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How much did you owe to go br

As the title says really, how much have you owed and decided that it was time to go br?
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  • philnicandamy
    philnicandamy Posts: 15,685 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Owed £11,500 retired from job on health grounds after a serious car accident....unable to work & went BR not long after
    We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will
  • Lensman_2
    Lensman_2 Posts: 1,506 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Currently owing £25k. Looking at possible £40k more landing in my lap shortly. If so, it isn't tenable.
  • i was £20,000 in the end :S
    BSC: No: 105
  • Over £60k for me once personal guarantees I gave as a director of an insolvent company and cars involved in the same were included.
  • DON79
    DON79 Posts: 3,842 Forumite
    £43k for me! Just loans and credit cards! No real excuse! Just silliness! :o well that and two unexpected pregnancies which cut back the hours I can work.
    BSC #215/No.1 Jan 09 Club
  • £37,000 for me again just loans and credit cards.
  • My Total is around £158,000 give or take a few 1p's.

    Northern Rock 136,000.00 (why is it called a shortfall? nothing short about it)
    Abbey Loan 20,000
    O/D 2,000
  • £23,000 in total

    When my job changed from £22K+ down to £17k+ a couple of years ago, the monthly payments of £500 became unachievable.

    I don't think I lived beyond my means, just that my circumstances changed and meant I couldn't make the payments any more.
    :j BR on 09/12/08 :j
    :T OR Interview (30 minutes!) on 19/01/09 :T
    :beer: Car confirmed (in writing) as Exempt Property on 29/01/09 :beer:
    :j Automatically Discharged on 09/12/09 :j
  • 40,000 due to stupidity and having to come out of work due to illness losing 6,000 a year and unable to repay the debt.
    :rolleyes: Money Talks ...
    but all mine ever says is Goodbye! :rolleyes:
  • my debt is massive in comparrison :-(
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