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    Other Referrals Earth & Wheat

    Earth and Wheat is a fairly new company. They provide 'wonky' bread, that would otherwise be wasted due to being imperfect or production over run. Boxes cost £6.99 each and can be delivered on a schedule to suit. I get a box each month, which is just about right for us. In my last box I got 5...
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    The Taster Club

    The Taster Club offers 100% money back on specific food products. This week I claimed a free bar of Cadburys chocolate and a bag of cadburys buttons. There were also Green & Blacks chocolate, small bars of cadburys chocolate and Bassets wine gums. Once signed in, you see a list of products...
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    All at once, or little by little?

    I've got a story in my head that I'm thinking of writing for my blog. But its much longer than my usual short and sweet stories and will be several (short) chapters long. My dilemma is, do I publish the whole thing in one go, or chapter by chapter with a break between. If I publish it bit by...
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    User Crowd has been compromised

    In case anyone hasn't had the email, this just landed in my inbox: On the Nov 29, 2018 UTC+10 we became aware of an unusual spike in user log-ins on UserCrowd. Upon further investigation we discovered that an unknown third-party had gained unauthorised access to a number of UserCrowd accounts...
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    Panelbase data breach

    Panelbase have just sent me 619 emails, each addressed to a different person, complete with their email address and name! Oops. I've just let them now, probably along with the other 618 people who's name and email I now know. Someone CC'd when they should have BCC'd, then sent a copy of each...
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    Start Human Test

    If you have an Amazon Echo or Google home, ask it to 'Start Human Test'. Now that is what I call clever!
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    Daily free lotteries

    Here is a list of current daily lotteries, all are free to play and offer prizes. Please feel free to add any extras that you find on your travels :) http://doblotto.com (With referral: http://doblotto.com/r/c5a4e7 ) (Currently inactive, but may be back) https://www.freenationallotto.com...
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    And so it starts!

    Over the past couple of days, the first Christmas based competitions have appeared - and so have the outlandish sob stories about why people deserve to win a cheap advent calendar or piece of Christmas tat. Are people so desperate to win that they will air all of their (maybe true) woes on a...
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    Are surveys paying less and demanding more lately?

    I've been doing surveys online for over 20 years, and do quite well from them. But lately they seem to be asking for more of my time for the same amount of cash. Surveys always used to screen out, but now they seem to be doing it further and further through - sometimes right at the end of a...
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    Buy me a coffee button

    I was perusing the interweb last night and came across a blog with a 'buy me a coffee' button embedded in the page. Basically people click it and pay some pennies into your Paypal account if they like your content. This one was a from a site called Ko-fi.com. I wondered if anybody had tried it...
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    Jury Service

    Has anyone ever done this? My daughter has had a letter this morning summoning her for jury duty and is feeling rather nervous about the prospect. Although the letter gives a brief outline of what to expect, it doesn't really go into much detail.
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    Update scanner has reset to default

    Just a heads up if anyone is using Update Scanner to get page change notifications. I hadn't had any 'pings' for a few days, so checked my settings and it has all defaulted to scan once a day - no wonder Prolific has been quiet ;) I presume it is due to an update, as I haven't changed anything...
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    Win prizes with the made to move app

    Lucozade have an app that rewards you for exercise. For every 5K steps that you do, you get an entry into a prize draw to win things like free passes for PureGym, free entry into Tough Mudder and free sessions at Goals. If you get 5K of steps for 3 days in a week, you get entered into a weekly...
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    Thornton's Easter sale

    If you haven't had enough Easter eggs, Thornton's are selling their's off cheap today. You have to get in quick as they are usually gone within a few days. Eggs that were £10 each are now 3 for £10 and others are reduced from £7 each to 3 for £5 and some from £4 each to 3 for £3. Or you can buy...
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    Pointless survey question of the day!

    In an online survey: Do you have access to the internet? Erm, no, I'm filling this in by telepathy!! ;D Feel free to add your own daft questions ;)
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    Watch out for Viva La Voucher!

    After completing an offer on a certain site last week, within minutes I received a text saying 'Hi 'my name', thanks for completing our survey, please click here for your voucher'. I thought it was just spam, so deleted it. I got a few more texts, but again deleted them. I then went to use my...
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    Getting logged out!

    Over the last few weeks, I have been finding that sites that I have always stayed logged into are logging me out after each session is finished. I've ticked the 'keep me logged in' button on them all to no avail. It's getting annoying now and I'm missing out on earnings. I have page monitors...
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    Sorry, you've been blocked!

    I was quite happily working through my surveys (one at a time) when I clicked to do the next and got this friendly message: Now it's happening on every survey that I do. My laptop is squeaky clean, and I have scanned it as a precaution for antivirus and antispy/malware. Nothing is showing up...
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    Virgin red win a trip to Necker Island

    The Virgin Red app is running a new competition to win a trip to Necker Island this month. Basically it's a treasure hunt and there are clues each day to find hidden coins which could be online or in stores. Each coin has a code which you enter into the Virgin Red app to find out how many points...
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    'Street' tasks without a data allowance

    I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't find the answer, because I'm blonde ;) I have an iphone 5 which is on PAYG. Which of the street task companies can I use by choosing the job from home, doing it and then uploading via wi-fi when I get back home, rather than using data? Or...