E-bay queen saving hoilday fund :) wish me luck :)

E-bay_queen

Good afternoon all
I become debt free in Feb 07. It taken us a good 2 years to do it. Very hard work, Ebay stuff, bootsale, not going out, less take aways.

I set this up cos i want to save for a hoilday to say well done to me and hubby for working so hard to become debt free. I want to save bout £2000. I know it a lot but i want the a great hoilday to remember in Dom rep.

My aim is selling bits on ebay, Bootsale, going to try and put at least 5% of wages away in saving account.

I will not book the hoilday till i have the money. Once I got to the £1500 mark i gonna start looking a cheaper deals on line.

Anyone is welcome to join in the saving club.

Thank you for reading i will update when anything happens

chunky79

Sounds like a great idea. Good luck missus x

wannasavemoney

Well done on becoming debt free and good luck on the holiday savings.

looneyleo

Well done for becoming debt free - and an even bigger welldone for wanting to stay that way! We have a holiday fund and it is brilliant. We stick any money we make through selling stuff, overtime, spare change, paying council tax money into it when you get a month off etc etc etc. It soon adds up and you know exactly how much you have to spend on a holiday. It's very black and white -yes we can afford that holiday or no we can't afford that holiday! Hope you get there quickly...great fun and great satisfaction too...

E-bay_queen

So far we got £25.00. Got loads of stuff to list on ebay tonight.
Gonna do the spending diary aswell, today i spent nothing so far but got to go post office in a bit. Would like to have £1500 save up by next year.

I just got my money box out from under the stairs.

I have my up days and down days so i wanted to do this so people can give me the push i need.

Thank you all.
Love to hear ur storys.

shoeaddict

Hi E-bay queen! I am doing exactly the same thing - although sadly not debt free like you, huge congrats on that!!

I haven't had a holiday for about seven years, so last year I decided that enough was enough and I wanted to go to New York. Obviously couldn't possibly afford it - only way would have been to stick it on c/c and then worry about it later but no way was I doing that.

So I decided that I would save up by using Ebay, and put everything I made on there in a seperate account - keeping it absolutely clear from my debts and day to day money. I've been doing it for about 18 months now, and have managed to save around £2k. (And yes, I know this could have paid off my debts, but I am tackling them seperately and this holiday is much needed!). So the two weeks in New York are booked for October for me and my darling OH - now I am just saving spending money.

So it is definitely possible to do! And I feel so so proud that I am taking me and my OH on a fantastic holiday, and not putting any of it on credit. So, keep in touch and we'll keep each other going! Good luck!

E-bay_queen

Such a big well done for saving all that money. I find the more you want it the more u will save to get there and it what i want sooo much.

Just listed five items on ebay

GreenNinja

Well done E-bay Queen,

It will make the holiday soooo enjoyable knowing how hard you have saved up for it.

I had a week in Egypt, the last week in May and I had saved for it and the spending money since January, it was worth all the scrimping and scratching I had had to do to raise the money and I really enjoyed the holiday it totally recharged my batteries, so good on ya girl!

:beer:

smudgemanc26

E-bay_queen wrote: »

Such a big well done for saving all that money. I find the more you want it the more u will save to get there and it what i want sooo much.

Just listed five items on ebay

Ebay queen what kind of stuff do you sell on ebay? I always end up giving stuff to charity as ive never been a user of Ebay and wouldnt have the first clue about what to do or what sells. Can you make money from 2nd hand goods cos i might give it ago. I can only try i suppose!

The only thing that worries me is the posting thing and collecting the money off people. I would probably spend most of my time at the post office and end up making hardly any profit!

Do you have any good tips?

debtfreewannabee_3

good luck and hope you reach at your aim

E-bay_queen

Well I am selling second hand clothes in great cond. been selling really well, I am a business seller as well on a different account selling clothes aswell. My hubby run the saving account for ebay. I love shopping for clothes and bits. I got myself a lovely monsoon jacket from the bootsale. size 16. Im on a diet at the time thinking i will slim in to it. lol I have sold it last week cos i still not a size 16 i gone up a size instead to size 20 !!! Cost me a £2 sold for £15.
Little update
Sold two more items today another £19.98 Got to take postage out yet

It easy to list on ebay and cheap listing day on thursday.

Gonna list few more clothes tonight. Few of hubby shirts.

Dinner cooking yummie.