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  • abouttimetoo
    abouttimetoo Posts: 1,860 Forumite
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    Hi Tilly, ladies, gents ;)

    Tilly, can I pose a question/dilemma here please as you get more visitors and I'm interested in views. So, assuming you say yes....;)

    I have an electrical item/gizmo. I bought it nearly 10 years ago and it's been used 6 - yes, that does say SIX - times probably in the first year I got it

    The thing is, I paid £1100 for it, yes, awful I know but that's the sort of thing I used to do when confronted with gadgetry:o

    Its a biometric PDA, matching foldable flat keyboard :smileyhea:smileyhea:smileyhea:happylove:happylove:happyhear and T0MT0M gps system

    There are a few for sale on ebay (never any bids) and they are not worth much now e.g. even the BIN for just the PDA bit don't get any bids

    The thing is, between all their boxes (all perfect and contents inside like the day they were made!) they are taking up a full black bin liner of space in my home and is clutter!

    I'm never going to use it again and I want rid of the whole lot, I don't think bay of E is a goer and the postage cost for all those boxes would be tremendous and I'm not keen on collection only even assuming it would get a bid. I also can't bring myself to throw it out into the rubbish

    Any suggestions please??? Is it as simple as giving to a charity shop which I am happy to do

    Regards
    ATT
    MFW Start Date 1.4.08. Updated 23.1.18. MFW date 1.8.18
    Original Mortgage o/s £187,643 / £71,904 (-115,739)
    Repay o/s £92,661 / now £55,900 (-36,761)
    Int Only o/s £94,982, now £16,004 (-78,978)
    Total daily interest £1 [a) £0.77 b)£0.23
    Total OP's:2018 target £TBC YTD £1,995
  • Hiya ATT, do you want people to PM you if perhaps someone may be interested for themselves?

    Always happy to have my diary helping people out :)


    Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Evening

    31p TT OP

    No other updates so will keep plodding along :):)

    Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    On a recent outbound flight as well as inbound flight :eek:, I spent a few hours watching Mary Poppins and Sound of Music - so may be a Julie Andrews fan too.

    :T:T:T Best film ever :T:T:T, love it :D.

    Apart from Edelweiss at the concert crying-fountain.gif
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • gallygirl wrote: »
    :T:T:T Best film ever :T:T:T, love it :D.

    Apart from Edelweiss at the concert crying-fountain.gif

    That is why there is fast_forward.png in all players :D
    Mortgage: @ Feb. 2007: £133,200; Apr. 2011: £24,373; May 2011: £175,999; Jun 2013: ~£97K; Mar. 2014 £392,212.73; Dec. 2015: £327,051.77; Mar. 2016: ~£480K; Mar. 2017 £444,445.74
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    That is why there is fast_forward.png in all players :D

    Wind it forward is no good US, just thinking about it is enough crying-fountain.gif
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    I will raise your Eledweiss to The Railway Children's "Daddy!! My daddy!!" Waaahaaahaaaaawahhhaaaa sob! sob! sob!
    February13 - £74990 (or thereabouts)
    MND - Let's go for 2020 'cos it's got a nice ring to it:D
    C'mon nattypants:cool:
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,746 Forumite
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    Jumping back to the music....

    The Specials, Ghost Town - in my top 3 songs ever since I first heard it. Still makes me momentarily pause if I hear it

    Other stuff I like: Echo & Bunnymen, James, Duffy, Japan, Sylvian, Crowded House, Cranberries, REM, Julian Cope, Lloyd Cole, The Smiths, Depeche Mode.

    Current fave song is Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke - I'd happily have him in my bed..... yum! :D:D
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • Morning Greent, you are personally responsible for Mr T giving a rendition of Ghost Town in bed last night :rotfl::rotfl:

    Thank you :)

    All this talk of music, I feel like a playlist needs to be created :)

    Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    nattypants wrote: »
    I will raise your Eledweiss to The Railway Children's "Daddy!! My daddy!!" Waaahaaahaaaaawahhhaaaa sob! sob! sob!
    Gulp crying-and-sobbing.gif

    Bit obscure this one - An Affair To Remember, Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, when he realises what's happened:
    "Oh, it's nobody's fault but my own! I was looking up... it was the nearest thing to heaven! You were there... " (obv I cheated and had to look it up :cool:)

    Filling up as I write this big-tears.gif.

    OK, back to the music......

    Perfect Day
    Ocean Colour Scene at the start of summer
    Billy Joel
    Mack the Knife (not when driving though - makes me want to speed :o)


    And from Mr GG - Delaney Had a Donkey :o. Love it when he serenades me :rotfl:.

    PS - anyone paid anything off their mortgage recently? Just asking :D.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
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