The 2008 Money Neutral Gift Challenge

jamtart6

Quidco 84.51 Cashback Rewards 12.69 Envirophone 5.00 Money from Boots card 45.00 Money from Argos card 19.72 Onepoll 15.90 eBay 100.00 (approx)
Boots £34.00 CD WOW £1.00 Boots card £6.10

TOTAL CASH MADE = £281.72 (had a great night on eBay )

January, February, March & April = fully neutral

celyn90

just a few little additions for me:

I got invited to do an extra thing with the postal survey people and they have sent me £6 worth of highstreet shopping vouchers
I also got another 18 stamps from them
Claimed another JL voucher from pigsback - now £70... I must resist the urge to spend it on kitchen gadgets :rotfl:

buxtonrabbitgreen

I now have £32 on onepoll. 575pp (not going up very fast) and a lovely free Roc makeup bag which came through the post today. I also bought some champneys when it was 50% off and I also had a 2 week 20% staff discount at the time so 2 more presents for £3 each.

SugarSpun

I just got my Quidco cashback from Betfair, which leaves me with £75 made and not spent!!! My remaining budget to spend is £68, which makes me officially in profit and, barring any last minute overspending, neutral for the year!

*does a dance*

Edit: never mind. It wasn't my Betfair cashback, I counted it twice

jamtart6

buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »

I now have £32 on onepoll. 575pp (not going up very fast) and a lovely free Roc makeup bag which came through the post today. I also bought some champneys when it was 50% off and I also had a 2 week 20% staff discount at the time so 2 more presents for £3 each.

wow £32 is great I have one birth this month and one birthday next month (have to ask what she would like, but have a back up 'money' neutral gift in case she doesn't know!) Made approx £110 on eBay last week, have got a bit more to go on.

Just updated spreadsheet and up to now:
Total Cash Fund: 296.72
Original Cost: 245.72
Total Spent: 106.49
Total Saved: 139.23
Total Left: 190.23

jamtart6

hello !! are you all still playing this challenge with me?

i have just done a survey from TNS for another £3.40 in nectar points (argos vouchers)

Signed up for valued opinions got £1 in there

Got another load of stuff on eBay will keep you posted! How are you all doing?

mum2one

sorry hit send twice, so delelted 1st x

mum2one

here goes here my money / ious updates.

Birthday presents - April - Dec - money neutral - friends
Xmas presents friends - money neutral

Internet activities update.:T
green = me, black = dad, purple =mum
Quidco - £65.26 / 23.00 / £36.58
Greasy Palm - £31.68 / £9.80 /
Toluna points - 27060 / 18885 / 19635
Valued opinions - £4.00 / £7.50/ £7.45
Home of research - £3.00 / £13.95/ £20.00
You gov - £13.25 / £15.75 /
market points - 155 /
mutual points - 322 / 2887 / 2566
One Poll - £20.50 / £14.85 / £16.95
Pigs back - £5.50 / 5.35
Boots card - £11.70
nectar card - 225
tesco card £17.75
walkers crisps points - 48


GOT
£20.00 boots vouchers
christmas tin £230.00 (from money off supermarket vouchers)
tesco vouchers £90.00 = £360.00 deals -

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TO FUND
dd ballet £60.00 (GOT £20.00 - MUTUAL POINTS FUND BALLET)
Bday family (mum, dad, dd - £220.00 - need to ebay / car boot)
xmas family (£220.00 family 2 x £10.00 cash gifts - £240 ebay / car boot)
dd birthday party - sept but pd now!!!!!!! £46.50
dd bday food / party bags - £100.00

confession time - sort of money saving
spent 3,000 nectar points - discount on trip on Northern Belle train, part of the Orient Express group - should be £190 per ticket, got it for £124.00 - been nice and paid 4 my friend, early 40th bday prezzie.

£248.00 to find by October.

TOTAL MONEY NEEDED 2008 - £894.50

all ideas greatly recieved

jamtart6

mum2one wrote: »

here goes here my money / ious updates.

Birthday presents - April - Dec - money neutral - friends
Xmas presents friends - money neutral

Internet activities update.:T
green = me, black = dad, purple =mum
Quidco - £65.26 / 23.00 / £36.58
Greasy Palm - £31.68 / £9.80 /
Toluna points - 27060 / 18885 / 19635
Valued opinions - £4.00 / £7.50/ £7.45
Home of research - £3.00 / £13.95/ £20.00
You gov - £13.25 / £15.75 /
market points - 155 /
mutual points - 322 / 2887 / 2566
One Poll - £20.50 / £14.85 / £16.95
Pigs back - £5.50 / 5.35
Boots card - £11.70
nectar card - 225
tesco card £17.75
walkers crisps points - 48


GOT
£20.00 boots vouchers
christmas tin £230.00 (from money off supermarket vouchers)
tesco vouchers £90.00 = £360.00 deals -

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

TO FUND
dd ballet £60.00 (GOT £20.00 - MUTUAL POINTS FUND BALLET)
Bday family (mum, dad, dd - £220.00 - need to ebay / car boot)
xmas family (£220.00 family 2 x £10.00 cash gifts - £240 ebay / car boot)
dd birthday party - sept but pd now!!!!!!! £46.50
dd bday food / party bags - £100.00

confession time - sort of money saving
spent 3,000 nectar points - discount on trip on Northern Belle train, part of the Orient Express group - should be £190 per ticket, got it for £124.00 - been nice and paid 4 my friend, early 40th bday prezzie.

£248.00 to find by October.

TOTAL MONEY NEEDED 2008 - £894.50

all ideas greatly recieved

Perhaps I could suggest a career in bank robbery?? Only kidding! I think it is do-able! I'm going to have to get a fair bit for xmas too - I think eBay is the way forward. I've made about £500 on it in the last 12months from selling [STRIKE]junk[/STRIKE] treasures


Well done you :T:T:T:T

jamtart6

Made about another £30 on eBay tonight. Not much left to sell now. Got a gorge gift for the baby I had to buy for for dirt cheap, so plenty left in the gift fund up to now

Total Cash fund 318.89 Original Cost 251.71 Total Spent 106.49 Total Saved 145.22 Total Left 212.40