Challenge to make an extra £10 a day in October 2022 ~ everyone welcome.

makingmehappy

Hi @dizzytina and @Makingabobor2, welcome to the challenge.

There's some fantastic moneymaking going on - thank you for all the info about bank switches.

I'm off the starting blocks with a £25 premium bonds win, my first ever - I've moved some savings into there recently and won on the first month. It wasn't from the £6 worth I've had since 1972

Also £24 from surveys that I hadn't withdrawn from for a while.

So £49/£150 so far.

Have a good weekend.

Makingabobor2

£7.32 for me today, a long awaited cash out from surveys.

Makingabobor2

TheBanker said:

I'm at £57 - so a bit behind target but quite pleased with what I have. 

The good thing is £47 came from selling and surveys, which I wouldn't have done without this challenge. The other £10 is bits of bank interest and cashback that had built up.

If my bank account switch comes through I'll probably be pretty close to the target!

The other thing is I've been making better use of cashback sites etc so have some cashback pending to help with next month.

I'm trying to get back into cashback sites a bit more. Its just about getting into the habit isn't it. That's why I like Swagbucks....surveys and cashback on one site. 

CMD79

@makingmehappy It'd be interesting to total it all up!

I'm loving opening new bank accounts! It's very easy money!!! 

Excellent! I've never had spare money to put into Premium Bonds, but I've heard of a lot of people winning pretty quickly once they've put in! 

@TheBanker I wouldn't have done anything at all barely if not for this challenge! It's such a simple thing and has made a massive difference to, what was, a very bleak financial situation for me. And the MSE forum in general actually. I can suddenly see a specific time in the, not too distant, future, where I'm debt free, have a healthy disposable income, and sleep well at night.

@Makingabobor2- I did not know this about swagbucks!! I am going to have a look now! Thanks for that info! Yes, I completely agree, it is about the habit. Sainsbury's shopping. £11.50. Morrisons shopping £12. Asda shopping.... it is about getting into the routine of looking first before spending anything online. I just bought new wallpaper - had a trolley full on one site, then thought to look on TCB. The store wasn't on there, but a similar store sold the same wallpaper, £1 per roll cheaper PLUS 14.5% cashback! 

I'm doing really badly this month! I have changed tactics in that I was previously adding money to my total as I earned it, and am now only counting it once it's in my account/hand. So this slows things down as some money, now paid in, I have already counted in last months totals, but also, the activity I'm doing now, will not pay until next month potentially! I'm okay with this, but it feels like I have nothing to report!!

Activity wise, I went out and did 2 mystery shops today. Both were very different to anything I;ve done before, and the first required some skilful acting! I'm considering buying some surveillance equipment to take my mystery shopping to the next level. I've see one company has loads available in my region, and pay £50/£60 per shop if you have recording stuff!!! 

Enjoy the weekend! I'm going to continue to procrastinate about my pile of Ebaying!! xxx

Makingabobor2

@CMD79, yes I do that as well, don't count it until it has arrived in my PP account. Some are just a bit quicker than others and some you can cash out a lower amount

Hollie_Hobbie

CMD79 said:

@makingmehappy It'd be interesting to total it all up!

I'm loving opening new bank accounts! It's very easy money!!! 

Excellent! I've never had spare money to put into Premium Bonds, but I've heard of a lot of people winning pretty quickly once they've put in! 

@TheBanker I wouldn't have done anything at all barely if not for this challenge! It's such a simple thing and has made a massive difference to, what was, a very bleak financial situation for me. And the MSE forum in general actually. I can suddenly see a specific time in the, not too distant, future, where I'm debt free, have a healthy disposable income, and sleep well at night.

@Makingabobor2- I did not know this about swagbucks!! I am going to have a look now! Thanks for that info! Yes, I completely agree, it is about the habit. Sainsbury's shopping. £11.50. Morrisons shopping £12. Asda shopping.... it is about getting into the routine of looking first before spending anything online. I just bought new wallpaper - had a trolley full on one site, then thought to look on TCB. The store wasn't on there, but a similar store sold the same wallpaper, £1 per roll cheaper PLUS 14.5% cashback! 

I'm doing really badly this month! I have changed tactics in that I was previously adding money to my total as I earned it, and am now only counting it once it's in my account/hand. So this slows things down as some money, now paid in, I have already counted in last months totals, but also, the activity I'm doing now, will not pay until next month potentially! I'm okay with this, but it feels like I have nothing to report!!

Activity wise, I went out and did 2 mystery shops today. Both were very different to anything I;ve done before, and the first required some skilful acting! I'm considering buying some surveillance equipment to take my mystery shopping to the next level. I've see one company has loads available in my region, and pay £50/£60 per shop if you have recording stuff!!! 

Enjoy the weekend! I'm going to continue to procrastinate about my pile of Ebaying!! xxx

You've done brilliantly - try not to get despondent as you're just switching the way you count the extra income, and it will soon straighten itself out, and you will then feel like you're getting extra income without doing anything

Saying that, I've not done too brilliantly myself   but I know it's because I'm focussing on money saving too, with meal planning and batch cooking, and do seem to be saving loads   also trying to reduce energy usage.

Getting all the paperwork now from the FD bank switch for myself and OH and feeling bad about the environment as 6 envelopes popped through door one day and 2 envelopes the day after

I have managed to get 14 items onto EBay - BIN and no sales yet, but will see how it goes.  70% reduction on final fees for this weekend - not sure if it's applicable to everyone.

CMD79

I have money in the bank!!

£20 from (believe it or not!) Saturday's mystery shop! I only submitted it yesterday!! 
£4.46 Sainsbury's vouchers
£10.00 Nectar points

@holly_hobby thank you! It'd starting to catch up now! (Phew!)

Nice one with the FD switch! I found they paid really quickly, so hopefully you'll get that very soon! I'm doing my next one tomorrow! Well done on the Ebaying as well. xx

KAY_B_2

I am rural and my son is a tree surgeon. My way of raising some extra cash is to cut up and store his logs until they are sufficiently seasoned and then sell them for £100 per trailer load. 

Makingabobor2

£6.21 from surveys so far today...

Hollie_Hobbie

CMD79 said:

I have money in the bank!!

£20 from (believe it or not!) Saturday's mystery shop! I only submitted it yesterday!! 
£4.46 Sainsbury's vouchers
£10.00 Nectar points

@holly_hobby thank you! It'd starting to catch up now! (Phew!)

Nice one with the FD switch! I found they paid really quickly, so hopefully you'll get that very soon! I'm doing my next one tomorrow! Well done on the Ebaying as well. xx

Well done you!

Sold my first eBay! Really impressed how quickly money is in bank account - sold last night and in bank account today