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The 1% Challenge - 100 ways to make your 1%

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  • liz-paul
    liz-paul Posts: 899 Forumite
    Actually no I'm not, I'm up to 23%. Even better!
    1% at a time no. 40. £8000 (For dream family holiday) 94/100
    MFW 2013 no. 62 £10,000/£10,000
    MFW 2014 no 62 £8000/£7000
  • happytails
    happytails Posts: 1,554 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hoping to budget today and send some pennies over to the CC :)

    Trying to find more things to sell and more ways to save but i keep slipping up :( (just bought 3 dresses online in sale yesterday, i only plan on keeping 1, its for a hen do in 3 weeks as my dress is still too tight :() and there is yet another issue with the car so that is off to the garage tomorrow :(

    Got 4 things ending on Ebay tonight, no bids yet :(

    Sarah x
    DFW Total £21,800 to clear by Dec 2022
    MFW Total £184,950 £179,066 to clear by 2035
  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    3% made today on ebay after £70-odd made on ebay today and 10 items sold.

    Will dutifully pay my high rate CC once ebay fees are paid and postage costs and will come to 3% left to send to the CC repayment

    The items that sell are the ones I don't expect to sell easily!

    Upto 19% repaid in total now :D
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • Thank you for the inspiration of this thread :) first ever lot of stuff on ebay and although only half sold, I made £44.12 (not including postage) enough to inspire me to put a load more on there, though not quite making my 1%
    Saving since 2005 --> September '13: 37,800! Mortgage deposit saved! :)
  • leictina
    leictina Posts: 297 Forumite
    100 Posts
    Hi all

    Just updated my spreadsheets for June and i have now
    paid off 5%

    Hope everyone is doing well with their %'s.....


    LBM @ 01.01.12 TOTAL DEBT = £13301.77. LH number 320
    POAMAYC in 2013 #1 : £54.53/£10159.90
    1% challenge - 7% paid off.
    DFD @ 31.07.13 is April 2017 (45 months to go!)
  • happytails
    happytails Posts: 1,554 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    None of my items sold on Ebay :( NSD today though, which is good. Making jacket potatoes and salad for dinner as its what we have in. Hopefully i can list more things for sale later when kids are in bed.

    Feel like we've plateau'd a bit which is annoying. Not made our CC payment yet so hopefully we can send a fair bit over. Car is in the garage today so hoping its not too expensive :(

    Sarah x
    DFW Total £21,800 to clear by Dec 2022
    MFW Total £184,950 £179,066 to clear by 2035
  • Shell78_2
    Shell78_2 Posts: 37 Forumite
    Number 128
    2% paid off today x
    Barclaycard=£4200/ Next=£0.00/Lloyds overdraft= £1000/Santander overdraft= £550
    TOTAL DEBT = £13750:eek:as of November 2012
    TOTAL DEBT = £11620 as of March 2013
    TOTAL DEBT = £5750 as of January 2016:T
  • Shell78_2
    Shell78_2 Posts: 37 Forumite
    Sorry can you change my 1% to £12, I have decided to pay 1 debt at a time as the whole debt was too daunting
    Thanks
    Number 182
    Barclaycard=£4200/ Next=£0.00/Lloyds overdraft= £1000/Santander overdraft= £550
    TOTAL DEBT = £13750:eek:as of November 2012
    TOTAL DEBT = £11620 as of March 2013
    TOTAL DEBT = £5750 as of January 2016:T
  • craftingmad
    craftingmad Posts: 3,382 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Hi all,

    Well its good to see lots of progress from all us 1%'ers. :THappytails - I feel that I am stuck too as just don't seem to be getting anywhere fast at the mo. Keep plodding away - the little things will all add up :)

    Well I done my first facepainting / glitter tattooing stall on Sunday with my business partner (a fellow SAH parent from school). The event was not massively busy but I have got another £65 waiting to be paid into the bank. :j

    So once I actually find time to get to the bank, between the craft fair and facepainting I have £120 for the savings account. That will take me up to 47% - almost half way :o

    Won't actually declare until paid in though :D

    Keep up the good work everyone - as a well known supermarket says - every little helps!!!! ;)
    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02
  • tudorfan22
    tudorfan22 Posts: 436 Forumite
    member number 102 signing in! i am now up to 23.09% Down to £4999 on the old credit card - its very motivating to be in 'the 4's'!!! hence the fact im £1 below £5000 :A
    )

    :beer:
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