Getting FIREd up 😀

South_coast

edinburgher said:

Is there anything to stop you just setting aside £100/mth elsewhere?

Yes, I'd have to either withdraw the interest from Moneybox (so it would then count as new money going into S&S and go towards the allowance), or deduct it from the monthly savings amount (all already allocated elsewhere for the next 2 years). I had clocked the fees, but it doesn't have to stay there long-term, once it's in an ISA it can be transferred to another if required. Plus, we're only talking very small amounts of money - £5.40/year if a) cash interest rates remain the same; and b) I can keep holding onto the same amount in cash. I reckon I can live with that!

I don't disagree that it's a gimmick, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily a bad idea!

julicorn

South_coast said:

No, I think julicorn is doing them all 🤣

Just saw this comment - and I'm afraid to admit I made absolute bank on Prolific on Thursday Never seen anything like it - I had all these 25 minute studies pop up that paid around a dollar a minute, so I did FIVE of them in a row. It will probably never happen again, and apologies if I've drained the good Prolific luck for everyone else for a while. 

edinburgher

Well done Julicorn, I'd have done exactly the same thing

South_coast

I've still not had 1 + 2 + 3 + inclination 🤦‍♀️!

South_coast

Finally the stars have aligned 😀! $5 earned - hardly Ed territory, but I want to watch the news 😅

edinburgher

I have had a pretty decent week for surveys (£73), but they were all so bloody boring, no AI

South_coast

There is no point putting an attention check question on every page if you don't tell me how to answer it.... I may or may not have just wasted 9 minutes of my life 🤦‍♀️!

Jessy103

South_coast said:

There is no point putting an attention check question on every page if you don't tell me how to answer it.... I may or may not have just wasted 9 minutes of my life 🤦‍♀️!

Wait...maybe its because you're actually a robot?! 😅

South_coast

I hadn't thought of that 😱

themadvix

I just had one of those too, on prolific. Rating my agreement repeatedly with the answer to the question ‘I like the colour blue’ with no guidance resulted in me abandoning said survey (it was longer than expected too). You’d think people could actually put the effort in if they want our views for their research!