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Today the OD is clear!!!!

Hi All
Today i have cleared my Abbey OD which was £600 in November :j so my question now is do i reduce it down to something more reasonable ie £100?

x x
:heart2: £365 IN 365 DAYS £2/£365 :heart2: :starmod: eBAY Challenge £70/£900 :starmod:
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:exclamati Natwest CC £792/£344:smiley: :exclamati Abbey OD £600/£0:smiley::exclamati Npower arreas £478.71 :sad:

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  • TMoose
    TMoose Posts: 267 Forumite
    In short - yes.

    You have obviously proved that you can live within your means, so don't leave temptation out there.

    Moose.
  • ste_coxy
    ste_coxy Posts: 427 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Well done!! I think it is reasonable to have a buffer of £100-£200 but no more than this is needed.
  • If you get rid of the overdraft you wont ever be overdrawn again if you are clever. Instead of this arranged overdraft "buffer" why not pay in £100 and forget it is there? The buffer is then your own money.
  • vaporate
    vaporate Posts: 1,955 Forumite
    Hi All
    Today i have cleared my Abbey OD which was £600 in November :j so my question now is do i reduce it down to something more reasonable ie £100?

    x x


    Like others here, well done. :beer:.

    I too will push my OD limit down this monday to 200 then 100 later.
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  • Sharon87
    Sharon87 Posts: 4,011 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    If you get rid of the overdraft you wont ever be overdrawn again if you are clever. Instead of this arranged overdraft "buffer" why not pay in £100 and forget it is there? The buffer is then your own money.

    Well at first they can reduce to to £100, then they can save the £100 up and leave it as the buffer.

    They've done the most important thing, reducing the overdraft to 0
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