Karmacat: I'm passionate about my DFW journey to riches

Karmacat

Its crazy *not* to do it, isn't it. The only trouble is, I have to do it by rote, I understand the principle, and I can use the matcher spreadsheet, but when I try to explain it further than that, I get it completely wrong. In fact, Grumbler told me off for not reading the Intro thread, tho I told him I read it maybe once a month! Still, this latest partybets thing is just too good to miss...

Also - first time ever, I got 50p on a scratchcard, so have now withdrawn £10.50, off to update sig then to the matched betting board.

Karmacat

Just done the first two matched bets on the big partybets thing - cost is £5.41, so only about 65% profit at that rate. Still, its 6 or 7 times the profitability of mystery shopping, for a tiny amount of the work. _pale__pale__pale_ okay this is a horrifying sum:

this matched bet: 7 hours work (generous) for net of £65: £9.28 an hour.
usual net of mystery shopping £1.30 an hour.

Good grief.

mizmir

Looks like one I should check out!

The_Dragon

It sounds as though matched betting is the way forward for you KarmaCat - best of luck with it

Karmacat

Its astonishing, isn't it - at first, we want to do everything - or at least I did - then I got worn out and realised I had to step back sometimes. Eventually I started to analyse the rate of return, and now I'm finally prepared to listen to my own analysis!

Karmacat

Okey dokey, what have I done since the matched bet?
- had some time outside yesterday, sweeping the rest of the patio (2 binbags!!!) and stacking branches. Need to prune lots more branches before the growing season starts, but this was a *good* garden day.
- have delayed going to London, too cold, out too long, will go next week, the film's still on.
- scratchies.
- got cracking on tidying the room that will be the master ensuite eventually - everything's a lot more accessible now, and I sorted rubbish, storage elsewhere, charity shop, recycling, freecycle and ebay etc. Pleased with that!

To do:
- fair bit of housework to make the place presentable in time for tomorrow evening, when I start work.
- ebid listings.
- get my New Year's diary up and running, just reminders about things etc.
- send out Amazon sale.
- prepare for trading - not tomorrow, the first day back, emotion will be dominating the short term market, but prepare for it.
- couple of things to list on freecycle - but ebid takes priority, and so does the trading! PS - oh, so does the garden, getting rid of a bit more overgrown stuff in the garden, even 15 mins is a real help.


Hope everyone has a good day.

boredofbeingathome

That's a good observation about the matched betting/mystery shop. I am just trying to get a balance with the mystery shops and not overspend as in it has to be a place i am going to anyway or i will not go..if that makes sense!
I have to start tackling my garden again as i was unable to do all the little jobs in October and leaves need sweeping up, branches need cutting. So that is one of the tasks for this week.

Karmacat

Hi Bob - I was posting on yours as you were posting on mine! Just been out doing my garden - leaves, pruning branches, tidying up in general, you can't see too much difference anywhere, but I know it adds up. I want to do the little veg patch, but I'm determined not to neglect the rest of it either - I like the *idea* of this house, but not the reality of living in it, so I see all work like that as being invested for the future, whether its to be rented out or sold.

The mystery shops - I think I went a bit crazy for a while. I did one in Gatwick Airport that will only make a profit if I sell the T shirt I had to buy.... thats mad. I was going to buy a pair of shoes with the expenses money, but they had nothing I liked, so I shouldn't have assumed they would have, basically.

mizmir

Sounds like you've been busy karma. Sadly I haven't had the email from partybets so I think I will be missing that one - but am getting down to quite a few others.

Karmacat

Thats a shame, mizmir - but I think you said yesterday that you'd found offers worth "several hundred"??? Thats still pretty good! For a new one, 188.com seems to have a goodun, valid to start until 21 January.

I *have* been busy, in the end - really pleased with what I've done in the garden, even tho it looks like no diff - I know there is! And I know every time I do stuff like that, it makes the garden as a whole easier to navigate. My neighbour lent me a proper pruning saw too, for the front garden, and I always like anything that solidifes relationships with neighbours, here in suburbia-land there's very little if you don't have primary school age children.