Make £2021 IN 2021

kp734

May update

Bank Interest - £1.70 (YTD 12.97)
Prolific - £7.28 (YTD £43.38)
Bingo/Casino offers - £34 (YTD £255.86)
Swagbucks - £15 (YTD £130)
Matched Betting £162 (YTD £1107)
Bingo Port - £20 (YTD £30)
Halifax Bank Switch £100
May total £339.98
YTD £2117.77

Target met! Seemed like an impossible target at the beginning of year but here we are! This thread has really motivated me to keep seeking out and taking opportunities so thanks. It's been fun and very and very satisfying so I'll keep going and see where i get to! 

kp734

AuburnEnigma said:

#42 reporting for May as follows:

• Profits from bets: £65.25

Interested in what you mean by this? Is it matched betting or just gambling?

MoonChild91

#20 here - reporting May total

£0.21 Qmee
£3.97 TopCashback
£10 Lifepoints Panel
£5 Shoppix
£0.04 interest 
£34.72 value of freebies (Gillette razor sample, bag of Percy Pig sweets from Sparks app, Subway sandwich with points, £5 National Book Token from Caboodle, free book from Caboodle points)
£67 (approx) overtime
£149 got a replacement pair of Doc Martens after complaining that my old ones had started cracking and leaking after only 18 months, despite being out of warranty. I am very pleased!

April's total = £269.94 (a much better month, and fairly pleased with my freebie skills)

Total = £498.28/£2021

hikingqueen

May was very productive, just under £800 by selling off belongings, in order to do a big move later in the year!
Running out of things to sell now, so don't think June's going to be so good! 
But £40 today with another sale, so not too bad a start.

AuburnEnigma

kp734 said:

AuburnEnigma said:

#42 reporting for May as follows:

• Profits from bets: £65.25

Interested in what you mean by this? Is it matched betting or just gambling?

It's the second (matched betting is something I'm looking at getting into over the summer), and I do include it as it is money that I've made, similar to lottery wins. It's a bit of fun for me and it's a bonus if I make some profit.

kp734

AuburnEnigma said:

kp734 said:

AuburnEnigma said:

#42 reporting for May as follows:

• Profits from bets: £65.25

Interested in what you mean by this? Is it matched betting or just gambling?

It's the second (matched betting is something I'm looking at getting into over the summer), and I do include it as it is money that I've made, similar to lottery wins. It's a bit of fun for me and it's a bonus if I make some profit.

I imagine matched betting could be be quite difficult to get into if you’ve done a lot of gambling in the past. It’s quite a different mind set. That said I’ve never been much of a gambler so maybe I’m wrong.

ilovetea

#8  updating for May.
Not a bad month really.
E-bay £154.78.
Vintage cash cow £155.00
Tesco voucher £15.  That was for them sending me so many short dated items.
 Total £1884.16.

ilovetea  xx

Fairy_Shazza

Things have been a bit slow but I've sold a few things. Need to get the next lot of stuff listed now!
New total = £1162.85

bit_by_bit

#12 popping after going AWOL. 
Oddly being retired has made me lose my motivation re money, seeing as I got my lump sum. I am not counting that for the purposes of this challenge tho'. 
So I have two months to report in. Not much activity but the basics are still there.
April:
Bank Interest £2.83
Barclays Reward 37.00
Postal Survey stamps £13.66
Top Cashback £73.00
Roadkill - cash 0.35
April Total: £96.84    Running Total: £1532.75
May:
Bank Interest £2.83
Barclays Reward 37.00
Postal Survey stamps £13.66
Free Builders Bag of sand £55.00
May Total: £78.49   Running Total: £1611.24

AuburnEnigma

kp734 said:

AuburnEnigma said:

kp734 said:

AuburnEnigma said:

#42 reporting for May as follows:

• Profits from bets: £65.25

Interested in what you mean by this? Is it matched betting or just gambling?

It's the second (matched betting is something I'm looking at getting into over the summer), and I do include it as it is money that I've made, similar to lottery wins. It's a bit of fun for me and it's a bonus if I make some profit.

I imagine matched betting could be be quite difficult to get into if you’ve done a lot of gambling in the past. It’s quite a different mind set. That said I’ve never been much of a gambler so maybe I’m wrong.

I've checked out a good few YouTube videos on it and it seems quite straightforward to my mathematical, process-obsessed brain - I am going to be doing a bit more research on it before I make the decision on whether to go into it or not.

I suppose because the way I bet is somewhat mathematical and process-oriented, and that the matched betting would be in a completely different area to what I bet on (I bet on the horses, jumps only, and only on outsiders with a decent chance of getting into the places or on ones up there in the betting that really should win), I think it will be relatively easy for me to be detached mentally. As I said though, more research needed for definite!