We received the email from Win Big member Judith who would like to warn you about a ‘free trial offer’.

Please advice your readers to ignore subscriptions for a months free trial of ‘weight loss’ capsules from Acailoss or AcaiM - VitalAcai Trial Bottle for the price of only $5.95. 

I applied for the free trial and by some miracle actually received some capsules (which were addressed to me at only “Apartment 3, Australia“.  It was about to be returned to sender marked undeliverable when some nice person at the post office decided to check the phone book and find me). 

I wrote to Acailoss telling them to cancel my subscription as the capsules didn’t work - in fact I put on 2 pounds - but since that time I’ve received many charges to my credit card of close to $100 per time, but no product.   I didn’t realise for several months as I was unwell and didn’t check my statements as my card is paid by Automatic Debit.

Once I discovered what was happening I notified my credit card to stop all payments and investigate, and contacted Acailoss telling them I had not received further products and to please credit my card.  They refused.

Please warn your readers to be wary of any “free trial offers”.  As I learned when I first lived in America many years ago, “you don’t get nothin’ for nothin’”!

So please take a leaf out of Judith’s book and avoid the “free trial offer” scam.

1. Have a latte! The simplicity of a good espresso drink cannot be beat. Pair it with a walk outside and you have a cheap pick-me-up that’s good for a dreary afternoon.
2. Dine on popcorn and Red Vines. I have a thing for movie-theater treats, and I always feel better after a couple hours of munching and a light-hearted movie.
3. Play with a kitten. I’m a sucker for cats, but most of the time I can’t actually get to one when I need one. Fortunately, kitty pics or videos usually do the trick. So when I’m in a sour mood, but stuck behind my computer, I’ll opt for a good 10 minutes of kitten viewing!

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4. Enjoy a chocolate-chip cookie. What’s better than the smell of homemade cookies? Eating homemade cookies, of course! I love to get my bake on when I’m gloomy. Cookies and milk do a mood good.
5. Get active. I’m going to be honest with you, I don’t love to work out (sorry, Fit!), but I do love how I feel afterwards. If I can drag my behind out the door, I’m sure to feel better when I get back home.

Be Selective!
Don’t just enter every competition that you find. Be selective and enter competitions for products or prizes that you would actually like to win.

Don’t Ignore The Small Prizes
There are hundreds of competitions drawn every day and chances are that your entry will be one of thousands of entries, but don’t let that put you off! The bigger the prize often means the more entries. Competitions for smaller prizes such as CDs and DVDs attract low entry levels, so your chances of winning can be quite high!

Chances of Winning
People assume that online competitions attract a lot of entries. This is not necessarily the case, research suggests that the number of entrants for most competitions is often between 500 to 5000. This means that chances of you winning a prize is quite high. Don’t ever think you won’t enter a competition because you have no chance of winning. The more competitions you enter the more chances you have to win big!

Don’t Worry If You Don’t Win
If you don’t enter competitions - you won’t win! If you do, then you have a chance of winning. Be positive, perservere, and take encouragement from the fact that new winners are drawn every day.

Enjoy Your Comping
The key, in our opinion, to comping is simply to enjoy it! It’s a great hobby with the added bonus of the chance of winning some exciting prizes.