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  • tesuhoha
    tesuhoha Posts: 17,971 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    My bad news is that our freezer has stopped working but we are still using it and pretending that everything is frozen. Im determined not to buy another one.
    The forest would be very silent if no birds sang except for the birds that sang the best






  • DjSatansfury
    DjSatansfury Posts: 159 Forumite
    Currently on reduced rate Income Support, getting £35 a week to live on, and have about -£80 per month outgoings than i've got incoming. Problem is, theres hardly anything i can cut out from what i already spend. :(
  • scottishspendaholic
    scottishspendaholic Posts: 1,171 Forumite
    tesuhoha wrote:
    My bad news is that our freezer has stopped working but we are still using it and pretending that everything is frozen. Im determined not to buy another one.

    Hi tes,

    Have you tried posting a 'Wanted' ad on Freecycle? There's just been a stainless steel freezer offered on mine, under a year old! I wish you were nearer! Maybe an idea though?

    scottishspendaholic x
    MBNA = £4,000 / Next = £925 (approx. tbc on 19/8)
    Tesco = £2,910.11 / Smile overdraft = £500
    Bank of Scotland = £2,782.83
  • scottishspendaholic
    scottishspendaholic Posts: 1,171 Forumite
    Hi DJ,

    Welcome to MSE! Sorry to heaar about your money situation.

    Have a wee look around the DFW board and especially at the sticky at the top of the board posted by Southern Scouser, called 'First time posters' - then we can see if we can help you by helping find ways of making extra money or cutting back.

    scottishspendaholic x
    MBNA = £4,000 / Next = £925 (approx. tbc on 19/8)
    Tesco = £2,910.11 / Smile overdraft = £500
    Bank of Scotland = £2,782.83
  • Ali-OK
    Ali-OK Posts: 4,073 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Debt-free and Proud!
    tesuhoha wrote:
    My bad news is that our freezer has stopped working but we are still using it and pretending that everything is frozen. Im determined not to buy another one.

    Just a thought here, can you claim on your house contents insurance for frozen food loss?
    Back on the DFW Wagon:

    CC - £3,300 on 0% til 04/2020
    CC - £4,500 on 0% til 02/2019
    Loan - £12,063.84 as at 4/1/18
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    GGRR, am going to incur CC charges because didn't pay CC on time - own stupid fault :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Mrs(no)money
    Mrs(no)money Posts: 412 Forumite
    100 Posts
    Ali,

    If you have a good repayment record with the CC you could always give them a ring and see if they are sympathetic - they are sometimes if its a one-off oversight. Just take a few deep breaths before you make the call tho and think c---a---l---m thoughts! ;)
    Experience is the toughest teacher because she gives the test first then the lesson
    DFW Nerd 196 PROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBTS.
    Coins found whilst dog walking £7.56 Sun-Fri challenge: £10.00 - Spent £0.00
  • bargainbetty
    bargainbetty Posts: 3,455 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Had my car driven into today while I was at work.... no note, no admission of guilt, just a whoppy great repair bill.

    Oh, if I could only curse on here.
    Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps....
    LB moment - March 2006. DFD - 1 June 2012!!! DEBT FREE!



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  • CosmoCat
    CosmoCat Posts: 681 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    stupid girls in the flat upstairs broke the lock on the front door!!

    now i have to put out to fix it, even though i didn't break it.:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
    MFW Newbie - #17. (#116 in 2019)
    New Mortgage at Nov 19 - £273 499
    Current Balance - £268 225
    Want to cut down 26 year mortgage by 9 years!
    New MF date 2036 :dance:
  • LookingAhead
    LookingAhead Posts: 4,633 Forumite
    melabarrie wrote:
    stupid girls in the flat upstairs broke the lock on the front door!!

    now i have to put out to fix it, even though i didn't break it.:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:


    If you are sure it was them, can you approach them for cash towards it (if not all of it!?)

    Cheeky mares.
    Bank Balance: In the black for the moment.
    Sainsburys Loan: Cleared July 2010
    Credit cards: AMEX Airmiles Card: direct debit set to clear balance monthly
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