It's come to a halt for me too, and I spend way too much time online entering these things.
It's just that lately it seems a lot of newbies here (and a certain ''other site'') seem to think that because they joined a sweepstakes site (and/or paid for a membership) that it automatically means they ARE going to win something. and that's far from the truth.
It's all about timing and luck. (oh, and frustration :laughing
It appears to me that those who complain the most are also those that turn down the prizes that they actually do manage to win! (Those folk that join and post here (1-3 posts) just so they can whine, complain, and hope that members here will
enable them and "make them feel better" for being total idiots. Isn't that what 'support-group' junkies do?)*
I have to agree there also. One thing I have noticed is that the "counts" of people entering contests here have gone up by at least 4x during the last year. A "One Entry" Sweep that used to get 500 entries via this site is now getting 2-3000 entries. Either this site is finally being recognized as
the "premiere" sweeps site ... or it might be that massive amounts of people have joined the Sweeps Community.
But, the end result is the same: The more people entering ... the worse the odds for one particular person winning.
And as I have stated before: The quantity and quality of
real prizes has diminished in the last year also. So a lot of little
junk is being won instead of what used to be the norm. Winning a tube of lipstick might be a great win for those the have a
'chronic need to win' but
real prizes are few and far between now. For those folks
Madberry is a godsend. But I don't even waste my time with those. I don't even consider those to be legitimate Sweeps wins. They are basically "giveaways" disguised as sweeps. But if a drawer full of feminine hygene products gives you the warm fuzzies ...
In sweeping there are no promises ... no guarantees. I have won my "BIG" prize ($33,000) ... so if I ever hit something else in my lifetime ... it will just be gravy on the 'taters.
:crazytongue:
*yep ... I don't like whiners. They chap my hide like a bad fitting saddle! :crazytongue:
the sweeps for girly products. These sweeps enable me to try products I would hesitate to buy, like scented soaps, and most recently this product called a "bath bomb". :crazytongue: Would I ever in all my born days have bought a "bath bomb" :scratch:...no, because it sounds weird, they're expensive and they look funny. But now that I've won some and tried them I see why people like them. Lipstick is GREAT win...for people who don't have lipstick. And do you have any idea how much designer lipstick costs? The last lipstick I won (which my Mom is using) costs more than a 32 gig USB flashdrive! And for that price you get staying power and clarity of color that you do not get with the cheaper stuff. I don't enter for these products out a a neurotic drive to win, but because the prizes are interesting, fun and useful. I think the "little" things are really the most fun part of sweeping! :sunny:
