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How many extras pay off debts?

Just been reading few peoples diarys latly and it seem people doing lots of extras to enable them to pay their debts as just job income not enough.

So i was wondering

*quidco/pigsback
*slice the pie
*surveys
*mystery shops
*ebay
*carboots
*comping
*matched betting
*free bingo

Do all these things really bring in substantial amounts?
As I would love to pay off debts quicky mainly through extras.

I have made [EMAIL="£70@carboots"]£70@carboots[/EMAIL] last month
£340 ebay
£2.70 surveys

I will eventually run out of stuff to sell! carboot season will be over
have tried entering 50comps but no wins, not that lucky was trying to set ambitous aim of 400 a month.
Surveys keep starting them then getting half way through b4 they tell me im not suitable.

Anyone paid off large amounts of debt with extras?Could do with inspirational stories to motivate me to continue.
pad by xmas2010 £14,636.65/£20,000::beer:
Pay off as much as I can 2011 £15008.02/£15,000:j

new grocery challenge £200/£250 feb

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON:D,Onwards and upward2013:)

Comments

  • milliemonster
    milliemonster Posts: 3,708 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped! Chutzpah Haggler
    Hiya

    I only started STP nd Quidco last month (oh and dooyoo) and seem to be doing ok, if you can be bothered to keep at it they can bring in the extras you need, see my sig
    Aug GC £63.23/£200, Total Savings £0
  • jenjade
    jenjade Posts: 8,418 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    quidco if you are happy to have dvd trials apply for credit cards etc can make a fair amount but you have to remember it is money for mothing the daily clicks are very slow earners slice the pie slow but if you have the time on your hands it is all free money and all the peenies add up
    you could also try match betting and comping?
    pm me if you want to be referred to any sites if i was you i would join onepoll, quidco, moneyback madness, etc

    good luck jen
    :j Proud mum to Jade age 10 years and Baby Ellie born Christmas Day:eek: with a broke heart :( Proven to be a little fighter and battling on with her heart condition :j
  • gailey_2
    gailey_2 Posts: 2,329 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Thanks guys

    Millie monster £105 for lsitening to music? wow that must be lot of music.

    jen jade am finding valed opiniosn rubbish and llightspeed slow currently earnt 2.70!

    As for cashback i dont need any new insurance phone or other big objects so not sure if its for me.

    As for comping how many should i enter to up chances of winning?
    pad by xmas2010 £14,636.65/£20,000::beer:
    Pay off as much as I can 2011 £15008.02/£15,000:j

    new grocery challenge £200/£250 feb

    KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON:D,Onwards and upward2013:)
  • Jacks_xxx
    Jacks_xxx Posts: 3,874 Forumite
    :wave: Hiya hon,

    We would not be progressing anything like as fast as we are without all the little extras

    I stick to mainly eBay, Amazon, and mystery shopping with the occasional carboot thrown in.

    I quidco when it's appropriate and have an evening job as well as doing some babysitting.

    I have done some surveys and comping but only when I've got nothing else more money earning / saving to do.

    We live on hubbys wage as far as possible and so my wages plus extras pay the debts off.

    We paid about £2400 off last month and more than half of that was from my evening job plus extras.

    I'm still scared of matched betting though! :o

    Love Jacks xxx :D
    Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Einstein
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I agree with jacks - it does all add up but you have to work at it and perservere.

    Have a look at the "up your income" board on MSE - loads of ideas about things that bring in anything from a few pence upwards. It is just a case of doing what suits you and that will depend on lots of things.

    I have to almost double our salaries by way of "extras" - it can be hard work when you are trying to do it month in month out, but when you see the debts reducing it is worth it and you get clicking again!
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
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