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How to split our mortgage payments fairly

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  • greensalad
    greensalad Posts: 2,530 Forumite
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    edited 16 July 2015 at 3:35PM
    AdrianC wrote: »
    I'd have thought both the games AND expensive suitcase a tad profligate for people apparently fighting five-figure debt, but...

    I never said expensive ;) And five-figure debt? Where did you pull that number from?
    jjgold wrote: »
    How often will you use that suitcase? 1-2 times per year?
    He can play those games for many many hours and then sell them on as soon as he's finished

    You can't sell on modern games any more. I'll be using my suitcase probably 5 times a year probably until the day I die. Though I could resell it if I wanted to. Also, his game purchasing was for one month. So next month it'll be the same again. And the next and the next...
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    greensalad wrote: »
    I never said expensive ;)

    Define "expensive"... Most of our variety of suitcases/holdalls cost about £20 each, and seem to be surviving quite nicely indeed.
    And five-figure debt? Where did you pull that number from?

    Your signature.
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
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    greensalad wrote: »
    And five-figure debt? Where did you pull that number from?
    AdrianC wrote: »
    Your signature.

    only £7524 in the sig.
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