Benbens moneymaking adventure

taka

benbenandme wrote: »

That seems too simple now, surely theres a catch?? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I know what you mean!! I want to pay off my mortgage completely by the day before my 44th birthday (which would be 25 yrs to the day of getting my 1st ever mortgage though I've moved since) Over the weekend I worked out that if I can save (while I can get a better rate that my mortgage int rate eg my ISA) or overpay my mortgage by £300/month I should be mortgage free by the time I'm 41 :j :j (instead of 52) I should hopefully be able to do this from my salary if I can live fairly frugally so could possibly lower it even further. I can't quite believe it and keep thinking I've calculated it incorrectly :rotfl: Now if I can manage to find £50/month more that I'll be mortgage free by the time I'm 40! How cool would that be!!

tigzem

Would love to buy your Wii but can't afford it!

xx

Karmacat

benbenandme wrote: »

KC ... I've just read your post and it does sound do-able At first when I think of these random plans they sound like pie in the sky, but once they are broken down they are fairly manageable

They are, aren't they, thank heavens.

Aim: 880.00

Maintenance overpayments 240.00
Sell the Wii 130.00
AQA (50 p/m) 200.00
Matched betting (75 p/m) 300.00

Which only leaves a tenner to find :eek:

That seems too simple now, surely theres a catch?? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

:rotfl: The catch is that AQA and matched betting will take time! So will selling the Wii come to that, or you'd have done it before!

benbenandme

Yep your right, but the Wii shouldn't take too long once I've got the guts to list it :rolleyes: and I am really enjoying the matched betting, its just the AQA thats dull

We've just got back from the beach, we went down with a picnic and met some friends at their beach hut and ds has played happily with their kids all afternoon and its cost nowt :T :T so as a treat we stopped at the chippie to get some dinner, sausage and chips each, which cost 3.75 Now I'm just catching up on here for five minutes before ds has a bath and bed (we're practising school-nights bedtime routine ready for next week so it doest come as a big shock ), then its my turn to crack on with more stuff :rolleyes: I'm thinking about adding more bits on ebay to my list as I saw their new fees earlier and I think that will be the end of my ebaying days, it won't be worth the bother at all :mad:

benbenandme

Quick update time ....

• [STRIKE]collect guinea pigs [/STRIKE] DONE
• [STRIKE]2 mystery shops today[/STRIKE] DONE
• 2 mystery shops wednesday
• ds haircut
• label school uniform
• [STRIKE]complete william hill matched bet[/STRIKE]DONE
• complete NI form and return
• make just under 300.00 for the summer challenge
• online banking
• [STRIKE]septembers budget[/STRIKE]DONE
• tax return
• [STRIKE]pay next account[/STRIKE] DONE
• [STRIKE]check new mortgage balance[/STRIKE] DONE
• finish library challenge and return books
• sort out outlook express :rolleyes:
• sort out my wardrobe
• sort out my pencil case ready for school :rotfl:
• submit receipt for mystery shop (still )
• ironing
• complete all houeswork in time for sunday night
• go to see the airshow in Bournemouth at the weekend
• [STRIKE]use free swimming voucher [/STRIKE]Realised it doesn't expire until May so will use another time
• find ds thank you notes for school friends bags
• lots of scrapbooking for ds

Tonight I'm planning on completing the NI form, possibly some ironing and labelling the school uniform

benbenandme

All going to plan so far, have got the school uniform labelled and have also sorted the outlook express thing I'm having a quick tidy up while ds is in bed, the kitchen is done, just need to clean the floor; the bathroom is tidy just needs cleaning; my bedroom needs soe clothes and paperwork putting away and cleaning but the lounge still needs a fair bit of effort I'll try and get all tidy and clean tonight and then I can hoover in the morning once ds is awake The NI form ay have to wait till tomorrow after that lot

benbenandme

I forgot the Secret Millionaire was on tonight, so yet another change of plan :rolleyes: I've finished the ironing (the pile was much smaller than I feared ), and ave tidied every room but not yet cleaned them. I'm going to do some ebaying ow while I watch TSM and BB

benbenandme

The matched bet from last night has settled, it was looking like team b would win which would have meant I would win at Betfair, but team A scored in the 94th minute to mean I won at the bokies instead, which is fine but it will take a few days to get the money back as its a new account and they want to check I'm genuine :rolleyes: Still,its 60 quid made from the bet so I'm happy

Chip_Hazard

BBaM,

Where did you get all your info about matched betting from? How easy is it to get into as what I have seen looks complicated....sorry to be a nuisance!:rolleyes:

benbenandme

Hi Chip, I read, read and re-read all the stickies on the gambling board. I then made my own notes from everything on there and ten read it all again It was definitely worth it, once you get it its not as bad as it seems at first