madmoneys xmas pesky saving challenge

madmoney_2

lol I_A, Ive got 30 quid for my argos cc, and 150 towards my council tax now, plus oh wages at the end of the month should cover it!!! soooo chuffed today, my boss is moving house, and her suede corner settee is too big for her new place, so she has been trying to sell it to me, after much haggling, and me waiting to the last minute, shes just gonna give it me!!! wooohooooo free settee cant believe it, only trouble is it needs cleanin n i havent got a clue how to clean suede so i posted on the os board, see what they come up with. have a good day all xxxx

rayday2

You are all so organised

I now have bids up to £8.48 so that leaves me about -£2.00 not bad lol!

immoral_angeluk

lol rayday... you gotta love ebay haven't you?

rayday2

Can I answer that in a week lol!

Had one dozey woman today selling some crawling kneepads for babies she had not heard of them before wanted me to tell her where I got them from! Doh! yeah I will tell you then you can buy from there instead of me - honest!

madmoney_2

lol rayday, i cant believe u bought kneepads for a baby tho! congrats on the bingo win I_A, just be careful u dont end up spending ur own dish, i got caught up in it and it spiralled out of control....but if u can beat them at their own game and cancel membership when ur done i say good luck to u hun.....aqua, if ur reading this good luck for your date tonite and let me know how it went xxxxx

aquababe81

AARRGGHH! I am fake tanned (old bottle in cupboard), manicured (DIY effort),hair dyed (£3.88 morrisons) and new clothes (well loaned from sister) and ready to go.... but have an hour and a half to wait still! I have been checking ebay and amazon but nothing is selling so am just twiddling my thumbs and getting nervous!

aquababe81

Oh and well done to you all with your efforts! Was just wondering, when i have to pay my installment on 28th for littlewoods, do i take that off the amount i need to raise for the challenge?! Cos i missed last months payment i have to pay £45 which reduces the total signifcantly! Mind you, the rate i'm going i won't and up reaching it anyway!

madmoney_2

yeah anything you pay towards littlewoods will count, and all you have to do is TRY to pay off ur debt, after all, it is a pesky one!!! you are probably on your date at the mo, and well done for only paying out 4 quid!!! hoefully ur date is a gentleman and will pay for everything;)

sweetpeas_2

right. im not doing very well with my pesky debt! :mad:

car boot went belly up, only sold 1 item on ebay, £5.95, and had to use the £60 i put away for my pesky debt to buy food... so feelng quite a bit sorry for myself.
first instalment is £31, due 02/09, total debt on there is £129.98. so hoping to pay the whole lot off instead of my minimum payment. hmm what do we think. might end up paying min payment on 2nd then rest before 11th to keep up with my pesky challengers!!!

what do we think guys? im a bit disheartened now. cos back to a big fat ZERO.


nog x

madmoney_2

hey there nog, dont worry about it, this isnt a step back, its "a learning curve" lol. Firstly, you didnt spend the money on crap. it went on food for the family so dont beat urself up about that. secondly, all the things that didnt sell if i remember correctly u can relist them for free? just work on your advertising tactics, re-write the description like ur really gutted the item has to go etc, take better pics, im sure you will get more bids this way? thirdly, there are another 22 days left of this challenge, plenty of time to re-do the carboot n relist ur ebay stuff
THINK POSITIVE!!!! theres a reason its called a challenge lol, keep me posted nog good luck xxx