Just got paid to buy gold!

[BullionBuyerUK]

So this is a bit of a heads up for anyone who collects nectar points and is a premium member of Quidco. I just bought an Austrian philharmonic 1/10 gold coin for £189 and I basically got paid £2.95 for doing so along with a free coin.

First off, nectar are offering 8 x points on eBay, and you need to opt in. So that equals 1512 points for my coin. Those points are worth £7.56

Then Quidco is offering premium members £5 cashback on any purchase, opt in. And then also offering 1% cashback on eBay, so another £1.89

You can spend nectar points on eBay once you covert them into a voucher, but it will only work on UK based listings. You have to spend at least £10 along with the voucher. So I converted 35500 nectar points on eBay, which is £177.50 and then I paid the remaining £11.50 for the coin. So my only outgoings for this purchase is £11.50

So I earned £6.89 cashback on Quidco.

1512 nectar points worth £7.56

Which both come to £14.45.

Deduct the £11.50 I paid 

And I still got paid £2.95 for buying this coin.

I've only mentioned this on here as it may be of help to some people wanting to make a purchase who don't have the available funds during these tight economic times. Plus, it's always nice to earn extra nectar points/cashback on any purchase.

I will also mention, that when I buy any gold or silver from eBay, I ALWAYS select the click and collect option for delivery and collect from my local Argos. This is an extra measure to protect my details from any rouge people out there.

[LawrenceChard]

15 minutes ago, BullionBuyerUK said:

This is an extra measure to protect my details from any rouge people out there.

rouge¹

/ruːʒ/

1. noun

1. a red powder or cream used as a cosmetic for colouring the cheeks or lips.

   "she wore patches of rouge on her cheeks"

    
2. 2.

   short for jeweller's rouge.

    

verb

 

1. colour with rouge.

   "the make-up artist rouged my cheeks"

   •  

      

adjective

 

1. (of wine) red.

    

   Or as in "Moulin Rouge"?

   😎

[BullionBuyerUK]

3 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

rouge¹

/ruːʒ/

1. noun

1. a red powder or cream used as a cosmetic for colouring the cheeks or lips.

   "she wore patches of rouge on her cheeks"

    
2. 2.

   short for jeweller's rouge.

    

verb

 

1. colour with rouge.

   "the make-up artist rouged my cheeks"

   •  

      

adjective

 

1. (of wine) red.

    

   Or as in "Moulin Rouge"?

   😎

Apologies for my speed typing, and missing that error of mine. Rogue was of course what I meant. If only we were all as perfect as you!

[GoldStatue]

But how much did you have to spend in Sainsburys to get 35500 nectar points? Half the shop 😀

I always see people in the USA talking about earning ebay bucks when they purchase coins off of ebay, sounds like they have a good rewards system over there. Over here Nectar and clubcard and the like seem to have gotten a lot worse over the years.

[LawrenceChard]

6 minutes ago, BullionBuyerUK said:

Apologies for my speed typing, and missing that error of mine. Rogue was of course what I meant. If only we were all as perfect as you!

Who says I'm prefect  perfect?

I also have rogue fingers which usually spell George as Geroge!

😎

[BullionBuyerUK]

Just now, GoldStatue said:

But how much did you have to spend in Sainsburys to get 35500 nectar points? Half the shop 😀

I always see people in the USA talking about earning ebay bucks when they purchase coins off of ebay, sounds like they have a good rewards system over there. Over here Nectar and clubcard and the like seem to have gotten a lot worse over the years.

I have a nectar American express card, I use it for nearly all my purchases, you get 20,000 points for signing up to it via the nectar app, and double points on all spends. If I buy from someone on TSF and I can pay via PayPal I will, as that card is linked to that. It doesn't take long for the points to soon mount up. There are always deals for 5/6/7 x points as well, which help bump it up. I don't very often shop in Sainsbury's, if I did I'd probably have 25% more points

[modofantasma]

4 minutes ago, GoldStatue said:

But how much did you have to spend in Sainsburys to get 35500 nectar points? Half the shop 😀

 

Providing it's money he was spending anyway then great. Clearly don't go and spend however much in Sainsbury's for the sake of making it work 🤣

 

Anyone got any ideas for whatever avios are called these days? 

When I say ideas is there a cost effective way to use them to buy bullion somewhere?

[BullionBuyerUK]

10 minutes ago, modofantasma said:

Providing it's money he was spending anyway then great. Clearly don't go and spend however much in Sainsbury's for the sake of making it work 🤣

 

Anyone got any ideas for whatever avios are called these days? 

When I say ideas is there a cost effective way to use them to buy bullion somewhere?

You can convert Avios points into nectar points, I'm not sure of the conversation rate, but I did this a while back with some old Avios points I had

[Pete]

Buying gold at £1890 an ounce - braver person than I for sure.

[BullionBuyerUK]

19 minutes ago, Pete said:

Buying gold at £1890 an ounce - braver person than I for sure.

Well that price did include Special delivery as well, so if you take that price away it's only £4 more then what it is to buy one from Atkinsons 🤷🏻‍♂️

And I've not actually parted with any of my cash

Edited August 19, 2022 by BullionBuyerUK

[Chandler365]

So much easier with green shield stamps IMHO 💮💮💮 ( yes I realise the imogi is red ) 🤨