Making Money

7 TOP TIPS FOR A NEW EBAY SELLER

I’ve been selling on Ebay on and off now for over 10 years and whilst I haven’t reached the heady heights of being a ‘business seller’, I’ve learnt a lot of helpful stuff along the way. Here are my 7 Top Tips for a new Ebay Seller Anything and everything eventually sells You may be surprised at what people buy on Ebay. Something that has been sitting in your loft for 10 years, could be just what someone else is…

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Making Money

HOW TO MAKE SOME CAR BOOT CASH

MAKE SOME CAR BOOT CASH So tomorrow is my local mid week car boot sale day. I’m more or less organised and I’ll be up and at ’em in the morning at the crack of dawn…..well maybe by about 7.30. I’m hoping to make some car boot cash to supplement my pension. I’ve decided to take all the clothes that have failed to sell on eBay.  I’ve also got a bag full of nice shoes, a boot already full of…

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Living on Less

JUST ONE BREAD ROLL FOR BREAKFAST

When you find just one bread roll left, and you know damn well that it’s going to be too dry to enjoy for your lunch, then think outside the bread bin and turn it into breakfast instead. Yes I know it’s only one bread roll, and in the general scheme of things, it won’t be a great loss to chuck it away, but sometimes the devil is in the detail for a girl on a pension. Just cut it a…

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Living on Less

HOW TO HAVE SPEND NO MONEY DAYS

I really love a spend no money day. It’s a nice feeling when you’ve not opened your purse, or given any of your money to anyone, for anything! And, it kind of makes you feel a teeny bit smug. With a bit of planning and a degree of determination, it’s really easy for a girl on a pension, or anyone to have quite a few spend no money days in a month.       Firstly, yes I know you’ve…

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Living on Less

HOW TO FIND CHEAP ACCOMMODATION

Unless you have the security of a mortgage free property, it can be really expensive for a single, mature girl on a pension to find an affordable accommodation, and pay for it all by herself. There are so many reasons you could be without a secure roof over your head in later life; it might be by choice, or by circumstance. But whatever the reason, here is a quick, relatively simple and cost effective way to solve your problem. HOUSE…

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