We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
Scuba's Second try - Sink or Swim!
Comments
-
Made a slight start in that I've looked at the options for selling two big door stop style books the ex left, new they retail for almost £100, second hand amazon has them for as little as £5 each so I would reasonably deduce there isnt alot of call for them, especially as the size of them means that selling them for £5 would mean making a pretty big loss. So think I'll be dropping them off at the charity shop in passing next week.It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
Sir Terry Pratchett
Find my diary here
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
0 -
scubaangel wrote: »Made a slight start in that I've looked at the options for selling two big door stop style books the ex left, new they retail for almost £100, second hand amazon has them for as little as £5 each so I would reasonably deduce there isnt alot of call for them, especially as the size of them means that selling them for £5 would mean making a pretty big loss. So think I'll be dropping them off at the charity shop in passing next week.
They'll be popular: Winter is coming."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
True maybe I ought to find some pensioners and donate them direct...It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
Sir Terry Pratchett
Find my diary here
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
0 -
scubaangel wrote: »True maybe I ought to find some pensioners and donate them direct...
You can't go round gathering up pensioners and donating them to charity shops.
It's just not the done thing...
"Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Spoil Sport
It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
Sir Terry Pratchett
Find my diary here
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
0 -
scubaangel wrote: »Spoil Sport
You'll thank me later. You can barely get stirred round charity shops for pensioners now..."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Hmm good point, maybe I should just give them the books pretorn in to nice easy for old folk to lift chunks.
I also just discovered that the ex has left me three discs of a set in a disc wallet of which I have a full 4 disc set and there is a further full set already in the 'for selling' pile - I wonder if I could ebay them, and if I'd be best doing them as a set of 3 or as individual discs for people who've lost/damaged one. Something to research tomorrow I think since I'm sick of the sight of ebay this evening (four more listings up, four more I need to get photos for in the daylight).
I've also input some more CD info to the gigajuke, and put the CD's away which has reduced the knee high stack of CD's needing sorting out to merely almost knee high. I'd have done more but actually wanted to listen to the music while I was doing it.It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
Sir Terry Pratchett
Find my diary here
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
0 -
Today has been one of those days, nothing seems to have gone the way it ought to, missed one train, the next was delayed 20 mins before it got to my station then stopped for another 15 after I got in it, meaning I missed the time slot for one of my mystery shops, went to do the other and realised I'd left my credit card at home (purchase and return scenario) and I don't have enough money in my bank account to do the job. And to cap it forgot to pick up the DVD I sold on amazon over the weekend.
Got home to discover that I'd forgotten to turn on the slow cooker at the wall, so my planned tea became a freezer raid. The gammon is cooking now, I need to get some chicken and will cook that tomorrow with sweetcorn and then turn some of it in to a chicken and gammon pasta salad to take to work for a few days. Will reheat some of the gammon in the oven on Thursday for tea as was planned tonight, and then whatever is left can become another pea and gammon soup for the freezer.
So to try and help improve my mood I've listed some more things on ebay. All but one of my current listings have watchers, but no bids as yet.
Money I transferred out of paypal has arrived in my bank account which means there is enough in that particular account to cover my virgin media bill this month without taking the money out of my bills account, meaning I have £30 less to find before I move out.
Also transferred to the credit card the train fare and meal cost from last nights mystery shop and rounded it up to £10 - not much of an extra payment but it's a little less to be paying interest on next month.
The clear out of accumulated stuff continues with the binning of a now empty bubble bath bottle, and a moisturiser which has separated.It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
Sir Terry Pratchett
Find my diary here
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
0 -
scubaangel wrote: »I missed the time slot for one of my mystery shops, went to do the other and realised I'd left my credit card at home (purchase and return scenario) and I don't have enough money in my bank account to do the job. And to cap it forgot to pick up the DVD I sold on amazon over the weekend.
Got home to discover that I'd forgotten to turn on the slow cooker at the wall, so my planned tea became a freezer raid.
Your goldfish emailed, asking for its memory back.
I did reply, saying "When?" but just got a reply of "When what?"scubaangel wrote: »The gammon is cooking now, I need to get some chicken and will cook that tomorrow with sweetcorn and then turn some of it in to a chicken and gammon pasta salad to take to work for a few days.
When life gives you lemons, make lemon chicken...
scubaangel wrote: »Will reheat some of the gammon in the oven on Thursday for tea as was planned tonight, and then whatever is left can become another pea and gammon soup for the freezer.
Just make sure you don't have too many, or you'll be trying to give them away...scubaangel wrote: »So to try and help improve my mood
:grouphug:scubaangel wrote: »I've listed some more things on ebay. All but one of my current listings have watchers, but no bids as yet.
Wait until 2 seconds to go...scubaangel wrote: »Money I transferred out of paypal has arrived in my bank account which means there is enough in that particular account to cover my virgin media bill this month without taking the money out of my bills account, meaning I have £30 less to find before I move out.
Also transferred to the credit card the train fare and meal cost from last nights mystery shop and rounded it up to £10 - not much of an extra payment but it's a little less to be paying interest on next month.
It's all to the good.scubaangel wrote: »The clear out of accumulated stuff continues with the binning of a now empty bubble bath bottle, and a moisturiser which has separated.
Good to get rid of that stuff. After the seperation comes the divorce, and after that, the bringing home of strange toiletries..."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
I'm just glad someones looking at the stuff, as it means there's a fairly good chance I'll be packing it up and sending it out in to the world away from my house!
It's much easier to get rid of strange toiletries.....It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
Sir Terry Pratchett
Find my diary here
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
0
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 352.3K Banking & Borrowing
- 253.7K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 454.4K Spending & Discounts
- 245.4K Work, Benefits & Business
- 601.2K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 177.6K Life & Family
- 259.2K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards