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  • jwil
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    Thanks DFW :) I love pasta and rice too.

    That salad sounds nice, might give it a go.

    I'm going to do curry this week I've decided, might do chilli too for a change.

    That's annoying about your ebay account, maybe give them a call? I think someone on the ebay boards was having a similar problem. You haven't changed your email address have you?

    Well this morning I have packed my ebay stuff, hoovered through, washed the carpet in the middle room and extension, done and hung two lots of washing, loaded the car, and I'm now waiting for little jwil to wake up so we can go to the car boot.

    He went up at 8.30 and is still asleep now :eek: We didn't have a bad night either so he must just be shattered poor little chap.
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  • jwil
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    Well I went car booting on Saturday - it wasn't particularly good though. I did however manage to get little jwil a pair of shoes for £1 :T :T :T

    I was looking at them before I went and was resigning myself to the fact that they don't come up 2nd hand in his size, and I was just going to have to suck it up and buy them, and I found some there. It makes going worthwhile even though we didn't sell a huge amount.

    Converting my listings to BIN on the joint account worked really well, I sold 9 items over the weekend and another 2 have just sold now :T It's only low value stuff but it's clearing it out.

    I also sold a few bits on my account, and did all of DH's relists on his account too.

    I'm going to try and get a load more listed this week.

    I've got the boiler service tomorrow and someone coming to fix the toilet. Can't wait for that, it will be lovely to have a properly working toilet again!

    We had a good mooch around the boot sales yesterday, but I didn't really buy anything.

    Hope everyone is well, it's very quiet on here, I'm all sad and lonely :D
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  • jwil
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    [strike]1. £100[/strike]
    [strike]2. £90[/strike]
    [strike]3. £330[/strike]
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    10. £620
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    Total: [STRIKE]£2836[/STRIKE] £1764

    Just bumping this so I can find it again :o I've added a couple of more bits on as well :eek:
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil
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    I've got the boiler service and toilet fix later this afternoon, so am going to try and get some listing done later after a panicked tidy up!

    Hoping little jwil will go down for a nap so I can get on.

    He's slept really well (for him) the last few nights - only 3 wakeups around 10pm, midnight and 5am. That seems heavenly for me, and I can cope with that! Long may it continue.

    I didn't get much sleep last night due to coughing. Hope this goes again soon.

    I've sold a few more items so that's all good.

    I'm trying to catch up on surveys now.

    Really annoyed about an ebay purchase. I bought little jwil some shoes BIN on Friday (paid about 6am). I was a little uncertain about the sale as the seller has a few bad feedback saying that the condition hasn't been great. However, there were lots of photos of the shoes and they look ok, and the price was good so I thought I'd take the chance.

    The seller has one day dispatch on their listing, so part of me hoped they would be posted Friday or Saturday, but realistically expected them to be posted yesterday. Today I've had a message saying the seller has just come back from holiday and will post them tomorrow! :mad: Today is the final expected delivery day.

    It's not the end of the world, but why on earth have buy it now listings on when you are on holiday? I've been watching them since they were listed about a week ago, trying to make up my mind whether to go for them or not, so they must have just listed them before they went.

    I don't know what feedback to leave as a result of this. I guess I'll just give a low star for despatch time. Luckily because I found those shoes at the car boot on Saturday it's not such a problem, but it's really annoyed me though!
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • dawnybabes
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    That's a bit cheeky really - what if you had needed them urgently
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  • DedicatedDFW
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    Hi jwil - a quick post before bed for me - hope your cold clears up soon - it is rotten trying to sleep and having a terrible cough keeping you up x

    Hope little jwil is all good ? :D

    Well done on your sales, wins, and bargain carboot finds :j I feel i need to give you a little 'pat' there you go and there i go with a little bit of the jwil lucky dust :D

    Grr re. the lax info. on postage for the shoes.

    Will catch up more soon but i *must* get to bed - i have been a very tired bean of late xx

    Hope eeryone else is good x
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  • LAM2011
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    How annoying with the ebay item but a nice bargain on the carboot shoes.


    I have given up with ebay at the moment I just cant seem to find time to photograph and list the stuff.
  • wow well done on the win! how annoying about ebay id ask for discount! your right what is the point of putting next day delivery when clearly its not! It is really warm today I am cooking and swelling so I cant be out in it too long im suffering with cankles ! ah my god! xx
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  • jwil
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    dawnybabes wrote: »
    That's a bit cheeky really - what if you had needed them urgently

    :wave: thanks for popping in :D It's really silly and it did annoy me, especially as it turns out I ordered them on Thursday not Friday!
    LAM2011 wrote: »
    How annoying with the ebay item but a nice bargain on the carboot shoes.


    I have given up with ebay at the moment I just cant seem to find time to photograph and list the stuff.

    Hope you manage to get your mojo back soon.
    wow well done on the win! how annoying about ebay id ask for discount! your right what is the point of putting next day delivery when clearly its not! It is really warm today I am cooking and swelling so I cant be out in it too long im suffering with cankles ! ah my god! xx

    I wouldn't ask for discount, just hope that the shoes are worth it in the end!

    Hope you are not suffering too much in the heat. Pregnancy can be delightful! They keep a lot secret. I certainly didn't 'bloom' at all while I was pregnant :D
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil
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    Hi jwil - a quick post before bed for me - hope your cold clears up soon - it is rotten trying to sleep and having a terrible cough keeping you up x

    Hope little jwil is all good ? :D

    Well done on your sales, wins, and bargain carboot finds :j I feel i need to give you a little 'pat' there you go and there i go with a little bit of the jwil lucky dust :D

    Grr re. the lax info. on postage for the shoes.

    Will catch up more soon but i *must* get to bed - i have been a very tired bean of late xx

    Hope eeryone else is good x

    Nice to see you again DDFW :) Hope all is well with you and you got a good nights sleep.

    Little jwil is fine thank you :)

    Hoping for some more lucky dust soon :D
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
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