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  • ukmaggie45
    ukmaggie45 Posts: 2,968 Forumite
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    I just re-found a spray of Chanel No 19 Eau de Parfum that OH gave me prob nearly 10 years ago now. :eek: Barely used, so bottle nearly full... I'm guessing that's why it still smells wonderful. Plus it's been kept in its original box in the dark. Going to use it while it's still OK. I've no idea what it costs now, but suspect it's more than I'd ever want to pay! But pointless to save for "special occasions" as doubt will have any more of them! Kids both married, and they don't go in for stuff like Christenings (thank goodness!).

    Swift spray on wrists, rub across inside of elbows, I'm suddenly feeling happy. :)
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,209 Forumite
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    Oh dear, ebay have just offered DW £25 if she sells a smart phone for more than £100. I'm thinking she lists a phone for £101 buy-it-now, I buy it, she pays ebay their 10% fee and we make £15 profit....
    I think....
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    michaels wrote: »
    More on topic posting, sorry. Sometimes all parties can want an arrangement like this but the mortgage lenders for the new buyers can rule it out as it doesn't meet their risk profile :(

    :( indeed.

    Naturally my friend has no information regarding the mortgage arrangements of the new LL, but the sale went through all right. :)
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    ukmaggie45 wrote: »
    I just re-found a spray of Chanel No 19 Eau de Parfum that OH gave me prob nearly 10 years ago now. :eek: Barely used, so bottle nearly full... I'm guessing that's why it still smells wonderful. Plus it's been kept in its original box in the dark. Going to use it while it's still OK. I've no idea what it costs now, but suspect it's more than I'd ever want to pay! But pointless to save for "special occasions" as doubt will have any more of them! Kids both married, and they don't go in for stuff like Christenings (thank goodness!).

    Swift spray on wrists, rub across inside of elbows, I'm suddenly feeling happy. :)

    Enjoy it! :)
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,469 Forumite
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    michaels wrote: »
    Oh dear, ebay have just offered DW £25 if she sells a smart phone for more than £100. I'm thinking she lists a phone for £101 buy-it-now, I buy it, she pays ebay their 10% fee and we make £15 profit....

    Could you celebrate by selling it back to her for another £15 profit?
  • PasturesNew
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    LydiaJ wrote: »

    The agent kept the property on their books and continues raking in their cut of the rent.
    And, no doubt, charged the usual EA selling fee of 1-2%, which will have been written into the rental contract with the LL. Win, win, win for the agent. Champers all round.... not common G&Ts for these highly intelligent, qualified and competent professionals :)
  • PasturesNew
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    michaels wrote: »
    Oh dear, ebay have just offered DW £25 if she sells a smart phone for more than £100. I'm thinking she lists a phone for £101 buy-it-now, I buy it, she pays ebay their 10% fee and we make £15 profit....

    Always on the make ... :P
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    I have two scents I use regularly - Black Cashmere and Allure. I love both. I don't save it for special occasions, I like wearing scent.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    My perfumes are free, mostly, too. My parents give them to me for Christmas / birthday presents!
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,209 Forumite
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    chewmylegoff wrote: »
    Could you celebrate by selling it back to her for another £15 profit?

    WE use my ebay account not hers hence she receives offers and I don't...
    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    I have two scents I use regularly - Black Cashmere and Allure. I love both. I don't save it for special occasions, I like wearing scent.

    I am really not keen on all that perfume, smelly soaps, fabric conditioner thang, what is wrong with just smelling clean? I also try to avoid getting warm enough to activate my deodorant.

    When DSIL visits her scent takes over the whole house and car for days on end, similarly when we have the foreign students they linger for days after they leave. At work a new joiner, lady of a certain age wears something where the 'notes' I get are sort of toilet cleaner / nail varnish remover and even though she generally sits several desks away I notice every time she gets up or sits down because there is a 'waft' of this. I haven't felt able to mention my discomfort to anyone.
    I think....
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