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How Much Have WE Paid Off Our Debts In 2006?

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  • Can we include bankrupts as well its sort of debt gone.
    Barclaycard 3800

    Nothing to do but hibernate till spring






  • I'm only holding off as I've just been paid so am making a few more payments in December then I'll add a few £K to the total :D
    Debt at highest May 2006: £27,472.24
    currently: £13,353.25
    DFW Nerd 178
    Proud to be dealing with my debts
  • I've paid £1,45.87
    making a new total of £469,852.94!!!:money:
    Aug 2006 £18,415.49
    Jan 2008 £15,052.31 :o

    2008 Olympic Challenge £215.21/£1008
    Boiler money £95/£1011.35
  • judi24
    judi24 Posts: 2,280 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I've paid about £8500 since my LBM in Aug

    Making a total of £478,352.94 WOW!!!!!
  • Krafty
    Krafty Posts: 440 Forumite
    I've paid off .... £6179...

    So I make it 476,031.94 and counting....

    Brilliant thread OP!!!!
  • Krafty
    Krafty Posts: 440 Forumite
    Crossed posts.... £484,531.94 and counting!!!!!
  • So far this year I've paid off £4,517.11 which brings our total to:

    £489,049.05
    Debt at highest May 2006: £27,472.24
    currently: £13,353.25
    DFW Nerd 178
    Proud to be dealing with my debts
  • This year I paid off about £4,500 and became debt-free for the first time in about seven years. Phew!!!!

    so I make the total £493549.05
    Retired in 2015.
    Moved to Ireland September 2017
  • piglet6
    piglet6 Posts: 1,532 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I've paid off just over £8,500 this year...

    which makes the DFW total: £502,049.05!!! :T :j :T

    Wow! :D

    Piglet

    Edited to add: In fact, I've just worked it out "properly" and I paid off £8,603.19 which makes us a new total of...

    £502,152.24!!!
  • I've paid off £9,393.29 this year so the grand total is;

    £511,442.34

    :j :T
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