Debt, get ready to kiss your @$$ goodbye!

Broke_Kitty

Holy smoke! Surely it's most economical to just ditch it at this point? Sell it for scrap and maybe those funds will help ease the other costs a bit?

Hope things look up for you soon, very impressed with your ebaying spirit! I wouldn't have been able to pick myself up enough to even bother.

HOK3Y

The car is worth about £2500 to scrap and £9k in working condition. Just don't know how the heck I can pull this one off.

AlexLK

HOK3Y: Sorry to hear about the news and hope you have the rent sorted by now. What is the car and what is wrong with it?

brizzledfw

Oh god this is SO unfair. F&cketty f&ck.

Hmm. It is tempting to mend it isn't it and then flog it..that's quite some gap to take the hit on if you just sold it for scrap.

Is there anything else you can sell? And yes agree you need to talk to the landlord and spread the payments over say 3 months. Have you been in arrears before? If not, it's a credible story and worth a try. To be honest it's in his/her interest to be reasonable if you are a good tenant.

Your OH's ex is also a c&w. Some people just have no empathy. It was hardly his fault. I feel for him.

Take care. You will win through.

Sending you lots of hugs xxx

Saver-upper

Aww,Hok3y,
I am sorry you are having such a hard time.
I don't know what to suggest about the car,but I know you,of all the people I know,WILL find a way .
We have missed you.
Take care x

PS,the roadkill rebels are all thinking of you.You can find the link to the March thread through my username if you like.

HOK3Y

The car is a beautiful 4wd Jeep which we absolutely adore. To say we're gutted is an understatement. Turns out that the gearbox went and cracked the compartment. As the car is an import, finding parts has proved difficult.

Never been in arrears before and the landlord was really nice but that was when I explained I would pay this Monday. Urg.

Thank you all for your support and checking in on me. I hope the rebels are having a ball. I am still collecting coins (anyone know where I can find 250,000 pennies!!!) but I don't have the energy to bounce onto the thread right now. Do tell everyone I'm not dead though, S-U!

You guys are so lovely - very lucky lady I am to have so much kindness and support. Thank you.

HOK3Y

Right, well, socks pulled up and full scale financial counter attack underway. Hubby has the day off and has been instructed to get all the meter readings (we have to get the concierge to unlock the areas where the meters are). I think we've been overpaying so I'm going to have npower sort it out now. He's also been told to look at removing money we have tied up in accounts that will mean paying a penalty to withdraw. I'm transferring every bit of cash I can find into the one main joint account and we will go from there.

What the future holds, I don't know but I'm getting my Jeep back!

DreamerHelen

THAT's the right attitude Hok!! You KNOW you can do this hun....and you WILL....

Get as much money as you can together....and you're doing it the right way.

We are ALL right behind you cheering you on from the sidelines....We ALL know you can do this hun xXx

crimson.addict

Hok, I'm sorry i haven't been around. I'm having my own dramas, granted not £2,500 worth of drama but still.

I just wish i had that kind of money to give out. I would be in my car on the way to Yorkshire right now, as would the rest of us i'm sure.

I will be thinking of you on Saturday, i shall put the lottery on and if i win £2,500 or more i'll take it as a sign and it's yours.

I hope everything works out for you.

I may not be around much but you and your hubby are in my thoughts

Ruth x

brizzledfw

You go girl!!! You WILL get there

Chin up