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Mailbox Nationwide....?
Hi All, Has anyone worked for these delivering leaflets through areas? Its minimum wage but I wondered how many leaflets you are expected to do and how long it takes. Spotted it on the JobcentrePlus website for my area. Thanks in advance!
Starting a shopping service.
I went to deliver an Avon order to a lovely elderly couple of which the lady is housebound, and I always stop for a chat. She told me she probably wouldn't be ordering next time as they'd just had a bill in from our local council for the 'shopper' and for 5 weeks @ 2 hours pw their bill was £130!! I told them I'd be more…
Selfriges Mystery shopper , £10 payment
http://www.selfridges.com/index.cfm?page=1305 at the bottom of the page :) looks good
Am I missing any?
I'm a member of all of the following. Having just started my first real proper full time job I'm looking to treat myself with amazon voucher etc and save any left overs for presents. Can anyone suggest anyothers that I seem to be missing out on?? its your view lightspeed quidco i-points pigsback rpoints - cashback site…
Phoenix Trading - Hints and Tips
I thought I would attempt to start a thread for Phoenix Traders all over the country to share ideas just like the avon and body shop at home thread. However, there are only 13,000 traders so its a lot smaller than avon, and therefore the thread might take a while to get going but it would be really good to share ideas and…
Tutor/Typist
Dear all, I need some urgent advice as I am struggling with my finances at the moment. I am studying with the OU (BA Humanities) and have over a year left before I finish the course. I am looking to work from home to earn some money and I have two options at the moment. 1) Tutoring (Primary school children, most likely…
the various "work from home" opportunities on sale on ebay
now i accept that, for the most part, it's information freely available online, or some random pyramid scheme or anything like that but I just wondered if anyone has ever had any joy out of any of them ? I did pay £10 a few years ago for the right to run a horse racing tip "0898" type number, with a percentage of the…
Mini IQ
Hi is anyone on here an associate for Mini IQ. I'm seriously considering it - has a rep come round to show me the books and stuff and they look great, just keen to hear any other peoples experiences before I commit. Thanks!
For all the Bloggers
I read about this site in a magazine but haven't tried it myself, as I do not have a blog but do intend to start one to earn this money that is on offer. I believe that you register and you get paid by writing about products and companys supported by blogvertise. Have a look and see what you think. www.blogvertise.com…
Sell Your Snaps - Earn extra
I have just joined so am no expert about this site. I read about it in Company magazine whilst on holiday. www.fotolia.com How It Works Fotolia is a website that allows you to upload images and sell to people. Website says - Fotolia offers low-priced, royalty free images using our credit system (1 credit = £0.57). A member…
Advertising my new venture
I'm trying to get established as a mobile nail technician in my local area, but struggling to get my clients. I've put a small add in the local paper, put flyers through doors and even gone around local businesses and shops asking them to put one up on their staff room notice boards. In one week I've had one booking (who…
Contract Xchange
Hi I'm just wondering if anyone has heard of contract Xchange. I'm looking to boost my income and they seem to be offering work as a call centre adviser working from home. Not sure if this is a scam. Can someone advise if they have heard of them or have had any dealings with the company? Many thanks in advance.
Calling all Digital Transcribers
Hello everybody. Is anyone else a digital transcriber? Virtual PA? I am currently a med sec and have signed up to four (at the time of writing) digital services. I'm working for one already and have managed about £160 in pay this month and I've only been doing bits'n'bobs when I get in and only about a couple of nights a…
Slice the Pie
Does anyone use this site? If so can they tell me how many songs I need to rate before my stars go up? Its taking ages to earn any sort of money on it.
DOn't know if this has been covered, please help
Hello there, I have been working for Betterware and need to register as self employed. This is going to sound silly, but, do I sign up as a sole trader or a partnership, if it's betterware? all help gratefully received! Sorry if that sounds like a daft question, I would have selected for sole trader, btw!
Global Typists.
Hi I seen an ad on Gumtree saying that you could make money by inputing data for companies from your own home and make between £150-£250 a week for a few hours work each day,so I sent them an email and this is the reply I got below,was just wondering if anyone had heard of this company before and is it a scam as they ask…
Setting Up a Website
HIYA, not sure if i have the right place for this, so im sorry if its the wrong one! i am in the process of designing a website, is there any ways that i can make some money from this? i would like people to join up to the website, and subscribe to it for a small fee. would it be easy to set up? thanks everyone me xx:o
job offer.....but subject to credit checks
I've just been offered a new job following an assessment centre I attended yesterday. Only problem is it's subject to credit checks. Basically I have a couple of defaults and total debts of about £1600, from 3 different creditors. The job is in life and pensions so FSA regulated. They're an outsourcing company whos sole…
parcelforce recruiting for xmas
https://www.parcelforce.com/jobs parcelforce are now looking for sorters/drivers in the run up to xmas shifts available from the end of september i know theres often people looking for extra income around the xmas time this was in my wage slip today so you might be a step ahead others hearing about it
i need a scrap mans advice.
Iam a recycle addict.so when i use the the gully way by us, i collect all the empty cans and recycle them. I know that the council get paid to recycle these so why shouldnt I. My question is can I take them to a scrap yard and cash them in and if so in what quantities i.e is a bin bag full worth taking at one time? can i…

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