~February 2012 Make £10 a day Challenge - everybody welcome ~

Aesop

vixen1500 wrote: »

was thinking of joining that to - do you have a referral???

referrals can be found on referral thread

house_of_cards

Phew, just made the total this month thanks to a huge payment from Quidco. Declaring at £294.47/£290.

Have also sold some stuff on E-bay but the money is still in Paypal so I'm not counting that - I don't count anything until it hits my bank. This extra money has gone off a credit card bill - so nice to see one going down fairly rapidly.

lolly101

lolly101 wrote: »

... I really can't understand it, surely the bidders have shops near them? They can't be that hard to find! ...

OK, maybe they are that hard to find . Looked in 8 shops this morning!!! :eek: Found quite a few double choc, but none of others. Quite a productive morning though as I've grabbed lots of bargains, and even a free bottle of milk (with a voucher found in the local paper) - wouldn't have saved all of that money if I hadn't been out on the hunt for Kit Kat Chunkys, so I've not done too badly out of it, lol .

Natterjack88

Just popped in to update total for the month! So here goes!

£3.12 Quidco
£64 Saving at Opticians
£339.56 Bingo Wins
£40 Bingo Referrals
£9.26 Superpoints
£25 HM Baby Food Savings
£5 SB Amazon Voucher
£59.55 Trading in at CC
£81.54 Buy to Sell eBay Profit
£45.94 Declutter eBay Profit

Think thats the lot- so I am declaring.....

:j£672.96:j

Well Done to everyone who hit target- and to those that didn't- every little helps

gemma_louise_2

if anyone joins fab bingo can you use me as referal gemmalouise1985 - just took me 15 minutes to use my £10 deposit and £20 what they give you.

i think im not very good and instant games avoid! lol

Aiming_High

OK. I've worked out my totals to add:

eBay: £42.39
Superpoints: £6.13
Bonus: £173.07
Asda Voucher: £3.43
Amazon voucher: £10.00

So my new total is......£1,029.15

Off to reset my signature and find the new thread.

Skiergirl

Declaring well under target at £117.83 /150

Hopefully this month will make me work harder next month

bex2002

I have recieved my pay a few days ago so my bank shifts came to £173.91 making my total for the month £203.91

princesst84

Very late I know But declaring at £176.66 for Feb so over target :j

Off to go join March thread xx

*JayBee*

Interesting idea this "money making" challenge but I can see a flaw.

It seems to me that in some cases the more you want to save then the more money you have to spend.

For example, I could get a coupon to buy a bottle of Coca Cola. However, ASDA coke is far cheaper than Coca Cola with a coupon. Therefore to save money on the discounted Coca Cola I would have to spend more money than just buying ASDA coke.

I never bother with coupons as they are just incentives for you to spend money on branded items.

As far as clothes are concerned I get free t-shirts from wherever I can get them. I get pairs of shoes for nothing from an uncle with the same sized feet who gets them from a son in law. My uncle doesn't like some of the shoes and passes them to me. I have darned socks that are over 20 years old and still doing the job.

I am sure I can get discounted computers but why bother when I have two dual core machines for nothing from Freecycle.

I grow most of my own vegetables. I don't eat processed food so coupons to buy such food would be wasted on me. I spend between £1 and £1.50 on food per day on myself.

I have a car but rarely use it. I prefer to walk or cycle. The supermarkets can keep their discounted loss-leader petrol.

So, although I accept the challenge of making £10 per day, I will be "making it" rather than "saving it" through coupons. I think people should look at the money going out rather than "savings" as in most cases, you are spending more than you should be.