Get yourself a 'Mortgage Pig'

dizzy_blonde_2

tiff wrote: »

No the supermarket coin machines give you a voucher, which you take to customer services to exchange for cash.

I stand corrected! As I said, I've never used them so it's just what I'd been told. I'll have to check my sources more carefully in future!;)

TITEASCRAMP

They do take a cut though

Lotta_Littlies

Just £46 for us for March due to paying up ds1's school trip abroad, renewing his passport and throwing £780 into my pension before the year end so I can't feel too disheartened. Onward and upward!

Lotta

looneyleo

Hooorrayyy! Scratchy the mortgage pig made £57.31 which is over £100.00 in two months from loose change! Where does it all come from (and where did it all go to before!). Delighted with that result and will be going to the bank soon. haven't actually paid anything off the mortgage yet with it but will do soon.

tiff

dizzy_blonde wrote: »

I stand corrected! As I said, I've never used them so it's just what I'd been told. I'll have to check my sources more carefully in future!;)

I was just trying to help

dizzy_blonde_2

Oh, no, tiff, I'm sorry if I've upset you. What I meant to say must have come across differently on screen. I didn't mean to offend you!

Friends?

tiff

No worries, lol it just sounded like you were offended by what I said. Never mind, let's start again!

worto03

Thanks for the info guys, I'm with HSBC so I'll head there first but no probs trying somewhere else if they say something bizare like they only accept 5 at a time, I'm already counting it out & bagging it for them what do they want me to do start working there!

I've used the supermarket ones before (before I started using this site too) nowadays I'm quite offended by someone taking 7% just for counting my money!

Glad your both friends again as well :rolleyes:

That bank account might be a good idea for me too as I can only pay off extra in Jan but can pay 10% of the balance so I'll need somewhere to keep the money until Jan.

cheers,
worto.

jack&jessiesmom

We are having an house extension done at the moment, so not much spare cash for a mortgage pig, but the pig is the 1st thing on the list to get when the extension is completed!!!
Love the idea.

pigpen

My piggy was pretty pitiful this month.. only had £29 in.. but it all helps I guess.

I did have a 'spare' £1.50 in my bank account.. burning a hole in my pocket.. I owed everyone amounts in multiples of £50 and I didn't want to spoil that.. I am quite orderly you see.. so I paid £1.50 off my mortgage!!! They didn't say there was a minimum amount for a payment..

the children are now off school for easter and are rapidly eating us into bankruptcy so the piggy will be a bit hungry this month as well I think! There is possibly about £10 in there so far most of which I nicked from hubbys bedside cupboard top.. plus I found £1 in the street which went in (then lost £2 I think somewhere!!)

£71 extra was paid off in March which was the biggest amount I have overpaid to date.. this month I have scraped to £8.50 plus whatever will be gathered in blingda by the month end.

I am really looking forward to the other debts being gone so I can concentrate on paying the mortgage!