Diary of my new life !!!

benbenandme

Remember the magnetix set I bought ds for his birthday?? I paid £25 for it in Argos, well they have gone back up to £79.99 on their website :eek: so I took it back and claimed it was an unwanted xmas present They said I could only have £39.99 back as that was the last selling price before xmas, I didnt argue, so came away £15 up :beer:
I already have a £10 argos voucher from a survey site so now have £50 for argos so will probably get ds one of those kiddie digital cameras for his birthday instead, but I still have 6 months to keep an eye out for any offers on there

benbenandme

Just been over to Somerfield to get some bits for lunch and dinner and picked up some fab fruit and veg bargains ... iceberg lettuce reduced to 20p, big tub of cherry tomatoes reduced to 22p, big bag of diced carrot and swede reduced to 20p, bag of potatoes already peeled reduced to 17p, tub of blueberries reduced to 50p, punnet of plums reduced to 50p and some broccoli reduced to 25p :beer: So, salad and sandwiches for lunch and cold beef, potatoes and veg for tea :beer: Was tempted to buy a selection box for £1.10 but was good and resisted

pania

wow benben you are doing fab honb and excellent work with the magnetix!!!!
I am impressed. Got lots and lots of smelly sets for christmas, I'm really sad to say some of which will be going on ebay as i just won't use them.
I think the fruit and veg is all reduced as the stores have been closed, think i need to despatch OH to local somerfield pronto!!
Enjoy your lunch and tea hon!!! big hugs from panialand! xxx

yeovilmac

benbenandme wrote: »

I gave up with Toluna ages ago when they started messing around with the vouchers they paid out in, I think I might have another look at them in the New Year though. The ones I use most are:

Global Test Market, Ipsos, Yougov, Valued Opinions (not so much anymore), Panelwizard, Lightspeed, Its Your View.

I also use some others which I dont get that many surveys for but are still ok:
Ciao, Pureprofile, Opinionbar, Response Panel, Onepoll, My tns, Home of Research and Opininonate.

It does look a lot but a lot of these dont send surveys very often.
Its opinionbar where I reached a payout level last night, which has taken ages as they dont send many surveys.

Can I ask a personal question? What sort of money would you say, roughly, you get from answering all these surveys?

benbenandme

Yeovilmac, this evening I'm hoping to go through all my charts and figure out my survey /quidco etc earnings for 2007 so will update later

I've just done a survey for Itsyourview which earned me £4 :j :j which once its credited on my account will take me over the £50 payout threshold, so hopefully will get a nice big cheque in the new year :beer:

benbenandme

Right, ds is tucked up in bed, so now I am gonna put the kettle on then sit down and plan some charts ready for the new year and figure out my finances.

I will also go and find out the survey info for you too yeovilmac

I did nip to Tescos earlier too and spent £6 on some ham, washing powder, fabric conditioner and a tin of celebrations (I didnt get any choccy for xmas:o ) so I may tuck into those too

I felt like I'd achieved loads today but the place is still looking messy, nothing like on the scale of this morning but its still not done :rolleyes: Ds is at his dads this weekend so I am gonna blitz the place and also try and have a mammoth ebay listing day on saturday on their cheapy listing day

benbenandme

Okay surveys .....

Below is a list of the amounts that they have paid out during 2007. Obviously they didnt all start on £0 in January so it only a rough guide as to what you could earn, and also I havne't completed all surveys that I have been sent, I tend to do the ones from certain companies more than others.

Yougov £50 cash
Panelwizard £14 cash
Pigsback £110 John Lewis vouchers
Ipsos £50 argos vouchers
Lightspeed £19 cash
Ciao £11.50 cash
Valued Opinions £20 M&S vouchers
Globaltestmarket £48 cash
Opinionbar £11 cash

TOTAL = £333 CASH / VOUCHERS :j :j :j :j

Also, quidco = £410 paid out in 2007 and £87 currently tracked

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MushyPeas

Wow benben that is a HUGE amount in surveys etc. well done!!! Really motivational

Well done :beer: :j

Have a choccie on me

benbenandme

It does motivate me to do more of them, sometimes they are really dull but when I see the totals building up like that then it doesn't seem so bad
I have also earned nectar points from "my tns" but I forgot to keep track of them, I think it was about £20 worth

benbenandme

My chart is one now for next years birthday / christmas pressies :eek: :eek:

Over the course of the year I budget to spend approx £600 for all birthdays / easter / xmas / mother and fathers day presents, although if I can get some bargain and get the presents for less than this then that is a bonus I have a separate account for this money and then when I see a bargain I buy it and then transfer the money across to my current account for it.

Tax credits and child benefit pay every 4 weeks so there is always one month a year where you get 2 payments. Mine is in January, so the extra payments get put in this account. This will give me £322. I also use vouchers from survey sites etc for presents, and I still have the following left over from christmas this year .... £50 argos vouchers, £50 john lewis vouhers, £40 theatre vouchers (probably going on ebay) and £52 bonusbonds which can be used at loads of retailers.

In total, this means adding cash and vouchers together that I only need another £86 to cover presents for the year :j :j Hopefully, with a bit of bargain spotting I can get by without this money