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Great 'MoneySaving in your Lunchbreak' Hunt

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  • PeteW
    PeteW Posts: 1,213 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    I tend to go mystery shopping, and get paid to eat lunch!
  • mirrorball
    mirrorball Posts: 10 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture First Post Combo Breaker
    Do your daily clickthroughs on Quidco etc
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    I didn't know you could get paid for daily clickthroughs at Quidco ... does anyone know what they are?
  • Bambywamby
    Bambywamby Posts: 1,608 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker
    During my lunch hour I may...take a walk. Saves on gym money and I always feel refreshed and ready for the afternoon.

    Walk to the post office and post your Ebay/Amazon parcels or pop in the charity shops to see if there are any bargains to be had.

    Give self a manicure at desk.

    Catch up on phonecalls to friends/family.

    Write letters/stories to magazines. Earn cash as you munch your lunch.

    Do your online shopping order.

    Flick through Amazon find a few books you fancy then order them from your local library online.

    Play online chess, do a crossword or other puzzles to keep that brain power flowing.

    Up date your cash book/diary etc
  • kezzajane
    kezzajane Posts: 19 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Offer to do the butty run for your colleagues, go to tesco & get loads more clubcard points than if you just bought your own sarnie, then get a brochure from the travel agents & think about spending your clubcard deals!
  • Ningaloo
    Ningaloo Posts: 194 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Am I unusual, I eat my lunch and rest my eyes and if its nice weather (basically not peeing down) I go for a brisk bit of fresh air....the best things in life are free....
    Thank you to everyone who has helped me MoneySave
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,175 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Why does everyone everywhere assume everyone has a desk job?

    On my lunch break I prefer to sit down, eat my lunch and read the paper that someone else has kindly paid for. :)
  • Clowance
    Clowance Posts: 1,921 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Why does everyone everywhere assume everyone has a desk job?

    Come to that, many of us don't even have a lunch break but work straight through to fit in with school hours. The only moneysaving possible is making your own sarnis instead of buying them.
  • Mike_s
    Mike_s Posts: 22 Forumite
    We are lucky enough to have flexi time, So I take the minimum half hour lunch and save a half hour. Eventually I get a day off work, paid.
  • LouieB
    LouieB Posts: 171 Forumite
    Mike_s wrote: »
    We are lucky enough to have flexi time, So I take the minimum half hour lunch and save a half hour. Eventually I get a day off work, paid.

    Me too! :D
    I do most of what everyone else has comented on in that half an hour, I'm usually in a queue in the PO to send parcels off or having a "free" walk in the fresh air. Cant access most internet sites at work, this being one of them :rolleyes:
    £2.00 Coin saver -£12.00 In Piggy bank - £150 Banked :j
    Boots Points - £2.58
    Quidco - £11.75
    Yougov - £22.25
    Ciao - £8.64
    Ebay - £68.00
    Money For Nothing Challenge- £17.06 :A
  • pandas66
    pandas66 Posts: 18,811 Forumite
    I work thru and then get to leave at 4pm when everyone still has a lonnnnnnnnng half hour still to go!

    I beat the traffic home too, an awful lot finish at 4.30pm here.
    Panda xx

    :Tg :jo:Dn ;)e:Dn;)o:jw :T :eek:

    missing kipper No 2.....:cool:
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