The turn £100.00 into £10.000.00+ by the end of 2010 official thread

skintbint_2

abby1234519 wrote: »

I wasn't planning on buying loads of material, I'm going to make one or two bags and then customise them. My friend has a bag that she paid ALOT for, something like £50 whereas I could make them for quite cheaply even after going and getting lots of buttons and things to sew on! Need to find an ideal pattern

abby - try freeneedle.com or just make a template from your friends!

KarleyMarie

nikki2804 wrote: »

Ive got an MS job tomorrow and one on the 12th
Not had any in ages tho!

I've signed up with a few companies but I'm a bit worried about them!

Which company do you use (if you can say!)? Are they any good?

cally6008

laura - yes you have to play the full £5 each day

i've got 6 lego items listed on ebay and 2 of them have watchers on them

i've planned an ebay day tomoro to get lots of fiction books and horsey fiction books scanned in, and listed (at least 50 to do) yikes!

KarleyMarie

Good luck with that Cally, I think that'll be me on Friday morning (while I'm off workand the OH isn't here to knock over piles or get in my way haha!) Hoping some more things I ordered might be here by then too as well as selling half my wardrobe!!

hippychicknos1

Can you please add me to this challenge as well.

I'm going to start with decluttering the loft and getting rid of anything that I haven't used in a year and list them on ebay.
Then move onto my wardrobe and get rid of anything that doesn't fit me anymore and again get it onto ebay.
Clear out my makeup drawers and list items that I haven't used (ie....don't like the colours etc) and then list as "tried" any items that have been too harsh for my skin or makeup that I don't like.
Finally, I'll do the same for my hubby's wardrobe and my two teenagers wardrobes that seem to have an endless supply of clothing, shoes and accessories that change constantly.....I'll just start listing them and making some money for my new challenge.
I've also started a large bottle for loose change and put it in the corner of the TV room so that everyone will contribute and again hopefully count towards my £10K goal.....

Good luck everyone....just thought I would jot down a couple of ideas

timnlaura

Wow, it has taken me a couple of days to get through this thread! Fantastic sign me up please!

Already spent £8.00 on well over a £500 of Christmas decorations lol! I have my sister tee'd up to sell them on for me so hopefully that'll be £100. I bought 12 of the duvets before Christmas at £2 each, didnt use the code as i didnt want to miss out on them and shifted them for £5 each, but spent that money on the car insurance so wont be counting that.

Everyone is very inspiring! I used to make my own Christmas Cards and do Scrapbooking but since having to kids under 2 i have stopped. Must get it all sorted!

I was also a big ebayer and collected various bits while doing car bootys and bought loads of polly pockets from the 80's for pennies, will get them listed asap.

Heres to a great new year! :beer:

KarleyMarie

Timnlaura & possibly others - http://www.docrafts.co.uk/asp/products/b2c.asp?p=546&brand=0&b2c=1
This site seems to have some nice stuff pretty cheapish for scrapbooking etc?

Place an order myself about a week ago (not recieved yet due to Xmas) so will let you know what the stuffs like

But thought I'd share

xxamypxx

I have listed about 50 items on eBay tonight.

Just a tip for people wanting to sell books/magazines/DVDs on eBay - you have to offer free postage now which means that to cover costs, the starting price needs to be higher. At the moment there is free listing on these catergories under £4.99 so definately worth getting them on now.

Amy :beer:

System

KarleyMarie wrote: »

Trying to list fabric without knowing the name of it is harddd
Everytime I go to list some I'm tempted to keep it as well

Anyone done any mystery shopping recently out of interest?

I do quite a lot of ms, it can be quite lucrative, depending on how much time you have and where you live. There is a huge thread about it on here that is very good.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2155793

Tried BingoBritain today, with only 5 other players I still didn't win. Still won one day out of 3 so can't complain.

Must get going on Ebay.....I can't quite convince myself that I can make much money out of it though.....must get motivated.

Gattona

Hi every one,

I'm new here and this is my first post ever so I apologise if the formatting is not correct.

This is INSPIRING! I'd like to join in too, this is just the kick up the bum I need to try and get our dismal finances in order.

After reading through most of this thread I have an idea that might well work for me and others. And that's doing something like Avon or Betterware with cheap foods from Approved Foods. My idea was to make up a list (steep learning curve here, I've not done computer artwork like this and tips would be appreciated) with illustrations and drop it into peoples doors complete with an order form fo me to pick up the next day. Then do a quick order to approved foods and I should be able to do it on a weekly basis.

Point I've thought of already - keep it very small to start off with. I thought I'd do local street where my MIL lives then when people talk about it she can say 'oh yes, that's my DIL' and I dodn't come over as a complete fly by night.

BUT, does any one know the legal side of this, does handling pre-packaged foods also need a food hygiene certificate? I know I also need to get sorted tax wise and will go to the appropriate board for help there - we've a complicated situation due to sickness, no work and self employment

And yes ... the cakes are wonderful!