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Future Of You Crossword
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As from March 31st solutions cannot be posted and 'text'must be used Do you agreethis is a mistake on part of newspaper Many of my generation do not text The cost wil be £1 plus landline charge Is this the firsr time we had to pay to submit crossword solution ?
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It seems to be the way forward with everything these days, sadly. I think the MoS will probably suffer a huge drop in readership because many people purchase mostly or some, only, for the x-words. The increase in prize on Sir Lancelot might be acceptable but the revenue recieved will be so much greater and therefore profit over public once again, at lesst in the perspective of bringing entertainment.
Oh for the old days before text phones and telephone entry contests, when all entrants did was either buy a newspaper or indeed a product or putting ones postal details on a postcard, sticking a stamp on it and you had a good chance of winning. I used to win "stuff" regularly by that system, whether
comp entries or xwords and other puzzles.
A postcard would've been about 5 or 10 pence and a stamp perhaps, between 12 and 25 pence.
There is of course, the "green" argument and the disposal properly of so many paper entries but there's minimal return on that whereas a text message or actual telephone call far outweighs those costs, and the entrant is the one coughing up. While many would argue that £1.00 isn't that much, if you consider the competition pursar may recieve 20, 30, 40, 50.000 entries or many more, doesn't that cover so much more than the £1500.00 (as with MoS Prize) prize on offer?
No matter which way it's packaged, how you look at it, whether you believe people like me are just whinging, it is callous and obscene profiteering. It doesn't cost that much to set up the competition, but as with a crossword,
it's part of the publishing process, just as it always has been, so why?
Before the mobile phone and the days when only a few people had a home phone, which was many, postcard entries were readily acceptable and the contests one entered wer, more often than not, sponsored by the prizes on offer or monies from profits n sales, of which again, was always good or else why carry on in the business. And contests, crosswords et al are incentives to the purchaser. To continue making a profit, keeping the purchaser, consumer, readership onside always has to be the priority.
By adding onesself to the growing list of those who now use contest JUST for
profiteering, is a sad testament to a once great newspaper.
Reality shows are the same. I NEVER watch them so certainly do not participate but this agin, is one of those concepts to draw money from the public.
We are screwed enough in this country on just getting by, day to day living so the chance, however slim, of winning some money for doing something one enjoys, such as crosswords (as we all do here), would be a great bonus. As I said, £1.00 may not be much to some people but one has to look at the bigger picture and some people's pleasures are getting through a Sunday
crossword and may not own a mobile phone and/or can ill afford to pay £1.00 for something without return.
Still, it might cut down the amount of people who enter although it won't be the dispatch of the completed grid anymore, just as now happens with Sir Lancelot.
I've said my piece...
Oh for the old days before text phones and telephone entry contests, when all entrants did was either buy a newspaper or indeed a product or putting ones postal details on a postcard, sticking a stamp on it and you had a good chance of winning. I used to win "stuff" regularly by that system, whether
comp entries or xwords and other puzzles.
A postcard would've been about 5 or 10 pence and a stamp perhaps, between 12 and 25 pence.
There is of course, the "green" argument and the disposal properly of so many paper entries but there's minimal return on that whereas a text message or actual telephone call far outweighs those costs, and the entrant is the one coughing up. While many would argue that £1.00 isn't that much, if you consider the competition pursar may recieve 20, 30, 40, 50.000 entries or many more, doesn't that cover so much more than the £1500.00 (as with MoS Prize) prize on offer?
No matter which way it's packaged, how you look at it, whether you believe people like me are just whinging, it is callous and obscene profiteering. It doesn't cost that much to set up the competition, but as with a crossword,
it's part of the publishing process, just as it always has been, so why?
Before the mobile phone and the days when only a few people had a home phone, which was many, postcard entries were readily acceptable and the contests one entered wer, more often than not, sponsored by the prizes on offer or monies from profits n sales, of which again, was always good or else why carry on in the business. And contests, crosswords et al are incentives to the purchaser. To continue making a profit, keeping the purchaser, consumer, readership onside always has to be the priority.
By adding onesself to the growing list of those who now use contest JUST for
profiteering, is a sad testament to a once great newspaper.
Reality shows are the same. I NEVER watch them so certainly do not participate but this agin, is one of those concepts to draw money from the public.
We are screwed enough in this country on just getting by, day to day living so the chance, however slim, of winning some money for doing something one enjoys, such as crosswords (as we all do here), would be a great bonus. As I said, £1.00 may not be much to some people but one has to look at the bigger picture and some people's pleasures are getting through a Sunday
crossword and may not own a mobile phone and/or can ill afford to pay £1.00 for something without return.
Still, it might cut down the amount of people who enter although it won't be the dispatch of the completed grid anymore, just as now happens with Sir Lancelot.
I've said my piece...
I usually do the You Crossword but - although I do text - will think twice about texting the answer at £1 a time. Last year I won one of the runner up prizes which was £25, but I see the number of runner up prizes has been cut as well.
If texting, surely it will just be the number of times A is used in the answers?
Not so much fun either, as well as expensive. A big mistake indeed!
If texting, surely it will just be the number of times A is used in the answers?
Not so much fun either, as well as expensive. A big mistake indeed!
I can understand them wanting to stop using postal entries- it's expensive to post sentries first class and it's inefficient to have to use a mail handling system in the office to handle tens of thousands of envelopes when in practice all but a handful are shredded without being opened and then disposed of.
If they were to move to online or email entry then I would agree with that, although if they only ask for a key answer rather than every answer it will lead to multiple entries and entries from people who have just copied the answer off a site like this, so they may feel fewer people would buy the paper and it would be unfair on those that do.
But by asking for text entries that smacks to me of moneymaking. I would never spend a £1 to text an answer.
Is there an option to enter free of charge on line? Most competitions I have seen (eg TV Choice or Daybreak) have this option although I do sometimes wonder whether these entries are accidentally overlooked
If they were to move to online or email entry then I would agree with that, although if they only ask for a key answer rather than every answer it will lead to multiple entries and entries from people who have just copied the answer off a site like this, so they may feel fewer people would buy the paper and it would be unfair on those that do.
But by asking for text entries that smacks to me of moneymaking. I would never spend a £1 to text an answer.
Is there an option to enter free of charge on line? Most competitions I have seen (eg TV Choice or Daybreak) have this option although I do sometimes wonder whether these entries are accidentally overlooked
Their short-sighted action reminds me of when the Daily Telegraph stopped printing the big General Knowledge Crossword - to the fury and disappointment of many. In the end, the DT had to back down and re-instate the GK Crossword. I will be surprised if the M on S does not have to admit a similar miscalculation. I love doing crosswords, take the M on S mainly for the fun of the crosswords and the fun of trying to win something. I text my grand-children every day, and it will not be difficult for me to text the M on S. But I think it is grossly unfair to those who do not have mobile phones or are not happy with them. Shame on you, M on S.
I accidentally had a Daily Express to read and found it equal to the Daily Mail. Maybe they will maintain their system of crosswords - the Big Monday Crossword is good, if not like the D.M.. If not, perhaps we should all write to the papers and complain. If they had a huge amount of letters to dispose of maybe they might think twice? I totally agree with all. Why should we not be able to post our results like we always do? Toxophilus
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