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Paid 0.322% (!) off today.
..only tiny but better than adding to it :cool:January 2025 - Debt £20,0060 -
Another 2% paid today taking my total down to £2552
I have now paid 3% in total
We think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery, we need humanity.
More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.
Charlie Chaplin.
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Another 4% brings me to 30%. 0
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I rang the bank to find out what the updated balance was after all the overpayments I have made.
Very pleased to discover it was around £500 less than I thought meaning I've saved that amount in interest.
Still plugging away as there's a long way to go, however I certainly feel better now I'm getting close to the halfway point of how much I've repaid.final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333Proud to be Dealing With my DebtDFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 1550 -
Staying with my current percentiles of £177.00, I'm now up to 7%. Those little overpayments of £2.00 work claim backs and ebay sales are slowly building up.OH OD - £100.00/£100.00 Joint OD - £100.00/£100.00StepChange: £10,057.670
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Adding another 4%, now at 34% paid off) 0
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Hi, I would like to join please. Have 10k to clear so £100 will be my 1%January Grocery Challenge 2016 = £119.41/£250.00
Weekly Savings Challenge 2016 = £364.31/£1378.00 26.44%
Virtual Sealed Pot Challenge 2016 #9 = £13.88/£500 2.34%
£2 Savers Club 2016 #26 = £140/£500 28%
1% challenge 2016 = £100 Total saved £100/£10,000 1%0 -
fedupandskint wrote: »I rang the bank to find out what the updated balance was after all the overpayments I have made.
Very pleased to discover it was around £500 less than I thought meaning I've saved that amount in interest.
Still plugging away as there's a long way to go, however I certainly feel better now I'm getting close to the halfway point of how much I've repaid.
Nearly at the halfway point - you're doing so well! :beer:
I too had a nice surprise when I called to check my balance (thought not as nice as your £500!) and rather than change all of my figures I have counted this as payments (I obviously overpaid at some point!) so I am technically at 6.85% paid, but until I reach the 7 will report my repayments as being 6% :jWe think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery, we need humanity.
More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.
Charlie Chaplin.
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Another payment made today taking me up to 12% :jWe think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery, we need humanity.
More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.
Charlie Chaplin.
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Paid another 4% now at 38% paid0
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