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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,814 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Interesting....

    I've just had a play with the spreadsheet and removed everyone who signed up and then never came back - so those who never updated, and those who only had one update - the one given when they signed up.

    With those people taken out of the sheet, our new target would be £663,921.17 and of that we have paid off: £479,996.97 which is 72%
    That is fantastic, so well done everyone, and thank you to everyone who took part and updated more than once! :T:T:T:T:T:T
    "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
  • LAM2011
    LAM2011 Posts: 1,432 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper Debt-free and Proud!
    Thats a good idea - at least its more realistic too and not to shabby :D Well done everyone :T
  • kavics17
    kavics17 Posts: 2,235 Forumite
    jwil wrote: »
    Interesting....

    I've just had a play with the spreadsheet and removed everyone who signed up and then never came back - so those who never updated, and those who only had one update - the one given when they signed up.

    With those people taken out of the sheet, our new target would be £663,921.17 and of that we have paid off: £479,996.97 which is 72%
    That is fantastic, so well done everyone, and thank you to everyone who took part and updated more than once! :T:T:T:T:T:T


    That's amazing! Lots and lots of money and many people debt free!!
  • Well that's not too shabby at all :D
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    hiya :wave:

    couch payment of £55.83 and £25 towards catalogue which is clear again woo hoo wasn't much but a debt is a debt lol its clear for the sales lol naughty i know but hey i need to treat myself lol

    new total is £6304.49 / £7500

    got another couple of DD's to come out this month so will still update xxx
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
    POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78
    POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14
    POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.05
  • jacci45
    jacci45 Posts: 1,636 Forumite
    pad 3.00...now owe 16873 and paid 15070/7800....
  • jwil wrote: »
    Interesting....

    I've just had a play with the spreadsheet and removed everyone who signed up and then never came back - so those who never updated, and those who only had one update - the one given when they signed up.

    With those people taken out of the sheet, our new target would be £663,921.17 and of that we have paid off: £479,996.97 which is 72%
    That is fantastic, so well done everyone, and thank you to everyone who took part and updated more than once! :T:T:T:T:T:T

    :j:j:j wow that's an amazing amount! power to the people :rotfl: (and not the credit companies!!!)
  • jacci45
    jacci45 Posts: 1,636 Forumite
    pad 11.00...............now owe 16862/31943 and paid 15081/7800.......

    happy sunday all!!!
  • Quick pre-pay day update from me :)

    £3190/£3435

    How much do I regret spending the extra money earlier this year?!? Anyway, nearly done for this year's challenge, will be getting paid on Friday and sending at least £245 to my CC so I can say it's done!
  • jwil wrote: »
    That's awful! I can't believe they are paying you a week later and not giving you any notice!

    I don't get paid until 30th but that's always the case, they've never bought it forward for Xmas, so I'm used to it.

    Thanks Jwil. Well I guess looking on the brightside of things my January is a week less long until payday. If we'd have known it would have been far easier but its made me even more careful and I've not spent on little things that I would have normally brought this week:)
    Debt free and busy treating myself:)

    No more toiletries/make up until I've used what I've got stashed since Jan 2011, graduated October 2012. Restocked Dec 13..damn those sales
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