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susan42

Hi nicky, they`re usually added straight away like elysia said...but for the first 10 posts...1000 points a day.

I just got back into bingoport and it is tedious, sometimes if i cant find any new posts, i make a post, other than that if you click one of the bingo sites like 888 ladies, you can always say thank you for the info, i`ll be sure to check it out.....;)

I really must find some things for ebay, but i hate posting at the post office, and when i prepay on line, they weigh everyone and make me push them through the size sorter. So its easier to pay there....:rotfl:

You got some great totals there elysia...well done :T:T

mum2one

lauhen wrote: »

the last of my 55 auctions ended on ebay yesterday, out of the 55 only 7 didnt sell. I managed to make £193.91 for my sons birthday fund, so i certainly dont have to add any money to the fund now which i am extremely pleased about. i am so glad that we sorted the garage out, as this is where we found all the bits to put on, most of it i thought we got rid of ages ago but luckily it got kept.

Thats a brilliant amount, ur have to let us in on the tips..... is it the loft, the shed and under the bed next!! xx

mum2one

susan42 wrote: »

Thank you mum2one for the challenges, glad you was gentle with us..:)

Lauhen - great total on ebay, well done you:T:T

Syphraven - ty for the info, love the blog x

Phunkles wb and enjoy the train :j

Nickybo - I might take you up on the ebay 99p thing, i should get me backside in to gear, like you say 99p better in our pocket.;)

Now let me tell you about DS.....he booked the arm bands on line to goto blackpool, 3 for £60, basically buy 2 get 1 free...he started off to blackpool and got about 1hr down the road....he been driving 3 months....he was in the middle lane of the motorway doing about 70mph, and his bonnet came up, smashed the windscreen and dented all the roof(another write off), the bonnet stayed up and he managed to get onto the hard shoulder without hitting anything (miracle). The aa brought the car back, but Blackpool wont refund any money for not using the tickets, they have a policy, no refunds under any circumstances and the tickets only available to use on that day....so he lost £60 as well as having no car:(, but hes alive and his friends so thats the most important thing

oh my heck, do hope ds is ok, what a shock for him, but so glad hes ok. glad him and his friends are ok. Might be worth writing a letter to Blackpool pleasure beach, and enclose a pic of the car, might then do the trick for them to refund or at least transfer the bands. anything worth a try xx

lauhen

mum2one wrote: »

Thats a brilliant amount, ur have to let us in on the tips..... is it the loft, the shed and under the bed next!! xx

It was mostly childrens and toddler toys that I thought had gone a couple of years ago. I do now keep looking around for what to eBay next, I look and wonder whether it would be missed or not.

NickyBo_2

Today I have:
Got 30p on One Poll
Done a few Quick Polls on Toluna


A few months ago I mentioned on here that I have been paying too much tax for years. I wrote to the Inland Revenue explaining the situation and enclosing copies of my P60s. Yesterday I received a letter and cheque from them. I was expecting around £3000, but secretly hoping it might be around £5000. I couldn't believe it when I saw the cheque was for £6700
It's instantly taken so many worries away. Dh and I have been talking about having a second child soon, as DS is nearly 3. I was only going to be able to take a short maternity leave as I'm the main wage earner (when I had DS I went back to work when he was 4 months old) but this will mean I can have a bit longer at home!

Anyway, I really recommend everyone checks their tax code on their wage slips. I had no idea mine was wrong as I don't know what the tax codes mean. It was only when it changed in April, and I had 3 slips together as I was applying for a mortgage, that I realised something was wrong. I was on tax code BR 3 which apparently is an emergency tax code.

sarahf191979

NickyBo wrote: »

Today I have:
Got 30p on One Poll
Done a few Quick Polls on Toluna


A few months ago I mentioned on here that I have been paying too much tax for years. I wrote to the Inland Revenue explaining the situation and enclosing copies of my P60s. Yesterday I received a letter and cheque from them. I was expecting around £3000, but secretly hoping it might be around £5000. I couldn't believe it when I saw the cheque was for £6700
It's instantly taken so many worries away. Dh and I have been talking about having a second child soon, as DS is nearly 3. I was only going to be able to take a short maternity leave as I'm the main wage earner (when I had DS I went back to work when he was 4 months old) but this will mean I can have a bit longer at home!

Anyway, I really recommend everyone checks their tax code on their wage slips. I had no idea mine was wrong as I don't know what the tax codes mean. It was only when it changed in April, and I had 3 slips together as I was applying for a mortgage, that I realised something was wrong. I was on tax code BR 3 which apparently is an emergency tax code.

Thats Brilliant news Nicky, hope you have lots of fun with it.

susan42

Thats brilliant news nicky, DS did the same with his wage slips , he`s in college and found out he wasnt earning enough to pay tax....so he had a refund and a payrise in one...

Great news for you though, whole change of life well done xx

Lauhen you made me laugh, I look at everything a few times before I get rid to see if I can ebay it, just a word of warning about royal mail, i told you all a while ago a letter I posted went missing. It contained 2 tickets for alton towers I sold on ebay, I sent it recorded delivery and it never got there, I told the post office and they apologised.

So I phoned them and said wheres my compensation, they replied we dont cover tickets.??? we only deliver mail, we dont make the rules...I said you didnt deliver it...he replied you should have sent it special delivery which is £5.10:eek:

So ladies beware when you post that the parcels covered, I thought sending it recorded delivery they were covered and I was only asking the post office for £18 not the true cost of the tickets:(

Its funny because when I complain about anything, I never get any compensation.....:mad: makes me wonder why I bother...

vikki_louise

sorry if this has been covered at some point in the last 126 pages but does anyone still do reviews and if so who with? I've quit dooyoo after they slashed how many miles they gave out per a review so dramaticly

elysia2003

Mostly it's still dooyoo. Occasionally there's an offer on shopping.com where you get £1 per post. Good to payout, but the site is not a patch on dooyoo. Have you tried Ciao? I only posted one review on there as compared to dooyoo, I thought it was awful! If you've not tried it before, sign up and see!

Sorry I can't be of any more use.

lauhen

susan42 wrote: »

Thats brilliant news nicky, DS did the same with his wage slips , he`s in college and found out he wasnt earning enough to pay tax....so he had a refund and a payrise in one...

Great news for you though, whole change of life well done xx

Lauhen you made me laugh, I look at everything a few times before I get rid to see if I can ebay it, just a word of warning about royal mail, i told you all a while ago a letter I posted went missing. It contained 2 tickets for alton towers I sold on ebay, I sent it recorded delivery and it never got there, I told the post office and they apologised.

So I phoned them and said wheres my compensation, they replied we dont cover tickets.??? we only deliver mail, we dont make the rules...I said you didnt deliver it...he replied you should have sent it special delivery which is £5.10:eek:

So ladies beware when you post that the parcels covered, I thought sending it recorded delivery they were covered and I was only asking the post office for £18 not the true cost of the tickets:(

Its funny because when I complain about anything, I never get any compensation.....:mad: makes me wonder why I bother...

This has happened to me when we sold an unopened coffee machine, but the difference being I got a book of 6 stamps as compensation.
I'm dreading it happening with the items I just sold through eBay, as i would lose the item and the money, although I did read that if you have proof of postage then you don't have to refund.