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"Pay Off Your Mortgage in Two Years"
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Hi,
I enjoyed the show, but I couldn't help thinking. Sean, when you were helping people to quit smoking, why didn't you try on your wife?
Her habit was costing you about £17 a week!0 -
Good question there, and i'm suprised you are the first to ask.
Unfortunately my darling wife is not very susceptible to my suggestions as you probably noticed!!!!
WIFE HERE:
Can I just say firstly it was not £17 a week I spent on fags, it was closer to £12 and to be hypnotised to stop you have to want to give up - I didn't. We all have our vices after all0 -
Probably a good thing or you could get away with murder!0
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Hi Dan....nice thread...thought you and wife did well, Sean...er....can you do your trick on the internet, I need to lose 20.....zzzz.....zzzz.0
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I enjoyed the programme and will be watching the rest of the series,it will be interesting to see the other couples and how they are doing. Well done to Anne Marie and Sean, I thought you did well, hope you manage to keep saving the pennies.0
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Sean
When the presenter was suggesting that you attack the corporate market with your NLP skills we were asking ourselves why you didn't appear to start with your own bank employer as the most obvious route in? Did you try this, if not why not even if it means doing some of it for free to get some testimonials to get you started elsewhere.
MariaMake £2025 in 2025
Prolific £617.02, Octopoints £5.20, TCB £398.58, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £60, Shopmium £26.60, Everup £24.91 Zopa CB £30
Total (4/9/25) £1573.21/£2025 77%
Make £2024 in 2024
Prolific £907.37, Chase Int £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus ref £50, Octopoints £70.46, TCB £112.03, Shopmium £3, Iceland £4, Ipsos £20, Misc Sales £55.44Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%0 -
Household Bank did not return any calls from the BBC, and I had an internal email asking me not to mention who I worked for.
They do not like you having two jobs like most banks.
Good question once again though.
Regards
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caseya wrote:Household Bank did not return any calls from the BBC, and I had an internal email asking me not to mention who I worked for.
They do not like you having two jobs like most banks.
Good question once again though.
Regards
Sean
The shots of you standing outside your bank were a bit of a giveaway though! We'd never even heard of Household Bank, so they should be grateful for a load of free publicity!Make £2025 in 2025
Prolific £617.02, Octopoints £5.20, TCB £398.58, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £60, Shopmium £26.60, Everup £24.91 Zopa CB £30
Total (4/9/25) £1573.21/£2025 77%
Make £2024 in 2024
Prolific £907.37, Chase Int £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus ref £50, Octopoints £70.46, TCB £112.03, Shopmium £3, Iceland £4, Ipsos £20, Misc Sales £55.44Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%0 -
lapat wrote:what a load of bull.my morgate is £132k and mine and the misses joint income is £55-60k witha £5k bonus.and we spend every penny virtually on childcare,bills,food,clothing all the other things you need to live on.we budget like hell just to get by.my £5k bonus a year goes on a holiday every year including spends. and the only time weve been out for 6 months was on new years eve for 2 1/2 hrs with a £40 relatives give us for xmas presents....how the hell do they expect you to pay of your morgate in 2 years.even with the £45 i overpay a month on my mortgage it brings it down by just over 4 years
Blimey, our mortgage is also £132k but our income is only £22-25k a year!! We have 3 kids and manage really well, mainly down to all the info and help I get off this site. Must agree though don't have a hope in hell of paying it off in 2 years!!0 -
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