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How much do you spend on debt payments each month

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  • Molanole
    Molanole Posts: 1,563 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Currently trying to pay £1,125 per month but sometimes only manage minimums of £784 :confused: It's good seeing even the minimum payment amount coming down though, when I started it was £850! ;)
    Debt Free Nerd No. 89, LBM: April 2006, Debt at highest (Sept 05): £40,939.96
    NOW TOTALLY DEBT FREE!!!!!!!! Woooo hooooooo!!! DEBT FREE DATE: 23 December 2009
  • ms_london
    ms_london Posts: 2,852 Forumite
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    Molanole wrote: »
    Currently trying to pay £1,125 per month but sometimes only manage minimums of £784 :confused: It's good seeing even the minimum payment amount coming down though, when I started it was £850! ;)

    Hello!! That is a staggering amount hun!! How have you been? Feeling better? xx
  • chocaholic110
    chocaholic110 Posts: 2,509 Forumite
    We are currently paying around £1500 a month which is half of our monthly wages. Plus anything that comes from Quidco, Ebay etc. It means money is tight but it has brought our debt free date much closer - it would have taken many years paying minimum payments.
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    We pay £1350 minimum payments each month which is every penny that I earn plus the money from renting out our spare room.

    OH earns a similar amount which has to pay the mortgage and bills etc.

    We eat fresh air, own brand of course, it's cheapest!!
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • dlb
    dlb Posts: 2,488 Forumite
    £387 per month is what we pay.Debt free here i come!!
    Proud to be DEBT FREE AT LAST
  • ms_london
    ms_london Posts: 2,852 Forumite
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    hypno06 wrote: »
    We eat fresh air, own brand of course, it's cheapest!!

    I've heard that's good. Alternatively you could eat dust? Always worth a try. May have some for dinner tonight..... :rotfl:
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    I save the dust for when we have guests.
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
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    We used to pay over £370 before our lightbulb moment. As it stands we're paying £241.72 which includes our car loan. All our spare cash goes on debts as well.
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • deb_buffy
    deb_buffy Posts: 128 Forumite
    We currently spend £150 a month but after we move house we are looking at paying back around £550 a month which hopefully should get us debt free for christmas 2007 which fingers crossed will happen.
  • Seaxwyn
    Seaxwyn Posts: 4,896 Forumite
    We pay about 670 a month - that's two loan payments and the min payments on three credit cards.

    I hardly ever manage more than a few pounds extra as our income fluctuates and only just covers our outgoings. I haven't dared commit myself to a debt-free date for this reason.
    Total debt: 1 January 2007 £[strike]49,387.79[/strike] 1 January 2012 £[STRIKE]19,312.85[/STRIKE] 1 August 2012 £11,517.62



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