Down on Your Luck?!
How many of you play instant win games/sweepstakes on a daily basis despite the fact that you NEVER see “You’ve Won!” or “You’re the BIG Winner!”?! Personally, I very rarely win anything and often get quite discouraged that I am destined to be a loser of sweepstakes 🙂 . For this reason, I just had to share with you an email that I received from reader, Melissa. Check it out below…
Back when you posted about the John Frieda coupons, I completed a survey about my regimen for beautiful hair. I just received an email from a John Frieda representative telling me that I was selected as their Grand Prize winner. As the winner, I will be receiving a years supply of Sheer Blonde products!!!
I am in shock, because I never win anything! I love their Sheer Blonde products, so I am *very* excited!
Had you not posted about the coupons, I would have never even known about the survey – so THANK YOU!
Melissa in Minnesota 🙂
In addition to receiving this email, I have received a handful of other emails from Hip2Save readers letting me know that they were selected to receive a FREE Conair Fabric Steamer to try out and review from Viewpoints!! How cool is that?! And don’t forget about reader Fran who got REALLY lucky and won a trip to Hawaii?!
Well, maybe TODAY is your lucky day. Why not test out your luck on the sweepstakes below?!
* Famous Dave’s Win a Backyard BBQ Sweepstakes
* Summer Adventure Sweepstakes
* Honey Nut Cheerios Instant Win Game
* Pace Hand-Pick & Win 2 Game
I won the $25 Publix Giftcard on My Coke Rewards in their Instant Win today!
Well….I consider this a win…I was selected for the Hasbro Game Night through House Party and I recieve: Taboo, Trivia pursuit…the newest game not yet on the market, and catch phrase…along with 50 napkins that say Hasbro Game Night….and about 5 or 6 coupons for free snacks…wheat thins triscuits etc. Whoo hoo…..better than lemons!!!!
i was playing the cherrios game when you posted this one!! lol I DO NOT LIE!!! 😀
I just won a coupon for a free jar of Pace picante sauce/ salsa! Thanks Collin 😀
This is a good one to play. I won the limit of 5 jars and even got to submit it for a rebate. Now that’s a winner.
Rebate, what rebate?!? You must tell us about the rebate!
I still can’t believe that I won – because, like I said, I never win anything! I can’t even win a free jar of Pace for crying out loud! 😉
WEll i am glad you won…I couldnt get the cherrios to get off my spoon!!!! LOL May be that I was using a laptop without a mouse…..I am happy with my games I am getting for hosting a game night and VERY HAPPY with this site. I have saved so much more than I already did with it!!!!!
I couldn’t get those cheerios off the spoon either! and the only thing I’ve won is the pace and that was after a couple of weeks of trying!
I have won 2 BIG things (at least I consider them big)….
4 Free Stouffers Family Entree’s and a $50 Visa Gift Card (on their facebook page)…
From Edwards Desserts, (on their Facebook page)…my mom submitted an essay about me and Edwards picked it as 1 of the top 10 finalist.. for that I got 10 coupons for FREE Edwards singles desserts and a $500 spafinder.com gift cert….in the same contest are 2 more contests, 1 on Facebook where Facebook readers can vote everyday till June 6th for one of the 10 finalists and that winner gets a “party in a box” (camera, gift cards and 20 Free Edwards singles coupons)….then out of the 10 finalist Edwards is judging for the best one for a trip to CA to a moive premiere….Hope I win !!
I won $5200 in free groceries from a local grocery store chain. I thought they were telling me I won a $100 gift card, but I actually won 52 of them!
Wow! That would be super nice!
Wow! That’s awesome!
CONGRATS. Imagine how far that will go with coupons?
I’m always so sad when I see the winners of your contests.. I’m never one of em! 🙁
I’ll keep trying though! Thanks for the opportunity!!
Me either! I never win. 🙁
Keep trying! I honestly have never one anything (other than a coloring contest years ago when I was a Girl Scout ;-)) — one of these days you will win!
seriously – I can spell. That should be WON – not ONE. LOL!
Chris, i also got selected for the House party game night… 😀 that is a good win in my books… I just hope everyone who said they were going to come, comes 😀 i havent really ever played any of the 3 games…
as for the vocalpoints – i got the wonderful message, sorry, you werent selected… :S sigh!
any suggestions on how you can get into the programs that let you sample and review products? I would love to do that as a side job/hobby
I got the conair fabric steamer as well! It was so nice because I was REALLY hoping I would win a Hip2Save contest, and I didn’t, so I was kinda down. Then, I opened my email inbox to discover the fabric steamer. This was the very first thing I have EVER won! Thank you Hip2SAve!
I’ve entered sweeps & IWGs off and on for the past year or so. Won a Baby Bjorn Synergy carrier w/a set of bibs from thenest.com awhile back, 2 $25 Visa cards from Huggies IWG, a Mother’s Day brooch, Pace salsa, 10 min calling card from Colgate, 2 $15 Best Buy cards from Coke, and maybe a few other small items. None of the big wins, but still enough to keep me going 🙂
I won the Dove free soap for a year. They sent me 12 coupons for 2pack bars. Love FREE anything. 🙂
I received my 12 coupons 2 weeks ago as well. Works nicely with the Dove Walgreens dealio!
Still not lucky..lol
I won another Pace!! That makes 5 now.
I won a trip to Montana to the Marlboro Ranch back in February that came with a check for $1000, then I won a cookbook from a giveaway on the Money Saving Mom blog.
Awesome!
My sister also won that trip in feb.
I won that trip and went in Feb too!!! Most amazing FREE trip of a lifetime!!!
Oh wait I am your sister!! Hi Sam =)
That’s hilarious!
Too funny!
I won an xbox 360 from a Subway instant win game last year. Sold it easily on CL for $250 – not bad!! I’ve also won a few checks for $10, a children’s book, and maybe a few other little things.
I also got selected to receive the conair fabric steamer from Viewpoints. And I just got another email from them saying I would get a sample of AmLactin lotion.
how do you get selected for things like viewpoints and stuff?
Wow, there are so many winners here. I would congratulate each one of you individually, but I don’t want to clog up the page, so, to all you winners big and small…CONGRATS 🙂
I know you all know that I am “reader Fran” that Collin is speaking about, the one who won the Maui trip. I just want to give you all a bit of encouragement and good luck with your contests…you have to do them faithfully every day. I saw a woman on TV who won a lot of contests, and she said the secret is to enter each contest as many times as you can. I also suggest that you read the rules…most contest won’t accept you using AutoFill or any of those, you have to type your info. I used to use AutoFil, and never won. Now I type in the whole form, and I have been winning. I started out with small stuff, then bigger stuff, and then BAM…the trip to Maui.
Don’t give up…good luck to all 🙂
Congrats to you!!! I know you must be SUPER excited!
Do you mean autofill in IE? I always use it it must be why I never win 🙁
Yes Jessica, I left off an L. If you read the rules, most of them tell you that is not allowed, I don’t know their exact wording, but they want YOU to fill out the form, not a computer. I guess there is a way that they can tell, so yes, that is why you aren’t winning. I did the same thing when I started, and didn’t win either. I think the other name like AutoFill is RoboForm, or something like that. So, start typing, and start winning…good luck 🙂
I do use AutoFill for freebies and stuff like that.
That is so awesome! Have a great time in Maui!
I just won the pace salsa, but when I clicked on the get my coupon link it said, sorry you are not eligible for this offer??? I have never won anything from them! I also was selected to host the Kraft Thrill of the Grill house party. Anyone know what that package includes? I can’t find any info on it.
Kerri, thanks for the congrats.
Call 1-800-433-PACE, and tell them what happened…they should make good on it.
In the future, copy and paste the confirmation code to Word or an email draft, just in case you don’t get your prize, you’ll have proof that you won. I have “snipping tool” and I take a screen shot of my win page. HTH…good luck.
I won a gift card to a local restaurant, by entering the drawing at my local blood drive last week. It isn’t much but hey free is free!
I feel like a winner every day I’m able to snatch one of Collin’s deals or one of grocery store deals. I felt like a winner (or thief) today after getting 8 BIC razors packs and 2 boxes of mac and cheese at Publix and making $2, which I used on ice cream 🙂 I would love to win a trip but let’s not forget about the little things we get in the mail free 🙂
I agree with you. The day I found Hip2save was my lucky day ever!!
Because of following Collin’s site, we could save the money to go to Disney world for week last summer.Its just like I won the trip!
Seriously OT, but how do I find out when the next double points day for Disney Rewards is?
Thanks! 🙂
I’m one of those people who NEVER wins anything! But I consider myself a winner when I actually get my rebate checks back, LOL! Today I got back a $15 rebate check, I’m happy! 🙂
I’ve won a $25 gift card on the Huggies instant win…but that’s pretty much it. I play when I can and boost my spirits with all Collin’s awesome freebie deals! 🙂
i love the sheer blonde and brilliant brunette products as well. i happen to be a true red head, but the red head line they made was terrible and left the shower tiles red. I use both the brunette and blonde and they are fabulous. What a great prize indeed, congrats. i’d be jealous but with coupons i purchased aobut 16 bottles so i’m good to go for a bit:)
I recently received an email saying I was picked to receive a free book from the read it forward program at Random House. I also randomly won a $25 gift certificate for snapfish. Thank you Collin for all your hard work.
I got one of these, too, and was just coming on here to say thank you, Collin, for letting me know about this! A free book – what’s better than that? 🙂
I never win anything, but I won a VocalPoint trip for two to New York, including a free set of luggage and $500 spending money (which covered the cost of the other two tickets we needed to make the trip a family affair). I’m sooo looking forward to it!
I’m doing the Hasbro game night, too! And I’m waiting on a couple gift cards from Huggies Enjoy the Ride Rewards! I showed my sister the huggies program and now she’s waiting on a free pack of huggies coupon and a $25 Kohls gift card. That is now my 2nd fav website, right behind this one!
Just today I won two packs of Bic permanent markers from their 100 Days of Sunshine contest, I am getting the Viewpoint fabric steamer and a sample of lotion from Viewpoint as well. My big piece of advice is to enter as many of the contests as you can find. I also like to enter contests that have a big prize but also other small instant win prizes. It is a lot easier to win one of the instant win prizes. Also, do not get discouraged! It usually takes weeks of entering a bunch of instant win contests every day to win one thing. But as soon as you have won that prize you will forget all about those days you didn’t win!
I have been entering sweeps since Feb and have actually had good luck with the instant wins. I won pace 5 times, a trivial pursuit game from a milk sweep, $35 dollars from honey nut cherios, granola bars from nature valley, $100 gift card from Kids Cusine, $10 gift card from Restaruant.com. I am currently waiting on a $25 gift card from the m&m sweep and a bottle of shampoo or condition from the dove glee sweep. I play everyday. Hoping to eventually grab a big prize.
I tell ya, I never won anything until Collin’s blog! 🙂 I won a couple small things because of this site…one being the Pace Salsa! 😀 THanks for all you do Collin!
I never win anything so I was so happy when I got the email saying I was selected for the Conair Fabric Steamer. Then just now I won a free jar of salsa on the Pace thing–I’ve been playing for weeks and not won anything–yay! Maybe my luck is changing.
I love hearing about other people’s wins because it’s good to know somebody does actually win–sometimes I wonder if there are real prizes to be had. 🙂
CONGRATS to all the winners on here!! That is just awesome. I feel like I won a coupon contest tonight. A very generous COUPON FAIRY let a huge stack of coupons, many of them high value, at my local Target tonight. So a big THANK-YOU to the COUPON FAIRY where ever you are!! And no I did not take all of them. I left plenty for others to enjoy. 🙂
The only thing I ever win are Swagbucks and the biggest one was only 30 LOL!! I have to be the most unluckiest person ever!!! I have been trying to win that stupid jar of salsa for months now and all I ever get is the recipe. Oh well, maybe one day I will win something!
a very long time ago I won tickets to go see Ted Nugent LOL LOL
This wasn’t a contest, but awhile back collin posted about the victoria secret gift card on any purchase and pointed out some clearance items one was a 2.99 body spray I ordered it BC shipping was also free and to my surprise when it came it was a large can and smells good. Weeks went by and the card almost expired…. my sis had her baby and I almost forgot about the gift card so one day on my way home I ran into VS and had the cashier scan my card……….. IT WAS FOR $100!! woo hoo!
just tried the (dairy) Summer Adventure game this morning and won a $25 gift card to Genuardi’s. it’s probably a 30-45 min drive to the store but hey it’s a free $25 to use and depending how long the gift card is good I can use it when I take my daughter off to college in a couple months 🙂
WOW!! I can not believe how much stuff people win from various contests. I am always skeptical of contest and think there are never really winners, but you all proved me wrong! Also i won the Hip2Save Thirty-one contest and i was soooo excited!
I won a book from the read it forward Oprah program that was on here a while back. 🙂
I won to be a host for Oscar Mayer’s Thrill of the Grill Party!!!
I’m not lucky but my eldest daughter sure is-she went on Forever 21 website to look at clothes and entered their Spring Break contest 1 time. She forgot she even entered until she got e-mail and phone call saying she won $500 giftcard to Forever 21 and a 13 day trip for 2 to Mexico which they are taking this summer!!!! Neither I nor her father could be her “guest” because the travel company does trips for 18-35 year olds only:(