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AUGUST make £10 a day challenge!

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  • ruthiejane
    ruthiejane Posts: 1,217 Forumite
    Just found this and would like to join in. Couple of questions though.
    1) Do you count money when you receive it, or when you earn it? EG I have MS to do after work tonight - do I count it today or when I get paid?

    2) If I make more than £10 one day can I roll it over to the next day?

    3) Can I count any income over what my main job pays me?

    This is probably the motivation I need to sort out my books on Amazon, and my box of stuff to go on ebay!
    ilovefreegle.org - give it away don't throw it away :)
  • elj2287
    elj2287 Posts: 154 Forumite
    I am doing pretty rubbish at making money, I have saved some on multiby items when shopping (I was buying them anyway) does this count?? I have done a few surveys but won't be getting the money just yet so I'm not counting it until it comes in. Also put a few bits and bobs on ebay so hoping to raise a few quid for those.

    Fingers crossed...legs, arms...:P
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  • Yorkielass
    Yorkielass Posts: 2,235 Forumite
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    ruthiejane wrote: »
    Just found this and would like to join in. Couple of questions though.
    1) Do you count money when you receive it, or when you earn it? EG I have MS to do after work tonight - do I count it today or when I get paid?
    Everyone has their own way of working it - I personally only count things that are in my account (with quidco, survey money etc) or with amazon/ebay sales after I've despatched the item - so I can work out the profit and I know the money's on it's way.

    2) If I make more than £10 one day can I roll it over to the next day?
    Yes - it's £310 a month or whatever but - £10 is a good target to aim for.

    3) Can I count any income over what my main job pays me?
    Yes - anything other than your basic salary from your main job.

    This is probably the motivation I need to sort out my books on Amazon, and my box of stuff to go on ebay!

    It's a brilliant way of motivating yourself to some extra money - this thread is a real help - good luck
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  • ruthiejane
    ruthiejane Posts: 1,217 Forumite
    Right count me in. I'll aim for £5 a day for the rest of this month, so £90 before the end of the month.
    ilovefreegle.org - give it away don't throw it away :)
  • Lizzieanne
    Lizzieanne Posts: 476 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Another £23 for 3 mystery shopping jobs, which brings my total so far to £258.43. I started working for AQA as well a few weeks ago so I should be able to hit the £310!
    Mortgage Free as of 03/07/2017 :beer:
  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Another 17.75 from ebay 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
  • cookinmummy
    cookinmummy Posts: 4,245 Forumite
    Just a quickie as I am on hols at the mo, and therefore have made nothing and spent much! (though I did find the time to fit in a ms job this week - not that DH is happy that ms-ing followed us on holiday!:rotfl:)
  • Purpleroses
    Purpleroses Posts: 4,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    today i made zip, zero, zilch, fluff all *sigh*
  • yukkibear
    yukkibear Posts: 5,556 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I can add £2.74 from an ebay sale.
    Also sold an amazon book today but will add that when I receive the cash in my bank :)
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