~~ June 2011 Make £10 a day Challenge - All Welcome ~ ~

Aesop

hope your DD is ok debnmatilda

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CountingPennies

I found a £10 note in a charity shop this afternoon, so I handed it in. While i was browsing around (i'm on the look out for red fabric) a old lady came over to me and asked if I was the "youth" (i'm nearly 30, lol) who handed the £10 in. I said i was and she shook my hand and said "i wish they (youths) could all be like you. It was mine, and here is the change from what i bought. Because if you didn't hand it in, i couldn't have bought this scarf for my daughter". I told her i really couldn't accept it and she was so insistant. I told her to give it to the shop, it was a charity shop after all, to which she replied "if you didn't need the money, you wouldn't be shopping here, and it pays to be honest, so this is your reward". I was so overwhelmed by her generosity!!! She put the money in my carrier bag i was carrying and walked out of the shop. The was £6.51 change!! I couldn't believe it!! How nice!! I donated £1.51p, which the staff were over the moon with, in the box at the front of the shop and kept the £5.

So anyway, i'm £5 better off which i am adding to my total since none of my listings have ended yet on ebay.

It goes to show....its pays to be honest! :-)

ebayqueen_2

Evening all
Debnmatilda hope all goes well with your daughter, life can be tough can't it. Take care of yourself.

Just dropping by to say Ebay £11.21 but have just dropped my camera and the pics wont transfer to laptop. So no more ebaying tonight for me. Thats life

take care all and keep earning the money!!!:j

Jevvers

Well done on clearing your cc debt K8eh89. It's a bug9er when that happens with eBay but then sometimes things go for more than you thought or you pick up a bargain yourself. I reckon it evens out in the end.

I've got 2x£5 Halifax rewards to add today, it's a start.

Jevvers

Oh fab stueyandkatie, what a lovely story!

hotspur_pam

Best wishes to your daughter debnmatilda.
Stueyandkatie that's fantastic :T.

Well done everyone so far :beer:. Booked a load of mystery shopping jobs for the weekend, so looks like i'll be on target. This is such a great motivation thread and love reading your posts. Great work guys :T.

Tebheag

Not sure if I can count this but saved £2 not buying chocolate so far this week also £13 on shopping £3 voucher and shopping was under budget was more but dont want to count any till next week incase i have to buy more stuff ! Hoping to persuade hubby to do car boot on sunday he prefers to do it rather than look after the wee horrors!

Tebheag

Stueyandkatie what a lovely lady and how honest of you.
Dednmatilda best of wishes for your dd.
What do you all do with your savings each monthfrom the daily challange, do you keep it in a special account till end of month or pay it off against bills asap ?

CountingPennies

Tebheag wrote: »

Stueyandkatie what a lovely lady and how honest of you.
Dednmatilda best of wishes for your dd.
What do you all do with your savings each monthfrom the daily challange, do you keep it in a special account till end of month or pay it off against bills asap ?

Thankyou...I'm gonna put the money i save on my pre-paid mastercard and use it as savings for christmas and special occasions or if an emergency crops up i won't have to worry too much, eg, appliance breakdown, car problems.

What does everyone else do with the money they make??

xxx

Aesop

Tebheag wrote: »

Stueyandkatie what a lovely lady and how honest of you.
Dednmatilda best of wishes for your dd.
What do you all do with your savings each monthfrom the daily challange, do you keep it in a special account till end of month or pay it off against bills asap ?

I agree about Stueyandkatie. I was brought up the same way, if found something (apart from roadkill of 1p and 2p, etc) to hand it in so could be reconnected to original owner.

with the extra money I make, if it is vouchers, they are usually spent on food shopping or if amazon, gifts for family birthday/xmas etc,

if cash,used straight away to pay off debts.