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AUGUST make £10 a day challenge!

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  • apocryphal
    apocryphal Posts: 115 Forumite
    ok I think I understand the aim of MB now (she says, optimistically). It's a way of converting the money that betting sites offer as 'free bet' money into money that can actually be withdrawn, rather than a way to make money through betting. Right?

    So the aim is not to keep putting the money into one site and increasing the pot, but to keep finding lots of places that are offering free bets, match the bet, withdraw the funds, and move on.
    Oct Challenges: Make £5 a day - £5.18/£155 Grocery Challenge - £0/£200
  • strumpet
    strumpet Posts: 652 Forumite
    apocryphal wrote: »
    ok I think I understand the aim of MB now (she says, optimistically). It's a way of converting the money that betting sites offer as 'free bet' money into money that can actually be withdrawn, rather than a way to make money through betting. Right?

    So the aim is not to keep putting the money into one site and increasing the pot, but to keep finding lots of places that are offering free bets, match the bet, withdraw the funds, and move on.


    By jove, I think she's got it!

    Strumpet
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  • apocryphal
    apocryphal Posts: 115 Forumite
    strumpet wrote: »
    By jove, I think she's got it!

    Strumpet
    xxx


    Hurrah! :T
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  • PigginSkint
    PigginSkint Posts: 2,706 Forumite
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    £52.93 of Avon commission added so I am now up to £149.02. :j
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  • yukkibear
    yukkibear Posts: 5,556 Forumite
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    Another £3 from a Green Met sale hit my bank acc this morning so have updated totals.

    Reading the above on matched betting makes loads of sense so will re-read the threads again tonight after work with a fresh approach to it, in the hope it sinks in a bit more this time.
  • Yorkielass
    Yorkielass Posts: 2,235 Forumite
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    Haven't updated yet this month - had a few days away and haven't really got back into the swing of things :rolleyes:

    3rd - 40p - my mum gave me for a stamp I'd given her
    5th - 24p - Quidco
    10th - 1p - interest - woo!
    11th - £2.25 - interest - main Money I've made account
    11th - £4 - pinecone
    13th - £1.38 - Amazon Sale

    So current total is £8.28 :o - need to get ebaying and am going to list things on play trade tonight - keep putting it off :mad:
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  • samarnesen
    samarnesen Posts: 416 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    ive been thinking about having a stab at mb
    which sites are best to sign up with and which cashback sites are best to sign up through
    Extra payment every week challenge £15 so far
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  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
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    Another 2.05 from a telephone survey. Added to my total.
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,070 Forumite
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    samarnesen wrote: »
    ive been thinking about having a stab at mb
    which sites are best to sign up with and which cashback sites are best to sign up through
    Iv'e made £65 as a total newbie on quidco - there is even an MSE quidclan showing you all the links to the no spend offers!:T

    Also I just got £15 in vouchers for all my previous naughty spend on M&S so I'm adding that to my total and will offset against clothes or Christmas presents as needed.

    Also I got a 500 points online voucher so I bought 2 gift bags/boxes I wanted worth £5 and even with post and packing it effectively only cost £3.50! I am therefore counting that as £1.50:j

    So my new total is £98 + £16.50 = £114.50

    I also chased up about getting a lodger - if I succeed at that I should easily be able to do the £10 a day challenge!:T
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  • Purpleroses
    Purpleroses Posts: 4,125 Forumite
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    strumpet wrote: »
    Jesa,
    You sort of got it right but your second bet needs to be the EXACT opposite of the first i.e.

    Take Manchester United v Arsenal

    Bet 1: You bet: MU to win
    Bet 2: You lay a bet: MU to win (this bet wins if MU do NOT win as it's a laid bet) (not Arsenal to win)

    ahh now i get it!! thanks so much that makes sense now! :T

    right, with my new found knowledge im off to read the MB thread again, surely it'l make sense to me now....
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