Get yourself a 'Mortgage Pig'

phizzimum

Haize wrote:

We've a £111k ish mortgage with just under 39 years left to run

wow Haize, I had no idea that you could get a mortgage over that long a term...how long was it originally 40 years?

glad you found your password, always good to have a new poster around (says me the lurker!)

lynne1307

well, a hippo actually, from e bay, for 1p !! £2 p&p but i think a bargain
i am going to name her holly the happenny hippo, and she is going to be well fed as my target is my first £500 overpayment at the end of Feb !, have £400 so far with two weeks to go !

thanks for the great idea

Lynne

comping_cat

Newgirl wrote:

For the OP who thought everyone would laugh... just read this thread out to my OH who has decided he wants a donkey 'piggy' bank so he can call it Daniel the Debt Donkey. And they say I'm mad!

Newgirl

This makes me think of Radio one - when they play 'Domonic the donkey'!!!!:rotfl: :rotfl:

Hope your Daniel helps with your mortgage free/debt free dreams!!!!

Nickynoo1

hi, i got a pig last week too. Although its a hedgehog, one of those 1970's brown china things! But hey it was free on freerecycle so saved some pennies then. Ive been trying to put in a pound a day, as i dont have many take aways etc anyway. Cant say ive missed the pound going out my purse, but already i have £8 in there. as they say, Little acorns..........

kiwi88_2

Nickynoo1 wrote:

hi, i got a pig last week too. Although its a hedgehog, one of those 1970's brown china things! But hey it was free on freerecycle so saved some pennies then. Ive been trying to put in a pound a day, as i dont have many take aways etc anyway. Cant say ive missed the pound going out my purse, but already i have £8 in there. as they say, Little acorns..........

Welcome to the "pigpen" Nickynoo1

Have you a name for hedgehog? It's tradition you see :rotfl: I have a pig named Percy but we have lots of different animals and names here in the pen Will he/she be a morgage/debt/savings hog? A pound a day, that's a great idea and a large acorn worth £365 a year.

pigpen

kiwi88 wrote:

Welcome to the "pigpen" Nickynoo1

Was that a dig?? lol

See I heard my name and came squealing!!

I've been good this month and it is the first time I've not been tempted to count it every 5 minutes throughout the month!.. wonder how much is in Blingda the Shiny Silver Sow

comping_cat

pigpen wrote:

Was that a dig?? lol

See I heard my name and came squealing!!

I've been good this month and it is the first time I've not been tempted to count it every 5 minutes throughout the month!.. wonder how much is in Blingda the Shiny Silver Sow

Ohhh, now im wondering how much Blingda has in her!!!!!

Doing well this month, just paying in 2 paid2click cheques that i received this morning for £39!!!!!!

Welcome to the "pigpen" Nickynoo1

Have you a name for hedgehog? It's tradition you see :rotfl:

I have a pig called 'Pork chop'!!!:rotfl: :T

looneyleo

Hi Guys...I love this thread! Just thought I'd let you know that we started our Mortgage Pig this month. He's a freebie one from Pigsback and is called "Scratchy" (after pork scratchings). We already over-pay about £70.00 per month on our mortgage as we have an endowment still running despite moving to a repayment mortgage a few years back. The endowment should mature in 2019 (only 12 years to go!) and will hopefully make £40,000 to go straight off the mortgage. We also overpay a few pounds on the mortgage directly as I always round it up. However, we just so want to get rid of this huge burden that we have started feeding him everyday...even if it is just a few pennies. He should be full by the end of the month...haven't counted him at all so have no idea how much is in there! Will update the signature when we make our first payment! Thanks guys...

dizzy_blonde_2

Just won my cow on ebay - OK, not strictly a pig, but can I join the piggy club anyway? She's very cute and I think I'm going to call her Pat.

Anyway, since I came across this thread a week or so ago (I'm loving this thread, in fact so much so that I've just registered for the first time on the forum so that I can post on it!), I have been bagging up all the loose change around the house to make a start for when I get my pig (cow). I filled 9 bags and went along to the bank (Halifax) with them yesterday. First I saw a sign on the desk saying only 5 bags of coins allowed per day (I'd expected that) but the reception I got from the cashier amazed me.

She told me that the Sainsburys next door has a coin machine that counts all your change and issues you with a voucher to that value, and tried to get me to take them there. Very nice, but Sainsburys vouchers aren't going to help me pay off my mortgage! She then grudgingly weighed them (all correct, took about 20 seconds) and moaned that they have nowhere to store them.

My issue is that if supermarkets can install machines that count your change in seconds and issue vouchers, why can't banks do the same, but deposit the total in your account? It amazed me how much the cashier tried to discourage me from depositing My money in My account! And I have it all to do again later with the other 4 bags!

Anyway, whinging over, I'm keeping my eyes peeled for the postman. Can't wait to start feeding Pat!

comping_cat

Welcome dizzy_blond (and Cow Pat!!!!) its amazing how much the loose change mounts up in such a short space of time.
Strange the bank worker didnt want to take your money, sounds like she was having a bad day!!!