Raising £1000 until end of October, is it possible?

Tinuel

Hi all,
Due to an emergency I had to use the company corporate card. We are allowed to use it for personal expenses but need to pay it back and not claim it as expenses.
So basically I need to come up with £1000 to pay the card off. If I use my salary, I will go into a cicle of difficulties. From all the up the income ideas, what would you suggest to from now till the 30th October, raise £1000. Is it doable (I expect it to be almost impossible)?

Cheers,

Jimx26

Interest free credit card? That way you can pay it back monthly. Or could you speak to your employer and ask them to take it out of your wages.

Lorne

Car boot sale, ebaying, could you do any extra work or freelance stuff? We raised a lot through doing car boots and ebaying when we were short last year, anything that wasn't stappled down got sold!

Good luck

NeverInDebt

LOL good luck

BFem

I think a lot of these have already been suggested but i'm just going to list everything I can think of :j

Ebay - anything you can think of - books, clothes, toiletries, dvds, cds, household items, computer games etc.

Carboots - as above - but will make less

Amazon - books, dvds etc

0% interest free credit card

0% interest free overdraft with bank

over time, paid at current job

temp waiting/bar work with agencies (who'll more often than not want you to start asap)

temp cleaning jobs with agencies (again, can start asap)

freelance work

babysitting/housesitting (may not be able to get straight away as prob depends on word of mouth and building trust)

Dogwalking/dog sitting (maybe the above applies)

Cutting down on spending until end of the month (clothing, food, luxuries etc)

Hmm, thats all I can think of for now! But maybe if you still struggle, you can explain to your work and ask for an extension to pay it back, or ask a family member or friend to lend it to you temporarily.

Hope it helps.

borders_dude

One time in an emergency I manged to go a whole month eating nothing buy cheap asda weetabix for breakfast, a buttered roll at lunch and 2 packs of 9p asda noodles for my evening meal.

I went a month like that and staved a small fortune, not near a grand though, and not everyone could last a month.

But dire circumstances sometimes need drastic measures.

BFem

borders_dude wrote: »

One time in an emergency I manged to go a whole month eating nothing buy cheap asda weetabix for breakfast, a buttered roll at lunch and 2 packs of 9p asda noodles for my evening meal.

I went a month like that and staved a small fortune, not near a grand though, and not everyone could last a month.

But dire circumstances sometimes need drastic measures.

Oh my god borders, i'm surprised you have enough energy to do anything!

borders_dude

Well, it was a miserable existance.

Thankfull the job I have doesnt require a great deal of physical excertion.

If I was a man digging holes in the road I would have been dead.

Its not something I would wish to repeat in a hurry, but I was in a hole and had to find serious ways of getting out of it. Drastic measures sometimes have to be put up with to get things sorted out.

I would like to say however that my stomach churns at the thought of eating a packet of those 9p asda noodles!

Tinuel

Hi guys, thanks for your replies, have been busy reading matched betting stuff as this is a good way of raising £££ quick. Ok, I have also flogged a couple of things on ebay. Should I turn this into a diary? Like updating it with the gains by the end of the week?

Fi_83

Yeah please do. I esp will find that useful as i am trying to raise a lot of money in a short time also. Thanks:D

BFem

Tinuel wrote: »

Hi guys, thanks for your replies, have been busy reading matched betting stuff as this is a good way of raising £££ quick. Ok, I have also flogged a couple of things on ebay. Should I turn this into a diary? Like updating it with the gains by the end of the week?

Yes good idea, would be great to hear how you get on. :T