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Olympic Countdown aka clear those debts by July 2012!

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  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    A brilliant start to 2010 :D another 2 new members (Lewby at #45 and me-shelly at #46) and 6 people making payments overnight :T

    Paulgonnabedebtfree - yep having the amount stand out like that is a great help - it means I don't miss a payment!

    With all the amounts in (new members) and out (payments made) we stand at

    To pay - £839,335.34
    Paid - £3,153.95
    or 0.38%
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • Purpleroses
    Purpleroses Posts: 4,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Happy New Year all!

    strangely excited about this challenge. Hope i can make some payments soon

    Good luck all xx
  • me-shelly
    me-shelly Posts: 118 Forumite
    Payment for me of £346 please.
    SPC 2011 #758 - no target just a surprise #20 - £365 in 365 days 4/365 Olympic chal #46 - debt free by July 2012 £6739/£18939
  • DanielleNic87
    DanielleNic87 Posts: 1,064 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I have just paid of £808, please can you update please.

    Happy New Year Everyone :-)

    February GC £26.68/£250

  • clefairy_5
    clefairy_5 Posts: 20 Forumite
    edited 1 January 2010 at 3:03PM
    Happy New Year everyone!

    Dragon can you please update my total as well, I've just paid off £785.68 (thanks to overtime, eBay and Christmas money).
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    and clefairy is currently in the lead percentage wise with 7.9% paid! In the money stakes though mssloan is out in front :D

    Who will be the first to £1,000 paid and who will be the first to top 10% paid off?

    In other news the Olympic Team as a whole has now paid £5,093.63 which equates to 0.61% :j
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • Jboy
    Jboy Posts: 26 Forumite
    edited 1 January 2010 at 5:19PM
    Hi all. I'm using my first post to sign up for this challenge!

    I have £24,984.81 spread across seven credit cards to get rid of. In thirty months? It's possible!
    CC1: [STRIKE]£4990.46[/STRIKE] £3048.57 / CC2: [STRIKE]£5616.99[/STRIKE] £5583.10 / CC3: [STRIKE]£4815.75[/STRIKE] £4738.86 / CC4: [STRIKE]£3844.66[/STRIKE] £3723.32 / CC5: [STRIKE]£2669.82[/STRIKE] £2655.09 / CC6: [STRIKE]£1897.17[/STRIKE] £1861.01 / CC7: £1227.52

    Debt Free Olympic Contender #47 (£24,984.81) paid £1,675.19 (6.70%)
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Good to see you Jboy and here's to knocking those pesky credit cards on the head!
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • sunday_girl
    sunday_girl Posts: 186 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Well the very first day of the Olympic Challenge has not gone well for me!! Our telly went pop this morning and we decided we would have to go and get another (I know if I was a good DFW I'd have used the portable or gone to freecycle :rolleyes:). Anyway saw a good one with £200 off in Argos sale, with only one left locally so I reserved it for pick up. Got there later and they didn't have it - the system is letting people reserve stock they don't have! So off to Currys where we found one that was £100 more than the original we'd seen. Couple of other spends today also that I've confessed to on the NSD thread! Total approx £540:eek:
    The only thing I can say in my defence is that I still aim to have reduced my overall debt figure by the end of January, albeit not by as much as I'd originall planned :o.
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Eep to the spend-a-lot day! Hopefully the rest of the month will run nice and smoothly for you! (roll on two months of no Council Tax I reckon!)
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
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