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  • jwil wrote: »
    You've done so well with paying off that amount :T

    Just wondering - are you saving up your valued opinions for anything in particular? You can redeem when you get to £10. I tend to redeem as soon as I can, just in case something goes wrong. It's like with the cashback sites, nothing's guaranteed until it's in your account. The vouchers are usually valid for a while if you don't want to spend them straight away.

    I never thought of redeeming them I was saving them for Xmas x I have redeemed it now thank you xx

    Today I have redeemed the above £10 in Amazon vouchers from Valued Opinions and £5 Amazon Voucher from Swagbucks.
  • jwil
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    I never thought of redeeming them I was saving them for Xmas x I have redeemed it now thank you xx

    Today I have redeemed the above £10 in Amazon vouchers from Valued Opinions and £5 Amazon Voucher from Swagbucks.

    Well done! I'm glad you redeemed them - the chances are nothing would go wrong, but if it did and you lost them it would be gutting.

    If you go to your account on amazon, you can add a gift certificate to your account, pop in the code and you can then keep them there until you want to spend them. If you order something on there you get the option as to whether you use the gift certificate balance or not, so you can save them up. You haven't got to hunt down the emails when you want to use them then.
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil wrote: »
    Well done! I'm glad you redeemed them - the chances are nothing would go wrong, but if it did and you lost them it would be gutting.

    If you go to your account on amazon, you can add a gift certificate to your account, pop in the code and you can then keep them there until you want to spend them. If you order something on there you get the option as to whether you use the gift certificate balance or not, so you can save them up. You haven't got to hunt down the emails when you want to use them then.

    I didnt know you could do that I have added it on there now. Do they expire? or will it stay there until I spend it? x
  • Ok so cant sit feeling sorry myself any longer
    Things I need to do before the kids go to bed
    • Ring TV License and see why Im paying 12 months over 6 again :cool:
    • Call doctors hoping she will visit me here
    • Clean kitchen
    • Clean kids bedrooms
    • Washing and Ironing
    • Polish Floors upstairs
    • Hoover Bedrooms and hall stairs landing (need to do this before I polish them :rotfl:)
    • Feed and bath munchkins then Bed time :j
    Once there in bed I need to

    • Clean living room and behind sofa to get the stray pieces of Mr potato head back Cam thought throwing about earlier was good :cool:
    • Clean all worktops/cooker/fridge etc
    • Clean and then polish floors and do skirting boards
    Thats it for now and hopefully I will get time to go sweep outside and wipe windowsils over before morning :D
  • Ok so cant sit feeling sorry myself any longer
    Things I need to do before the kids go to bed
    • [STRIKE]Ring TV License and see why Im paying 12 months over 6 again :cool:[/STRIKE]
    • Call doctors hoping she will visit me here
    • [STRIKE]Clean kitchen[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Clean kids bedrooms[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Washing [/STRIKE]and Ironing
    • [STRIKE]Polish Floors upstair[/STRIKE]s
    • [STRIKE]Hoover Bedrooms and hall stairs landing (need to do this before I polish them :rotfl:)[/STRIKE]
    • Feed and bath munchkins then Bed time :j
    Once there in bed I need to

    • [STRIKE]Clean living room and behind sofa to get the stray pieces of Mr potato head back Cam thought throwing about earlier was good :cool:[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Clean all worktops/cooker/fridge etc[/STRIKE]
    • Clean and then polish floors and do skirting boards
    Thats it for now and hopefully I will get time to go sweep outside and wipe windowsils over before morning :D

    Made a good start and what needs doing and rang the landlord over the damp (raining through my walls :rotfl:
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,534 Ambassador
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    What did TV lic peeps say?
    Landlord?
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  • beanielou wrote: »
    What did TV lic peeps say?
    Landlord?

    Tv license people made no sense :cool: Aparently when your paying on a payment card you do pay 12 months over 6 months :cool:

    Lanlord slow as ever will ring me back when she has spoke to someone. Ive only been waiting 2 week now and its literally pouring through the wall from upstairs all the way down through the floor and into the hall way :mad:
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 21,932 Forumite
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    I didnt know you could do that I have added it on there now. Do they expire? or will it stay there until I spend it? x

    If you go into your account and 'view gift certificate balance' it will tell you there when they expire. This is how mine looks:

    Upcoming Gift Certificate Expiries

    £5.00 on 29 Dec 2012
    £4.06 on 31 Dec 2014

    They will sit in your account until you spend them or they expire.
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,534 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    So you might be better to pay the TV lic monthly by DD.
    I pay approx £12 pm.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • beanielou wrote: »
    So you might be better to pay the TV lic monthly by DD.
    I pay approx £12 pm.

    Yer im really tempted to do it by DD x Becuase now im still paying £22.40 a month x
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