2007 Olympic Challenge

Gemmzie

Well I'm on track for Bronze but not Silver but I have four pay days until the end and I'm working all hours so should make it

benedictadams

I never did spreadsheets before joining MSE and now seem to have a spreadsheet for everything

not sure if colour coding blue to be ahead of where I should be and red if i fall behind in debt repayments, Olympic Challenge etc, is being a little obessive.

especially if i check my accounts at least once a day even though the bank accounts only change a maximum of once a week

monki_man

Wings_of_Ambition wrote:

Tried to follow the thread over there. There's a possibility one of them has lost 12k. Scary.

Ouch, I've only just fiished reading the two threads on MSE and Rpoints. I just feel sorry for those who had no idea what they were in for. Lucky I was at my local ladbrokes backing chelsea to win @ 2.2 and laying it off for a healthy profit.

I hope the thread doesn't get closed, but this is a good advert for all newbie getting into MB. Take your time, think before you place the bet and make sure you understand what all the outcomes are.

BangraMonkey

monki_man wrote:

I hope the thread doesn't get closed, but this is a good advert for all newbie getting into MB. Take your time, think before you place the bet and make sure you understand what all the outcomes are.

not just for MB... for everything you ever signup for. ALWAYS READ THE SMALL PRINT! never do anything unless you are 110% sure

webitha

hooray and help people

hooray ive just made my first sale on amazon

help coz ive gone into my seller account but nowwhere can i see where to send it to

Sea78

HURRAY! I've used the first bit of my challenge money for debt repayment Ok, a little early but the SLC messed up and as I was due to finish paying them in March, it was left out of the CCCS. Because I'd changed banks they only changed over 2 of the 4 loans and then I rang (11 days after it was menat to go out, no contact from them) to be told it'd been sent to the debt collections department. Grrrr. SO I paid it all off. I've transferred the money from Paypal (challenge money) into my current account to cover it.

As this is the purpose of the challenge money (debt repayment), I am going to still count it in my total if you don't mind and keep on working up to bronze level. It also means I can afford to send £124 more to the CCCS this month, and then every month afterwards!

V Happy here - first debt I've cleared fully (not just transferred!) in 6 years!!

Sea xx

ps click on the transaction section in the Amazon account, or go to your transactions in the managing your account section, Webitha - not sure if that's just more confusing! It'll also be on the email they send you to tell you about the sale - at the bottom.

xx

wilf55

webitha advice from sea is spot on but it should also tell you at the bottom of the email telling you its been sold where to send it as long as you havent opted out of email notifications
debs

EagerLearner

I have noticed Quidco will be paying me £48ish this month, so that will be added to Olympic totals as it's going straight into savings.

Any ideas as to whether Pigsback vouchers should be added?

Benedict - I check my bank acc daily too - as I am now self-employed I have to as I am living week to week and have to budget/shift cash about to make all ends meet. I have spreadsheets for different things, but all on tabs within 1 spreadsheet if that makes sense.

If anyone on here is in debt, I have created a DEBT reduction spreadsheet, showing your debts as one 'pile' (with different colours per debt) and each amount you pay off makes the stack/pile go down. Lots of people told me it motivates them to see the pile getting smaller. If interested, please PM me your e-mail address and I will send you it.

flowerofscotland

EagerLearner wrote:

A massive £2 for me today... harrumpf!

Do Pigsback vouchers count? We have had £30 this year and awaiting another £10 currently in the post. I don't class those as real money though...

I am counting mine once I have used them instead of cash e.g. I "paid" a friend's daughter to do my hair using TopShop vouchers from Pigsback.

Yorkielass

Had a great week over the last week - 1 amazon sale a day for 7 days!! (Monday - Sunday) (last 3 were 3 of the 12 things I put on on Thursday from the things my parents bought when they came to stay). Add to that my ciao payment coming in and a GM and Ebay sale and I made about £35 last week, last 2 books are in this weeks and a handmade card my mum gave me £2 for too and I'm up to £6.26 this week so far and hopefully TNS will pay me for MS this week too and ebay cheque will clear so I can post that and add the profit on too.

Will update sig in a minute - total at the end of week 7 was £179.07 and total at present is £185.33

My current contract ends tomorrow so have just put in a request for 5 1/2 days holiday pay as I've been using flexi I've earnt to have time off so have only taken 3 days holiday. That'll be around £250 so I'm really pleased - will add that when I get it. :T