Thrifty Gifty - Money Making for Christmas & All Ocassions 2009

sarahf191979

Welcome back Jammy, hope you had a nice time. We missed you.

rufusdog52

Welcome back Jammy.

I forgot to add on mine that I have the £2 coin tin. Havent the foggiest how much is in there but think I will use that for OH for Xmas as havent got him anything yet. I did put a tenner in there the other day, cant remember why lol but will boost the amount up. Might even just wrap the tin up and give him that then he can spend it in the sales after Xmas

rufusdog52

Well last night I was totally bored. OH is on nights still (last one tonight then he has a week off and his birthday is Thursday and the Party is on Saturday). Daughter is away on camp with the Girls Brigade so was just me and the dog. Telly was rubbish so I sat there wondering still how much was in the sealed pot and ended up getting a knife and managed to slide the money out to count lol. Took about an hour but there you go haha. I was really surprised as there was £62 in £2 coins and the tenner as well.

I have kept the tenner out towards the party at the weekend and put the rest back, will try to get it up to the £100 by Christmas then I am going to wrap up the tin and use it as his main present. I will probs get a couple of dvds too using any Amazon vouchers I get before then so he has some extra things to open.

scattymam1

August 1st update:
Toluna 2,150 (waiting on 10 amazon voucher just claimed)
one poll 38.25 (woohoo)
Lightspeed 20 voucher - ready to claim
IPSOS 20 voucher - ready to claim
Valued opinions 4.50 (still)
pigsback (Approx 10 pounds too)
coke zone 518 points (going to trade for something I can sell on ebay)
paypal through pinecone research 3.00
Boots 12.00
Tesco approx 15 pounds
Panelbase 9.50 pounds
mysurvey: 210 points
yougov 6.50
Quidco 84p
topcashback 46.16 (awaiting another 43.16 on top of that to track)
SAINSBURY'S VOUCHER 30.00 (for taking out insurance)
Amazon vouchers - 35.00 (for swapping gas and elec as well as saving on monthlly bills)
=230pounds usable cash/vouchers for pressies for christmas

bingoport - 1402 points!
Have a 20pounds hmv gift card (give to brother for christmas)

Bought wrapping paper, am going to make gift tags this month...

August Goal = earn 100pounds on ebay by the end of the month so I can buy everyones gift cards and get them out of the way.

pammyj74

i have £20 of amazon vouchers thanks to bingoport, as they are only codes I cant give them as presents which is a bit of a pain. But i can still get the kids something with them. Hopefully will double that by xmas at least!
Surveys I am not doing so good at, at the moment for some reason so they are at a standstill.
Quidco I got £81.55 paid (YAY)
Onepoll is on a measly £6.70!
Vauled is £4.25
Lightspeed 380 points
My Survey 255 points
GTM 210 points
FreesurveysUK £9

Most of these I am doing to OP on my mortgage but also extra cash for xmas.
I already have some gift cards for hair appointments and photo sessions but dont think there are any near my family so I might sell them on ebay instead.

well done all for great figures at mo. wish I was up there with you.

fruit-loop

Morning all

Can anyone that does bingoport help me out? I've just had my 1st redeem rejected due to not playing all of my posting points!:rolleyes:

I usually spent about 200 ish of the posting points a day on bingo, how many do I need to spend to redeem? Is it all of them and then only cash in winnings? If it is then that will take ages as I never win lol.

sarahf191979

fruit-loop wrote: »

Morning all

Can anyone that does bingoport help me out? I've just had my 1st redeem rejected due to not playing all of my posting points!:rolleyes:

I usually spent about 200 ish of the posting points a day on bingo, how many do I need to spend to redeem? Is it all of them and then only cash in winnings? If it is then that will take ages as I never win lol.

Did you get an email? I've just redeemed some points to vouchers but have not heard anything but I havent spent all my points playing bingo either??

fruit-loop

Yes Sarah, I had noticed the redeem didn't go through then I got an email this morning.

This is the email.

"We are writing to inform you that your request to redeem £5 Amazon Gift Certificate has been rejected.

Rejected due to a breach of our terms and conditions. It is against the rules to post for redemption only. Posting is there to gain points to play on the site. Your points have been returned to your bingoport account to be fully played."

pammyj74

oh blimey hope they havent changed the rules, someone said the other day that amazon wasnt on there, maybe they have changed it? i redeemed on friday ok and i play about 100 points a day

scattymam1

Just redeemed a 10 cheque from panelbase and I've only been a member for 6 months, they are sending a 10pound cheque so I'm well pleased about that. Will cash it and keep it in the christmas kitty