Me, me, me? (What do you spend your dooyoo earnings on?)

Member Name: Foxy-Lady

Product:	What do you spend your dooyoo earnings on?
Date:	20/05/09 (243 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Nice to get rewards for my efforts

Disadvantages: Seems to take me ages to accumulate dooyoo miles

I've been a dooyoo member for roughly 8 years now but to be honest, I have never made massive earnings from the site. At first (as 'older' dooyooers will know) the miles reward structure was different to the current offering. There were no miles instantly awarded for simply posting an 'op' and each read by a member was relied upon to generate 3p in earnings. Emphasis was on quality not quantity with writers actively rating (to hopefully get some return reads) and also aiming to submit a terrific review in the hope of gaining a crown to boost miles even further. Uploading lots of reviews in the present reward system does seem to pay dividends to those who choose to do so but it's not for me...partly because I don't have the time! Although I'm managing to be slightly more active at the moment due to being very quiet at work, I'll still continue to use dooyoo in the same way as I did before. It won't get me huge rewards but I'll be happy with a little bit of extra pocket money!

So, how do I actually spend my dooyoo earnings?...

I occasionally request Amazon vouchers if I've seen something specific that I'd like on the Amazon website. I've purchased books in the past along with small electrical items such as a home telephone and a couple of birthday gifts from the jewellery section. On the whole, I find obtaining vouchers a bit limiting though and can often end in buying something for the sake of it, simply because you've got a voucher. I would much rather be free to shop around, spend my earnings on absolutely anything, and from anywhere that I choose. I therefore usually prefer to receive cheques as payment.

This does have its down sides in that once paid into the bank it is easy for the money to quickly 'disappear' into the day to day family expenditure. I must admit that I have purposely done this in the past though. It was during a period when hubby was unemployed and had been for some time. We were really struggling with cash flow at this point and a £50 cheque from dooyoo helped to alleviate a little bit of pressure that particular month! It was a shame to have to do it but at times, some things are just more important.

There's no denying that I like to treat myself though - don't we all! It's nice to reap some benefits from my efforts. A few years ago whilst pregnant with our first child I reached that lovely dooyoo cheque point. We had a list as long as my arm of all the baby products that we needed to purchase so I decided to strike two or three items off the list using my little bonus. As I had earned the money, hubby insisted that I bought something for myself as well so without much persuasion I trotted off to the shops. I came back with a lovely bracelet. Nothing too expensive or extravagant...it was just satisfying to be able to buy something for ME!

Payout is fast approaching again (so please continue to rate generously!) and I find myself in much the same situation. Now pregnant with our second child I feel that a similar solution is in order. We don't need to buy quite as much baby stuff this time around as we stored some items that can be used again, but it's always nice to have some new things. I think I'll probably get some tiny outfits for bambino. And of course...not forgetting a little bit of something for myself.

Summary: How I spend my dooyoo pocket money!