FULL WATT MOMENT!!! seeking your advice...includes SOA.

slade5x5

Hi

Have You Ever Thought About Doing An Avon Round. My Mum Does One And She Earns Around An Extra £70-£100 A Month And Is Even Thinking Of Doing Another Because It Is A Good Return On Hardly Any Time Spent, And I Am Sure You Could Work It Around Your Hubby's Shifts.:a

LearningToSave.

LearningToSave. wrote:

i did do avon for a while but the round was rubbish and just wasnt worth my while..even cost me a few times and despite trying sevral things couldnt drum up any more business so i stopped.
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taken from an earlier post.
i do live on a council estate though so maybe people are harder up and just couldnt afford it? i did stick with it for nearly a year.also i know a lot of people do it in their workplace? you said it was extra for your mum does she work? my husbajnds work already has an established lady doing it and i dont work so a lot of potential customers lost.

Little_Miss_Winner

Hi LTS

I was thinking about the france trip, and I totally agree with what you said. If it was my parents I also would want to see them more regular.

im trying!! my husband works a rolling shift pattern of 6 days on (2 earlies,2 lates,2 nights)4 days off.....so never the same days or times off.i have been to interviews etc with all the supermarkets/shops that claim to accomadate different situations but no luck,not even as a seasonal worker.
i have no one near enough to look after the kids for a few hours a day either so childcare of around £4 an hour for a childminder would mnore or less wipe out earnings or around £5.20ish for supermarket work by the time i factored in travel etc.

Have you tried selling on ebay? I am sure with 2 daughters and all the paraphenalia (?sp) that comes with them, you must have loads to sell?

I have 3 children, aged 6, 3 and 1 and always sell what they have grown out of/fed up with playing with.
I also have clued myself up with what sells on ebay for children, and while mooching around carboots often find the odd thing to go straight on ebay (technically for tax purposes I shouldn't i know) but....if my child doesn't like it, then it's a waste lying around unworn? right?

For example a cute red patent pair of kickers bought for my middle daughter for 50p, too small, sold on ebay for £19.95 ! Wahey...............!!!:T

Good Luck,
pot

LearningToSave.

hiya pot o gold!!!
my children are the same ages as your youngest two!!! i have sold on ebay in the past but have become a bit dissillusioned with it....but i consider your post a kick up the bum and i will crack back on with it :-)
i must admit to having 'found' the odd thing to seel myself in the past when i did it so you're not alone there;) wow with the kickers!!! i must go and clue myself up!!!!!!!!
am soooooooooo glad you agreed with the france trip.....i was worried that everyone would jump on it and insist it was £150-200 a year extra for debts and i was all ready with my 'what would you do if it was your parents speech:rotfl:

Little_Miss_Winner

HI,

sent you a pm

muddled_midget

LearningToSave. wrote:

im doing pigsback and a load of paid to clicks too but have only been doing then about a month and a half so cant say what i'll earn though...although im told by a friend that has been doing them for ages and put me onto them that if i carry on i'll be getting £20 off pigsback every 1.5-2 months(me and hubby do it) and around £40 in cash/cheques from the others....not great,very tedious but it helps and i can do it easily whilst im home.
the pigsback vouchers we are getting the john lewis/waitrose ones.....i figured that they are good to give for presents,especially wedding/engagement but because they can also be used in waitrose we can save any we dont use and use at xmas.

Boots vouchers are also good to collect from Pigsback to save towards Xmas, they go a lot further when pressies are 3 for 2.

Wizwoo

LearningToSave. wrote:

am soooooooooo glad you agreed with the france trip.....i was worried that everyone would jump on it and insist it was £150-200 a year extra for debts and i was all ready with my 'what would you do if it was your parents speech:rotfl:

The trip to France is an obvious priority for you and your family - as I said I would hate missing a genuienly cheap break too.
When I posted my SOA everyone jumped on my gym membership - (it's council based and at least 50 - 60% cheaper than others) but since going I've lost over 2 stone and the doctors are no longer warning me about "Weight related health issues":o . For me it's essential and since I use it a minimum of 3 times a week (although only just this week) and it has become a bit of a social thing it works out fairly cheap. (I pass friends in the pub on a Friday evening and go to the gym instead )

Oh yes - and don't forget to bulk up on items that you can buy cheaper in France...;) :rotfl: