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A Budgeteers Quest to be Debt Free & Mortgage Free By 40

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  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Hi DDFW

    You are doing so so well. It's brilliant the way you can find stuff to list...is it a real range? As you know jwil was saying that it never ceases to amaze what people will buy...go on, what's your personal triumph?? From the sounds of it you must have a few!

    I also loved Freecycle..once someone came out specially to collect a half used can of hairspray...ok it was TIGI but..:rotfl:
    MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal :D
    Winter 17/18 Savings Rate Goal: 25% [October 30%] :T
    Declutter 60 items before 31.03.18 9/60 ** LSDs Target 10 for March 03/10 **AFDs 10/15 ** Sales/TCB Target 2018 £25/£500 NSDs Target 10 for March 02/10 Trying to be a Frugalista:rotfl::T
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,025 Forumite
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    Well done on the listings and sales DDFW! You've done so well. It's always nice when something you are giving up on sells suddenly!

    Well done on your survey voucher too :)
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • ebayqueen_2
    ebayqueen_2 Posts: 1,175 Forumite
    Well done DDFW

    You are well on your way to hitting your target and you are only half way through the month.

    Keep going missie :):):)
    "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream" :) C. S. Lewis
  • brizzledfw wrote: »
    Hi DDFW

    You are doing so so well. It's brilliant the way you can find stuff to list...is it a real range? As you know jwil was saying that it never ceases to amaze what people will buy...go on, what's your personal triumph?? From the sounds of it you must have a few!

    I also loved Freecycle..once someone came out specially to collect a half used can of hairspray...ok it was TIGI but..:rotfl:

    Hi brizzle :)

    Thanks for the positivity :D ALOT of what i'd listed i'd have happily kept but i need the money :o and now that its listed i'm happy if it sells :D

    I do sell a whole range of things - i collected things for a long time but due to finances the majority of this has been listed and sold - disney type things. More recently its all been clothes and shoes since i've got rid of just about everything else that i have.

    I don't know why but i have sold a bundle of used (and out of date) car tax discs. Which could be one of the things that would come under 'i never thought would sell'.

    How are you anyway? i must find the time to pop over to your thread :) Ooh did your car sell at all? :D Hope so
    CC1:T £[STRIKE]2531[/STRIKE] £1460
    MORTGAGE OVERPAYMENTS: £10575.20 Target £12,100
    MF Date: [STRIKE]August 2042[/STRIKE] May 2035
    Declutter 1000 things by Xmas 2015! 53/1000
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,025 Forumite
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    It's weird about the tax discs isn't it. I give all mine to DH who seems to collect them :rolleyes: Maybe I should claim them back :D

    I sell all my empty ink cartridges on there, and I've been saving up all my empty perfume bottles which I am going to try.
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil wrote: »
    Well done on the listings and sales DDFW! You've done so well. It's always nice when something you are giving up on sells suddenly!

    Well done on your survey voucher too :)

    Thanks jwil :)

    think i need to give myself a kick up the rear though and find ALOT more things to list :o

    I agree about things that you're giving up on too. I just picked 1 of those items up the other day and thought i'd better give it to my friend for her carboot - i've alot going on with family at the mo. and no where to store anything and then it sold :T

    Today though i have quite alot of books to sort through - will list them in the best place possible depending on type / price and then we'll see ;) I *might* have time to check some items out for eb*y but no promises for today :)
    CC1:T £[STRIKE]2531[/STRIKE] £1460
    MORTGAGE OVERPAYMENTS: £10575.20 Target £12,100
    MF Date: [STRIKE]August 2042[/STRIKE] May 2035
    Declutter 1000 things by Xmas 2015! 53/1000
  • ebayqueen wrote: »
    Well done DDFW

    You are well on your way to hitting your target and you are only half way through the month.

    Keep going missie :):):)

    Thanks ebayqueen :D I really appreciate your support x

    Yes - i am relieved that the end of the month is still a couple of weeks away yet :) I will report back with any updates :) Just got another £22.57 profit in from 2 items i've sold and posted and worked out fees on :)

    Really hope a few of the things with watchers today get bids on too x

    Hope your sales are going well :D
    CC1:T £[STRIKE]2531[/STRIKE] £1460
    MORTGAGE OVERPAYMENTS: £10575.20 Target £12,100
    MF Date: [STRIKE]August 2042[/STRIKE] May 2035
    Declutter 1000 things by Xmas 2015! 53/1000
  • jwil wrote: »
    It's weird about the tax discs isn't it. I give all mine to DH who seems to collect them :rolleyes: Maybe I should claim them back :D

    I sell all my empty ink cartridges on there, and I've been saving up all my empty perfume bottles which I am going to try.

    Yes - i don't understand with the tax discs *shrug* With the ink cartridges i have a place to check out for them. And yes i have also sold empty perfume bottles - generally i put them on at 99p and they go for this or just a bit more. Still its clutter out and money in ;)
    CC1:T £[STRIKE]2531[/STRIKE] £1460
    MORTGAGE OVERPAYMENTS: £10575.20 Target £12,100
    MF Date: [STRIKE]August 2042[/STRIKE] May 2035
    Declutter 1000 things by Xmas 2015! 53/1000
  • Hi everyone,

    May pop into the shower in a bit to see if it'll make me feel any better :o Felt cold and achey this last couple of hours :( I managed to eat about half of my lunch today and have just now had a few bites of my tea before throwing it away :o

    Still managed to sort out some books and some other bits for eb*y - thought i'd be doing a big weekend catch-up as i was 10/50 items listed for sale but now i've got 27/50 :T Now we'll need to see if they'll sell. As alot of what i've listed is books thats made it quick but these may not actually sell so quickly so i'm hoping to find different items to sell too ;)
    CC1:T £[STRIKE]2531[/STRIKE] £1460
    MORTGAGE OVERPAYMENTS: £10575.20 Target £12,100
    MF Date: [STRIKE]August 2042[/STRIKE] May 2035
    Declutter 1000 things by Xmas 2015! 53/1000
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,025 Forumite
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    Well done on the listings, hope you feel better soon xx
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
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