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Benbens moneymaking adventure

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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Wow! This is fantastic! Where do you get the stuff you sell, Benben? Is it ex-clutter, or do you buy it to sell on?
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • pixiechick99
    pixiechick99 Posts: 3,732 Forumite
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    Just checked my Paypal account and have £91 in there, very nice! Mind you, I have added all the sales onto my summer challenge sig, but just nice to see the money in an account. I still have about 20 things listed so wont withdraw the money yet. It's annoying you can't withdraw less than £50 - I'm sure it didn't used to be like that? I think the stuff I have on there now is a bit rubbishy, but we'll see. The item on the highest price is G's so she's keeping the money, she's wanting to sell loads to make money to buy herself a camera.
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,398 Forumite
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    It was two xmas presents that were unopened and found lurking at the back of my cupboard :o:o One was a perfume set and one a nail varnish set ( I bite mine) :o :rotfl:I'm rapidly running out of things to sell though :o
    Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1680
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,398 Forumite
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    Guess what ... Deceber 2029 has gone now too :j :j :j I'm not going to want to go back to work in a couple of weeks, I'm enjoying kicking the mortgage's @rse too much :rotfl: :rotfl:
    Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1680
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Fantastic! I must get my mortgage online so I can at least watch it.... this is *so* much fun watching yours tho!
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • pixiechick99
    pixiechick99 Posts: 3,732 Forumite
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    Oh wow that's fab - look how much you've knocked off!!!
    I don't want to go back to work already - and we've still got just under 4 weeks to go haha. I'm getting used to going to bed at 12, up at 9, spending way too much time online etc. And I sooooo need to pull my finger out and finish the nvq, it's starting to scare me now that I've not cracked on it:eek:

    I must start paying extra towards the loan tho - I keep just merrily making money on ebay/amzon then stashing it!!! Nice to watch some savings go up for once....;)
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,398 Forumite
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    I can't view my mortgage online KC, I chuck the figures into a mortgage calculator to see how it affects it. If you use an amortization mortgage calculator it shows you a monthly breakdown of your mortgage payments ;):D
    Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1680
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,398 Forumite
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    List update time ...

    [STRIKE]Go toTescos, buy NOTW and do food shopping [/STRIKE]DONE
    Clean out guinea pigs
    [STRIKE]Upload receipt from mystery shop yesterday [/STRIKE]DONE
    Print off stuff for 6 :eek: mystery shops tomorrow DONE
    [STRIKE]Fill car with petrol [/STRIKE] DONE
    [STRIKE]Pick ds up at 3:30 [/STRIKE] DONE
    Online banking DONE

    Guineas will have to wait till the morning now :o
    Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1680
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,398 Forumite
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    Yay, one of the other items went for 4.99 :j :j Its my lucky day !!!:beer:
    Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1680
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Hurray! I wish we still had smiley central available to us, I'd do the pom pom smiley!
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
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