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Archives for April 2009

i want to join excel, will this affect my benefits?
its self employed, but I have no idea how much i will be earning, so what do i need to do? I am currently receiving income support and tax credits
Where to sell my paintings?
Hi all, following years of cajolling by my friends, family and colleagues I am prepared to dip my toe into trying to sell some of my paintings to earn a few extra pennies. However I have no idea how to start doing this! They all originals, done in gouache on canvas frames, from about 10x12" - 6ft x 4ft. Can anyone…
Q re bingoport
I know you can only get 1000 points a day and when you get 8000 points you can redeem. However I have had an email saying the terms and cons state that you can not only post just to redeem so my points were returned to me...however I have just had a read through their t&cs and cannot see anywhere where it says that you…
Massive Ranted Needed!
Here goes: A couple of months back i lost my job in childcare, (10 / 15 hours cut to around 6 hours to nothing!) so after placing my first ever post on the wonderful world of MSE! I climbed aboard the ladder and became a agent (As they call it for-) Betterware after 10 weeks everything seems great other then the…
Anyone ever heard of www.ezedone.com
Found on jobs boards: Description: Earn £147 per week delivering and collecting catalogues. Part-time. Immediate start. For local interview call xxxxxxxx or visit (website) Multi Vision Marketing Peterborough PE7 3XE UK Domain name: ezedone.com Created on: 2009-01-07 Im assuming its linked to Kleeneze?
May mystery shopping challenge
I am going to run the mystery shopping challenge again for may. Let me know how much you want to aim to make in fees (not reimbursements) in may and i will add you to the list. 1. pebblepop £100 2. woohoo_postingid £70 3. becca 0417 £50 4. cte1111 £300 5. mike LB £550 6. nads £500 7. tigergold £100 8. mharzuk £100 9. owlet…
Survey challenge (just for fun)
I've posted on the DFW about a Survey Challenge that I set myself whilst I'm on my holidays from work. 9 days to increase my survey points and amounts and get profiles upto date and do as many surveys as I can. You can join me if you want - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1656307
Forex MegaDroid EA (currency trading robot)
Below is a full set of my account statements of the Forex MegaDroid EA (currency trading robot) forward tests streaming live through the MT4Stats site: jacobbeasley.mt4stats.com (IBFX) jacobalpari.mt4stats.com (Alpari UK) jacobfxdd.mt4stats.com (FXDD) jacobforexcom.mt4stats.com (Forex.com) Is anyone else here using this…
Merchandising for IMS
I wasn't sure if I should put this in the main MS thread or not... Can anybody tell me more about merchandising work for IMS? I'm signed up with them for MSing but I've been emailed an invite to do merchandising, in major supermarkets for a major cereal chain. The problem is, I don't really know what the work would involve…
Virtual secretary/admin type work!
Hello! I'm looking do some work as a sort of secretary/pa to supplement my income, something along the lines of typing, setting up admin systems/databases for small local businesses - just general admin and/or secretarial support really or maybe even events planning/ marketing. I did do some work for a local electriacian,…
Compariter
Has anyone any experience of this company? They advertise researcher positions from time to time.
Toluna, Myvoice and GlobalTestMarket
I have joined these sites and would like to know if anyone has had any problems with getting rewards from them. I don't want to keep wasting my time doing surveys if they won't send out vouchers etc when I try to claim them. Thanks
IT Support and paying Tax
Hi all, this is my first post on this forum. I've been a lurker for a while, but never needed to post. I've been considering offering an IT Support service to people in my area, obviously, there are shops people can go to, and also other businesses, but someone who's local and comes to your house might appeal. I dont…
making money from taking photos
I just saw this on the BBC news website and wondered if it would help anyone? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8022949.stm
What can I do next?!
:o So I regularly sell bits and bobs on Ebay. Make a few quid here and there from it, I find their fees and paypals fees eats most of your profit. Ebay fees in particular are high. I am on Quidco and TopCashBack, have £18 and £12 on there, although that seems to take months because none of the money is ready for me to have…
Sell Your Gold!!
I decided to sell some of my old gold - you know, the sort of thing that many of us have lying around - broken chains etc. I looked for the best price on Google and came up with http://www.cashforyourgold.co.uk/. I looked at the many testimonials but was still very wary. Anyway i decided to bite the bullet, and sent my…
Stress and money
Hey, was wondering for some advice... I am currently stuck in a job I hate (yes, I know people consider me to be lucky to have a job, but I would actually have more money and be financially better off unemployed), I don't know how much longer I can take it... It's incredibly boring, I work in business sales and talk to a…
Blogging for a second income - does anyone else here do this?
I'm self employed, originally as a web designer, and now earn around half my income through blogging (ads displayed on my site, paid articles, some referrals, etc). It's taken almost three years for my blog-related earnings to get to this stage, and is certainly not a "quick fix" for earning a second income. I'm now…
Renting my spare room(s) out
Hi all My current lodger has just moved out and im wanting to rent his double room out, does anybody know of any good websites on which I can leave some adverts? Also i have a box room and I was thinking I could rent this out and tap into the short term rental market, im thinking shop fitters who need somewhere to stay for…
Print Company - advice required from homeworkers
I run a quite successful marketing and print company. Although only 8 months into business things are looking very promising, especially in the current climate. As part of my plan for the next year I would like to use affiliates/homeworkers to help grow the business, and as an avid lurker on here I thought it best to get a…

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