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Your Sweepstakes Needs Help!

pommom — Thu, 26 May 2016 17:19:23 GMT

Very mixed messages. Yesterday I entered and then received an email later reminding me to enter. Today I tried to enter and received a message that I had already entered today - which I had not. Just now tried to enter again and received a message that I had already entered. Messed up.

Re: Your Sweepstakes Needs Help!

Tribesters — Thu, 26 May 2016 17:26:07 GMT

I think you can enter every 24 hours. I tried to enter this morning & it said I'd already entered in the last 24 hours. So I waited a couple hours & was able to enter around 10am. So now I just have to remember to wait until after 10am to enter tomorrow.

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pommom — Thu, 26 May 2016 22:48:27 GMT

@Tribesters

Good to know. I'll try after 12 noon.

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MaggieMack — Thu, 26 May 2016 23:51:11 GMT

It would be much simpler if the contest day ran from midnight to midnight. How difficult is that? The 24-hour clock just means that you have to enter later and later each day, unless you set an alarm as a reminder. Not good.

Re: Your Sweepstakes Needs Help!

NickNack — Fri, 27 May 2016 00:43:41 GMT

@MaggieMack wrote:
It would be much simpler if the contest day ran from midnight to midnight. How difficult is that? The 24-hour clock just means that you have to enter later and later each day, unless you set an alarm as a reminder. Not good.

It definitely would be simpler that way. I started entering the contest at 8 a.m. Today I had to enter at 6 p.m. Soon it will end up being so late that I'll end up skipping a day and starting again in the morning. It seems to take a little over 24 hours before you can enter again.

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SeaMaiden — Fri, 27 May 2016 00:47:03 GMT

As for this website......it is a broken mess. As for the sweepstakes I enter the same time every day and it works just fine.

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Q4u — Sat, 28 May 2016 00:51:25 GMT

I entered at 6:00 pm yesterday and tried twice since 6 and can't get in... it's now ten to 7 pm. This has been remarkably frustrating...d..

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nomless — Sat, 28 May 2016 01:14:23 GMT

I've had problems with sweeps entries, too. Frustration taken the fun out of it. Sigh.

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Suziqzee — Tue, 31 May 2016 21:42:14 GMT

I was going to come here to complain about this exact same thing. I appreciate the fact that the Q is having a contest, but if I end up entering later and later, to the point where I forget (or get annoyed and give up, altogether,) it isn't a terribly customer-friendly contest, now, is it? I've never seen a contest that actually keeps tabs on the TIME one enters, but rather, the DATE. In fact, competitor websites actually pre-fill the fields once you've already entered the sweepstakes once, rather than having to go through the whole name, address, "I am not a robot" thingie every single time. Whoever the Q has doing their computer work seems a bit behind the times.

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GingerPeach — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 02:24:29 GMT

I agree. Where is the autofill? And why is it populating in that very odd scratchy-looking font?

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NickNack — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 12:14:04 GMT

The Sweepstakes autofills for me. I wonder if it's a way I've set up my computer.

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SeaMaiden — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:19:49 GMT

@Suziqzee wrote:
I was going to come here to complain about this exact same thing. I appreciate the fact that the Q is having a contest, but if I end up entering later and later, to the point where I forget (or get annoyed and give up, altogether,) it isn't a terribly customer-friendly contest, now, is it? I've never seen a contest that actually keeps tabs on the TIME one enters, but rather, the DATE. In fact, competitor websites actually pre-fill the fields once you've already entered the sweepstakes once, rather than having to go through the whole name, address, "I am not a robot" thingie every single time. Whoever the Q has doing their computer work seems a bit behind the times.

@Suziqzee I enter contests and sweepstakes for a full time hobby.

Many sweeps are set up on a 24 hour timer.... it is nothing new.

Most sweeps do not auto fill... you either have to auto fill it your self or fill it in each time.

The I am not a robot THING is being used on 95% of the sweepstakes on line out there.. so get used to it.

The more annoying it is for you and the less times you enter makes the odds better for those that persist and enter regardless of the challenges...

so I like the fact that people give up on entering... my odds are better for ME... this is coming form a sweepstakes enthusiast who loves a challenge and is in it to win it.... HAVE A NICE DAY!

Re: Your Sweepstakes Needs Help!

GingerPeach — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 00:24:52 GMT

Hi @NickNack

Everything else autofills for me (whether I want it to or not!), just not the QVC sweeps. Oh, well.

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Q4u — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 14:24:20 GMT

@GingerPeach wrote:
I agree. Where is the autofill? And why is it populating in that very odd scratchy-looking font?

Chrome auto-fills for me....

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valiant1 — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 02:02:30 GMT

"Auto-fill it yourself" ?? Is that not a contradiction of terms??

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SharkE — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 01:14:45 GMT

be glad when it's over . pop up will be dead.

just be replaced with another one , probably.

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valiant1 — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 02:09:02 GMT

"Auto fill it yourself" ?? Is that not a contradiction of terms?

It's good that you shared your strategy. Maybe now more people will stay "in it to win it!"

Have a great day!

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SHIRAZ — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 19:53:08 GMT

Another annoying thing is that they randomly dispatch a pop-up on your screen to remind you to enter the sweeps. This after I've already been on the site for about an hour and I'm trying to shop! Then I thought maybe it pops up when your 24 hours are up and it's safe to enter again? NO! Try again later! So why bother me with the pop-up reminder now???

The auto-fill is strange! If I start typing an "S" it drops down a list of choices that includes everything I have ever searched for that starts with "S" along with a bunch of names that I have never heard of! I can't remember any other forms I have filled out that have been quite this goofy.

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Annette72 — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 13:44:15 GMT

I have tried several times to enter but there is no block to check submit!!!!

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NickNack — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:15:52 GMT

@Annette72 wrote:
I have tried several times to enter but there is no block to check submit!!!!

@Annette72 The Submit button is right below the "I Am Not A Robot" button.