legb4rsk

Re:chocolate-o-brian post on winning a prize.

I once won a track day at Bedford Autodrome when they first released the VX220 Turbo.The cars where supplied by Vauxhall and hosted by Palmer Racing.Great fun ragging someone elses car for free!
Mind you when you got in the passenger seat & the drivers from Palmer showed what they could do with the car it was a bit of an eye-opener.

Will

A bottle of rum at a raffle. And I didn't get a single drink as I was only 6 so they gave it to my mother and father

That was back in 1989. Since then I've won **** all. Not even a £10 on the lotto

ALi-B

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Not sure if could be classed a freebie, but the most enjoyable was the corporate karting events that were held by one of our suppliers all held at various kart tracks.

Our team were on the poidum for the qualifiers, semi-finals and finals for every year that we were invited (three years running). After that we didn't get invited again, maybe they got tired of us winning all the time

Prizes were pants though - medallion, baseball cap, a £1.99 watch and a naff torch.

J4CKO

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In a Daily Mirror competition in 88 I won a mk2 Golf GTi and a couple of grand on the lottery in about 2001, due another win the so entered the best of the best car thing at the airport the other day

Leslie

I won a box of chocolates once, and that was half inched by the bird I was with at the time!

Les

slipstream_uk

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Back in 1996 I won a comp from MacDonalds to goto the World cup final in the USA for 2.
They also chucked in $1000 spending money, all expenses paid and a 3 day pass to Disneyland.

In the same month I won the golden straw comp in Burgerking, got £500 there.


Now Im just an unlucky bugger that wins nowt now.

slipstream_uk

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double post

PaulC72

Last week I won £30 of bonus bonds in a questionaire that work were holding (to boost security awareness) my daughter has since spent them lol.

Had a few freebies in the last few years from going to a football match, clay pigeon shooting, rugby (only a local team) and loads of bottles at Xmas. This year the only thing has been the bonus bonds...oh and I found £2 in a car park the other day does that count

SWRTWannabe

I won a ride with Richard Burns in a WRC Impreza on a stage near the rally in Wales. Went over and got all kitted up in the overalls and helmet, and was all set to take my turn. Unfortunately he went off on the first run so it was game over.

So, instead SWRT flew me over to Germany just after the German rally for a drive day, where I met Petter Solberg and Tommi Makinnen, and had a ride with Tommi.

Best prize I've ever won by a long long way

nick172sport

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mr blobby cd and a van and kite the daughter loved it

TonyBurns

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A portable tv, which I gave to my sister as it was xmas

Tony

Mifo

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won just over $300 on a slot machine a few years back

scud8

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I won a competitive drive in an Group A Impreza on the 2003 Tempest Rally - great fun, I came 10th overall and only did a bit of damage!

hoskib

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i blagged my way onto a karting 2hr team event with my mates firm a few years back, i'd never done karting so like a dunce i asked to wear one of the hi-viz novice jackets. found out i was ok at it and proceeded to overtake about 90% of the field, we weren't popular

it's nothing special, but i don't get any sort of coporate stuff in my trade so to turn up somewhere all paid for and be pampered and fed all night was great and pissing of some big cheeses that clearly thought i was beneath them was an added bonus.

Myles

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Must have been a right sh1tter, it finished two years before.

slipstream_uk

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I meant 1994

chocolate_o_brian

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I won.....




Oh wait

mj

I sent a salty old £50 second hand cannon ixus in on extended free warrany,for a failed image sensor, and got a brand spanking £200 latest model back through the post.

Ian

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i won today on the local radio, me and 3 friends to go and watch the 1st world cup game in a pub in a privert room with some free drinks/food leather settee etc, and when we want more drinks we are givin a bell to ring and we will be served with a discount!!

not to bad i think

MICAWRX

Mitsubishi competition on website, spot the vehicle from parts of car.. Mica the ultimate car geek spots them straight away. Really tacky one liner to finish.

3 weeks later I get what I thought was a Dutch crank call, turns out to be 5 days in Andalucia In 5* hotels and restaraunts, with a 4x4 and 300 euros spends.
... Also won two 12v car hoovers with same type competition on auto trader stands at shows! Woo hoo!

salsa-king

through Exchange & Mart Mag back in 1987 I won £1000 of Halfords car accessories (out their Mail Order catalogue)..... I was only 13!!!!!
Halfrs gave me a bike too as I was too young to enjoy car accessories!!! lol

Lisawrx

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Not much to speak of really.

The latest was a day off work in a competition (yet to be given, but I will have it )

A few years back, I got a TV boxset as a freebie sort of, my favourite programme at the time. Was more of a mistake than anything, but still it was free.

Oh, and when I was about 13/14 my friends and I went to some amusement place, and you know those machines where you put in 1p/1p/5p/10p and it slides and sometimes actually gives you something.... well we put in 1 10p and nothing but the second and it dropped like ****. We managed over £30 before noticing the people running the place coming over and decided to take what we had. Tbh, the machine may well have been broken or whatever, but what the hell, they rip people all the time so in my mind even then it was just the way it goes.

My 'winnings' may be nothing in the grand scheme of things, but still nice to get something once in a while.

Lee247

I have won the grand sum of "nowt", oh except for an enormous stuffed dog !!!!!!!
So embarrassing carrying it out of the pub

spender(again)

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1998, bagged a freebie to British Grand Prix, helicoptered in, corporate hospitality, all you could eat and drink, met Jaques Villeneuve, loads of free gifts, multiple goes on an F1 game sitting in the cockpit of an F1 car, helicoptered out, got home watched World Cup final. France beat Brazil 3-0,
won office Fantasy World cup game and office sweepstake because I had France - what's better girl who had Brazil offered winner takes all on the sweepstake so I cleaned up.........................

EddScott

I entered a competition when I was in the Lego club and although I didn't come first I won a limited editon man on a keyring. i think I was about 8?


Have entered a competition which ends at 1pm today. I'll let you know if I win

hodgy0_2

closest I came was a second prize - 2 week holiday in Grimsby


mind you first prize was a 1 week holiday in Grimsby

chocolate_o_brian

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Well??

EddScott

I didn't win

It was to win one of the new peugeot RCZ cars. I thought fair enough maybe I'd win one of the 150 free tickets to Goodwood, not quite a car but Goodwood is special. Not a foofing bean!

Never mind, theres always the lottery tomorrow, if I remember

legb4rsk

Would have been the best prize ever ........if only that last sentence had an 'a' followed by a 'ian' in it.


































what's better girl who had a Brazilian offered winner takes all

scunnered

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I just won a "buy it now" on Ebay.