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No Money, No Honey

Hello everybody

I need some advice.
I am having a financial meltdown, this is it:

£3500 overdraft which I've almost exhausted (£150 left)

£4000 bank loan + interest (which I'm paying off £124 a month)

£700 on Credit card (which I'm paying off sporadically)

Plus living expenses

So as you can see I'm over 8 grand in the s**t

What to do?

I haven't spoken to the bank yet, should I bother?
OR
Should I consult a debt management agency/financial adviser?
OR
Something else altogether?

I'm pretty crap when it comes to finances so any advice would be more than welcome.

Thanks
G

Comments

  • marywooyeah
    marywooyeah Posts: 2,670 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    you need to create and post a statement of affairs on here detailing how much you have coming in and how much you have going out - eg food shopping x amount, home insurance x amount and people can offer you advice as to where you can save money and use that money to pay off some off your debts.
    speak to a debt agency if you feel you can't pay it back and they can advise you further.
  • fd1972uk
    fd1972uk Posts: 459 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Just new to the site, but sure the answer will be to fill in a SOA for yourself.

    People will no doubt require what income you have and what exactly 'living expenses' means?


    FD
  • CH27
    CH27 Posts: 5,531 Forumite
    If you post your SOA people will happily help you.
    Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
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