Pick My Postcode’s Survey Draw

You sound like my husband, he practically has a coronary every time we visit a cafe in a stately home or castle !

For that I'd expect a really special pie. Ostrich? Antelope?

OMG that was so good I got hiccups trying not to choke. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I did actually do one like that once - it said 20 mins on the front advert but when I started it was only 6 mins. Worth looking at before you dismiss them, but maybe not for 1p.

I had them a got 10p if its the one about eggs just put you didn't buy eggs.

:-) :-)

Lol, yes, but that's what you're seeing having been knocked down.

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But isn't that three quarters?

Thanks for the heads up, Shyboy.

Got your egg survey and stated Never buy eggs (SWMBO buys them from a neighbour) and got 5p screenout!

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Were any of them about Creme eggs?

SDRQ - What powers my main car? ...🤔💭 Hamsters on a treadmill.

You're lucky PureSpectrum has issues for me.

That's 2p more than I've earned in weeks on clucking surveys. I can't remember when Iast had a Pollfish one, and Pure Spectrum and Prodege just screen me out, every time.

I did the same as you.

I’m still waiting for a Mother’s Day card that was sent first class on 11th March 😕

That's fairly common here in N Somerset. I tend to get post once a week. There usually a lot of it all bundled together with an elastic band

Daughter said she hadn't had any post for some weeks then a lot arrived at once. Apparently the postman had been off sick and no-one covered his round.

That's something to think about, Nick. I hadn't thought about it that way.

Once you pay more for the postage than the card you should give up.

I've given up on sending cards by post. They take ages to arrive, and two disappeared entirely.

Well, happy 21st birthday to me!

Apparently.

Maybe the formal response has been "put in the post".

I posted I first class letter (birthday card - correct stamp for size) on 30th Oct last year. My aunt thanked me for the card, which arrived on the 20th November 🤯 3 weeks to go less than 30 miles down the road!

Well Royal Mail has been asked to respond to claims that it prioritises parcels. I wonder when they will make a formal response. IF they will. I have found a news article from Feb this year and another from 2022, so it's not a new thing.

Last week, Simon needed to return a large parcel (box) which was heavy and he booked a Royal Mail/Parcel Force collection, stating that it was heavy and would require a van. Our local postman turned up on foot during his round with just his bag. He rang his boss and asked them to send out a van, then rang our bell the next day to see if it had been picked up the day before as it should have been. It hadn't. He had to chase again. A van then arrived within half an hour of that second day. But it shouldn't have taken those additional steps when his booking stated what was required.

Thanks Samandi, I have taken a screenshot of this whole thread and passed it on.

No Em, just a ''Don't know'' option, which is what I ticked.

I'm sorry to hear that your parents didn't have as long a life as you would have wanted.

Did the question have an N/A option, or similar, before I pass this on to my colleagues?

You beat me to it Alley1940. I thought the very same thing.

I had a quick scan of 11 postcodes that cover major towns and cities across counties like Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire. I only checked the past few weeks from 01/03/26. There were 142 winners (+ any on the £100 evening draw.)

So, are you checking all 10 draws every day?

PO - 19

RG - 17

TN - 15

BN - 15

GU - 12

RH - 11

SO -10

CT - 08

OX - 07

MK - 07

I live in the Brighton area, and there have been winners here.

I'm in the south west, l have won about a year ago. Just keep going and build up your bonus, which l still have. Definitely worth it.

The system completes the draws from a database of active account ID numbers using a random number generator and the parameters of the smallest ID number to the largest. It then displays the postcode on the chosen account number as the winner of the draw. All it ‘sees’ is the account numbers of active members, it is not influenced by any other data or outside factors and is as random as a computer can be.

Any active account could win at any time. As with any lottery or giveaway, some people win and some don't, but at least ours is free. You don't often get the chance to win something for free in life, after all.

As well as the Winners Results page which is linked near the bottom of every page, you can also check winners in your area here: https://pickmypostcode.com/winners-map/

Not so, I live in the South East and there's plenty of winners! If you go to https://pickmypostcode.com/past-winners/ select a South East postcode e.g ME or TN and check across the 5 tabs you will see them all. They're proportionate to the membership.

I have responded already.

This conversation has run its course now. Let's draw a line under it.

Have a good afternoon & evening all.

FORGIVE CAPS PMP.

ROSEY 2 CAKES,

I’M GENUINELY SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THE TRAUMA YOU’VE EXPERIENCED. I SINCERELY HOPE LIFE IS KINDER & BETTER FOR YOU NOW. 🥰

TO CLARIFY, I’M NOT RELIGIOUS EITHER, BUT I AM SPIRITUAL.

I APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNISING MY RIGHT TO POST MY BELIEFS, JUST AS I RESPECT YOURS.

I WELCOME HONEST DISAGREEMENTS. HOWEVER, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHARING A CONTRARY VIEW & USING CONDESCENDING WORDS TO JUDGE ANOTHER’S CHARACTER OR COMMENTS.

THE SILENCE & LACK OF RESPONSE SPEAKS VOLUMES. IT IS DISCOURAGING WHEN A LIGHTHEARTED JOKE ABOUT ‘FUN POLICE’ IS DEEMED ‘RUDENESS,’ YET REPEATED PERSONAL RETORTS ARE LEFT UNSEEN.

TRUE JUSTICE REQUIRES AN EQUAL BALANCE & THE SAME MEASURE FOR EVERYONE.

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FORGIVE CAPS PMP.

A NICK NAME,

THANK YOU.

WE ONLY ACHIEVE FAIRNESS BY CALLING OUT INEQUALITY WHEN WE SEE IT. BALANCE AND CONSISTENCY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ANY COMMUNITY.

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ANN, your choice of course, but I would absolutely not buy any herbal remedies from Temu, Amazon, Ebay etc. youve no idea how pure they are or if they're products on recall or even the genuine thing. Just my opinion, but I would be cautious in recommending any herbal remedies without due diligence on the part of the person buying them.

Side effects from wormwood can include seizures, and it interacts with epilepsy medication. As a point of note, it can also be found in absinthe!

Redz3112, I didn't view Chocs response to you in a different thread as pathologising your character as anxious at all, to me it was just an alternative view. I don't agree with much of what you post; I'm not a spiritual person, I'm not a religious person; I've had too much trauma in my life to find support in faith, spirituality or any type of belief . I have zero interest in any of that stuff, but you are free to post your opinion and beliefs just as I'm free to disagree with them.

Anonymous Redz did and does comment on inequality on here, which is clearly very true, and so has the right to do so. Only by people talking about these things can it be put right. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with everything that's been said but inequality should be addressed, as you well know. Some are a little more subtle at how they get at others but it is still noticed by some.

I think that refusing to accept the moderator’s decisions and continuing to argue is rude and frankly unacceptable.

FORGIVE CAPS PMP.

EM, I’VE READ THE GUIDELINES - THEY CLEARLY STATE DIALOGUE SHOULD BE RESPECTFUL FOR ALL MEMBERS, NOT SOME.

MAYBE ‘EVERYONE’ NEEDS TO REREAD THE RULES TOO, CONSIDERING THE CONCERNS PREVIOUSLY RAISED BY OTHER POSTERS PAST & PRESENT.

IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT ‘VARIETY’ IS WELCOMED UNTIL IT CHALLENGES THE ACCEPTED NARRATIVE.

PERHAPS I SHOULD’VE HAD MY FAMILY, FRIENDS & COLLEAGUES USE MY REFERRAL LINK WHEN THEY JOINED, CLEARLY BEING A ‘NUMBER 1 SUPPORTER’ WHICH WAS ON THE BLOG & HIGHLIGHTED TO ME BY ANOTHER MEMBER COMES WITH PRIVILEGES THAT EXEMPT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FROM THE RULES.

I WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE MY BELIEFS REGARDLESS OF THE MOCKERY YOU CHOOSE TO ALLOW.

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Well said, Em. I totally agree with you.

Choc just stated how beliefs are formed. There was nothing wrong with that. It was fact.

It is past posts by yourself which have been controversial, even if only slightly. You often try to push your beliefs onto others. I have not stopped you from sharing your beliefs but you need to stop being so forceful in how you share them, stop having a dig at those who disagree with you and stop taking it so personally when people disagree. As I have stated in the past, everyone is entitled to their own thoughts and beliefs. Which is why I have never deleted yours and allowed others to have their say too. Variety is the spice of life, after all.

As one of the moderators, I leave up what is fine and I delete what is not. I have not deleted your beliefs but I will delete rudeness. I have no problem with what Choc Spaniel has posted in the past.

"Please respect the moderators. They have final say on what is allowed on the site."

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/88-forum-guidelines

Those who have a problem with this, shouldn't post. You can have a problem with me if you like. It's your right and it comes with the job. I can't please everybody, I just need to follow our forum rules.

FORGIVE CAPS PMP,

EM,

SAME APPLIES TO THEM.

IT’S REMARKABLE THAT AFTER YOUR GENERIC COMMENT DEFENDING CS AS JUST ‘SHARING A BELIEF’ ON MY PREVIOUS VIDEO THREAD, CALLING OUT THE ‘CS FUN POLICE’ IS NOW AN UNACCEPTABLE ‘DIG’, YET THAT MEMBER BEING ALLOWED TO PATHOLOGISE MY CHARACTER AS ‘ANXIOUS’ & ‘CONDITIONED’ IS PERMITTED 🤔

IF A JOKE IS A ‘DIG’ BUT A PSYCHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF ANOTHER MEMBER ISN’T, THE ‘FENCE’ YOU MENTIONED SITTING ON IN YOUR PREVIOUS COMMENT ON THAT VIDEO THREAD IS CLEARLY LEANING IN A VERY SPECIFIC DIRECTION.

AS OTHER MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY NOTED PAST/PRESENT, THE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IS OBVIOUS.

I STAND BY THE FACTS ALREADY STATED - INTEGRITY REQUIRES CONSISTENCY, NOT SELECTIVE SILENCING.

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Please stop having a dig at other members, Redz.

FORGIVE CAPS PMP.

ANN,

SURPRISED THE ‘CS FUN POLICE’ DIDN’T FLAG THAT COMMENT RE 'HERBAL REMEDIES’ 😁

Agree….Wormwood products such as patches or teas/tinctures, should be approached with caution regarding safety. While wormwood itself is used for medicinal purposes, it contains a compound called thujone, which can be toxic and cause seizures or kidney failure in large amounts. Generally, wormwood is only considered safe for short-term use (2–4 weeks) and is unsafe for pregnant women, breastfeeding women, or young children.

Wormwood is known to be an inti-inflammatory, so its certainly worth trying.

However WARNING: pregnant women should not take wormwood in any form as it is known to induce uterine contractions; additionally, it contains a compound that could harm the baby.

I've said it before and I'll repeat it, wormwood patches, dirt cheap from Temu and work for many, although some will pay ridiculous prices just so they don't have to buy them direct, they'd rather pay numerous middle men. I actually took some to the receptionist at our doctor's (uurgh) yes I'm still nice to them even though mostly they're not, she was having pain in her wrists and was very pleased to receive them.

I last saw my GP in about 2015. I wanted a review of my painkillers as they didn't seem to be working. He asked about the pain in my back and leg and how it affected my walking, ''Do you go jogging?'' I told him that I had trouble walking, let alone running. ''Do you ride a bike?'' I haven't seen him since. Did see a different doctor in the practice in about 2016 and she put on Tramadol in addition to my usual painkillers. I try not to take it unless absolutely necessary as it is addictive. Doesn't have much effect anyway.

9. A thin layer of sheeting placed over a hallway carpet as protection.

10. A strip of wood, metal or plastic to hold stair carpet in place.

11. One who has gone a bit overboard on the prune curry.

1. If you put on shoes and move your feet in a vaguely running manner, you are a runner.

2. a person who runs, especially for sport or pleasure,

3. a contestant entrant,

4. a person who smuggles specified goods into or out of a country or area,

5. do a quick escape away from a scene or place your supposed to stay,

6. a team member who runs between the wickets for an injured batsman,

7. transport and sell illicit drugs,

8. in a relationship the runner adopts a more distant, commitment-phobic stance, alternating between hot and cold behaviors, often sending mixed signals.

I have a six inch but I don't use it as a rule.

How did he measure up when in short supply?

During COVID restrictions I often carried a folding stick. It was my two metre rule.

:-) :-)

Eau!

😂

Spring water jumped out at me, I certainly wasn't a Smart Water as I don't buy any.

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/23-what-is-the-bonus-all-about

Thanks for helping Mekt, Enver.

Yes! All draws except the Flash Fiver, and it never reverts to zero after a win, it keeps building for any future win.

"Creatives" often refers to professionals usually involved in producing content for niche sectors, specifically within graphic arts, video, etc

Must be a survey (which I haven't seen)

Er... What?

Mum said I created chaos wherever I went !

If you were using Tuesday's reminder email to try to check Tuesday's results, the daily reminder emails don't work like that. They just contain a simple link to our website. You could use an email sent a week ago, a month ago or a year ago etc and it would take you to the current draw on the day which you are clicking and not the date of the email.

Once the draw's claim period has ended /the draw has ended, the results are moved to the Winners Results page, which is linked at the bottom of every page and which I will link here:

https://pickmypostcode.com/past-winners/

You need to use this page to find previous results, not past emails.

They're not ... e.g. on the survey draw it was SW2 3RY yesterday from midday and today it changed at midday to PA15 2JX.

Are you basing your comment on the reminder email? That will only ever bring you to the current draw.

https://pickmypostcode.com/past-winners/

Sshh, you'll jynx it!

I think I got around £3 on a survey a couple of days ago - goodness knows how. I started one, had to stop as Woody's owner turned up to collect him. By the time they had gone it must have been an hour later, but the survey let me caarry on. Very unexpected!

H2B, I get plenty of surveys but i don't do them all. It's a mix of s/outs, 5p, and fully paid. When it says no more surveys try clicking on the blue box and see what happens, hope this helps...

I haven't even had a survey, at all, for at least a week. I can't remember the last time I was paid for completing one, because I was immediately screened out of those that appeared previously.

I used to add to my bonus on a daily basis. Often several £ in one session. What's going on? Is anyone receiving, answering and getting paid for surveys any more?

Beth, I've had some surveys where they ask if you're happy to give your name, address including postcode and your DOB. I always decline.

Just had around 30 surveys ( P.S,) screened out of most with a (translating Message from Arabic to English) 👎😢

I’ve started getting a box showing all the things they are collecting and things they are using - cookies, personal data, etc. i know they all collect data for their surveys but this seems more intrusive, so I cancel. Anyone else get it?

I just attempted a survey for £1.30, first question aske for my postcode & got ejected because of an issue. Probably needless to say it was PureSpe trum.

This is a lovely old traditional ‘forest cottage’ and seems to be well made and sturdy, though probably has very shallow foundations - ours was found to have 12” footings when I was a child, and our current home had two rows of bricks and a timber plank, holding up the walls and roof! Still no excuse for deliberately misleading the sellers in this case though.

Chef in Germany (edge of the Black Forest) once said to some late guests "Go out the gate, gents behind 3rd tree to left, ladies behind 3rd tree to right".

So many properties are of "Non-standard construction" therefore un-mortgageable. Any survey should show it.

On that subject, there's a house near us that was going to auction, but was withdrawn abut a week before as it was bught by a cash buyer... only it wasn't. The buyer said they were cash purchasers but then wanted to get a mortgage, only to find it's not mortgageable (no bathroom). We are all watching with interest to see what is going to happen. 6 months now and still no completion. If it was my house I would give them a month maximum then say they had lost their deposit, thank you very much, and send it back to auction.

They don't do that Cakey, demographic questions are asked in a block, when all are completed that's when the "decision" (for want of a better word) is made to proceed.

They may not have realised there are still people here with British Passports.

Maybe there were lots of people doing it at the same time.

Remember they can fill their quota of replies at any time.

Possibly, I just thought it was a bit odd to be screened out for holding a British passport.

Maybe they did not want anyone who fitted that particular criteria?

'Reciprocal' is a word that comes to mind for some reason, thinking about trig. Reciprocal of sine, etc. Trying to remember now how it worked.

Someone complained that I never turned my page to anti-log & the maths teacher said "No, he's using his brain" 🤣He did tell them that I was working the logs backwards later in the lesson.

Our maths teacher not only taught us how to use log tables - sine/tan/cos etc - but spent half an hour one day showing us how they were originally calculated- he said we would never need it, and he was right. Lovely man - three cheers for Mr David Davies, also know as Sergeant-Major Davies because of his super-shiny shoes and military march along the corridor. We were only in the second set for maths but got much better marks than the top set.

Yes, I was taught how to use a log table book in school. Never had to use one since, as I've always had a good head for maths so I can multiply and divide quite large figures using just pencil and paper!

I used to collects abacus. I had so many I couldn't even count them.

OK, Hands up... Who else at school had to do mathematics according to the book of Naperian Logarithms And Other Four Figure Tables? 🤚

From which instead of multiplying two numbers together (or dividing), one could look up the logarithms of the two numbers, add the two logs together (or subtract if wishing to divide;) , then look up the sum's anti-log to discover that 2x3=5.998

When I did my TOPS course in book-keeping we used double-entry calculators, with twin memories and scientific (? I think) calculus. I loved it and bought one myself afterwards, but although it saved me hours of time and reduced errors and page analysis, I could still do all the work myself if I had to. Shock horror - I can even work out VAT @ 20%, which totally baffles some kids on shop tills, who can’t even work out what change is due. Basic maths is essential.

I remember our maths teacher in 1963 got hold of a pocket calculator & told us it cost £100 but prices would drop & we'd all have one. We all thought his brain had fried but now we carry more computing power in our pockets than landed man on the moon.

I am with you MickmeDad. Younger friends are amazed when I tell them we didn't even have calculators. Like you only an abacus, slide rule, logbook and a brain.

Maths was my best subject and served me well in my working life.

Not necessarily - calculators are 'garbage in, garbage out', so unless you have a reasonable idea of the result you're aiming for, you'll have no idea that you've got it wrong if you enter duff data.

You can also screw things up on paper, obviously, but basic arithmetic should always be the starting point before calculators are allowed.

I have never been any good at maths. I think if we had been able to use calculators at school it would have helped me.

@Alley1940 - agreed, but sometimes it doesn't work!

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The art there is to get screened out quickly for the 5p.

Only if you fail to get screened out!

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Thanks Admin Em xx

Sorry to hear that it looped on you. I have searched our inbox and haven't found an email from you. I have added the £1 for you. If you need help again, please email us.

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/89-surveys

Strange. I have queried this with my colleagues.

Edit: My colleague thinks you were asked "What would you like to be added to Pick My Postcode?" which is a question on our database and not 'Would you like to be added'.

Maybe they meant the Leaderboard (for those Anonymous) or WinADinner?

Thank you Em, MA, Tim, Anon and Anon, for your thoughts, input and kind comments.

We cover as much as we can in our FAQs:

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/89-surveys

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/category/102-surveys

We can help those who reach 80% completion or beyond if they email us the details. (admin@pickmypostcode.com)

Unfortunately we have no control over the offered amount, it is set by the external companies and I have no knowledge of how they decide how much to offer. I can only reiterate that the external surveys have no impact on our draws. It is up to each member whether they want to give them a try or not.

We are advised that the timings are estimations. Sadly, they are either estimated by a computer which doesn’t take human factors in to account or by a member of staff who does surveys every day so therefore is bound to be quicker at completing surveys than a “normal” person. We apologise that the time estimates being out are frustrating, but it is out of our control.

If they do show you a different survey to the one advertised, they are offering you something else because the advertised one is now closed and they want to try to keep you on their site while they have your interest. Again, it is up to you whether you want to do the survey, or not. Or try it, or not.

I have been trying to gather evidence of how annoyed members get when they are redirected on to another survey instead of back to us. My plan, or hope, back in October was to hopefully get a lot of evidence within a month or so, to show how often it happens and how much it annoys. But it is difficult for people to be able to grab screenshot evidence when it happens so quickly. I am of the opinion that we need evidence to try to make an impact.

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/167-external-surveys-redirecting-on-instead-of-back-to-us-pmp

I had created a document for each company but I have not been able to gather very much over the past 6 months and I don't think that what I have will persuade them to make any changes. I did try to have an impact but sadly my idea didn't pan out.

We try to help our members/community as much as we can.

Excellent post IRC. I so agree. I will answer the Q on the survey draw, but don't have time to do surveys galore. The few times I do, they tend to take much longer than touted at the outset.

To confirm some of the thoughts above.

After not getting surveys for weeks I Just got offered a bonus survey for 57p for 2 minutes.

I had to answer 3 sets of demographics which took more than 2 minutes, then offered a 15m survey!. I failed that & was then redirected to demographic questions twice more to find a survey.

I closed said survey as it was obvious it was a neverending circle as I have experience of "saysoforgood" surveys tactics.

On the bright? side - I have a survey wall of more surveys for a change but they are similar reward & minutes. i.e. likely the same old crap.

Su.O.

EDIT:- At least the ones I'm being offered now are paying out or at worst screening out for 5p including "saysoforgood".

Total rewards today have finally taken me over £2k total bonus - PLEASE, PLEASE, PICK ME!!! ;D

Great post IRC.

+1

Su.O.

Al Murray is also quite a history expert, particularly 20th century military history.

Al Murray, the pub landlord, is four years older than Dara and English. He's funny too.

Is that the pub landlord?

Very funny.

And bald

... and quite wide

And also unusually tall

To be sure.

Yup, he is.

Please choose one page to post each of your unique comments. Don’t cut and paste the same comment into lots of different pages. These will be considered duplicates and may be removed.

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/88-forum-guidelines

I'm not going to remove this on this occasion because it received responses, but please just pick one page in the future. Thank you.

I haven't had chocolate mousse in a while, I don't own any marbles and I have never been to a circus.

Does that include Piccadilly Circus, St Giles's Circus & Oxford Circus?

And why are Trafalgar, Berkeley & Leicester Square when they also have traffic driving one way around them?

National circus day