Keep calm and carry on....

caeler

South_coast said:

Bath is sealed and ready for testing later 🤞 Thought I'd give it the full 24h to allow both me and it the best chance of success 😀

I guess you have a bath full of water? I didn’t leave mine long enough and it has gaps. 

South_coast

No need for me. I'm on the ground floor, so it's sat on concrete and each foot is (somewhat bafflingly) resting on a brick. Not much chance of it dropping in those circs!

South_coast

Right, question:

I've earned a virtual Mastercard for doing a survey. I've used a chunk of the balance and there's £5.01 left to spend. So far, so straightforward. However, am I right in thinking that I wouldn't be able to use the rest of the balance as part payment for something? My assumption is that if I try and use it to buy something of a higher value, I'm just going to get declined for having insufficient funds available - I've never seen a checkout page where you can pay using more than one card? 

All thoughts gratefully received, I've never had a pre-loaded card before so not 100% sure how they work!

debtfreeoneday

yeah from experience you can’t use two cards online to pay for something. I get virtual card payouts from profilic so just use them to buy Amazon gift card credit so they just sit in my Amazon account ready for when I need something from there. 

ruby_eskimo

debtfreeoneday said:

yeah from experience you can’t use two cards online to pay for something. I get virtual card payouts from profilic so just use them to buy Amazon gift card credit so they just sit in my Amazon account ready for when I need something from there. 

Second, I use virtual cards to buy gift cards (mainly amazon) to make things easier as I know I can part pay with a gift card and then top up with "cash".

South_coast

Ah, good thinking ladies. I'll give that a go 😀 

Speaking of Prolific, it really is crackers sometimes. I've just watched a man do a very lame magic trick for £1.20 🤣!

South_coast

Hurrrah, £5.01 successfully applied to my account 😀! I knew there had to be a sensible way round it!

debtfreeoneday

Some times I want to screen the crazy questions I get asked on surveys!!

South_coast

Big revelation this morning. If I add up my EF, money set aside for 10% OP's in 2021 and 2022 and all my other savings pots - I am mortgage neutral 😀! Academic really, as I am NOT (putting it in caps so I listen to myself 🤣) going to raid all those sources to pay off the mortgage, but it's exciting to think that I could!

Jessy103

That awesome, SC! 😀