A couple of years ago, I started entering online sweepstakes. So far, I have won 10 sweepstakes. The biggest one was a Canon/NFL sweepstakes which included a very nice Can Rebel Xti camera with a big lens and bag, 4 tickets to a Dolphins game, a pair of Canon binoculars and the opportunity to join the press corps on the sidelines for a quarter and shoot pictures. One of my pictures was featured on the NFL website.
I have also won money, gift certificates for restaurants and for merchandise, CDs, and beauty products.
Altogether, I have won thousands of dollars of free stuff. Well, not exactly free, because you do have to report winnings over a certain dollar amount to the IRS and pay taxes on it. Canon was kind enough to send a check to pay the taxes on their prizes.
I enter ones I see advertised on tv and others I find on sweepstakes sites online. If it is a recurring contest, I bookmark it with the ending date and every day. I run through the bookmarked entries and send in my entries. When they expire, I delete them. It probably takes me about 20 minutes a day. Some people actually do this as a job and sell the stuff they win on Craigslist or e-Bay. There is even a new series on one of the cable channel about sweepers, as we call ourselves.
Just today, I got a call from HGTV that I had won a $100 gift certificate!
One of these days, I hope to win a trip or a car or a dream home. After all, someone has to win and it might as well be me!
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