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Credit Card Challenge Anyone?

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  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    I'm in with Mum's cards as they now need to be cleared by September at the latest.

    £1047 total
    No longer using this account for new posts from 2013
  • I would love to join in. I have a Egg card that has £999.49 on it!! and they will start the interest next month. Also I am due to have my 4th baby on the second week of June so to try and get this cleared by the end of May would be great!! (thought it was about time I joined in and stopped lurking!!)
    Pay off all your debt by Xmas 2012
    Aim £8200
    Total so far £3700
    Left £4500
  • ehallett
    ehallett Posts: 1,960 Forumite
    Welcome to everyone new :D

    Good luck with the challenge - it's great to have so many people to keep each other motivated and keep the ideas flowing :j

    Emily x
  • Sa1sysoo
    Sa1sysoo Posts: 298 Forumite
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    Hi All,

    For fear of turning it into a praise Emily thread, I too have seen you in other posts and admire your persistance!! You go gal!:T

    I've got a couple of credit cards to pay off, but I'd love to get rid of my £1000 overdraft... Can I join too?

    I ebay sparesely already, so this might give me the kick up the bum I need to take it to another level....

    Briiiiing it orrrrn!!
    :j
    OH OD - £100.00/£100.00 Joint OD - £100.00/£100.00StepChange: £10,057.67
  • ehallett
    ehallett Posts: 1,960 Forumite
    Sa1sysoo wrote: »
    Hi All,

    For fear of turning it into a praise Emily thread, I too have seen you in other posts and admire your persistance!! You go gal!:T

    I've got a couple of credit cards to pay off, but I'd love to get rid of my £1000 overdraft... Can I join too?

    I ebay sparesely already, so this might give me the kick up the bum I need to take it to another level....

    Briiiiing it orrrrn!!
    :j

    Welcome :D

    Thank you for the praise too :o
  • Aj_eye
    Aj_eye Posts: 80 Forumite
    On friday I should be paying £300 on the MBNA and also clearing the :beer: GM card !!!:D :D:D

    My grand plan is to pay off £1800 by thye time my current interest free period is up.....
    Living with the legacy of bad decisions....but Proud to be dealing with my debts !:j Official DFW Nerd No. 362
  • shamu95
    shamu95 Posts: 355 Forumite
    please may i join? got loadsa ccs that need clearing but want to tackle my halifax one that is £6500. start my 2nd proper job after easter hols and this site keeps giving me motivation.
    Not everyones cup of tea but i also do avon and mystery shopping. avon earns me £100 a month-its easy if you work in a large place
    june debt totals:
    Citifinancial £11700
    Morgan Stanley £860
    Capital one Mastercard CLOSED
    Capital one visa £1676.3
    Halifax £6650
    Barclaycard CLOSED
    Abbey £1756.85
    Dad £6625
    Mbna £2282.20
    Total £31550.35

    £1000 in 2mths challenge £228.19
  • Newbie here. Can i join too? I have a ccard of £4419 currently being charged 12.6%. I want to pay it off to £3,000 before balance transferring it to 0% (if i can't do it before then). I have £500 savings but i need that for a wedding in cyprus this May.

    Therefore my target is £1419 by the end of june. I want to join for the support.
  • ehallett wrote: »
    Hi :D

    How much are you trying to clear and what's the debt?

    Emily x

    Hiya Emily! You're a star btw for starting this! :A I really need motivation to get doing what I plan to do :o

    Oops! That's me being a muppet and posting when I should be thinking about going to bed! I've got £993 on my credit card at the moment and want to clear it by the end of April ideally but definately before the end of May.

    Stupid, stupid thing I took out and I hate it so much, it's got to go asap so I can start working on my loan!
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Just popped by to wish you all good luck. I'm a little bit too busy over the next 2 months to join in (baby due shortly, just in case I haven't mentioned it lol), but I love reading these threads, they're so motivating! Hope you all have great success - maybe you could do a total of how much you have paid off overall, perhaps weekly, or monthly (because I'm nosey you see ;)).
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
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