WACKY WEEKEND

Car Boots, eBay, Paid Surveys etc

Well after a hectic Bank Holiday weekend, coming back to work with a thump!! :0(

Saturday was a 'blob' day where we stayed in jarmies, done arts n crafts, a bit of washing, surfed the net and watched a bit of TV.

Sunday, my daughter and I were up at 4am getting ready to joint the queue's to Nevendon Car Boot (off A127, Basildon/Wickford turn off http://www.carbootsaledirectory.co.uk/car-boot-sales-essex/nevendon-boot-sale/) With a discounted entrance fee of £8 (with voucher.  Normally £10 a car for your pitch).  A bit nippy but warmed up ok.  Trading was slow for me and not many sellers or buyers.  We had packed up and gone by midday.

Monday, again we were both up at 4am and this time joined the queue to Sadlers Car Boot (A13, Sadlers Farm Roundabout http://www.carbootsaledirectory.co.uk/car-boot-sales-essex/sadlers-hall-car-boot-sale-basildon-saturdays-and-bank-holidays/).  With an entrance fee of £10 (no voucher and no discount being a bank holiday).  Both of us very tired but we enjoy doing the car boots.  Better days' trading as alot more buyers and not too many sellers.  Doubled what I made Sunday.  Started spitting with rain around 11.30 so we decided to pack up.  Was home by midday.

The afternoons were spent doing chores around my flat and then spend some quality time with my daughter.  DVD's (iRobot, Batman & Disney Channel movies), duvet and lots of cuddles :0)

Sold a few items on eBay too over the weekend which was good.  The only downfall is you have to wait up to 21 days to get your money released from PayPal. 3 weeks to wait for quick cash sales ........ Boooooo!!!! Hasn't stopped me from listing more items, just have to live with the 3 week wait.  Going to list more this week.

5 day working week ahead of me as working Saturday too.  Looking forward to this weekend coming as I have my bestest mate Shelley coming over to stay.  Have not seen her in months!!

Have had a play on the 'Paid Surveys' sites but nothing has materialised yet.  I will still continue to complete as many surveys as I can by the weekend and give my verdict on it next weekend.

Survey sites tried as below:

Global Test Market
www.globaltestmarket.com

Valued Opinions
http://www.valuedopinions.co.uk

MySurvey
http://uk.mysurvey.com

I have read on the following website that the above sites are not scams and are recommended

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/make-money-surveys

ONLINE 'MONEY MAKING - WORKING AT HOME' SCAMS

After having started yesterday on such a high note, by midnight last night I felt cheated!! I decided to see if I could earn money online by working from home.  NOW before you all say, Oh dear, what did you do....well I experimented.  And yes after 6 hours going through the pages and signing up for different webpages, I realised I had spent £60!!  I think I need my head read!!

Money is very hard to earn these days and as a carboot fanatic every weekend (weather permitting) trying to earn the little extra, I really don't have the money to spend but hey...I did and yes I feel stupid!!

SO AS A WARNING TO OTHERS do not try the following SCAMS:

http://newsonlineweekly.com/uk/finance/

http://automatedhomeprofits.org.uk/

If you do click on the above just to take a peek, if you see a lady holding a baby she is not just known as Melissa Johnson, but Kelly Richards, Michelle Richardson and Katie Matthews (and probably many more) and lives in more places around the world........at the same time!!! Wonder woman or what!!

Well after waking up this morning and feeling rather disappointed in myself for being so gullible I have decided to do some more research on the scams so I can write about my misfortune and hopefully stop others from doing the same.

Some of the following links are a good read, detering you away from these kind of scams and some point you in the right direction of truly making money online and how to try and dodge scams.

http://fionamackenzie.com.au/morning-coffee/automated-home-profits-legit-scam.html

http://fionamackenzie.com.au/morning-coffee/home-income-cash-system-legit-scam.html

http://richinwriters.com/work-from-home/

My next research direction will be on the 'Paid Surveys' and whether they are worth the time to get paid.....if at all.

Keep coming back for more as I will be updating my blog on a regular basis.

This pretty much sums up my day!!



My First Day!!

This blog is about my every day life.....I've decided to start blogging for the first time on a day that has become a very inspiring day!!  It's only early so lots of challenges are sure to evolve.  The story of my life has not been very lucky in some areas and very lucky in others.  I do hope you enjoy the read from day to day and join me regularly on my journey to my future.  Be prepared for lots of funny comments, photos and lifes ups and downs!! They happen often lol :0)