Spendaholics last night

Dumyat

I watched an earlier one the other day. A woman with a passion for handbags and doggie coats. did anyone see it?
they consolidated her debts...I was shouting at the screen, NO!!!

raq

whilst we where watching the programme, how come Jay had the figure of £54k in big bold letters. Where did this figure spring from ???

Am also glad it was the last one. No-one can beat "Your money or your life"

steve700

raq wrote:

whilst we where watching the programme, how come Jay had the figure of £54k in big bold letters. Where did this figure spring from ???

Am also glad it was the last one. No-one can beat "Your money or your life"

I'm not sure either, but I think it may have been how much he has spent on cars/modding in the last few years....

zultan

raq wrote:

No-one can beat "Your money or your life"

I agree, whatever happened to Alvin?

scootw1

I related to the guy in the programme. He talked about bullying at school which is what I had (and have also had from work). His bedroom resembled mine only mine has computer mags and CDs rather than car mags. The psychological aspect of the programme was really the only one I felt was any good from the series. Ben did seem to lose the plot a couple of weeks ago with the swimming pool but was back on track this week.

I too would like to see more budgeting hints. I don't think it was realistic to say to him give up smoking completely in one go as i know it's hard to do that. I think it would have been better if she had just cut back on that. In terms of the £125 socialising, that's really only a night out per week which is realistic for a lot of people.

Pumpkin_2

zultan wrote:

I agree, whatever happened to Alvin?

I know I miss him too!

GettingThingsDone

He has been busy doing programmes about his art collecting hobby (not joking )

nomoneytoday

steve700 wrote:

Eating out and socialising REDUCED to £125 per month.

That's a kebab every day of the month, isn't it............. Hardly cutting back!

The programme tries to set a realistic target, whilst the person still has a chance to get the debts under control.

If they set a budget of zero then the person may not bother all at with it.

It's a bit like a dieter being told, no chocolate, no biscuits and no crisps.
Its more likely to succeed if you are told you can have a couple of "treats" a week

Treacle_Tart

I think this programme is the most rubbish waste of time programme on tv. It has so much potential to be really useful to a lot of people but I find most of it laughable.
They always pick someone who owns high value things that they can sell and then hey presto they knocked a great wedge off of their debt. I'd like to see them "fix" someone who has maxed out their credit cards on things like holidays and going out, that they don't physically own anymore and see how easy it is for them then.
Plus, the woman on it is so irritatingly patronising and everything she suggests is ridiculously simplistic that anybody with half a brain could suggest them. The figures she comes up with seem to come out of nowhere and there is no path as to how she arrived at them.
The people that go on that show would be better off coming onto this website and these forums, they'd learn a hell of a lot more.

Sorry, rant over.

Treacle_Tart

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