Olympic Challenge Take Two (Part Two)

Hope78

A buddy system is a great idea! I for onw would love that as sometimes I find raising extra money difficult - I still live with my parents and therefore don't buy the groceries, insurances etc that can boost earnings through the likes of quidco. Also it means I can't sell unused house stuff as it technically isn't mine!

Those dates are great and I think a monthly overall update is fine and if people want to update there own sigs more frequently then that's ok too.

Just my ten pence worth.

Cheers
Hope x

oops_a_daisy

those dates sound fine to me Gemmzie

I have enjoyed seeing the money coming in and actually saving it for once. The Olympic Challenge gives me a target to work towards and somewhere to save those extra bits of money that otherwise would be swallowed up.

Monthly totals sounds fine to me too as I have probably only updated once a month anyway

ruthiejane

Sounds great Gemmzie. If some people want to continue to update their totals weekly then I don't mind keeping an up-to-date list, and updating it fairly regularly with everyones totals. Might need some help at the beginning of June though as we get married then! :j

I like the buddy idea - though not sure how it might work out in practice? Would it be useful to compile a list of all the ways we made money during this challenge?

poppycracker

I'll be up for it, we've booked a holiday next October that I need to save for, and this time I'm not going to count my 'second' job, just to make it more of a challenge.

oops_a_daisy

:j Woooo Hoooo I have had a good day on Amazon today. Sold 3 items and made a total of £83.53 - will update tomorrow when I have taken postage off.

Can I ask why the next challenge is going to be over 8 months? I dont mind but just wondered why

candyblue

The buddy idea sounds great! I personally like to updat weekly as it keeps me going and stops me from slipping! But monthly is fine too

finallydebtfree!!

I think a monthly total sounds like a good idea, I update my total as it increases anyway but a monthly list will help us keep track of where we all are. looking forward to the next one as I would have carried on my olympic ways anyway but this way I will be able to keep track better.

Gemmzie

We can still use the thread for weekly updates and tips but I'll update a "post 4" monthly.

oops_a_daisy wrote: »

Can I ask why the next challenge is going to be over 8 months? I dont mind but just wondered why

Erm, well we were due to start sometime in January. The real Olympics start 08/08/08 so I figured why not run till that? Then we can go from 25th August to Xmas in a mini one maybe ?

bonar

I am so chuffed I made my silver target this weekend. :beer:

thank you all so very very much, especially Gemmzie for running this . I have really enjoyed this challenge and will definitely do another in the New Year.

Thanks for all the hints and tips on selling stuff, I now have a much less cluttered house and am on first name terms with the girls in my local building society.


so to add to this weeks total £547 making a total of £2257.48.:T

angelavdavis

Have listed 8 items on ebay - mainly perfume so hopefully these will sell for Christmas pressies to someone! I have also had some more cashback from Quidco for flights I booked for travel with work.

So my total is now £543.43 without the eBay money!

Am going to list some more this weekend on eBay too.