Starting again, 1% at a time. 100 ways to make £80!

tudorfan22

just paid another payment to b'card so now im at:

number 102 - 30% for b'card debt!

teaandcakeaddict

Credit card bill came out yesterday, minus interest this takes me over the 10% Threshhold, to 12%!! :j

Just received £35 pound cash back on a pre paid visa card, went to pay it off my credit card balance and it wouldn't let me, as it wasn't a 'valid uk debit card' grrrr. So close to 13% and yet so far......I'll pay for my food shopping with it tomorrow, then transfer £35 from my bank account.

teaandcakeaddict

Me again, other half got paid for his overtime today, and bless his cotton socks he paid 2% off my CC for me. I'm so glad he is embracing this. Teaandcakeaddict 14% woo hoo!

happytails

Made £26 selling some clothes to a friend. Got more to add on FB selling pages too. nearly 3% there :j No bids on Ebay yet though

tudorfan22

Another 1% paid off b'card! Up to 31% now!!!!

zeds

How about clinical trials (aka medical trials/ drug trials). I'm signed up for one right now, taking place before long, worth about £2k. It seems you can do one every 3 months (not more frequently as it affects the results). However obviously I am not expecting it to be very pleasant.

Indeed the risk side also worries me - what if it does something permanent to your organs or body, from having the test drugs put it in to you. Most 'Phase 1' clinical trials (and the ones available are nearly all what's called 'Phase 1'...) aren't drugs that have been tested on humans before. The doctors need guinea pigs, and though these things are administered by the medical council to check they can't just put *anything* into you, they just don't know what the drugs will do to humans (prior testing only done on animals etc). So for all the talk of them being safe, they just don't *know*.

If the Phase 1 trial has been done on humans before (sometimes - occasionally - this is the case), you can get the results and see what happened to people last time, but obviously most people don't bother to do that. The doctors need guinea pigs so they themselves aren't really going to be highlighting 'real' dangers when you ask them (if you get the chance) about the dangers of doing their test (eg at a screening if there's a chance to ask them then), they're going to sound non-committal.

Would there be discussions on mse about this I wonder (sorry to sound ignorant). It's a lot of money that can be earned but the risks need very carefully looking at /assessing...and most people (like me despite my cautious nature) will be swayed by the payment, when in debt etc...

ThriftyFelicity

zeds wrote: »

How about clinical trials (aka medical trials/ drug trials). I'm signed up for one right now, taking place before long, worth about £2k. It seems you can do one every 3 months (not more frequently as it affects the results). However obviously I am not expecting it to be very pleasant.

Interesting idea, but as you say, the risks need to be carefully considered.

There was a case a few years ago where a drug trial caused catastrophic side effects for those involved.

I personally would never undergo any type of clinical drug trial, though I might consider a sleep study or some other non-drug trial.

debtbegone

FREE LISTING ON EBAY TOMORROW & SUNDAY!

Just noticed it in the my ebay announcements sidebar

happytails

Nothing much to report here, no bids on eBay, very slow for me ATM, will realist and add more things this weekend x

happytails

Quiet Saturday...