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moonpixie thanks for recipe added to favourites , did you find the matched betting hard or just time consuming
both!
I have never even so much as bought a lottery ticket before , so trying to get my head round gambling odds and all the things to watch out for was quite a challenge ! I have exhausted the "easy" bets where its "deposit x and place bet and we give you x free" with no wager requirements. It seems the larger bonuses are only available if you bet through your original stake x times or more . Quite frankly I know its free money and I could probably get my head round it if I had more time , but it seems like a lot of work (time) to gain a few quid . Also because I don't fully understand that bet through x times and stand on your head in a tray of treacle to get the bonus thing , i figure the risk of losing what I made so far (fairly easily) is too great ! If you are able to spend a lot of time actually getting to grips with all the finer points of arb, spread betting and wager requirements , not to mention trawling through pages of odds matching and finding the best odds , and having enough float to take the risk on the more complicated stuff , then I dare say it could be quite lucrative
. That said though , it seems from looking through some of the posts in the gambling threads , that it is getting harder for people to make the larger sums , or regular incomes that used to be claimed by some a few years ago .
Personally I enjoyed my "dabble" with it and I started it with some cashback (£45) , to see if I could make my money grow . I have made a touch over £160 in profit in a little over a month , so it was better than a savings account/isa/premium bonds :j. there is of course also the added risk of being "gubbed" :eek:
good luckStarted my own business and loving being my own boss
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Sing bingo advice needed please.......i'm up to 65.00, but 30.00 of that is bonus's. I wanted to withdraw 30 but because it means there won't be 10 left in in real money i'll lose my bonus money. Is it possible to deposit another £10, and then withdraw £35, leaving me with £10 real money and retaining the bonus too- hope that makes sense0
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No luck with the job that I went for last week. The financial writing is starting to appear on the wall making the £11k goal even more critical.
On the positive side made £76.76 (after allowing for charges, etc) on ebay yesterday and still waiting on another £40ish from buyers.
Does anyone know how often ebay do free listing days??“This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.” - Terry PratchettDebt Target - £0 Target Date - January 2015eo 07/13 - £23,080 eo 08/13 - £21,084 eo 09/13 - £20,347 eo 10/13 - £19,5550 -
anyone know a free bingo site where you can draw money out?:footie:0
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Does anyone know how often ebay do free listing days??[/QUOTE]
It seems to have been about once a month for the last about 5 months - but they never let you know until a couple of days before- tends to be a weekend and you get an email usually around Thursday. Last one was 12th/13th Feb. One before was 8th/9th Jan - anyway Ebay are a law unto themselves and they may just not bother one month!0 -
£23 to be added on today for me for a refund on a sports club that my son didn't like & that I had forgotten about. So now up to £422.34 so far for the year. OH hopefully gets paid tomorrow so will add that then.
On another note, I know that I am close to £10 on Valued Opinions & had an email from them today inviting me to do a survey but when I try & log into my account, it says my email address isn't registered on their system! I have emailed them so hopefully that will be sorted out.Grocery aim £450pm.Spent £519 August, £584 July, £544 June, £541 May, £549 April, £517 March, £517 Feb,£555 Jan, £573 Dec, £465Nov, £561Oct, £493Sept, £426Aug,£496 Jul, £528Jun, £506May,£498April, £558 March, £500Feb, £500 Jan, £490 Dec, £555 Nov,£566 Oct, £505Sept, £450Aug, £410 July, £437 June, £491 May, £471 April, £440 March, £552Feb, £462Jan0 -
Just had an email to say that 26th and 27th (this weekend) is a free listing weekend on ebay.0
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free listing weekend on ebay
This weekend 26/27th feb
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apologies for the big letters,i just know lots of us were waiting for the next one and didnt want to miss it!0 -
ooh fredula,you beat me to it!
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Ive just joined one poll cashback site. theres lots of no spend survey and can join a few of the survey sites through them, for anyone just starting off. They have a few betting ones deposit £20 get £25 cashback as well. Has anyone tried these? I know cash back can take a while to come through... but £5 more than i would earn with money in the bank. Just wondering if anyone tried any? or should I stay away. Got £10 from the surveys in 2 days (some should be avoided, you have to pick offers in each set, ok if you dont mind loads of junk mail)
Another £6 added from music magpieDebt Remaing £315 :jBreath out the past, Breath in the futureBig Dreams Start Small0
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