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  • clearmydebts
    clearmydebts Posts: 6,485 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    That's great news Doodledoo. You must be thrilled! Have you anything you could ebay to make some money?
    Total (Aug 19):€58,567 Now:€26,947
    DFD:Nov 22/June 22
    Mortgage: €199,712
    MFD: March 2042/July 2034
  • doodledo_2
    doodledo_2 Posts: 4,676 Forumite
    I don't have any credit cards at all, this is my last one :T

    I will definately be hunting round the house this weekend for anything I can Ebay and I had better start doing my STP no excuse now as a great incentive.
    Proud to be dealing with my debts - DFW No: 712

    03/09/09 - DEBT FREE AT LAST :D
    Racing Hypno to Save - £10/£5000
  • CAFCGirl
    CAFCGirl Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    go doodledo go

    May the gods of STP smile on you xx
    Wealth is not measured by currency
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,971 Forumite
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    doodledo wrote: »
    Just had some good news one of my debts have offered me a 60% settlement after some negotiation. I need to find £450 within 14 days though, at a push I can do £200 but will be super tight the rest of the month so just need to find the other £250 :eek:
    Hope you get the money it seems too good an offer to pass up!
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £24.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 30.1/£127.5K target 23.6% 29/7/25
    4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
    5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/25
  • doodledo wrote: »
    Just had some good news one of my debts have offered me a 60% settlement after some negotiation. I need to find £450 within 14 days though, at a push I can do £200 but will be super tight the rest of the month so just need to find the other £250 :eek:

    Wow, Doodledo that is good, hope you find the extra cash.

    Nothing much happening here except I just spent £80 in Sainsbury's as they have all nappies, wipes and baby food etc with a third off so stocked up, plus got dinner for tomorrow and some cakes to take later as we are going round eldest daughter's friends house for Halloween.

    Also got my grabitnow diary through the post, only paid £1.44 for it including delivery and it's excellent, probably would be about £5.99 or something in the shops. Don't know if any of you check out grabitnow, they have some good deals on things (some not so good) they do one a day and sometimes you can get a good bargain.

    Listed some stuff on my other Personal Ebay account yesterday as I got the 5p offer, it's for the next 9 or 10 days I think so will have to get lots listed and take advantage.

    My Nan is doing OK, my Aunt says she's not going anywhere yet (ie she's not going to die yet) when my mum said I wanted to go and see her and bring the kids sometime soon, so my parents are going to come up here one Friday and then we'll go for the day with the kids. She will be in hospital until Monday, she's 93 today.

    Haven't paid any more of debts yet, no more bills have come in yet just my Barclaycard and I should have the money for that next week.

    Have good afternoons everyone, will check back later.
    Sealed Pot Challenge #016
  • CAFCGirl
    CAFCGirl Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    £42.45 paid off the evil I.F.com CC now the system is finally back on line.

    Had a look through everyones sig, some people are doing VERY WELL! Am mega impressed with how people are getting on.

    Glad your Nan is ok TMD...

    We'll be having a quiet night tonight, no point venturing out tonight on Halloween too many drunk students staggering about down here LOL

    Might sit here and do my shopping list for Asda... sad life I lead. Im hoping to get our monthly food shop down to £150 if not less this month
    Wealth is not measured by currency
  • thriftymoo
    thriftymoo Posts: 1,219 Forumite
    hi all

    havent got much money making going on today but i have sent dooyoo a third email about them suspending my account. basically they have told me what was wrong with my reviews and said they will consider activating my account again if i will improve my existing reviews, ive said im more than happy to do that..have no idea if i'll win this as they said they werent sure whether i understood that my reviews needed work because of the first email i sent them (i was angry and didnt know why they had cancelled it!). fingers crossed!
    Aug £10 a day £0/£1000
  • CAFCGirl
    CAFCGirl Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    Hope it gets sorted soon hun.
    Have you re-done your reviews? or can u not get in to change them? Seems a bit odd on their part.

    God I'd be livid if they did that to mine!I did sit there writing about frazzles for nowt!
    Wealth is not measured by currency
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,971 Forumite
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    I can't seem to work up to writing any more reviews yet. I wouldn't mind but I got the chance to be a super-reviewer for another website and I intended to do some work on that but didn't quite make that either.

    Have been pondering moving to another part of the country but have just found out that our house has dropped significantly in value upto 10% which would throw a big spanner in the works...
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £24.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 30.1/£127.5K target 23.6% 29/7/25
    4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
    5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/25
  • clearmydebts
    clearmydebts Posts: 6,485 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Hi SH,

    Sorry to hear about your house price drop. I moved to England from Scotland last year and left an apartment there (currently rented out). I am afraid to go online and see what they are going for now. The only thing is we bought it 5 years ago (5th anniversary today actually!) so it might be a while before it goes into negative equity. We needed to move so just living in rented accommodation at the moment.

    I know how you feel about dooyoo. I really have to psych myself up to writing a review!
    Total (Aug 19):€58,567 Now:€26,947
    DFD:Nov 22/June 22
    Mortgage: €199,712
    MFD: March 2042/July 2034
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