Not if it’s a Euromillions win off the back of a £2.50 ticket
Just break even
Mystery woman: "Hi, is that ColinJ?"
ColinJ: "Yes, who are you?"
Woman: "Yeah, I'm Debbie from Sound on Sound magazine."
ColinJ: "I renewed my subscription a few weeks ago."
Woman: "No, it's not about your sub - you won our competition!"
ColinJ (heart now racing): "Er, which one - I enter all of your competitions?"
Woman: "It was for a synthesiser workstation! Do you want to drive down to our office in Cambridge to pick it up, or shall we send it to you by courier?"
ColinJ: "Flippin' heck - that is worth £1,800. I don't drive, so please send it up here!"
Woman: "Okay, Col, you should get it tomorrow."
I did!
Bad luck... Actually, slightly less good luck!
I had the opposite happen - I thought that someone was trying to get something from me, rather than give something to me so irritation at first, rather than excitement...
I have also won £2,000 and £1,000 in other competitions. All 3 wins were in old-fashioned 'tie breaker' competitions - 'In no more than 100 words, tell us what..." that kind of thing. Unfortunately, that type is no longer common. These days they are usually stupidly obvious question comps such as "Who was the captain of the Enterprise: (1) Boris Johnson, (2) Margaret Thatcher, or (3) James T. Kirk." Effectively, random prize draws.
