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24/8/2023 at 11:01pm
 Location: Liverpool
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I was in our local M&S foodhall this evening and when I went to pay I got a message that I was todays lucky Sparks Card Customer and my shopping was free!

It would have been amazing but I had only bought a litre of milk and a block of cheese! The same thing happened to me a few years ago as well where I was the lucky customer of the day but I only had a couple of items. Why do these things never happen when I have a full trolley?

I suppose I shouldn’t complain! Better something than nothing!

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25/8/2023 at 8:16am
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Sort of thing that happens to me , if I won a cruise it would have been on the Titanic !
I bet you won because you had a small shop and I reckon that a shopping trolley load would be one in ten thousand or something?
Purely computer generated but congratulations anyway


25/8/2023 at 10:42am
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I am almost certain there is less of a random chance and more like some sort of pre-determined criteria have been set, such as the eligibility period e.g. a month on each side of the actual anniversary etc., and the maximum amount of the cart value.

That's just me being cynical.

DK

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25/8/2023 at 1:55pm
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Ooh, how frustrating! Still, could've been worse - you could have just nipped in for a newspaper... better luck next time!

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via mobile 25/8/2023 at 7:41pm
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I'm with dk168 on this one, cynical maybe, but it would be interesting to know what the (average) amount of shopping is which is paid out on the 'winning' Sparks card.

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via mobile 25/8/2023 at 10:26pm
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My sister in law got the M&S free shop & it was £150 worth of shopping!!

Fiona


26/8/2023 at 3:31pm
 Location: Liverpool
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On top of my M&S win, yesterday my husband won £250 on a special savings account he has where there is a prize draw every now and then. We never win anything so we are pretty pleased.

They say good things often come in 3’s so I’m off to buy a lottery ticket 😜

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Pixie



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