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The 1% Challenge - 100 ways to make your 1%
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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/£70000 -
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 xDFW Total £21,800 to clear by Dec 2022
MFW Total £184,950 £179,066 to clear by 20350 -
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 nowfinal unsecured debt to repay currently £8333Proud to be Dealing With my DebtDFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 1550 -
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!0 -
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!)0 -
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 xDFW Total £21,800 to clear by Dec 2022
MFW Total £184,950 £179,066 to clear by 20350 -
Number 128
2% paid off today xBarclaycard=£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:T0 -
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 182Barclaycard=£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:T0 -
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
Won't actually declare until paid in though
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 £77,497.020 -
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)
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