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  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Love the lists!!!

    OH had been mending the shed roof as well but its torn again:mad: and its so expensive...hope we dont have to buy more felt.

    Hope this weather holds thats for sure:D
    MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal :D
    Winter 17/18 Savings Rate Goal: 25% [October 30%] :T
    Declutter 60 items before 31.03.18 9/60 ** LSDs Target 10 for March 03/10 **AFDs 10/15 ** Sales/TCB Target 2018 £25/£500 NSDs Target 10 for March 02/10 Trying to be a Frugalista:rotfl::T
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 21,953 Forumite
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    brizzledfw wrote: »
    Love the lists!!!

    OH had been mending the shed roof as well but its torn again:mad: and its so expensive...hope we dont have to buy more felt.

    Hope this weather holds thats for sure:D


    That's frustrating about the shed, hope it's fixable.

    It's been quite nice again today here :)
    "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
  • jwil
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    Had a reasonably relaxing day today. We went booting this morning, just looking, not selling.

    This afternoon I have been mainly decluttering a book (which isn't actually true as it's not going anywhere :o)

    I've done some new listings and all the relists are done now as well.

    Hope everyone's had a good day :)
    "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
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 21,953 Forumite
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    edited 13 May 2012 at 7:08PM
    Raise £600 extra in May = £115/£600 = £485 to go

    List 200 items - 57/200 (DH - 57)

    Clear magazines - 29/47 (DH - 15)

    Time spent studying - 12hrs 40 mins

    [STRIKE]Complete ECA - done[/STRIKE] :A :j

    Complete Assignment

    Declutter 100 items - 57/100 ( DH - 143)

    Review Amazon listings - 184/394

    [STRIKE]Update ebay listings - 121/121 (DH 57/57)[/STRIKE]

    Sort recipe cuttings and put into book - some
    "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
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 21,953 Forumite
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    Hey everyone, not much to report really. I've got my head down and stuck into my assignment which I really do not understand _pale_.

    I didn't have anything going out on ebay this weekend, and I must say, it's been lovely not having to pack and post anything. It really makes a difference to my time! Oh well, can't have that happening too often :D

    Hope everyone is well.
    "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
  • peaceandfreedom
    peaceandfreedom Posts: 2,005 Forumite
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    jwil wrote: »
    Hey everyone, not much to report really. I've got my head down and stuck into my assignment which I really do not understand _pale_.

    I didn't have anything going out on ebay this weekend, and I must say, it's been lovely not having to pack and post anything. It really makes a difference to my time! Oh well, can't have that happening too often :D

    Hope everyone is well.

    Hi Jwil,

    Hopefully all will become clear with the assignment in time. :) Nice to have a Monday of non-ebay-packing.

    Had a quiet-ish weekend, still lots to do and I need to work a bit harder. :o

    Still got one non-payer on ebay, have begun NPB process but still nothing happening. Baffling really.
  • Hi jwil good luck with the assignment, i only had 1 item sell at the weekend and its lovely only having to wrap 1 item and take it to the post office.
  • White_Iris
    White_Iris Posts: 723 Forumite
    Hi jwil, I have a quick question for you - how long do you keep proof of postage for items you sell on eBay? I have them going back to 2010 (!) and would love to bin them but I'm cautious incase someone decides to open an item-not-received case.

    P.S.
    I think you're doing brilliantly dealing with debts and a house full of stuff to sort out - well done!
  • jwil
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    Hi Jwil,

    Hopefully all will become clear with the assignment in time. :) Nice to have a Monday of non-ebay-packing.

    Had a quiet-ish weekend, still lots to do and I need to work a bit harder. :o

    Still got one non-payer on ebay, have begun NPB process but still nothing happening. Baffling really.

    Thanks P&F, I've had a few non-payers recently, it's very annoying. Two have also contacted me after I've done the NPB to say they thought they'd paid by phone which is weird if it's true. I have to wonder why they don't check their emails though :huh:
    Hi jwil good luck with the assignment, i only had 1 item sell at the weekend and its lovely only having to wrap 1 item and take it to the post office.

    Hi penny, It is a luxury not having to take loads to the post office, I could get used to it :D
    White_Iris wrote: »
    Hi jwil, I have a quick question for you - how long do you keep proof of postage for items you sell on eBay? I have them going back to 2010 (!) and would love to bin them but I'm cautious incase someone decides to open an item-not-received case.

    P.S.
    I think you're doing brilliantly dealing with debts and a house full of stuff to sort out - well done!

    Hi Iris, thanks :)


    I think you are meant to keep pop for 6 months as a minimum. I tend to keep mine for a year just in case. Well, the reality is, I keep them until the box is full and then get rid of any that are over a year old.

    I think the chargeback period is 180 days - there's been a couple of threads on the ebay board recently about people who have had a chargeback done a few months after the sale.

    Good luck :)
    "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
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 21,953 Forumite
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    Well the assignment is done and sent. Or in reality, it is sent partially completed and a load of tosh.

    I've written it off. I could not get my head around it at all, and so just sent off the small bit I had done. I know I thought the last one was rubbish, but this one really was. The question I didn't really do was worth over 50% of the marks, so I will have failed this assignment. I need to get my focus back and really work on the next one now or I will fail the course.

    In other news - I redeemed a £10 amazon voucher yesterday, a £5 one the other day and I played in BP's birthday celebration game yesterday so supposedly have some sort of prize on the way, not sure what that is :think: but exciting anyway.

    Hope everyone is well :)
    "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
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