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[MSE Lawrence]

Poll between 26 May- 02 June 2008:

Are MoneySavers for richer or for poorer?

If you're on this site you're looking to save money or beat the system. Does that mean site users are likely to be richer as they're financially savvy, or poorer as they're here for help... how do you fit in?

How much do you earn a year? Please include pensions / benefits / other income

A. Under £5,000 - 3% (468 votes)
B. £5,001 - £7,500 - 2% (370 votes)
C. £7,501 - £10,000 - 3% (435 votes)
D. £10,001 - £15,000 - 9% (1354 votes)
E. £15,001 - £20,000 - 15% (2228 votes)
F. £20,001 - £25,000 - 14% (2207 votes)
G. £25,001 - £30,000 - 14% (2095 votes)
H. £30,001 - £35,000 - 11% (1621 votes)
I. £35,001 - £40,000 - 8% (1181 votes)
J. £40,001 - £50,000 - 9% (1346 votes)
K. £50,001 - £75,000 - 7% (1141 votes)
L. £75,001 - £100,000 - 3% (415 votes)
M. £100,001 - £250,000 - 2% (306 votes)
N. £200,001 - £500,000 - 0% (25 votes)
O. Over £500,000 - 0% (76 votes)

Voting has now ended, but you can still click 'post reply' to discuss below. Thanks

[ringo_24601]

I'm surprised so many people have voted.

[oldagetraveller]

P - non of your business!

[Gordon the Moron]

If you vote but don't post your answer on this thread like I have done then your vote just becomes a statistic and you don't tell anyone how much you earn.

[ringo_24601]

Except the site owners, who have your IP address and user details. No thanks

[PasturesNew]

My "earnings" vary day to day ... and could spectacularly stop overnight.

I have three main earnings streams:
1] STR fund interest
2] Internet websites earnings (I have about 12+ sites)
3] Home typing I do

[1] is pretty static
[2] varies month by month
[3] fairly consistent, but the long-term intention of my client is the work will go in-house and I expect 24 hours' notice of that suddenly stopping

So I'd hate to put my stick in the sand and say £X when it might not be.

But today £X is probably ... er, H, might be I. Might soon be G.

And I don't give a toss who knows about it. What a suspicious, untrusting lot some seem to be. It doesn't matter what people earn. It's a statistic. If the site knows the financial demographic of its users it is more likely to be able to predict what might be of interest to people.

Or they're just nosey. Either way. It doesn't hurt to tell people what you get. Nobody's going to pop over and rob you!

[ringo_24601]

What kind of sites do you run Pastures? I keep thinking i should do some webby earning.. what with my ninja html skills

Have previously lots of dosh making sites, but it's time consuming and now a bit boring

[greyster]

Originally Posted by ringo_24601

Except the site owners, who have your IP address and user details. No thanks

IP address may be able to determine your town.

User details will be your login.

Not of much use.

[moneysaving pharmacist]

What about benefits in kind? If we're talking purely income, then J, possibly K depending on extra hours and other bits and pieces. If including benefits in kind, then definitely K, thanks to free accommodation from my employer.

[Red Cat]

Quite a range in the results so far. Be interested to see how it pans out.

ps I have voted, of course.

[MSE Martin]

Originally Posted by greyster

IP address may be able to determine your town.

User details will be your login.

Not of much use.

There is no login on this site... only in the forum... it is a main site vote. We porbably could get an agglomerated IP address if we tried. You've my word, the last thing in the word we want to do is try... its just an interesting poll

martin

[Dorrie]

I earn around £50 a week as an Avon Lady. So I voted as under £5000 a year. My husband earns a lot more, but that is his private business and I know he wouldn't like me saying.

[Money_Maker_Shaker]

Originally Posted by MSE Martin

There is no login on this site... only in the forum... it is a main site vote. We porbably could get an agglomerated IP address if we tried. You've my word, the last thing in the word we want to do is try... its just an interesting poll

martin

Did YOU vote Martin?

[ringo_24601]

It does look like it's settling down to a normal distribution - as you'd probably expect.

[Daisy Bell]

I put down combined annual income of us two Pensioners! (Between £15,000 & £20,000)
Oh, and incidentally, we're "Dept-Free Chicks" too! (Well, more like old Rooster and Hen!)

[Debt_Free_Chick]

I find these "privacy" discussions quite interesting ..... what does it matter if people know what I earn? No-one here knows who I am And even if you did know me, I'll probably still tell you. More interesting would be "why do you need/want to know?"

I was flamed on the house selling board for the amount I earned with people telling me that others manage to live on far, far less. Of course they do - but so what?

For the record - my basic pay is £76000. Bonus & shares take that up to around £80,000.

Net - it's less than £4k a month

[torbrex]

I am in band D, below avarage again, but I dont worry about how much I earn, my concerns are always about disposable income, the cash I have left after paying all my bills and doing my weekly shop.
I am currently running at about 72% of my take home pay going into either savings or mortgage overpayment all of which is going towards reducing my retirement age.

[dannynixon]

My own income is F but mine and my partners joint income is I

[Thefunkygibbons]

Being in the higher bands, demonstrates that money saving is a state of mind as well as just a response to circumstances

[sjaypink]

ok are we doing seperate incomes? or family incomes? and including tax credits?

my personal income is a, more with tax credits paid to me, but all in household is g