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The £1,000 emergency fund challenge.

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  • Calling14
    Calling14 Posts: 3,498 Forumite
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    Totally agree I would have given up many times without the support of everyone on here.
    LBM 13039 1.1.13 Now £0 Finally Debt FreeMortgage free Oct 2019:)EFund/savings £25000 10/11/22
  • patman99
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    Glad to hear the car didn't cost too much to fix.

    Reminds me of my mate, he managed to ding the door of his then partner's Megane on a post. He ended-up getting a door from the internet. It was the right colour and everything.
    Never Knowingly Understood.

    Member #1 of £1,000 challenge - £13.74/ £1000 (that's 1.374%)

    3-6 month EF £0/£3600 (that's 0 days worth)

  • Yes, it would have been a brilliant result to find one exactly the same colour. Actually, OH tracked down another one the same model as my car and in the right colour but there wasn't much salvageable on that one. The doors were in a worse state than mine apparently! He said it looked as if it had been through the crusher already:rotfl:
  • January2015
    January2015 Posts: 2,369 Forumite
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    No 84 reporting in :)

    £250 / £1,000 :j:j
    DFW Nerd No. 1484 LBM 07/01/15 Debt was £95k :eek: Now debt free and happy :j
  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
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    edited 13 February 2015 at 8:24PM
    Things are looking-up. Got an interview next week.

    Also had my cash-out from TCB come in to my account.
    Never Knowingly Understood.

    Member #1 of £1,000 challenge - £13.74/ £1000 (that's 1.374%)

    3-6 month EF £0/£3600 (that's 0 days worth)

  • Good luck with the interview Patman rooting for you:)
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  • Well just been paid so having balanced the budget able to put magnificent £250 towards ef. This is made up of getting some very rare overtime in Jan and being ultra frugal, I'm getting so I hate spending money! There is lots of ot available at work but it's always the same people who get in first for it, like the rest of us don't need any extra! What do they know:rotfl: I secretly think they might be on DMPs/Iva's

    EF now up to a superb £450. Thanks to this thread spurring me on, thanks everyone:T
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  • Dobbibill
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    patman99 wrote: »
    Things are looking-up. Got an interview next week.

    Also had my cash-out from TCB come in to my account.

    Finger's crossed for you Patman, you really do deserve a change of luck now - we are all behind you :T

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  • patman99
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    Andyfromotley, welcome on board.
    That makes 87 of us all aiming for the magic £1k E/F.
    Never Knowingly Understood.

    Member #1 of £1,000 challenge - £13.74/ £1000 (that's 1.374%)

    3-6 month EF £0/£3600 (that's 0 days worth)

  • Thanks Patman.
    £1000 Emergency fund No90 £1000/1000
    LBM 28/1/15 total debt - [STRIKE]£23,410[/STRIKE] 24/3/16 total debt - £7,298
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