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Tell Us About Your October, 2009 Wins!

Sunday November 1, 2009
Ah, the start of a new month, which means that tons of sweepstakes ended yesterday, and hopefully lots of win notifications will be winging their ways toward all of us as the winners are drawn.

In the meantime, I'd like to hear about the wins that you received or were notified about winning in October of 2009. For me, the month was pretty slow, largely because I had trouble finding time to enter much. I did win a stadium scarf, free tuna fish (finally! I was trying to win that one forever, it seemed), a Target gift card which will come in very handy for Christmas, and another coupon for free Pace salsa. So no big prize value, but lots of useful prizes.

How about you? Did you win anything last month, big or small? Click on the "comments" link above to tell us all about it.

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November 1, 2009 at 10:37 am
(1) Ken B says:

October started out pretty slow for me but toward the end I started winning; Book from Good Reads, 2 movie tickets, coupon from Cheer, coupon from Little Debbie, Flip video camera from Little Debbie, carpet cleaner from Shaw, and a tote bag. I still haven’t won that darn car yet. Maybe one of these days. I keep hoping and dreaming I will.

November 1, 2009 at 11:48 am
(2) Jeff Danner says:

October was another very good month for me. I finally got tuna too Sandra, along with a $100 gift card to Bass Pro Shops, more floor cleaner from Shaw Floors, four more jars of Pace, three more $5 checks from Honey Nut Cheerios, two $5 gift cards from Wendy’s & another $50 gift card from Hooters.

November 1, 2009 at 12:33 pm
(3) scitrus says:

October was decent to me! I got a $15 Target GC from the Gatorade phone-in, the NCAA 10 video game from Wendy’s coin toss, 2 more soccer balls from Axe, a salt cellar from Morton’s, a backpack from Loaker, M&M’s from the Halloween Mansion and a Bacardi Mixers Pitcher Set from their sweeps.

I hope those Xmas sweeps start rolling out fast and furious. I’m hoping for some help before I go shopping. :)

November 1, 2009 at 12:39 pm
(4) Carla LoBosco says:

month of october wins: a book The Haunting of America from Good Reads, a huge cooler from Bud, Last House on The Left DVD from Starpulse and a trip to Rosewell NM. Made me happy.

November 1, 2009 at 1:29 pm
(5) Jane says:

I won one of those tuna pouches and when I pressed to submit,my computer did nothing. Arghh!
Still, otherwise did well. Got two $5.00 from Cheerios, $20.00 Coke card, and $50.00 check from Family Dollar finally arrived. Won Nike sneakers from Eastbay which arrived in a few days and fit great! Won four music downloads and $20 from beewell. Also five Pace coupons. Love that salsa.

November 1, 2009 at 2:22 pm
(6) Susan says:

I won $25 in the Honey Nut Cheerios contest. My best was word that the Toyota Prius I won on September 29 in the Green Pays on Green Days contest is on the boat and on it’s way!

November 1, 2009 at 2:45 pm
(7) debra g says:

I got a big suprise last month. I got a check from ocharleys for filling out one of those receipt surveys for 250 dollars. also I won 2 tubs of curleys barbaque. Im still waiting for my car too and oh yea, lots of money!

November 1, 2009 at 3:17 pm
(8) Patty says:

Every time I try to enter the coke website, it says it’s undergoing maintenance, so I haven’t been able to enter that one much and I had gotten a lot of stuff with that one….but I won free hostess cupcakes and $25 from mm’s Halloween Millions…I’m not discouraged though so I’ll just keep on trying…

November 1, 2009 at 3:23 pm
(9) Sally says:

Shaw area rug, $100 Visa card from AT&T, $25 Meijer gift card, $5 Dunkin’ Donuts card, $5 Cheerios, Nature Valley Trail Mix bars, Red Man sign, Pace Salsa, 3 month Pogo membership X5, 325 Coke points from McDonald’s Monopoly. Still hoping for the big one.

November 1, 2009 at 5:41 pm
(10) Djuana says:

$25 from M&M Halloween; NCAA football 10 game from Wendy’s; Shaw Floors win was an extra entry (ha!).

November 1, 2009 at 8:13 pm
(11) mark says:

nfl patriot cups (4). Not a bad start.

November 1, 2009 at 9:36 pm
(12) lynn says:

We did ok for just starting out, $100 gift card from Kmart, 1 Pace coupon, 75 coke points from McD. I just keep trying!!

November 2, 2009 at 10:47 am
(13) SE says:

$25 Starbucks card from Huggies, extra entry in Shaw Flooring (hoping for the Holiday Rug), Carghill hamburger timer, $75 October Candle Box from Sally Lee candles.

November 2, 2009 at 7:55 pm
(14) Mari says:

October was about as good as September. Won a price is Right t-shirt from Ubisoft, a soccer ball from Axe, another coupon for free candy from Mars and 20 coke points from mickey d’s. Seems like the “gettin’s” gettin a little bigger. Don’t necessarily need a car but home makeovers and cash sure would help, but I’ll take what ever comes my way to bless me. Thanks again for your efforts.

November 2, 2009 at 10:56 pm
(15) Victoria says:

I won a bag of candy from the Halloween Million game. I’m still waiting and eager to win a prize in the Shaw contest!

November 3, 2009 at 3:35 pm
(16) Beverly says:

I won a $25. Starbucks gift card from Dole-find snacking magic, and a soccer ball from Axe. Pretty slow. But, I did recieve my $5,000 check from Eprize for my May win in the Conagra Smart Solutions contest. So, I have to say I feel very blessed.

November 4, 2009 at 11:17 am
(17) Penny Bonkowski says:

I haven’t had much time to enter sweeps for the last few months, so no wins for a while. So I was pleasantly surprised to receive a $25 spafinder gift certificate from the Secret “Flawless” contest. It gave me a much needed boost to enter a little more than I have been! I’m keeping my fingers crossed for that M and M million!

November 4, 2009 at 7:25 pm
(18) jasonshade@gmail.com says:

Just a bag of Candy and a 5 dollar check from Honey Nut Cheerios for me this month.

November 4, 2009 at 11:00 pm
(19) Jean Skarlupka says:

I received a letter telling me I have won a Traeger
pellet grill. From the Papa Murphy’s sweeps. I am excited to receive it. I thank you for listing the sweeps
for me to enter.

November 4, 2009 at 11:03 pm
(20) Jean Skarlupka says:

I received a letter saying that I have won a Traeger
pellet grill from the Papa Murphy’s sweeps. I am very
excited to receive it and start using it. Thank you for
listing it for me to enter.

November 5, 2009 at 2:06 am
(21) jennifer says:

Am I the the only one who wins nothing?? I did all the instant wins all last month and got zilch. I/m trying not to get discouraged but when I see what everyone else has won I feel unloved by the contest gods… :)

November 9, 2009 at 12:41 am
(22) Lindsey says:

I’m the same as you Jennifer, all I won the whole month was a free can of tuna which is at least something, but everyone else seems to have much better luck!

November 9, 2009 at 12:59 am
(23) Special K :) says:

I won an autographed cd of Uncle Krackers new album, ‘Smile’. It also came with a cool tshirt,koozie,and beer glass. Not the big win I was expecting but it’s still all good.

November 11, 2009 at 8:59 pm
(24) Kiki says:

I haven’t won anything since last November and was getting So discouraged but this month I won a Bacardi pitcher set from the Epicurious Peurto Rican giveway. Nice pitcher, four glasses and a wooden stirring spoon. Just got it in the mail today, decent win. Keeps me going!

November 12, 2009 at 4:45 pm
(25) Cheri says:

I won a gorgeous clutch from Peeptoes that I don’t even
know when or where I entered it from. It is an expensive
purse that I will probably never use but nice to win.
Then I won a Flip Video camera from Little Debbies. Both
came the same week and were total surprises.
To all of you getting discouraged, keep the faith. I have been sonsistently entering at least 150 sweeps a day these are the 2 biggest things I have won. I know I
will win a big one sometime (Hope it is soon!). GLTA.

November 14, 2009 at 1:41 pm
(26) Kelly says:

After a year of entering I won a gift bag of goodies from the Quatlity Inn sweeps.

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