Before I started blogging I had this other little obsession that I thought would help me get out of debt quick. I have a confession to make; I was a SWEEPER. Sweeper as in sweepstakes enterer. You would not believe the inordinate amount of time I spent searching for sweepstakes and entering them. I had a whole system going. I had software that swiftly entered in all of my contact info, spreadsheets of all the sweeps I was entering. I was Sweeps Crazy. I hoped and hoped I would just win a car or some grand prize cash jackpot and my debt woes would be over. I entered sweeps while watching TV, while talking on the phone and basically any free moment I had. Until one day, my spreadsheet file got corrupt and I was devastated at the loss of all that time and effort I had put into it. I mourn the loss of my spreadsheet.
So for all my blood, sweat, and tears of entering sweepstakes the fruit of my labor was basically a $1.00 cash prize from Webstakes and an XXL t-shirt from Sirius radio.
Until today...
I got a package in the mail today and was positively perplexed because I hadn't ordered anything recently. I opened it and there it was. The 2004 Nascar Nextel Cup Series i736 cell phone. I had totally forgotten that I had won this on an instant win sweepstakes I had entered months ago. Now, I am not a Nascar fan, nor do I need a new cell phone, but I can try to sell it on ebay and get at least (hopefully) $100 for it.
This will definitely not get me out of debt but it makes me feel like I at least got something worthwile out of my sweeping days.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
I won, I won!
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4 comments:
That is awesome. Congrats.
I didn't even know about SWEEPERS, interesting!
Now you can join me in my little secert passion - E-Bay. About a year ago, I got into selling stuff on E-Bay, and now I can't stop, it's so much fun.
do a advance search on ebay for "completed auctions" on Nextel i736 and you can see that they fetch for a bit more, depending on how well you word your auction title etc.
Some ended for around $140 plus S&H.
If you can net the same amount, you'll most likely get about $125 ish after all the fees from ebay, paypal and S&H
good luck with the ebay sale, definitely research. use the "completed auction" feature to search for prices and best way to list the item.
Congrats!
Lucky you...I'd kill for a dollar and an oversized t-shirt...the only things I have ever won are surf credits from BE and never more than 10, too...bummer...
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