Xmas - Olympic Challenge 2008

mickey_mouse · 15 August 2008 at 3:08PM

Afternoon guys and girls, it's that time for the 2008 Xmas Olympic challenge :j

In honour of the Olympics it is time for the next MSE Olympic Challenge

We'll be kicking off today 15th August and finishing on 15th December - just in time to raise some much needed cash for xmas.

The Levels are....
Bronze - £1008
Silver - £2008
Gold - £3008
Platinum - £4008
(notice the theme...:cool::rolleyes:)

You can start at any level and if you want to upgrade/downgrade at any time - just drop me a PM and I'll change your challenge level.

I'll be updating the totals monthly
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The Rules.....
Money must come from anything extra to your normal income and must be obtained lawfully!!

But how do I make more money?
Try the second post for some tips/tricks and FAQs

The third post will be the list of challengers and how everyone's doing

Usually ramblings to follow in the next two posts so please wait until I've posted them to rush and sign up!

mickey_mouse · 15 August 2008 at 3:10PM

Tips/tricks of trade

Sell!

Amazon
Amazon 'Sell Your Stuff'
You can sell books, CD's, DVD's, and more on Amazon. It is very easy to list them and, unlike ebay, there are no fees until you make a sale. Read more at The Amazon Thread
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Ebay
Learn how to sell
You can sell anything on Ebay (well almost!). Listing can be quite time consuming and it costs to list items even if they don't sell. Ebay can be fun and quite addictive! Read more at The Ebay Thread
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Cashback sites
Quidco - Read more on this MSE thread
RPoints
Pigsback
Greasypalm
Mutualpoints

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Mystery shopping
Become a Mystery shopper or if you already are one join another and use the extra funds towards your total.
http://www.indiefield.co.uk/
Grassroots
Retaileyes
Gapbuster
http://mshopper.5.forumer.com/
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Survey sites
ciao
valuedopinions
yougov.co.uk

This is a good focus group website:
http://www.focus4people.com/index.asp
Mostly in london, but if you are close enough to go there then you could earn some serious money. I have only matched their requirements once and wasn't accepted so I don't know yet if the focus groups are any good but it was recommended to me by someone who has done one and said it was very good and good money.
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ODDS

Another tip is to join swapit shop and collect free points, then get vouchers or goods for these free points then sell them on ebay. You can get the points from this thread:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...ghlight=swapit

http://www.aqa.issuebits.com/vacancies.htm
It's a completely flexible, do as much or as little as you want, part-time work from home job, all the details in the link. It's a text messaging service and you will be hired as a researcher to answer the questions people send in and you get paid 30p per text, you do it through a pc not your mobile phone. You need a degree though and the test to pass is not easy. If they are not hiring right now, check everyday because it seems to change daily.

http://www.slicethepie.com
A new website, earn money from rating music! Read the Slice the Pie thread here... http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=592654
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Matched betting
Try here for help
Newcomer's Guide to Matched Betting

Thread for Questions about Matched Betting (no need to read the entire thread before posting your question)
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[FONT=&quot]General FAQs[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]

Can bank charges claimed back be included?
As before, no.
From annie: Quote:
We have decided that bank charges refunds should not be included in total as it doesn't represent making huge effort to make extra money (luckily for those who have or are in the process of being refunded it simply takes (in most cases) a few letters) We are happy for you if you get them refunded but it doesn't seem fair for everyone. Please tell us if you have been successful as it is great and you should be congratulated. Maybe add it in brackets after your total.

Can I join after the 15th August?
Definitely! Just PM me if you want to join later with your challenge amount

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mickey_mouse · 15 August 2008 at 3:14PM

Here is the list of Olympians

1. Mickey Mouse - Bronze £418.07
2. Lysasparkles - Silver £48.28
3. Lorne - Gold
4. Gemmzie - Bronze £415
5. Pandapaws - Platinum £730.51
6. RuthieJane - Bronze £1252.69
7. GirlRacer -Bronze £352.82
8. Savvykaz -Bronze£751.77
9. Stressed.Mum - Bronze
10. Buffythedebtslayer - Bronze £1023.00
11. Hope78 - Bronze £627.53
12. Batchy-Boy - Bronze£210.00
13. Sarahb123- Bronze
14. Savingholmes- Bronze
15. Ally16- Bronze£62.00
16. Kiwigirl - Bronze
17. Queen.Bess -Bronze
18. Coco2972- Bronze £109.09
19. Kalojac- Bronze
20. Boomdocker - Bronze £464.96
21. Bathgatebuyer - Silver £1848.00
22. Slowlyfading - Bronze
23. Lisasdiary -Platinum
24. NoDebtDiva -Bronze£26.90
25. Sophie27 -Bronze
26. Kbarty- Bronze £247.23
27.Tinypawz - Bronze
28. Racer256 - Bronze £30.00
29. Sarahneedle1872 - Bronze £523.53
30. Casperthefriendlyghost- Silver£2264.41
31. Wilf55 - Bronze £404.49
32. Floxxie - silver £1850.31
33. Wornoutmumoftwo -Bronze
34. Dizzybee - Bronze £224
35. Chelly78 - Bronze £833.19
36. Emma12345-Silver

TOTAL on 21st Dec £14717.78

thriftymoo · 15 August 2008 at 3:27PM

hiya please can i sign up for silver £2008?

Lorne · 15 August 2008 at 3:30PM

I'd like to join please, I got gold in the previous olympic challenge so will be aiming for that again!

mickey_mouse · 15 August 2008 at 4:45PM

wahoooooooooo I have made a start with £4.05 - saving made by using £5 off £30 Tesco voucher which was in the NOTW on Sunday (which cost me 95p)

Gemmzie · 15 August 2008 at 5:09PM

I'm in for Bronze, going to combine it with other challenges

pandapaws · 15 August 2008 at 6:25PM

:j Yaaaaaaaaay! Me too please!

I've still not managed to get an accurate calculation of my total from the last challenge as I had too much going on in the last couple of months to focus, but I made the platinum which was fab. I'm well and truly back on the debt wagon so I NEED to make this extra money!

:T Thanks Gemmzie for doing such a fab job of running the last thread.
MM, can we be buddies again or will you be far too busy keeping everything updated?!:D

ruthiejane · 15 August 2008 at 6:47PM

I'm in for bronze please. I got very distracted from the last one owing to get married in June!! Back on track now...

mickey_mouse · 15 August 2008 at 8:14PM

Pandapaws - would love to buddy up again on the challenge:D I put you down for Platinum as you didn't say which level and I am cheeky like that :rotfl: If you want to change it let me know.

Roll up, Roll up join the challenge - the mouse walks round with a sandwich board trying to get lots more people in on the challenge:D

GirlRacer_2 · 15 August 2008 at 8:26PM

Oh go on, I'm up for a challenge. I'll go for bronze please.

Xmas - Olympic Challenge 2008

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