Thrifty Gifty - Money Making for Christmas & All Ocassions 2009

NickyBo_2

1st September totals

Points
Dooyoo - 6635 (worth £6.63)
Toluna - 34,485
Lightspeed - 490 (nearly enough for a £5 Amazon voucher)


Loyalty Cards
Boots - £10


Vouchers
Amazon - £5
Tesco - £90 (using double up offers on toys)


Cash in Christmas money box
£12 ish - had to try and count it through the money slot as I sealed it!

Ebay profits
£35 and hoping to put lots more things on this week


16 x 2nd class stamps

All wrapping paper bought as I got LOADS last year.
I'm making all my cards - stuff is bought but none made yet, better get a move on with this as I always leave it too late :rolleyes:

Quite a few presents already bought, especially for my son as I have already used £40 Tesco vouchers for his gifts.

I'm quite pleased with this. This is my first year of doing anything like this, so any vouchers etc I get are all a bonus to me

cyclingyorkie

sarahf191979 wrote: »

They asked me for my address too, then sent them via email strange I know!!

thanks Sarah - how long do they take to arrive?

sarahf191979

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

thanks Sarah - how long do they take to arrive?

Don't think it was long with these, think i got it same day

cyclingyorkie

thanks again Sarah - just checked my email and it has arrived! How long do paper vouchers take to arrive?

jamtart6

So, how is everyone getting on with the money making side of things?

A few people have been a bit confused, so perhaps it would be easier and make everyone happy if we just stuck to cash/vouchers made from the weekend just gone rather than vouchers throughout the year? I didn't realise I would cause so many issues for people but there do seem to be a few! Would everyone prefer to start their totals from cash made last weekend? then everyone has the same starting point? - update: Answer is yes! Any cash made from last weekend onwards must be counted - stuff before does not count. Vouchers are totalled separately

e.g my summary £0 cash
£5 voucher

I have made precisely diddly squat and my total will remain at that for at least 2 more weeks as I don't have time to eBay/sell yet. Voucher collection still going well. Hope to have another £25 from doo yoo by the end of the week.

rufusdog52

jamtart6 wrote: »

Every Little Helps is exactly right Rainmac!

Let meknow how you get on with the gold site as I have scrap gold too which could be making me some pennies!

I am gonna start sorting in 2 weeks. It is unreal the amount of stuff I have accumulated in 25 years

I used Cash for Gold and was really surprised at the amount I got for my scrap gold. Had 2 bent bangles and a couple of odd earrings and got £47

Edit was Gold Trade Direct as you can see from the post below. Sory about that.

rufusdog52

Totals for 1st September

These are the payments I have had so far this year (since I have been keeping a check on it which is probably the last three or four months). I have used most of the vouchers for gifts and most of the money went on wool for knitting presents for the year.

VOUCHERS
Bingoports £60 Amazon vouchers
Cashback Kings £15 Amazon vouchers
Valued Opinions £20 Amazon vouchers
Lightspeed £10 Amazon voucher

CASH
British Rewards - £10
Cashback Cascade - £37
Cashback Chief - £37
Cashinco - £20
Ciao Surveys - £33
Get Pounds Back - £43
Money Back Madness - £20
My Home Page Friends £67
Quidco £41
Quids In Uk - £10
Student Money Back - £20
Top Cashback - £33

Gold Trade Direct - £48 for some scrap gold

This is what is still owing from the sites

CASH
Ciao Surveys - £2.70
One Poll £23.35
Valued Opinions £4.23 (£1.50 pending)

British Rewards £0.50 - £10 Amazon voucher processing DONT KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO IT AS ITS GONE FROM PROCESSING BUT NOT RECEIVED, HAVE AMAILLED THE SITE BUT NO REPLY YET
Cashback Cascade £7.73 (£44.51 pending - pays out at £15)
Cashback Chief - £7.85 (£37.84 pending - pays out at £15)
Cashback Kings - £3.28 (£5.31 pending I cash this out at £5 for Amazon vouchers)
Cashback Rewards - £1.85 (£27.90 pending - pays out at £25) £25 payout processing (£5 for admin) NOT RECEIVED BUT SHOULD BE ANYDAY
Cashbag - £13.42 (pays out at £15)
Cashinco - £1.69 (£9.63 pending - pays out at £10) £10 payment processing NOT RECEIVED YET
FatCheese - "2.76 (£48.13 pending)
Get Pounds Back - £0.04 (£46.25 pending - pays out at £10) £10 payment processing
Live Cash Back - £4.78
Money Back Madness - £15.68 (£8.49 pending - pays out at £20)
My Shopping Rewards £12.75 (£1.33 pending - pays out at £20)
Quidco £1.63 (£6.06 pending - pays out £5)
Quids in Uk - £7.21 (£24.25 pending - not sure of pay out level)
Student Money Back - £6.57 (£22.76 pending - pay out at £25)
Top Cashback - £3.40 (£6.84 pending)

Also I do Loyalty Shopper have 2303 points - 3000 for £20 payout

These are the presents still to go this year, I have left off the ones already given out, they were all mostly money neutral though.

September

Dads birthday - 2 cardigans hand knitted (wool came to about £7) (Total cost £7)

October

OH's anniversary present - 9ct gold tie pin half price (Total cost £22.50)

November

Daughter 1s birthday - blue hand knitted cardigan free (wool given), blue monsoon mirror £2.50 from charity shop, blue bath bombs £1.50 charity shop, blue candle £1 Range, Blue purse with cow on 99p from charity shop (Total cost £5.99)

Grandson 1s birthday - toy army helmet and accessories £1 from poundland plus camoflage body warmer £1.50 from charity shop and camoflage coat £9.99 from sports direct in sales (Total cost £12.49)

December

Christmas - OH - dont know yet probably some dvds and may be the £2 sealed tin (£68 so far) (Total cost £68)

Dad - new winter coat £21 from Ebay sold £20 worth of stuff the week before so used this to buy it with ended up costing me £1 for brand new coat worth nearly £100 (Total cost £1)

Son - hand knitted jumper, and hat (wool came to about £5 from Ebay( (Total cost £5)

Son's Girlfriend - red themed basket already have bathbombs £1.50 from charity shop and altered notebook 45p Wilks plus lovely red candle £1.25 from charity shop, L'aimant body spray and perfume £2.50 charity shop, photo went on the finished hampers thread plus hand made make up bag free as used odd bits of scrap fabric. (Total cost £5.70)

Daughter 1 - Black hand knitted cardigan finished wool left over from another project so free, soft toy cow 50p charity shop, set of black and white make-up bags £1.25 from charity shop, 2 black coloured body sprays from Wilkinsons £1, black and sivler 2010 diary 49p Card Factory - want to get some more black and white bits (Total cost £4.24)

Daughter 2 - egyptian themed basket, have 2 reading books set in egypt (£5 for 4 books so about £2.50) from the works, 3 ornaments from charity shops £3, altered folder and notebook £2 wilks, Egyptian themed cross stitch kit £1 ebay; ATM style moneybox £29.99 from IWOT but had £20 voucher from Qype; 3 Twilight books £12, 2 Twilight jewellery boxes free as made myself. Quilt not yet done but have some of the fabrics £15 (Total cost £45.50)

Grandson 1 - 2 hand knitted jackets and a hat free as wool from free cycle and how to draw book £1.25 from works (Total cost £1)

Grandson 2 - 2 hand knitted jackets and a hat free as wool from free cycle and how to draw book £1.25 from works (Total cost £1)

Grandson 3 - 2 hand knitted jackets and a hat free as wool from free cycle and castle book £1 from charity shop (Total cost £1)

Grandaughter - 4 hand knitted cardigans and a hat wool cost about £6 plus Dora book £1 from boot fair (Total cost £7)

4 nieces presents - knitted dolls (wool cost about £15 but some left for other projects) plus patchwork bags £4 for lining material and cord for handles, altered note books £2, knitted hats with ear flaps free as used leftover wool, some pretend tattos 50p a pack, hand made make-up bags and pocket size tissue covers free as used scraps of fabric. (Total cost £6.25 each)

2 Sisters - Patchwork bags free as used leftover scraps of fabric and lining, altered notebooks £1, hand made bracelet free as already had beads and chain etc and tissue covers also free as used scraps of fabric, brown bead necklace free as unwanted gift, brown candle free as left over from last year, black bead necklace 50p charity shop (Total cost 75p each)

Brother and SIL - thinking of an organic themed basket, already have 2 bars of Seeds of Change choclate free from the Bzz website. (Total cost free so far)

Ex Mil - hand knitted bed jacket wool cost about £4 (Total cost £4)

5 Godsons (OH's) - knitted picture jumpers 2 finished (wool cost £5 aldis) have pattern and some of the wool for others (Total cost £2.50 each)

Other child relatives - selection boxes

January

Grandson 3 birthday - Lego set and Magnoman set both £2 each from Ministry of Deals (Total cost £4)

February

Sister's 50th - gift basket with bits and pieces in from unwanted gifts for Christmas so free (Total cost Free)

rufusdog52

Total for Jammy's challenge so far £70 from baby sitting.

jamtart6

Well done Rufusdog!

Won't be around for a couple of weeks now gang so keep each other motivated without me!

Good luck - just do whatever you decide with totals! I'll go with whatever the people want

paddingtondoo

Have fun Jammy - I'm gonna start from last weekend so have £10 boots and £10 amazon so far - haven't managed to eBay but will do when DD goes back to school - don't get any peace to rummage in the spare room when she's here.

Have just read your post Rufus ***bows down in worship*** You should have automatic angel status just for all you've done so far :beer: