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  • System
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    cifpower wrote: »
    Hey you guys!

    Hi ya Cif, how's tricks?

    UNDERGROUND :D
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  • cifpower
    cifpower Posts: 6,502 Forumite
    Hi ya Cif, how's tricks?

    UNDERGROUND :D
    I'm fine! I had a manic spell last week and ordered £500 of clothes :eek: But I am having so much fun tying them all on. Ans what's better is they all fit! And for a fat bloke like me that means something :D
  • LONG TIME LURKER - great thread, very adictive, have enjoyed reading all exchanges over the years and have found all the information both helpful and useful!

    N-I-D I have to say give UNDERGROUND abreak he has aways come across as a helpful nice guy and I know you work very hard on this forum helping people etc, but you do come across as a bit of a bully sometimes, which is a great shame as you excel on here in other ways!:T
  • System
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    cifpower wrote: »
    I'm fine! I had a manic spell last week and ordered £500 of clothes :eek: But I am having so much fun tying them all on. Ans what's better is they all fit! And for a fat bloke like me that means something :D

    500 quid!!! Wow! I haven't spent that much on clothes in years! I used to buy everything designer but now just can't bear to part with the cash!

    I've hopefully got a Tesco loan (agreed in principle) on the way, sent off the paperwork yesterday. Fed up with passing debt from card to card. I'm going to shut down all but one of my credit cards now and live on cash :rolleyes: well that's the idea anyway!

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  • cifpower
    cifpower Posts: 6,502 Forumite
    500 quid!!! Wow! I haven't spent that much on clothes in years! I used to buy everything designer but now just can't bear to part with the cash!

    I've hopefully got a Tesco loan (agreed in principle) on the way, sent off the paperwork yesterday. Fed up with passing debt from card to card. I'm going to shut down all but one of my credit cards now and live on cash :rolleyes: well that's the idea anyway!

    UNDERGROUND :D
    Good luck with that! Whenever I pay my debts down I just run the bloody stuff up again. When I am manic (thankfully less often due to the medication) I can go mad with the old credit card/catalogue accounts. I will just have to teach myself to calm down and keep saying to myself - "this has to be paid back!"

    So I am opening a 2nd account for bills and keep my main one for spending and when its gone its gone
  • System
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    cifpower wrote: »
    Good luck with that! Whenever I pay my debts down I just run the bloody stuff up again. When I am manic (thankfully less often due to the medication) I can go mad with the old credit card/catalogue accounts. I will just have to teach myself to calm down and keep saying to myself - "this has to be paid back!"

    So I am opening a 2nd account for bills and keep my main one for spending and when its gone its gone

    Cif, that's just what I do, it really helps to keep bills and spends separate.

    Because I share a flat I have 3 accounts, 1 for household bills, 1 for personal bills and 1 for my spends! It's all working well so far, everything is on SO and DD so I don't have to think about paying bills. Plus the household bill account is Halifax Reward so I get the fiver a month!

    I really want rid of all my debt now, just want to live on what I earn and save for what I want.

    I requested voluntary termination on my car HP recently and awaiting a response. Has anyone got experience of this? Does it impact your credit file? It's only reported to Equifax so not too concerned.

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  • seeya23
    seeya23 Posts: 2,330 Forumite
    good evening to all
  • ElkyElky
    ElkyElky Posts: 2,459 Forumite
    edited 3 August 2009 at 12:01PM
    It has been 2 weeks since I applied for the Sygma Silver card and still haven't heard anything. I think I'm going to give them a call right now.

    EDIT: My application was accepted. No word of the limit or rates as of yet. They said they have just sent the card out and should receive it within a few days.
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  • seeya23
    seeya23 Posts: 2,330 Forumite
    ElkyElky wrote: »
    It has been 2 weeks since I applied for the Sygma Silver card and still haven't heard anything. I think I'm going to give them a call right now.

    EDIT: My application was accepted. No word of the limit or rates as of yet. They said they have just sent the card out and should receive it within a few days.


    well done mate:beer::beer:
  • cifpower
    cifpower Posts: 6,502 Forumite
    Got 2 letters from Citibank this morning. One saying "we are processing your app" and another saying, "you having a laugh?"

    Oh well.
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