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  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,051 Forumite
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    That’s a good point SC. I intend to open a new account soon purely with it being a dummy account to take advantages of switching bonuses. However M are telling me the account is now closed so I’ll wait and see if my credit report updates to show it’s closed! 
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  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,051 Forumite
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    Free money update. 

    £5.53 topcashback
    £10.68 Shopmium (closing this account now as hardly any of the offers are relevant to me and they were going to start charging for the account!)

    In non cash rewards 
    £5 Amazon voucher from ipsos
    17p credit on electricity bill 

    free cash earned to date - £174.36
    other free money earned to date - £57.29
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    MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,051 Forumite
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    Sains sent me a nice offer this week. Buy any Christmas crackers for 250 bonus points. So I did. And then promptly returned them to the customer service desk. £1.25 worth of points! Their system isn’t joined up when they offer bonus points like that if you then return items!
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  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,051 Forumite
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    Been a good weekend. Got lots done but also relaxed a bit and pottered about the house. 

    Free money update 
    £17.60 everup 
    £8.41 TCB

    non cash rewards
    £1.25 nectar 

    free cash earned to date - £200.57
    Other free money earned to date - 67.54
    DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
    MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,051 Forumite
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    Got a great cashback deal this week, buying three baking bottles (cookies / brownies / blondies) from Mr T at £5.50 each. Greenginn had 100% cashback so submitted the claim and got those for free. Even cheekily returned one so made £5.50. The other two will go in the kids stockings. 


    Free money update 
    £6.43 prolific 
    £3.26 everup

    non cash 
    £2.03 nectar 
    £10.94 solar panels income / free electric event 

    Totals to date 
    cash - £210.26
    non cash - £80.51

    DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
    MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,051 Forumite
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    My Christmas / birthday pot is now down to £16.41 and I’m determined that isn’t going into the red so I’m done!  This is the tricky time for me when you see so much out and about and it’s tempting to pick bits up. 

    All the house DIY purchases are done except one set of blinds so that pot should also go into the new year in credit. Aiming for a month of very little DIY in December. 


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    MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,051 Forumite
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    Oooh new Sainsburys Christmas challenge out. 
    DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
    MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,051 Forumite
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    Well the weather put paid to a couple of days of plans so very much been in the house pottering and doing a fair few surveys etc. 

    free money update 
    pinecone -£3
    Tesco refund on ‘free’ item - £5.50
    Vypr - £5

    non cash 
    Ipsos -£5 amazon
    amazon haul - £10 voucher 

    totals to date 
    cash - £224.72
    non cash - £95.51
    DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
    MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,051 Forumite
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    Good little earner on TcB at the mo. Open two cahoot savings accounts and stick £1 in each and you can get £25 cashback on each account so £50 heading my way in January. 

    Free money update 
    2p on nectar (it all adds up!)
    £5 Amazon from shoppix
    £2.46 voucher from Sainsburys. 

    Totals to date 
    cash - £224.72
    non cash - £102.99

    Not sure I would make £400 by December but £350 would be nice!


    DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
    MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,051 Forumite
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    Probably the last free money update of the month. 

    Cash 
    £1.25 from everup
    £7.61 from prolific 
    £5.46 from checkout smart 

    Non cash 
    £3.20 in nectar points 
    £5 Amazon voucher from ipsos 
    £5 Amazon voucher from Clear

    totals to date
    Cash - £239.03
    non Cash - £116.19

    £355.22 made in November. Really pleased with that. Goes without saying that some of this is generated from more spending because of Christmas so it’ll be interesting to see how I do next month. 
    DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
    MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
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