The 2008 Money Neutral Gift Challenge

alfiesmum

Brilliant, brilliant idea. What a challenge! I'm definitely up for it!

I think I might actually go for 100%...erm...go on yes I will! Easy peasseeyyy.

alfiesmum
x

meanmarie

I would like to join, just for Christmas 2008 I think....can't think of any way would manage to get birthday presents for 7 offspring, 4 OHs, 5 grandchildren...but is it ok if I revise that if doing very well during the year?? Just going for spending as little as possible

Marie

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle

Ok, im in (if thats ok )

Here is a summary of mine so far (well what i can think of):

Ebay - Zilch at the mo (as going to start again once the whole manic xmas malarky is out of the way:eek: )

Pigsback - £5.74 (and waiting for £70.00 in points to be credited any
day now:T )

Nectar - 2,518 (but i dunno how much that is, lol )

Boots Advantage Card - £4.20

Spare Silver pot (no coppers) - Not a clue but i'll count it at the beginning of Jan

Spare gold pot - £2.00

Hopefully this is the incentive i need to kick start my *rse into gear for the new year. Yay!:rotfl:

sweetpeas_2

hi im in too please!
im also taking part in chocaholics "christmas for free in 2008" challenge, which im going to link in with this aswell somehow!

at the moment ive not got much stuff on the go. been doing a few surveys here and there, and few mystery shops. heres my totals at the moment.

boots 78p (!)
toluna points 27500
tesco points 173

so its looking a bit poor at the moment but ill start getting myself in gear now i know im involved in the challenge.

xx nog xx

ps: as advised by jamtart ive gotten a little book out to write stuff down in to keep track

jamtart6

hi noggin how long has it taken you to get so many toluna points? i have only been at it a week.

jamtart6

The Free Christmas 2008 is from the guys and gals on the DFW board, and is a similar idea to this but just for xmas, rather than the whole of the year (plus they don't have funky levels and icons to aim for...yet!!! only kiddin guys!!)

Seriously though we can all pick up some tips from each other, so have linked the threads to each other via the link below (hope i can post a link:??) :

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=7206445#post7206445

chocaholic110

:hello: from the DFW Christmas for Free in 2008 board!

ehallett

Hi everyone

I am part of the Christmas 2008 challenge on the DFW board but would love to join this too so that I can aim for birthdays, mothers day, valentines, easter etc etc!!

I will go and dig out an old notebook - I'm going to aim for 100%

Emily x

jamtart6

:hello: Hello to friends from DFW!! :grouphug:...and a special dodgy welcome to you all!! haha!

I've got my notebook at the ready (and also some presents for 2008!) and will be setting up a spreadsheet soon! It is quite difficult - because some people I ask them what they would like, but hoping that they'll either say something I can get in Boots (ha!) or use eBay or quidco money to fund! I've got about £15 from quidco already due to be paid in Jan!

Luna69

This is good, not been on here much lately so missed the ebay neutral one, read through this and sounds great. One problem for me though is that I do most of my shopping online, so when I get vouchers, I can't really use them.
I have had a few amazon codes from survey sites which have been good, bought my son the philip pullman box set (3 books) for £1 a few months ago for his birthday.

I do a few online surveys, shop and scan, pigsback and quidco. I do sell and buy on ebay and as it happens I built up some money on paypal so I've used that for some christmas presents. I don't really keep track of it all though, so maybe I should start that in the new year.
I'll see if I can get the hang of this! Might need a push or a shove in the right direction though.
I have a fair few tesco club card points from shopping online but not many boots points. Probably have some whsmith points but not been there in ages. Plus some nectar but not many.

I'll try to keep track of this thread.

Yvonne