Thing I have Won

[Tulip86]

Won:
A tipi at IKEA when I was a kid, I won a writing contest for 10-13 year olds

A Le Creuset pan (promotion for Irish beef)

A 100 dollar coupon for designer swimwear with Elle magazine

An iPod speaker set with Glamour magazine

Tickets to a football game

[Go Alpha Gam]

I won it all on The Price Is Right - furniture, piano, car, $1,000 on the wheel! I tried about 9 times to get picked and finally did!

A few years later my daughter and I won a cruise while playing Bingo on a cruise we were on.
Bottom line (and my motto) - you have to play to win. I win tons of prizes on radio contests, but I am always calling in when they announce it!

[honeychile]

I'm an extremely lucky person on goofy things, and less so on the big ones. Also, once you figure out radio contests, it becomes much easier to win prizes there. Here's my list, although I know that I'm leaving out things:

-the complete American-released Beatles catalogue
-20 other artists' albums (yes, pre-cd) for my sorority
-$500 for a logo contest
-countless door prizes
-small kitchen appliances (mixer, toaster, coffee maker, etc)
-dinner for two at 4 different restaurants
-Rolling Stones tickets (I think this was the Metimucial Tour)
-Rod Stewart tickets (with back stage passes)
-Ringo Starr tickets
-Paul McCartney tickets
-Steeler tickets!!!!!
-Soccer tickets!!
-King-sized quilt
-television
-several smaller lotteries, never more than $500 - YET!!

And again, I know there's more. Sometimes it's embarrassing!

[AGDee]

I win basket raffles at the kids' organization fund raising events all the time. It has become a joke with a friend of mine because I win those things so often. I won some tickets to a local holiday event and a restaurant gift card from a radio station that was broadcasting live at the mall on Black Friday a couple years ago.

I never win money. Never ever win money.

[Pirouette]

As a kid, I correctly guessed the weight of a giant pumpkin. The prize? The giant pumpkin.
I don't remember how much it weighed, but it weighed more than I did.
I also remember that my parents weren't too happy when the learned that they were responsible for transporting it from the farm to our front porch...

[PM_Mama00]

I never win anything, but last football season I won the pool for a Lions' game ($5 buy in per week, so it was $125. Didn't really win much cuz it all evened out). Tonight I won a pretty pricey necklace at a Lia Sophia party. Now I'm stuck having one.

[CutiePie2000]

How did I miss this thread?

I have won:
-1 airfare for 1 person to Narita, Japan on JAL airlines (no hotel, so I sold it to a colleague for $300.00 cash)
-1 trip for 2 to Los Cabos, Mexico (I was Caller 94 on the radio - that was SWEET!)
-A pair of gold earrings
-3 or 4 wine baskets at different wine tastings (with raffle) that I attend
-a big mother gift basket of Easter chocolates and candy, which had a $200.00 gift card to a wine store
-a gift basket of motivational books + DVDs
- free entry to a conference that I wanted to attend ($1600.00 value)
- Visa Gift card worth $50.00
- Fleece jacket from Chupa Chups
-Free hotel stay at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada
-Free hotel stay at the Westin Hotel in Whistler, Canada
-Free hotel stay at the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver, Canada
-This sort of glass and metal summer patio lantern that is quite lovely
-Smaller items like books, pens, traveler coffee mugs, gravy boat, potpourri type items, etc.

Numerous other things that I cannot think of at the moment...raffle items and what not.

I am hoping to win a house, a car and other big ticket items in the future!

I believe in The Law of Attraction, cuz it works, baby!!

[KillarneyRose]

In the early eighties, the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team had something called the "Stick Boy/Stick Girl Promotion". Any kid between, I believe, the ages of five and ten could write an essay about how much they loved the Penguins and the winner would receive two tickets to a game, a photo with his or her favorite player and a hockey stick signed by the whole team.

As an avid hockey fan, I WANTED that prize! Unfortunately, I was 15 or 16 at the time so I was too old to enter the contest. That was okay, though. I wrote a kick ass essay and put my nine year old sister's name on it and hoped for the best.

A few weeks later, we got a call that "my sister" had won the contest! And I got to go with her to the game

[tld221]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

The hearts of millions.

the thread SHOULD'VE ended here but...

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

On "Jeopardy" - (leading until Final Jeopardy - studied instead of drinking in college and thus was the only one not to get the final question) - Case of Rice A Roni - ALL THE SAME FLAVOR; stereo, Centrum, cold medicine and the home game, which no one would play with me because, hey "You were on the show".

On "Win Ben Stein's Money" - I didn't; I did get a "You are the prettiest contestant we've ever had" from Ben Stein which I treasure to this day.

Originally Posted by Go Alpha Gam

I won it all on The Price Is Right - furniture, piano, car, $1,000 on the wheel! I tried about 9 times to get picked and finally did!

A few years later my daughter and I won a cruise while playing Bingo on a cruise we were on.
Bottom line (and my motto) - you have to play to win. I win tons of prizes on radio contests, but I am always calling in when they announce it!

...yall have been on game shows. Yall WAL. Alpha Gam, were you on with Bob?

[TPARose]

I won $60 in a pool during the Super Bowl while I was in grad school.. Unfortunately, I donated it to replenish the beer at the party.

Yeah.... I have NO luck, but I think what was said earlier about "You have to pay to win" is also try.. and sometimes even just playing to win helps.

Even still, every time the lottery gets over $300M, Ill buy a ticket and convince myself that I'm going to win. Being delusional is free!

[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

In the early eighties, the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team had something called the "Stick Boy/Stick Girl Promotion". Any kid between, I believe, the ages of five and ten could write an essay about how much they loved the Penguins and the winner would receive two tickets to a game, a photo with his or her favorite player and a hockey stick signed by the whole team.

The Columbus Blue Jackets do that and a few years back our youngest won. He got to sit on the CBJ bench in warmups, lower bowl tickets, a home jersey, team signed stick, a few pucks from warmups given to him by Jacket players, and ride on the Zamboni after the first period. He also ended up on the jumbotron a few times. Lucky kid, I don't think I've won a darned thing myself.

tld221, I never missed an episode of "Win Ben Stein's Money"!

[AGDee]

I won an insulated lunch bag during a random drawing at a divisional meeting today. I always win stuff...

[AlwaysSAI]

I won a white teddy bear in a red velvet dress in a raffle when I was a kid. (I still have it)

My dad always puts lotto tickets in our stockings for Christmas. A couple years back I won $51 from my stocking stuffer lotto tickets.

I won an AGD necklace at a chapter meeting two years ago by knowing random AGD trivia.

[Go Alpha Gam]

Originally Posted by tld221

the thread SHOULD'VE ended here but...





...yall have been on game shows. Yall WAL. Alpha Gam, were you on with Bob?

Yes, I was on with Bob, my t-shirt read, "I've waited 30 years to kiss Bob!" And kiss I did . . . 3 times!!

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

How did I miss this thread?

I have won:
-1 airfare for 1 person to Narita, Japan on JAL airlines (no hotel, so I sold it to a colleague for $300.00 cash)
-1 trip for 2 to Los Cabos, Mexico (I was Caller 94 on the radio - that was SWEET!)
-A pair of gold earrings
-3 or 4 wine baskets at different wine tastings (with raffle) that I attend
-a big mother gift basket of Easter chocolates and candy, which had a $200.00 gift card to a wine store
-a gift basket of motivational books + DVDs
- free entry to a conference that I wanted to attend ($1600.00 value)
- Visa Gift card worth $50.00
- Fleece jacket from Chupa Chups
-Free hotel stay at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada
-Free hotel stay at the Westin Hotel in Whistler, Canada
-Free hotel stay at the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver, Canada
-This sort of glass and metal summer patio lantern that is quite lovely
-Smaller items like books, pens, traveler coffee mugs, gravy boat, potpourri type items, etc.

Numerous other things that I cannot think of at the moment...raffle items and what not.

I am hoping to win a house, a car and other big ticket items in the future!

I believe in The Law of Attraction, cuz it works, baby!!

Tonight at my professional association, I won a 1 night's free hotel stay at the Four Seasons at Whistler Ski Resort.

I also won a tote bag (which I already had from a conference) with office samples in it, so I donated it to the local community college.

I remember when I was young, I won this IGLOO brand thermos jug thingy.