£2012 in 2012

camis

Better late than never - I'd like to join in please! Have already made a start as have sold £92 worth of stuff via local Facebook sale page since start of year. Going to be a mature student as form September so need to save as much as I can now!

CompletelyLost

Another £6.33 added from ebay sales.

BTW is "Road Kill" pennies on the street?

lynsey78

Have only just stumbled upon this... sounds brill.. add me in.. already saving my clubcard points for next christmas and currently selling some bits on ebay.. The spreadsheet sounds like a good idea.. think i will have to do one of them too

LotsaLuck

Mumof2 (or anyone else who knows) - can I ask how you get in to typing stuff for people?? I like the sound of it

b1505

£6.75 from Amazon trade-in if none of my books get rejected.
Also hopefully £42.10 from Asda Tech Trade-in for my old iPod.

teresa555

Please could you add me to your list, would love to do the challenge i have already started sorting out cupboards etc for ebay

summertea

CompletelyLost wrote: »

Another £6.33 added from ebay sales.

BTW is "Road Kill" pennies on the street?

Yep road kill is the name for cash found on the street

Mumof2_2

LotsaLuck wrote: »

Mumof2 (or anyone else who knows) - can I ask how you get in to typing stuff for people?? I like the sound of it

It's purely by chance I found it to be honest and there really isn't much of it around. I got this through an old ad on a working from home website. There are other typing jobs around but you have to be so careful they're not scams - I lost £35 by sending my money off which guaranteed me work .... needless to say it didn't happen. NEVER go for anything where you have to send money up front - I've certainly learned that now!

If you can type and have transcription equipment your best bet is to google transcription agencies and have a go at a typing test with them. I tried outsec - they wanted me but you have to commit to 4 interrupted hours a day which I couldn't do but it may suit others. You could try peopleperhour/outsec too but then you're up against people who will work for peanuts per audio hour and it just wasn't viable for me.

Good luck!


By the way, just joined a few survey companies and have earned, big drum roll please, the grand total of .50p!!!

Wintersmyth77

Hi all,

Assuming I'm allowed to join this challenge, nearly a month late, would you let me include the cost of a cotbed that I would've bought anyway if I hadn't of got one given me off freecycle or is that taking it a little too far and cheating?

Thanks, Ok

sherbie

okocha wrote: »

Hi all,

Assuming I'm allowed to join this challenge, nearly a month late, would you let me include the cost of a cotbed that I would've bought anyway if I hadn't of got one given me off freecycle or is that taking it a little too far and cheating?

Thanks, Ok

dont be silly, there is no cheating! there are no rules, and we all tackle it a lil differently.personally i would defo count the cotbed (well done btw!), i would think about the most i wouldve spent on it, and use that, but others may use how much that bed wouldve cost, its really up to you! the important thing is that we all save ourselves money, whether we have actual money, or virtual money (like me!), and it really doesnt matter whether we hit the £2012 target, you can choose half of that, a quarter, etc! good luck and welcome!


btw welcome all newbies and reformed lurkers!:rotfl: