quickly
Jworthen, September’s usually a big month for sweepstakes, so I hope it will be great for you!
Karen, congratulations on three nice wins for your family!
Wow, Gottawin69, that’s a great start for your very first month entering!! Congratulations.
Lanajay, two weeks is really early to win any prizes, especially if you’re only entering big sweepstakes, so don’t lose hope! While I think it’s a great idea to focus on the prizes you really want to win, a lot of smaller prizes are really useful, too, like the gift cards that I and many others won. Mine will go towards financing a vacation this fall
You might enjoy my article, A Win is a Win, if you haven’t seen it yet 
Nascar credential holder from 3M
lots of music downloads and ringtones from Samsung Medal Mania
Dole salad
song downloads from Logitech
$20 Mastercard from autotrader
Wendy’s twisted frosty
oh and my first big win…$250 Sephora GC from E! Spoil Me Summer Sweeptakes (I spent it this weekend, had a blast and bought some Gucci perfume and lots of makeup)
I’ve only been “sweeping” a few weeks. On Aug. 31 I won a Batman Backpack through the General Mills Batman promotional and sweeps. I won off an instant win. I haven’t recieved it yet, but I am excited all the same, and I know my nine year old son will love it. Thanks for all your tips, too, Sandra, they are very helpful. This is fun! Hope to be reporting back to you this time next month with more wins!! Thanks again!
I won a trip for two to San Francisco, but there were so many restrictions, that I had to decline it; it is the best thing I’ve won ever, so I am disappointed! Oh well, I’ll keep trying.
i won the beano veggies for a year prize of $2,500.00 gift card.. first time i have ever - ever - won a prize… so exciting…
Congratulations, Paula! I like how M&Ms really goes all out for Halloween. They had a similar sweep last year, too, they’re so much fun!
Ugh, Kiki, I’d do the same with the snuff! Congratulations about the gift card, though. That at least is a very nice prize!
Afferran, I try to check my sweepstakes email at least once a day, especially around this time of the month, when a lot of sweepstakes have ended, and the sponsors are notifying winners. Sometimes you have a very short time to respond, and it’s an awful feeling to find a win notification and then realize that you’re too late to receive the prize!
Very nice, Tkharmonic, especially the grill win! I hope you’ll love all of your prizes
Esper, congratulations! Those are some really fun prizes, and the nice cash one at the end is really the icing on the cake! I hope you’ll be able to spend it on something FUN!
From Tourism Mexico(American Express)I won Apple ipod Nano 4GB ARV $149.00,I sent to my son in Oregon.
Well I did win some things..yippie! I do include contests, sweepstakes, and award points into one list so here goes:
1) MyPoints Gift Card $75 Walmart (Point Award)
2) FC&A Survey $1 (Survey)
3) Subway Scrabble: 2 free cookies, free chips, & free drink: $3.48
4) Logitech Tech Sweep: 5 Free MP3 Downloads: $4.98
5) Colgate Toothpaste sweepstakes: Won Toothpaste sample of Colgate Total: $0.99
6) Subway Scrabble: 3month Pogo.com Membership: $17.97
So, the biggest one was a point offer that I redeemed but I was so surprised to win all the small prizes
HI Sandra! Love your input on contests & sweeps. August I won 10 free medium drinks from Shell. 2 $50 lettuce entertain U gift certificates. A Miller Lite Hat. Working on a september win… Take care Peggy
Allison, congratulations on your fantastic wins last month!
If anyone would like to hear more about that great Sephora prize, read Allison’s Winning Story in the Sweepstakes Forum
It sure brightened my day!
August was my second month of sweeping. I won a movie ticket from Subway, a $100 gift card to Montgomery Ward from Fabulous Savings (though there isn’t one near me and they’re not online yet
) , and the infamous tube of toothpaste from Colgate 
August was a VERY dry month for me! I won LOTS of buy 1/get 1 free Johnny Rockets hamburgers from Royal Caribbean Sweepstakes but that was it! I guess July and August made up for my exceptional May & June! I ain’t mad, though. I’m still sweepin’!
I have only won one item for August..some coupons from stouffers. I am Canadian so I am not sure if there are less contests available..some of you have done really well! I am a contest lover, so I am entering, but I am not consistent, so I am going to work on that. Thanks!
I’ve been entering sweeps & contests since last Jan. & have yet to win. How can I find out if a sweep or contest is legal in Wisconsin. You rarely see someones name from WI in a winners list.
August was very kind to me…
$100 from Coke/Sprite, $50 from Kraft Back to School, Dole salad, Enfamil formula (going to give that to a new mom), several movie tix to both Mamma Mia and Get Smart, $10 from Disney, $5 Starbucks from Coinstar, a bag from JCrew, a bag of candy from the Mars Million, and toothpaste from Colgate (to go with the candy)
I won a Mummy DVD, a 4GB iPod Nano, and some panties from Hanes.
I won the Claire’s Boutique Jonas Brothers Sweepstakes! It included airfare to Chicago and hotel for 2 nights, 4 tickets to the Jonas Brothers concert there, and $500 spending money. Chicago was a great experience. Unfortunately, I had to miss the concert night as I’m a school teacher, and the next day was the 1st day of school, but my 5 year old daughter and husband really enjoyed it. This was the 1st time I’ve really ever won anything, so it was really exciting!
Finally won biggest prize yet! $1000 grand prize in Southern Living Magazine’s Ultimate Holiday Menu Sweepstakes. Got a call yesterday.
August was not a great month for me.
Book- Where the River Ends
Digital sand timer from Listerine
Salad from Dole
Race credential holder(find me a race, please)
Dibbs ice cream snacks
Mama Mia ticket (that made 3)
I am keeping on keeping on, tho!
Was glad to read of some great wins for people, I know they are out there!
This is my first time on this website. I have been applying for contests for hours. This is going to be my new hobby. Sandra your website is great. Soon i will be posting my winnings!
finally after 3 years of 40 or so SWEEPS A DAY, i won $50 gift card from kraft(which i have not received) and $10 instant win from home shopping network, which i spent and received already. after 3 years of doing this i was sure it was not at all possible to win anything. but, i was wrong, thank God.
epblack, I was just wondering, on the 6 flags tickets, were there any restrictions?
Curious, if anyone won a starbucks from Aramark for $5.00. I did and never received it. Wondering if any others won one.
Sandra, sorry just saw your message. Not sure what to spend the Kraft card on. Hope maybe can use (american express) for gas. LOL!!!
Hi, Linda,
According to the Aramark Sweepstakes rules: “Instant Win Game prizes will be fulfilled 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the Promotion.” The sweep just ended on September 24, so you still have some time to wait to receive it.
Congrats on your win, and no worries about not seeing my reply earlier!
Slow month for me only a $50 gift card from Lipton .
I’ve been sweeping for a year and have not won yet from the site’s links, but I did win 2 contests, 1 from my Fox local station that was Horton Hears a Who tickets & party and another which was a radio station contest of $500, so I’m not giving up!
Congrats to all on their wins!