Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally

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How very annoying and inconvenient. I hope you get paid soon HH . I guess the joys of being self employed , at the mercy of your debtors.

HairyHandofDartmoor

Thanks Cumbria. It is one of the big downsides to being self employed and helped us get into debt over the years . I'm glad we've got no available credit or it would be tempting to use it to pay the bills and then it would never get paid back as we'd find something else we needed to spend money on. It's a very slippery slope.

beanielou

I could not cope with the stress of that.
Have you cancelled the DD's so you are not charged?

redofromstart

Hope someone pays you HHOD

the only positive is that at least someone owes you some money I guess.

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I hope people who owe you money pay up very soon, HH. I know what a nightmare that situation can be as my Dad ran his own business and had to pay his employees on time even when he was kept waiting unfair lengths of time to be paid by people/companies they'd done work for. Getting paid by some of the 'big' companies was the worst. He always said that individual people that they did work for always paid promptly whereas the bigger the company that owed him money the longer he had to wait for it. These were usually the biggest, higher paying jobs so a lot of his money was tied up for months sometimes. This was his recurring moan throughout my childhood:(


I always envy you, HH, for the amount of Prolific and YouGov surveys you get. I don't think I'm in a very interesting demographic group, being a pensioner, retired, with no children and living in a rural area:(. I was amazed this morning when, being awake ridiculously early, I logged in to my Prolific account and saw a survey that I was eligible for:j. It was quite long but really interesting and enjoyable. The best bit was that it paid £5:T and I received the notification that it had been accepted and pay was credited in about 10 minutes after submitting it:eek:. I can't believe that the researcher was up and about at that unearthly hour, or that he had time to evaluate the submission:rotfl:.

beanielou

Happy Tuesday

elizabethhull

beanielou wrote: »

Happy Tuesday

Likewise !

I had a lovely Sunday with younger daughter & grandson, eating brunch & then fooling around in the centre of Didcot where they have a 'press your hand here' train mural with sound effects, perfect for 3yr olds and Grannies !! Then in the pm we visited Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary (where daughter got her cat from), to look at the cats and have afternoon tea for a donation. We saw 4 x 8-wk old kittens, and if there is anything cuter in the world I wouldn't believe it ! Awww!

Cherryfudge

Hope the money comes through today HH. Well done on all the surveys!

jwil

Hope you get paid soon.

CBC - With YouGov - have you checked your settings? They ask you how frequently you want surveys. You might have said something less frequent. Mine are set for as often as possible. You might find that doing some of the activities and free surveys on the site gives you more.

Although it's a slow payer, I like You Gov as it never screens you out, the surveys are never ridiculously long, and you often see the results in the press.

EssexHebridean

I got all hopeful for a minute then, but no, I'm definitely set for as often as possible! :rotfl: