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New Thrifty Gifty - Organised for Christmas and all ocassions 2010- Santas Challenges

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  • Dooyoo

    50 reviews - £50.00

    Average - of 10 people per review £7.50

    Make £57.50 towards a new one......


    I know this is a daft question but I have had a little look on Dooyoo but there are so many categories had a bit of a OMG! where do you start feeling. What sort of things do people think of to review. I did the Wozzon that Sarah put on here before (thanks Sarah!) as I want to try and offset presents and wondered about Dooyoo.
    ;) The toast proposed at our wedding was for "health, wealth and happiness". Our family may not have the health and wealth but we make up for it with the happiness:D
  • mary-op
    mary-op Posts: 3,605 Forumite
    Hello all :j
    I was wondering what a DS thingy was as well.........not very 'up' on technic stuff...............can just about manage what I've got.

    Spent all morning making a little cover for my new mobile and now I don't like it:( Didn't help that the material kept fraying..........so back to the drawing board with that idea ;)

    Had covering of snow when I got up this morning....starting to go now so expect it'll freeze tonight.................oh its a long long winter...........:(
    I would be unstoppable if only I could get started !

    (previously known as mary43)
  • welshkaz
    welshkaz Posts: 288 Forumite
    hi can anyone tell me if they know how long it takes to unlock a review on dooyoo if they are going to i emailed them twice last week to be honest im a bit peeved im nearly upto 40.00 now and cant claim any vouchers til their unlocked grrrrrrrr ....
    may groc challenge £167/£280...
  • susan42
    susan42 Posts: 1,449 Forumite
    Hi kaz

    I had reviews locked and they told me to look at reviews, see if anyone had rated them not useful, then email them (the person who said it wasnt useful), tell them you edited it and then get back in touch with doohoo.

    It took me about 3 weeks in all, and someone told me they do payment runs once or twice a month:o

    So now I check my reviews to see who wrote what, but I`m having trouble keeping up reviewing people back, I spent all day today reading and I dont seem to be getting anywhere:eek::mad:
    Challenge 2018 - Learn by heart the Book by Wayne Morgan on Amazon - Betfair Football Trading as it helps to supplement my small income :beer:
  • welshkaz
    welshkaz Posts: 288 Forumite
    god nightmare huh would have been nice to have a reply off them anyway yea takes forever to get through everyones doesnt it i dont know where to start lol
    may groc challenge £167/£280...
  • oohhh I don't dooyoo can't get my head round it either lol... should try really but everytime i log in it puts me off :eek::eek::eek: all the different things to review and how long some of them are. The you hear stories of locked reviews and revenge ratings :(
    :D:D:D:D:D
    Where's the Coffee?? Show me the Coffee NOW!!
  • mum2one
    mum2one Posts: 16,279 Forumite
    Xmas Saver!
    My friend who does it said she'll do it to she gets £150 towards for xmas, then pack it in, shes had enough of some of the other posters, she marked one as useful and had a verbal abuse email from the person who wrote the review plus off 3 other "friends" of this person, she said felt that unless u click v useful people get smarty. Its suppose to be based on honesty.

    I don't do it as they seem to have their own rules and anyone dare be accusesed of falling foul, its guilty before innoncence.......

    I guess you need to be hard skinned, it it a good site, just the odd bad apple who makes it uncomfortable xx
    xx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx
  • susan42
    susan42 Posts: 1,449 Forumite
    I know what you mean mum to one, I was accused of revenge rating because I gave a useful, I had a stinking email, its a bit of an elitest club, but if you just write a review and keep your head down its ok. I`m on the basics range of supermarkets, find it a bit of a bind writing all ingrediants and nutritional values, but a mod told me thats what they wanted.
    They said, write a bit of what I use the product for , ingrediants, allergys and calories.
    Then a bit about my overview of the whole thing then I cant go wrong.

    But then when I done a book review, I had to write it one way for one mod, then edited it for another one. Thought they were winding me up until I realised they were serious.

    But great saving club for xmas
    Challenge 2018 - Learn by heart the Book by Wayne Morgan on Amazon - Betfair Football Trading as it helps to supplement my small income :beer:
  • elysia2003
    elysia2003 Posts: 5,155 Forumite
    When I wrote a review of food, someone told me listing the ingredients was just padding the review out!!!

    Oh well, not to worry. I have just this second hit 50,000 miles so I'm way behind some of you, but have just claimed £25.00 Amazon and still have some pending.
    I :heartpuls M.S.E.
    :DMortgage Free 18/01/10 13 years and 8 months early on a 20 year mortgage! :D
  • Janebo12
    Janebo12 Posts: 278 Forumite
    elysia2003 wrote: »
    Well done Jane. That's brilliant.

    Does anyone know how much they've saved so far?

    I gave up filling my spreadsheet out already. I have the other one allocating gifts sorted (well almost, I haven't put the last few on yet) so it's not all bad!

    Not been on for a while with half-term and all so just catching up on all the posts.

    My total for savings so far is:

    Value of goods £576.90

    Actual spend £136.45

    Saving £440.45

    I have got lots of gifts stashed away for Birthdays and Christmas etc so I am very proud of myself.

    I've managed to complete most of the challenges, so now looking forward to the next lot - thanks for keeping me motivated! :T
    Thrifty Gifty February make £20 challenge £21.05/£20.
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