Self Employed Lover of a Bargain

deb3103 on 10/05/2022 - 22:38
Last edited 11/05/2022 - 10:13 by 1 other user

As a self employed person, who's not getting paid for their time thru the day, I find I spend a lot of time on OzBargain like a lot of us haha.

I spent 2 x 15 mins surfing spotlight today over 2 sessions after I was rudely distracted by a client to save $10 on a voucher when only 3 weeks earlier I forfeited a $10 birthday voucher as I didn't need or want anything and it wasn't worth my time to drive to my local.

How do you balance this or after all this time do you just submit to the addiction? What have you spent the most time on that ended with nothing?

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  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 10/05/2022 - 22:46
    +2

    Balance?!?!

  • brendanm on 10/05/2022 - 22:47
    +2

    I thought Pam could only change her name once a year?

  • cashless on 10/05/2022 - 23:04
    +2

    I’m sorry, but what is the question?

    • deb3103 on 10/05/2022 - 23:21
      -1

      A question is followed by ? so moving forward I would look for these if you encounter them in your everyday life .

      • cashless on 10/05/2022 - 23:33
        +1

        Well, seeing as you did ask one question, you’ll get an answer

        What have you spent the most time on that ended with nothing?

        OzBargain

  • SF3 on 10/05/2022 - 23:17
    +3

    Member Since
    16/11/2015

    Surprised it took this long to come out?

  • AustriaBargain on 11/05/2022 - 00:16
    +5

    If you're not getting paid each day you're not self employed, you're self unemployed.

    • fantombloo on 11/05/2022 - 01:52

      Depends how big the paydays are

    • deb3103 on 11/05/2022 - 15:41
      -1

      Self employed people do not get paid each day they are paid for a job and I am paid quite nicely thankyou…

  • morse on 11/05/2022 - 01:18

    Prioritise. If you could be earning money, exercising or doing some else useful with your time saving $10 is actually costing you. Only browse for bargains as a hobby/downtime when you’d otherwise be doing nothing.

    In terms of self control I guess it’s like anything else, set goals of what you want to achieve and why, structure your time, set limits. If you’re self employed you may want to network with others for motivation and accountability.

    As an aside the $10 spotlight vouchers aren’t that great, they usually have a minimum spend of $20 or more. I personally stick to the ones where the minimum spend is the same value as the voucher.

  • onetwothreefour on 11/05/2022 - 06:20
    +3

    Work for someone else then you get paid while browsing ozbargain. Win win.

    Bonus points if you browse while on the toilet during work hours.

  • Stopback on 11/05/2022 - 07:07
    +1

    Better addicted to Ozbargain then all you can eat buffets

  • Donaldhump on 11/05/2022 - 11:18

    Marriage
    oh wait it ended with a -70% return

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