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Share Your Wins for March, 2009!

Wednesday April 1, 2009
Today is the start of April, which means that it's one of my favorite days -- the first day of the month, when I get to hear about all of the great prizes that you all won in March!

March was a busy month for me, so I didn't get as many entries in as I would have liked. Nevertheless, I won some fun prizes including a $25 NBA gift card, a $50 Kmart gift card, an ESPN hat, and a Castrol t-shirt.

How about you? Click the "Comments" link below to share the prizes you won last month. Big or small, it doesn't matter, I love to hear about them all!

If you didn't win any prizes last month, reading about the wins that others received will inspire you to try harder this month. Here are some more tips that can help you win more:

Comments

April 1, 2009 at 10:21 am
(1) Jeff Danner says:

March was an interesting month – I won 16 prizes. I also won the K-Mart $50 gift card. I won Krispy Kremes for my office along with over $100 in services from a local massage spa, a $50 towel from the Art Production Fund giveaway, Fabreeze products from P&G, 8 candy certificates from Mars, 3 more jars of Pace & a Nightlife magnetic LED from Brooks Sports. I also retired yesterday & so will have more time to enter!

April 1, 2009 at 10:33 am
(2) Sandra Grauschopf, Guide to Contests says:

Wow, what a great month, Jeff, congratulations! Congrats on retiring, too, I bet it will be fun to have more sweeping time!

April 1, 2009 at 11:14 am
(3) Deborah says:

I actually won something last month. I won a $100.00 visa gift card from AT&T achange will do you good. I an looking forward to this month.

April 1, 2009 at 11:38 am
(4) Ken B says:

March was a really good month for me; I won a Nintendo Wii and a WiiFit from the PFP Challenge,Castrol GTX TShirt from the Castrol Syntex sweeps, PSP from the Little Caesar-Pepsi Sweeps, a suprise win from pointclickhome.com, RoomMates Peel and Stick Cherry Blossom Wall Design appliqués and lastly a $50 IW from one of the surveys that I do.

April 1, 2009 at 12:39 pm
(5) Dana says:

March was good for me..I won a laptop sleeve from Chex-Mix, a $50.00 gift card from K-Mart,a 25.00 gift from Nick Jr. and 2 jars from Pace. That’s a total of 4 jars..I even got my grand daughter doing some sweeps for teens.She really likes to do the J-14 mag. sweeps. I really wanted the flip camera from Go-Gert and entered at least 8 times a day but no luck on that one.

April 1, 2009 at 12:46 pm
(6) Kent says:

March was a lucky month for me:

-2 more candy bars and $25 gift card from Mars
-3 more Pace coupons
-another $20 Coke Cash card
-Castrol GTX T-shirt
-$15 Ted’s Montana Grill certificate
-3 $25 Sports Authority.com codes

May April spring forth many wins for you all.
Good luck!

April 1, 2009 at 1:12 pm
(7) Brenda says:

In the Food Network & Sargento co-branded sweepstakes, “Sargento’s Big Cheese in the Big Apple,” I was a winner of The Food Network Tastebook. I can’t wait to try out those recipes!

April 1, 2009 at 1:33 pm
(8) Sandra Grauschopf, Guide to Contests says:

Congratulations on a really nice win, Deborah! Here’s hoping that your luck continues into April :)

April 1, 2009 at 1:58 pm
(9) Sandra Grauschopf, Guide to Contests says:

Wow, Ken, what a great month for you! Congratulations!

I really love my Wii Fit, I hope you will, too.

April 1, 2009 at 3:24 pm
(10) Sandra Grauschopf, Guide to Contests says:

Congrats on your wins, Dana! Wishing your grand-daughter a lot of luck, too! Be sure to check out the Sweepstakes for Kids and Teens List, if you haven’t seen it already :)

April 1, 2009 at 3:34 pm
(11) epblack says:

I a busy March and scored some cool items that include a Castrol tshirt, Brother P Touch Label Maker from Parents Magazine, 2 candy bars from Mars, Chefs cheese basket (yes, you all no the one…lol), Coke shirt in a bottle from Coke Rewards Mayhem, Flip Video Camera from Gogurt, $20.00 GC from Coke, $14.00 in movie tickets from Campbells, and a Sup To Speed Challenge ESPN hat.

April 1, 2009 at 4:03 pm
(12) Sandra Grauschopf, Guide to Contests says:

Great job, Kent! And wishing you a lucky April as well! :)

April 1, 2009 at 4:52 pm
(13) Lori says:

Well I managed to win the Pace coupon and a pair of tickets to a Detroit Pistons game (bummed I couldn’t go) with signed picture (to come at a later date) of one of the players. I also won an M&M mars single pack coupon.

April 1, 2009 at 5:07 pm
(14) kat m says:

I received a message from Franz Bakery and the only reason I can think of that they would call is I entered to win a 42″ Plasma TV. I’ve returned a message 3 days in a row now. All I get is voicemail. Any suggestions? Won $15 $9 & $16 in lottery and a coupon for free Pace.

April 1, 2009 at 5:48 pm
(15) Char says:

I won 23 Instant Win’s in March, but nothing too big. Still, it was the best month I have ever had!
This is what I won:
1. $30 Nascar.com/Ask.com Cash Card (Received)
2. Beach Towel & Tee Shirt from Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Under Water Adventure
3. M&M’s Hunt for the Yellow Game – Candy bar!
4. M&M’s Hunt for the Yellow Game – Candy bar!
5. Package of Combo’s From Ultimate Man Zone
6. Zagat’s One Month Subscription
7. Gogurt Flip Camera 3-14
8. Tee Shirt from Brooks RunHappy (Received)
9. Coke UTC Rewards $20 3-14
10. Pace Salsa (Error wouldn’t print again!)
11. M&Ms Hunt for the Yellow Game Candy Bar! 3-15
12. M&MS Hunt for the Yellow Game Candy Bar! 3-19
13. Pace Salsa, Printed, my printer jammed! Emailed 3-21
14. Secret Deodorant 2 oz. From Flawless Diamond Game 3-22
15. M&Ms Hunt for the Yellow Game Candy Bar 3-24
16. M&Ms Hunt for the Yellow Game Candy Bar 3-25
17. Verizon Keith Urban Swag Bag
18. Pace Salsa Printed!
19. M&M Hunt for Yellow BAG of candy! 3-29
20. Free Shipping VichyUSA 3-29
21. HBO Sex in the City Keychain 3-29
22. Subway PointsNPlay $5.00 3-31
23. $5.00 VichyUSA Gift Certificate

April 1, 2009 at 5:57 pm
(16) Joe says:

For me, I won the $100 instant win from The Pot of Gold Sweepstakes. I was also surprised by how fast the prize was delivered.

April 1, 2009 at 6:21 pm
(17) tkharmonic says:

Wow, look at all the wins, isn’t it great? March was a great month for me though I haven’t had the time to spend on instants that I usually do.

My son won a movie ticket to see Monters vs. Aliens and a $5 cash card from a box of Cocoa Puffs.

I won:
-T shirt from Castrol GTX
-two candy bars from Hunt for Yellow
-$500 from TurboTax SuperStatus Challenge #7
-$1,000 + LA Kings hockey tickets/parking passes from TurboTax SuperStatus Challenge #13

April 1, 2009 at 10:10 pm
(18) Jane says:

I won three more Pace coupons. the
3M Performance Driven T-shirt
I received my second place prize in the Brita Do a World of Good Sweepstakes-A deluxe size Brita pitcher, four filters, “Biggest Loser” cookbook, “The Lazy Environmentalist” and a subscription to Prevention magazine.
Also $50.00 in the General Mills Sweepstakes.
and a Jelly bean dispenser in the Mr. Jelly Belly sweep.

April 2, 2009 at 2:32 am
(19) Patricia :) says:

$50 Conoco/Phillips gas card from CBS shooting hoops instant game; 3 Mars candy bars; 2 $5 BK Crown Cards from Kraft Underwater; my daughter won a leather i-pod holder from teenmag.

April 2, 2009 at 6:38 am
(20) Sandra Grauschopf, Guide to Contests says:

Brenda, those Tastebooks look really cool. Congrats on the win, and I hope the recipes are awesome!

April 2, 2009 at 6:39 am
(21) Sandra Grauschopf, Guide to Contests says:

Congratulations, Epblack, it sounds like you had a great month! Here’s hoping that April will be even better! :)

April 2, 2009 at 6:54 am
(22) Sandra Grauschopf, Guide to Contests says:

Congratulations on your wins, Lori! It’s always good to see the prizes come in, even when they’re not exactly what you’d hoped for. It means you’re on the right track, and the next prize might be the big one!

April 2, 2009 at 8:47 am
(23) MARYANN WESTHOUSE says:

HI I WON A FIVE THOUSAND RING FROM GLAMOUR MAGAZINE AND I ALSO ONE ONE HUNDRED BOTTLE OF PERFUME IT WAS A GREAT MONTH FOR ME

April 2, 2009 at 9:24 am
(24) Mauree says:

On Wednesday, 3/31 I played Wendy’s .99 Bid for Value and won a 7′ Air Hockey Table. I got back into contesting last month and couldn’t believe I won so quickly. Used to enter contests years ago before computers-was kind of expensive buying paper, envelopes and postage but since it’s now free I’ll be entering many more. Thanks for making this possible.

April 2, 2009 at 11:09 am
(25) Barbara says:

this was really an April win, but the contest was in March. I won a $200 home depot rental card. It made my day.

April 2, 2009 at 12:11 pm
(26) Sandra Grauschopf, Guide to Contests says:

Kat, I sure hope that’s the case! Be sure to let us know how it turns out :)

April 2, 2009 at 3:45 pm
(27) Ellen Lopes says:

I won the Excalibur Food Dehydrator from dMommy spot ! Value 249.00 :-)

April 3, 2009 at 12:41 pm
(28) Kiki says:

Didn’t win anything this month … I feel like I’m doing something wrong! I never even win daily instant win ones. Ah well, I’ll keep plugging along!

April 3, 2009 at 11:57 pm
(29) Patty says:

March was kind…
I won 4 M&M candies, Coke mayhem speakers, a music download, 4 Coke $20 GC and a Long John Silver Beach Kit.

April 4, 2009 at 10:25 am
(30) Jason says:

Last month was much better but this month I won

-A 50 Dollar K-Mart Gift Card
-A Coupon for a free bottle of Pace.

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