From the article: Managing Your Sweepstakes Time - How to Create a Good Mix of Sweepstakes
I have a list of sweepstakes that I try to enter every day, but sometimes I need to go through and weed out the ones that aren't worth entering anymore. Do you do the same thing? What makes you give up on entering particular sweepstakes? Share Your Reason
giving up
- I think all responsible sweeps should have a link in the rules [not the entry form] allowing contact with questions or problems with their proceedures or the site. This could eliminate isp problems or point directly to them while giving the contestant a better view of the sponsors, who all deserve our support in appreciation of them offering sweeps with desired prizes.
- —Guest sweeper42
giving up or giving in
- I abhor the idea of constantly entering my b'date, a simple check box as in many sites stating "i am over ...". this is usually in the rules and falsely checking the box reason to disqualify. Sites that have apparent broken links bug me, I often have to manually enter the site for their current link. I have also had to re-enter to get the link after the site say my add. exists please login here. the worst for me is the above, but when the "captcha" doesn't work, I want to place their security device in the appropriate file. I have even taken pix of my screen and had others view the pix and agree that I am not blind. Unsubscribe links are a science of their own and a warning posted for the user to READ the text carefully as some are traps with their wording. I have received the same junk-mail from 7 different senders in one day. Why are alcohol related contests not allowed in Calif. when tobacco sites are? Great job with this site [ I sometimes use sweepstakes advantage to fill in
- —sweeper42
jan
- Any contest that has multiple pages really bugs me and I tend to give up on them.
- —Guest bandon54
Giving up on sweepstakes
- My number one reason would be that the site does not take autofill. I may enter it a few times but then get annoyed at having to type my entry.
- —Guest LT
Giving Up Sweepstakes
- Having difficulty managing the web page and entering according to specific details
- —Guest debado1962
reason why i give up on sweepstakes
- b'coz,i've been trying so much on a particular sweepstake but gettin no result on that ... irritates me alot.... and hence i give up on dat and switch over to someother...
- —Guest Tahmena
Why I give up on sweepstakes
- I have given up on sweepstakes sometimes because they require a code that I am not able to get without purchasing something. Or they state that you can get a code online when actually I can't.
- —Guest Betty
ready to stop entering
- I see that it is just a trick to get you to keep buying something. They ask and offer the same thing and when you decide on two sponsors the screen take you right to the beginning so you have to buy more stuff.
- —Guest jacalyn
guest Pat
- Slow loading will make me go away. Also, long ending dates. One contest lasted until Jan. 2011! I love your web-site great job! I've learned so much.
- —pat7243
End date too far out
- If the contest has an End-date that is a full one year away and that same contest allows for daily entries, I usually just enter once or twice then move on. The odds of winning are just too great with that long a lead time.
- —Guest Rika
Voting and Recipe Sweeps
- I skip right over voting sweeps, they annoy me and take too much work and I don't know enough people who would vote for me to even give me a chance to win. Recipe sweeps because I don't cook, (that's my husbands job!).
- —Guest Char
another thing...
- Another thing that makes me give up on sweeps is if it will not let me use autofill/robofill. I'm not typing all that info in every day!
- —Guest Penny
Badly programmed sites
- If the site won't handle phone numbers with dashes or birth dates with slashes or other common, standard formats that are in my Roboform profile, I usually quit entering them. It's easier to program a webpage to remove dashes, slashes, etc., than to program the error message, so what's wrong with the sponsor that they would allow such sloppy programming?
- —Guest Giri
what makes me stop enetering
- A; company I have never heard of giving away a prize way after a year. B: broken links or sites;C-Something I do not want for even the second prize:D- too long to fill out.
- —Guest brombacher
What makes you give up on sweepstakes
- When the prize is way overvalued by the sweeps company and I know if I should win, the taxes wouldn't be worth it. Recently one magazine had a trip to London (which I'd love), but valued it at $25,000. I could live there for six months for that!
- —Guest IM4CATS
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