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The secret lives of compers
- parenthesis 4y agoI did a bit of comping a few years ago (all online, no more than minutes worth of time per week). I won: a case of wine, a garden hose, tickets to a play, tickets to a concert, tickets to a book festival event (from the Guardian, in fact).
- bitxbitxbitcoin 4y agoBot assisted or not?
- parenthesis 4y agoPurely manual, I'm afraid. But it was fun (to me).
- dfxm12 4y agoyou’ll find “buy to win” offers online and instore Depending on your jurisdiction, you may not have to buy anything for a chance to win: https://gleam.io/guides/no-purchase-necessary https://gleam.io/guides/no-purchase-necessary
- fnordpiglet 4y agoI’ve never heard of this. Does it exist in the US?
- reflektoin 4y agoIt seems so, at least previously. Although this is just about twitter competitions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAOOdYsK7MM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAOOdYsK7MM, https://qz.com/476914/i-built-a-twitter-bot-that-entered-and-won-1000-online-contests-for-me https://qz.com/476914/i-built-a-twitter-bot-that-entered-and...
- throwaheyy 4y agoYes - McDonalds Monopoly is one well-known example.
- Optimal_Persona 4y agoDarn it, I thought this would be pulling back the curtain on jazz guitarists and pianists! I am not a comper as described in the article, but during the pandemic I've saved a lot of money on all sorts of household items/toiletries by using up the travel-size freebies I'd amassed over the years.
- crazygringo 4y agoIs this a specifically Australia+UK thing? Here in the US you don't really see these kinds of promotions much. By law (in most/all states?) you're not required to make a purchase to enter any corporate prize drawing. So I wonder if businesses mainly don't bother then?
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