301k in debt and morbidly obese - things aren't great!

Wol2

patman99 wrote: »

Free listing on ebay this weekend MrB.

And they don;t tell you it's free listing til some uneartly hour on sat morning :wall::wall:

How are those of us who carefully plan their weekends in advance, able to fit this into our "windows"........Both me and, I'm sure, Mr B are already both fully booked...:D.

Mr B - this is my first post on your thread - as Beanie says - keep plodding - you WILL get there

xxx

Igamogam

Wol2 wrote: »

And they don;t tell you it's free listing til some uneartly hour on sat morning :wall::wall:

How are those of us who carefully plan their weekends in advance, able to fit this into our "windows"........Both me and, I'm sure, Mr B are already both fully booked...:D.

Mr B - this is my first post on your thread - as Beanie says - keep plodding - you WILL get there

xxx

Wol2 subscribe to this thread. There is always someone on there who gets the 'heads up' on any Eb*y stuff

MrBloater

Well June has been a crazy old month. Finished off the remnants of the second and third jobs today so from tomorrow I am back to having just the one. Had quite a few 2.30am starts in order to get everything done but the extra pay should see us through (just) til September. First task of July will be to do an updated finance spreadsheet just to see if things are going to balance, and then look at getting back into getting back into shape again. And of course I now have no excuse the next time a free listing weekend comes along - might just need a few sales on eBay to help us limp across the finish line.

beanielou

Great news on the end of jobs 2 & 3.
You can do it~Not too long til September.
Keep plodding.

firesidemaid

MrBloater wrote: »

Well June has been a crazy old month. Finished off the remnants of the second and third jobs today so from tomorrow I am back to having just the one. Had quite a few 2.30am starts in order to get everything done but the extra pay should see us through (just) til September. First task of July will be to do an updated finance spreadsheet just to see if things are going to balance, and then look at getting back into getting back into shape again. And of course I now have no excuse the next time a free listing weekend comes along - might just need a few sales on eBay to help us limp across the finish line.

Have you still got any (Music) Cassettes left, including blanks or tape holders/cases? They seem to be having a revival and some are fetching a pretty penny or two - have a look at 'sold' listings........oh and they're a damn sight easier to pack than vinyl:rotfl:

MrBloater

Am kinda missing my part-time jobs so applied for a couple more but with it being very seasonal, the likelihood is that I won't have any more 20hour days for a long while unless I shift my emphasis. Have had a pretty good idea for my writing / Kindle stuff which will distance it further from the 'real' me. I need that sort of passive income just ticking over - with the right push and the right price point I could have a few quid coming in every month - this is probably something to look at in detail over the summer.

Done the finances and found out we as a family have £100 to get us through the month. Yikes. That's with all the bills covered. About half our credit cards are just repayment now and the others are maxed out so we are going to have to play things very carefully. Hopefully some of the money from the extra work will come through this month although it might not hit til August. Gulp. On the brightside we have an inordinate amount of alcohol in the house thanks to a party on Saturday when many people seemed to bring a bottle but few bothered to drink them. This is certainly helping us get through the final squeeze - things do get brighter after this and it's been a mixture of luck, judgement, budgeting and sheer cunning (probably in that order) that we haven't had this restriction on us all the time since January.

I am pretty damn sure I shall be ebaying this weekend and also running - funnily enough I am feeling more upbeat now than in a long time - fingers crossed this positivity hangs around a while.

Igamogam

MrBloater wrote: »

I am pretty damn sure I shall be ebaying this weekend and also running - funnily enough I am feeling more upbeat now than in a long time - fingers crossed this positivity hangs around a while.

Looks like from 1st August you can have up to 12 pictures free on any listing - if I have read it right. Guess every little helps;)

patman99

But will ebay increase it's fvfs in the near future to grab-back the cash it loses from sales of picture packs.

Igamogam

patman99 wrote: »

But will ebay increase it's fvfs in the near future to grab-back the cash it loses from sales of picture packs.

Of course

Upsidedown_Bear

Free ebay listings 13-14 July.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/promos/0IF_130713/index.html