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My Mortgage Free Dream - Boogie-ing through the 70's

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  • pammyj74
    pammyj74 Posts: 3,290 Forumite
    I did comps for a while, anything you win and dont want just sell it, thats what I did. Its great with all the comps on here and loquax but it used to take me 1-2 hours a day and not a guaranteed return, some people do it full time and enter everything on the planet but some people I speak to won up to £20k in stuff :eek:
    MPs left feb '08 276- Dec 13 36 :T MB Jan 10 ~ £82,377 Dec 13 ~ £29987
    EMFD was Feb 32 :eek: NOW Dec 2013 its Dec 2016
    MF new target Dec 16 REACHED!! :j
  • pink_poppy
    pink_poppy Posts: 2,243 Forumite
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    Loving the greenhouse yukki ~ I now have greenhouse envy!! :rotfl: What sort of things are you going to grow next year??

    I also tried comping for quite a while & never won a sausage :(

    Thanks for putting that list up for pavlov, I need to do more stuff next year to generate some ££s so those ideas were useful for me too :T
    'A watched potato will never chit'...
  • yukkibear
    yukkibear Posts: 5,556 Forumite
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    I'm itching to get the greenhouse out of the box but it's too early yet lol. Yesterday i wrote a list of potential planting

    - purple sprouting broccoli
    - lettuce
    - potatoes
    - courgette
    - tomatoes
    - carrots
    - beetroot
    - peas

    That will keep me going I think to start with.
  • pink_poppy
    pink_poppy Posts: 2,243 Forumite
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    I'm itching for you to get the greenhouse out as well!! :rotfl:

    Your list sounds fab :D I love the thought of home-grown produce, I'm sure it will taste so much better than shop bought as well as saving you money.
    'A watched potato will never chit'...
  • yukkibear
    yukkibear Posts: 5,556 Forumite
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    Hope so PP. Looking forward to getting started with it.

    £40.66 landed from TCB this morning and £16.50 from a MS as well. Sent £30 to the mortgage and the rest to savings.
  • pavlovs_dog
    pavlovs_dog Posts: 10,221 Forumite
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    how does online MS work? I had always thought it was a High St thing
    know thyself
    Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus...
  • yukkibear
    yukkibear Posts: 5,556 Forumite
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    Nope there is a site for online mystery shopping. I'll pm you the web addy.
  • pink_poppy
    pink_poppy Posts: 2,243 Forumite
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    yukki, pretty please can you pm me the online MS addy as well?? I'd like to try MS but not sure if I could do it face-to-face ~ I'd be too shifty looking I think & get sussed straightaway!! :rotfl:

    No problem if you can't btw :)
    'A watched potato will never chit'...
  • pavlovs_dog
    pavlovs_dog Posts: 10,221 Forumite
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    many thanks for the PM yukki. Do you find the payment is worth the effort?
    know thyself
    Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus...
  • yukkibear
    yukkibear Posts: 5,556 Forumite
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    pink_poppy wrote: »
    yukki, pretty please can you pm me the online MS addy as well?? I'd like to try MS but not sure if I could do it face-to-face ~ I'd be too shifty looking I think & get sussed straightaway!! :rotfl:

    No problem if you can't btw :)

    will pm you the link now PP
    many thanks for the PM yukki. Do you find the payment is worth the effort?

    some of them are easy and well worth the effort, and others are a little more tiresome, but it's better than surveys and any extra helps.
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