Debt free in 10 years, this time I mean business!

Desperate_to_be_debt_free

Well done to you. I've not tried the voucher codes but have tried nectar adpoints and got about £15 saved up there. What sites do you use?

Merlot1975

Hello, I use Valued Opinions, Toluna, Global Test Market, Just The Answer, One Poll, Ipsos, Crowdology. I get vouchers from all except One Poll, Rewarded Opinions and Crowdology which either send a cheque or pay to your bank account. I only registered with Crowdology this afternoon but got a survey with them already. I am also with P1necone but you can't register with them, they only send out invites every so often and I was lucky enough to be sent one by someone on here. It is timeconsuming doing it and you need to be patient with it but if you've built up £15 thro adpoints you're obviously very familiar with the concept of patiently building up points Give them a shot and see what you think x

Merlot1975

I woke up with a feeling of dread this morning for 2 reasons. Firstly, I have a horrible work call to do which I could really see far enough. My tummy is sore thinking about it. Secondly, and this is going to sound really silly, every time I sell something on ebay, I panic about what the buyer thinks of it until they leave feedback for me. This dates back to the time when I sold beautiful shoes at a great price for the buyer and she really went to town on feedback for me saying that the box I sent them in smelt funny. This was just packaging so she was throwing it out anyway but she was unbelievably nasty and so I haven't sold for ages. I noticed last night that someone had already posted nice feedback so I only have another 7 people to wait for. Nevertheless, I have clicked refresh on my feedback page umpteen times already this morning, at least it is keeping my mind off my call haha. I am also a bit cheerier as I just claimed my 0ne poll payout of £40, it's taken me a couple of months to get there so I am chuffed about that. Here's hoping it's a sign that the day is going to go better than I expected

Merlot1975

Work call done and dusted, worry about nothing! :j And no nasty feedback (yet) but no more positive feedback either But definitely at lunchtime it's been a much better day than I had hoped for

please-let-me-be-lucky

You could send a message to your buyers along the lines of 'hope the item arrived ok, any problems please contact me, alternatively leave positive feedback and I will do the same'.

Merlot1975

Thanks PLMBL, that's a really good idea

Chrysalis1976

It's good to know that you care about the items being suitable, I do check as well and usually don't leave feedback until they have or if nothing left after a few days I respond anyway as I think this may prompt them to do the same. I usually send them an email when I've posted the item to let them know it's on it's way.

Good news r.e. work phone call, I have some I'm putting off but only because I haven't marked their work yet!!!

C x

Merlot1975

Thanks Chrysalis, I should definitely use your idea of the email to say it's sent, combined with PLMBL's idea of suggesting they let me know via a message if there's a problem otherwise they can give me feedback if they want to. I'm happy to report I just had a wee look there and I had another happy customer, woohoo! 6 to go lol. Though my OH did say to me that I should not let one person who was clearly after a refund but still getting to keep the shoes put me off the whole thing entirely. I think he's right so after getting my call out of the way at work I then spent the afternoon looking as though I was thoroughly engaged on the tasks infront of me but in reality, I was composing a list of potential items to sell Shameful really, I'll take my salary for this afternoon as well lol.

Good luck with your work calls too

Merlot1975

I had another busy work day yesterday but I had time to keep an eye on eBay, it's looking ok for some more sales at the weekend, fingers crossed. I now have 4 pieces of feedback (the other 4 have studiously ignored my email but surely if there was something really wrong with it they would have contacted me by now?). One of the feedbacks yesterday was 100% positive but she told me the picture I used to sell the item was 'terrible'. I'm all for constructive feedback but the way she chose to communicate it wasn't particularly constructive. Never mind, she got a dress at an absolute steal and I got my positive feedback and some much needed dosh so we should both be happy

I have just claimed another £15 of vouchers but these take a while to come through but should be here well before Christmas. My Christmas total in vouchers is now £121, so I'm pretty happy with how that's going.

But aside from all that, it's Friday so I'm in a good mood :j Happy Friday all xx

Desperate_to_be_debt_free

Hi Merlot, hope the weekend has been a good one for you. Well done on the vouchers I can see an inexpensive christmas around the corner for you.

I've not signed up for any of the survey sites but am still plodding away with adpoints so will hopefully make a nice little sum.

Hope you have a fun Sunday x