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Credit Card Challenge Anyone?

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  • Sa1sysoo
    Sa1sysoo Posts: 298 Forumite
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    Woo hoo! Down £100 already due to a refund from a credit card (I overpaid them and only just got the money back:mad:)

    Also, saving them £2 coins, and will have to raid the change bottle soon...
    Righto, orf to the loft to see if there's anything left up there that I could eBay.

    Blimy, Emily, you're well full of ideas! Really must stop deleting my mystery shopping emails and actually do some of them! :o
    OH OD - £100.00/£100.00 Joint OD - £100.00/£100.00StepChange: £10,057.67
  • Hi Emily ur doin great on here da iawn! (well done in Welsh) Ive started the savings and Im not doin too bad...

    1. everyday the coins that are in my purse go in a sealed jar and are forgotton!
    2. Pizza money, fags money, beer money are put into the jar when I force my self to eat beans on toast or jus go to sleep to avoid spending!!
    3. fillin in those god dam surveys but I did get a free 10 HMV voucher
    4. quidco and free fivers. Its ok did A few gambling loopholes spending a tenner getting a free tenner then taking the orginial tenner out. Its time yet money... I also opened a new current account and got 50. First direct (hsbc) are ofering 100 if u open one with them
    5. saving stuff for a car boot, sim cards, old stuff etc
    6. Bein very creative and probably sad but making birthday cards for amily memebers n good friends (funny photo ones) saving gifts ppl have given to me that I dont need!! (Hey when ur in debt ur in debt no point pretending ur rich!!!)

    I cat think of anything else right now but if anyone has any ideas pleeeeease let me know. Oh and ve let Very good friends order from my catalgue to get the commison ha ha. lets keep this going! Not going to check the cash jar until this mission is over!! let me know xxCxx
    Total debt £17,135 total paid off £525
  • I got £22.50 last night which a friend owed me.

    Running out of ideas as to how to make a grand in 2 months though! What kind of things do people sell on ebay? I think ive sold most of the contents of my housea already!

    Is it really bad that as i drove to work this morning i was really tmpted to pick up some of the charity bags that people had left on their doorstep? :o don't worry - i didn't actually do it!!!
  • Aj_eye
    Aj_eye Posts: 80 Forumite
    Hi people,

    Just to let you know the MBNA is down £300 :D

    and the GM card is cleared !!!!!!:beer: :j :j
    Living with the legacy of bad decisions....but Proud to be dealing with my debts !:j Official DFW Nerd No. 362
  • Sa1sysoo
    Sa1sysoo Posts: 298 Forumite
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    Aj_eye, that's great news! Well done and congratulations!
    :beer:
    OH OD - £100.00/£100.00 Joint OD - £100.00/£100.00StepChange: £10,057.67
  • Avogirly
    Avogirly Posts: 751 Forumite
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    Everyone is doing really well.

    I am going to list as much stuff as possible on ebay and amazon tomorrow.
    Does anyone know when the next 10p listing day is?
    October make £10/day currently £11.02
  • Hippychick
    Hippychick Posts: 738 Forumite
    Woohoo had a clear out last night (looking for stuff to ebay) and found an old savings passbook from 6 years ago with £300.00 in, Can't believe i forgot about that account!!!!

    anyway I am well chuffed so coupled with my insurance rebate I should be able to bank £500.00 on Monday :D


    CC debt at 8/7/13 - £12,186.17
    Barclaycard £11,027.58
    Halifax £1,158.59
    5 year plan to live unsecured debt free and move home
  • Hippychick wrote: »
    Woohoo had a clear out last night (looking for stuff to ebay) and found an old savings passbook from 6 years ago with £300.00 in, Can't believe i forgot about that account!!!!

    anyway I am well chuffed so coupled with my insurance rebate I should be able to bank £500.00 on Monday :D


    :eek: thats an amazing find!! :beer:
  • Sa1sysoo
    Sa1sysoo Posts: 298 Forumite
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    Hippychick wrote: »
    Woohoo had a clear out last night (looking for stuff to ebay) and found an old savings passbook from 6 years ago with £300.00 in, Can't believe i forgot about that account!!!!

    anyway I am well chuffed so coupled with my insurance rebate I should be able to bank £500.00 on Monday :D


    :j Wow!

    What a fab find!
    OH OD - £100.00/£100.00 Joint OD - £100.00/£100.00StepChange: £10,057.67
  • ehallett
    ehallett Posts: 1,960 Forumite
    Well done everyone - making great progress :D

    I've got an internet mystery shopping type job which will pay me £75 for just 2 hours work :j

    I've got a couple of mystery shops over the next couple of days too. I listed a lot of stuff on Ebay last night to finish on Sunday so hopefully they will sell well.

    I won a couple of wirework baskets today which I think are horrible but I'm sure that someone will buy them on Ebay - the letter they came with says they are worth £55 :eek: - I wouldn't pay a fiver for them ;)

    Keep motivated everyone.

    Emily x
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