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Moral Dilemma

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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Wonder

    say it with me now WONDER

    WON DER!!!

    ;)

    Working Girl is the one that stands on street corners with a short leopard-print skirt... :whistle:
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  • Wonder_Girl
    Wonder_Girl Posts: 999 Forumite
    Just to clarify, If you come into a one off payment that is NOT enough to clear your debts in full then we would suggest you use that money to clear of as many of the smaller accounts as possible or put it into savings until you have enough to clear the smallest debt.

    HOWEVER if you are in a position to permanently increase your monthly deposit then you should do a budget review and increase your payments as necessary.

    WG xx
    All comments and advice given is my own opinion and does not represent the views or advice of any debt advice organisation.

    DFW Nerd #132
  • splodge_99
    splodge_99 Posts: 16 Forumite
    Hi WONDER Girl, thanks for that, I was under the impression that you couldn't pay off any debtors as any additional payments you could make had to be spread pro rata amongst all :confused:

    ie. I have 10 debts in total rangeing from £900 to £26K :eek: so your saying if over a year I could get £900 I could pay off that debtor :confused:
  • Wonder_Girl
    Wonder_Girl Posts: 999 Forumite
    splodge_99 wrote:
    Hi WONDER Girl, thanks for that, I was under the impression that you couldn't pay off any debtors as any additional payments you could make had to be spread pro rata amongst all :confused:

    ie. I have 10 debts in total rangeing from £900 to £26K :eek: so your saying if over a year I could get £900 I could pay off that debtor :confused:

    Yep,

    If you were to make a one off larger payment to us, we would have to divide it amongst all the creditors, this is awkward because A) our system gets confused & B) the creditors want to know why it can't be that big all the time (not that bright, can't cope with "one offs")

    So you can either clear one debt at a time, or increase your monthly deposit to us permanently.

    preferably the latter as if you have been completely honest on your budget there shouldn't be room to save £900 a year, this is ONLY for one off's. otherwise you need to redo your budget.

    WG xx
    All comments and advice given is my own opinion and does not represent the views or advice of any debt advice organisation.

    DFW Nerd #132
  • splodge_99
    splodge_99 Posts: 16 Forumite
    Makes sense WG thanks:beer: both me and my partner are self employed and we have just redone our budget based on an average months earning, but when the sun shines (me a car valeter) and the locals get "jiggy with it" ;) (she runs a pre-school) we may find the extra to pay off the lowest denominator :T
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    Wonder

    say it with me now WONDER

    WON DER!!!

    ;)

    I'm sooooo sorry love :o

    If it helps, I called my DD by the dogs name this morning. I must be getting to that age :eek:

    Forgive me :D
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
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  • Wonder_Girl
    Wonder_Girl Posts: 999 Forumite
    spud30 wrote:
    I'm sooooo sorry love :o

    If it helps, I called my DD by the dogs name this morning. I must be getting to that age :eek:

    Forgive me :D

    well that depends what your dog's name is, if it's called Loulou or Sarah than it's not too bad, but if your dog's name is bumfluff or pooface than that would make me feel better ;):p

    Always my luv :o
    All comments and advice given is my own opinion and does not represent the views or advice of any debt advice organisation.

    DFW Nerd #132
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    She's called Raven, the dog, not my DD :D
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • Wonder_Girl
    Wonder_Girl Posts: 999 Forumite
    spud30 wrote:
    She's called Raven, the dog, not my DD :D
    See that's not so bad at all, Raven is a Super Hero Teen Titan with groovy powers, hardly an insult at all.....
    All comments and advice given is my own opinion and does not represent the views or advice of any debt advice organisation.

    DFW Nerd #132
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    Not so bad, but they really don't look anything like each other. One is really big and furry, the other has four legs and a wet nose :rotfl:

    I really should be able to get my only daughter's name right :eek:
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
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