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The 10 Ask & Answer Challenge.

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  • martindow
    martindow Posts: 10,564 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    It's not one of these pyramid chain schemes is it? Where you get people to pay in a sum of money with the prospect of receiving lots more money as chains of people join. Here's an example

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29250910

    If so it would explain why the OP is a little coy in spelling out the details.
  • 00ec25
    00ec25 Posts: 9,123 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 29 December 2017 at 11:57AM
    fewgroats wrote: »
    I'm fed up with people wanting explanation to an obvious challenge. I'm just going to try and find 10 people to help with my small business/freelancing and if you don't understand, don't bother with the challenge.
    and we are fed up of scammers and vague posts
  • fewgroats wrote: »
    For this challenge you have to receive help from 10 people BUT you have to ask them, people doing it without being asked doesn't count. Nor can all these 10 people be online.

    Is anyone up to the challenge?

    I, for one, understood exactly what you meant when you posted this.
    I thought this was a great business idea when you posted it Boxing Day.
    And hell yeah, I was up for the challenge! :money:

    I've already set up the website (I know I'm not allowed to post details here, but anyone interested could always try Google ;))
    I set the charges at £250 for those that are wanting help - quite a bargain if they then get 10 people to help them don't you think?

    At this festive time of year, there are always those willing to provide help to others, but often these willing volunteers just don't know who to help.
    So I register volunteers for £10 each, and charge then charge £5 for each person we put them in touch and who they subsequently volunteer their assistence to.

    We've only been live for about 36hours so far and already have a couple of customers needing assistence, and a fabulous (and astonishing) number of volunteers have already registered with us.

    I do wonder if the amount of volunteers registering will continue at it's current pace once the festive season of goodwill is over.
    But thank you so much for this business idea - it looks like a corker!

    This time next year, I might be a millionaire! :money:

    :xmastree::xmastree::xmastree:
  • martindow
    martindow Posts: 10,564 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 29 December 2017 at 2:23PM
    FestiveJoy wrote: »
    I, for one, understood exactly what you meant when you posted this.
    I thought this was a great business idea when you posted it Boxing Day.
    And hell yeah, I was up for the challenge! :money:

    I've already set up the website (I know I'm not allowed to post details here, but anyone interested could always try Google ;))
    I set the charges at £250 for those that are wanting help - quite a bargain if they then get 10 people to help them don't you think?

    At this festive time of year, there are always those willing to provide help to others, but often these willing volunteers just don't know who to help.
    So I register volunteers for £10 each, and charge then charge £5 for each person we put them in touch and who they subsequently volunteer their assistence to.

    We've only been live for about 36hours so far and already have a couple of customers needing assistence, and a fabulous (and astonishing) number of volunteers have already registered with us.

    I do wonder if the amount of volunteers registering will continue at it's current pace once the festive season of goodwill is over.
    But thank you so much for this business idea - it looks like a corker!

    This time next year, I might be a millionaire! :money:

    :xmastree::xmastree::xmastree:
    I'm now even more baffled
  • fewgroats
    fewgroats Posts: 774 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 500 Posts
    Update:

    Ask

    Work, 1 Ask (online)
    County-wide: 2 Asks (online)

    Answers

    Work: 1 Answer (online).
    County-wide: 1 Answer (online).

    The county-wide one was the library services, a good place to research how your local area (or county) does things. Still need an offline answer.

    In responding to feedback from forum users I have kept this vague(!)
    Advent Challenge: Money made: £0. Days to Christmas: 59.
  • phill99
    phill99 Posts: 9,093 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Well if we don't keep the chain letter going some puppies somewhere will die.
    Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.
  • 00ec25
    00ec25 Posts: 9,123 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    phill99 wrote: »
    Well if we don't keep the chain letter going some puppies somewhere will die.
    excellent, new crop of poo leavers removed. Result

    ooops I just saved some, my bad :doh:
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