Jwil's sorting the debt, the body, the house, the garden and everything else diary!

jwil

peaceandfreedom wrote: »

Hee hee, well it's a good way to start the day off, don't you think? It's easy for me, though, I work from home, so once the kids are out the door, I get my own breakfast going. That morning it was potato cakes, mushrooms, bacon and egg. Don't always have such a slap-up breakfast but I ALWAYS have a pot of fresh coffee (and maybe a cheeky square of dark chocolate).



Is this the Mary Berry one - I SO want one of those - I was holding off in the true MSE hope that it would be reduced and it IS. :beer:
And I am seriously impressed by your decluttering efforts - now maybe this time I'm next year I'll be in your league in the decluttering stakes.

On the plus side, sold something else on amazon, about £5+ profit, nice one.

Off up north for work tomorrow but I'll be back in the evening and I get to open my Sealed Pot - can't wait. I really hope there's around £300 in there but I think that might be hopelessly ambitious.

Well done on the sale, and hope you've had a good trip today. Have fun opening your sealed pot, that will be very exciting and hope there's lots in there!

peaceandfreedom wrote: »

Hooray for payday (I don't really have one of those, money comes in at odd times).

Boo about the renewal quote. You've reminded me I need to look into changing my car insurance, I fancy a bit of tasty Quidco cashback.

Good luck for the MOT, hope it passes with flying colours.

I'm keeping everything crossed for MOT, and I'm hoping for some nice cashback too with the insurance

jwil

Wow, what a moaner I've been today

In not so grumpy news I've sold 2 books, yay! I also received a £5 amazon voucher today from a survey site so I've bought a couple of Xmas presents using that. I had a promotional code from amazon giving me £2 towards a MP3 album, so had a look on there and bought a coldplay album for £3 which cost me nothing, as I also had enough in my gift certificate balance for that too.:j

My folks have sent me some chocolate in the post - always nice to receive :A

peaceandfreedom

jwil wrote: »

Thanks Guys, it's from a buyer in China, so who knows how long it will take. I wish that ebay/paypal would keep a record of INR claims and do something about it. I don't know, maybe they do.

The thing I would really like though is to be able to block people with private feedback - it wouldn't have worked here, as they put their feedback to private after they purchased, but it still makes me very suspicious. I don't even know why it's allowed on there - isn't feedback supposedly what makes ebay tick? I wouldn't buy from someone with private feedback, so why should I sell to someone with private feedback?

The other thing though, is I wonder if the darned items are just delayed in customs. I bet if they do eventually turn up the buyer won't be rushing to repay.

It's such a pain though, it wouldn't matter if it was only £10 or so.

Agree with every word - private feedback defeats the whole purpose of feedback - the only reason someone would make it private is if it's negative.

How very very very annoying for you, Jwil.:(

peaceandfreedom

So my sealed pot total was £257.70:j

OK, not as much as I hoped (I had dreams of reaching £300) but it's pretty good - that's £250 of actual cash that I get to spend Christmas shopping. :j

Trip oop north was fine, bit tiring but I get a fuel allowance which is about 4 times what the fuel cost me so nice juicy profit there.

Now it's December, I'm getting quite excited about Christmas. :xmassmile

peaceandfreedom

jwil wrote: »

Wow, what a moaner I've been today

In not so grumpy news I've sold 2 books, yay! I also received a £5 amazon voucher today from a survey site so I've bought a couple of Xmas presents using that. I had a promotional code from amazon giving me £2 towards a MP3 album, so had a look on there and bought a coldplay album for £3 which cost me nothing, as I also had enough in my gift certificate balance for that too.:j

My folks have sent me some chocolate in the post - always nice to receive :A

Aww, three cheers for your folks. Chocolate is always good. :T

I've got one of those amazon £2 vouchers as well - I'm strongly considering the Michael Buble Christmas album but I'm not sure. I'll have a little think.

eBayQueen

Hi Everyone - Not been here for awhile, and there's another eBayQueen? Lol!

Jwil - when did you last update your signature? I'm really keen to see how you've done against your target this year? 29 days to go. You've done really well up till now!

Something's happened to me which is going to completely disrupt all my debt-free planning......I'm pregnant!
Best I stop lusting after shoes, nice clothes, fancy holidays and clean up my act!

peaceandfreedom

eBayQueen wrote: »

Something's happened to me which is going to completely disrupt all my debt-free planning......I'm pregnant!
Best I stop lusting after shoes, nice clothes, fancy holidays and clean up my act!

Wow - how exciting - congratulations !!!! :j

DedicatedDFW

Hi all

jwil - hope today goes better for you So very annoying about both the refund for your sale items and for your watch breaking - grr! Hopefully they'll replace it as well as compensate you a bit too

How very nice of your parents to send you some chocolate - i don't think anyone has ever sent me chocolate so i'm feeling a little envious over here :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I agree with you and peaceandfreedom - allowing people to put their feedback as private is just so wrong

peaceandfreedom - thats a fab amount to have in your sealed pot :T:T:T very pleased for you And glad your trip went well + that you got a nice reimbursement for fuel costs

eBayQueen - congratulations but as you've mentioned there's more than 1 eBayQueen i'm a little confused - it doesn't take much to confuse me though :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

jwil

peaceandfreedom wrote: »

So my sealed pot total was £257.70:j

OK, not as much as I hoped (I had dreams of reaching £300) but it's pretty good - that's £250 of actual cash that I get to spend Christmas shopping. :j

Trip oop north was fine, bit tiring but I get a fuel allowance which is about 4 times what the fuel cost me so nice juicy profit there.

Now it's December, I'm getting quite excited about Christmas. :xmassmile

That's a nice amount to have in the sealed pot, hope you enjoy spending it

That's good about the fuel profit too :j

I'm not quite there yet with Christmas, but I think I will be better now I've got my assignment off!

jwil

eBayQueen wrote: »

Hi Everyone - Not been here for awhile, and there's another eBayQueen? Lol!

Jwil - when did you last update your signature? I'm really keen to see how you've done against your target this year? 29 days to go. You've done really well up till now!

Something's happened to me which is going to completely disrupt all my debt-free planning......I'm pregnant!
Best I stop lusting after shoes, nice clothes, fancy holidays and clean up my act!

Hey eBayQueen, good to see you again! This is going to get confusing :rotfl:.

My siggie is up to date, I've paid over £10k this year so am happy, but I have spent in the last few months, so some of the cards have increased again I'm still better than I was last year though so that's all good

How are you anyway, and HUGE congratulations about the pregnancy :j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j when are you due? Do you know what you are having? How exciting!