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The £2014 in 2014 challenge

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  • cally6008
    cally6008 Posts: 7,629 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Roll call time. We're at the half way stage of the £2014 in 2014 challenge now with 6 months gone and 6 months left to have a final push.

    Please INBOX me with your current running total as of today (30 june 2014).

    I will be sending ALL members of the challenge a message for this one so hopefully people will see this and start joining in again.
  • Thanks Callie, the extra money is to due their incredible design tools, I can't code to save my life or organise shopping cart software, and it's all included in my fee, really happy with the result.
  • MissRarr
    MissRarr Posts: 59 Forumite
    This may sound odd but I'm feeling a bit lost on this challenge - I know I've achieved it (!!) but I have done so by moving house and selling my previous home for (relatively speaking) significantly more than I paid for it.

    This feels like cheating!

    But the money is in the bank so I know I've done it. I'm certainly not going to stop there though - like I said, I feel a bit lost because it doesn't feel like I've done this "properly". Just put in for yet more overtime with more still to come, and as we gradually unpack things post-move, there's going to be a massive eBay purge very soon.

    Kick on!:T
  • cally6008
    cally6008 Posts: 7,629 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    So far I have had 2 replies to the PMs I sent out and I've added MissRarr to the completed challenge list (well done :) )
  • MissRarr
    MissRarr Posts: 59 Forumite
    Thanks Cally - still feel like I've cheated!!! Bring on 2015 ;)
  • Cotta
    Cotta Posts: 3,667 Forumite
    Do payrises count?
  • LuckyPenny
    LuckyPenny Posts: 1,316 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    I am up to £1016 a little bit behind on the half way point but haven't done any market research for a while and my eBay items are not selling very well at the moment. I have a lot of books to sell and I am having to relist and relist because I am not willing for them to go for next to nowt! I have tried advertising on Amazon never done it before but it seems a bit complicated! Don't even know whether they are advertised now even!

    Off to look at the market research company website :rotfl:
    Competition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]
  • £8.91 finally came in from Ciao :D
  • nomi01
    nomi01 Posts: 463 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    payslip arrived today so i am able to declare July extra earnings. with extra enhancement and overtime, I earned an extra £353.33 after tax.

    my total is £3097.55. I know i have reached the target but want to see what i can achieve for the year.
    🎄PAYDBXMAS21 #11  £11,300/£11300
    Target met.
    💥PAYDBXMAS22  #11 £5000/£5000 target met.
    PAYDBXMAS23 #26 £5000/£5000 paid

  • Cotta
    Cotta Posts: 3,667 Forumite
    1. £20 refund from insurance company due to them making an administration error.

    2. £50 from a survey reward site.

    3. £25 payment due to an error with my bank account.

    4. £150 payment due to a refund being held from me for over one year.

    5. £15 negotiated discount from my car insurance.

    6. £165 of a refund from insurance company due to yet another issue.

    7. £10 - bought and sold a small lot of items.

    8. £8.52 from a reward web site.

    9. £50 of bank fees refunded.

    Total - £493.52.
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