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March Challenge: Sell, Scrap or Donate 31 Things in 31 Days

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  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Have 2 items to post today. Need to buy more Jiffy bags today to send three more tomorrow and have a bid going on another item. Have two Compare the Meerkat toys to put on tonight. On a roll.
    Back for the No Buying Toiletries challenge. I pledge to only buy when I run out of a product that is not already in my stash no matter what wonderful emails land in in my Inbox or threads I read on MSE re: glitches!

    SPC Member 046
    £2. Challenge member 55
  • Hermia
    Hermia Posts: 4,473 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I have finally calculated where I am with this challenge!

    I have sold 19 items to those book/DVD buying companies and got £9.65 for them. It is not much, but they were taking up room and didn't sell elsewhere.

    I have sold five items on ebay and made £44.65 after postage and fees etc.

    So I am currently at (drum roll)...

    24/31
    £54.30

    I have a big bag of books that I am hoping to take to the charity shop this week.
  • craftingmad
    craftingmad Posts: 3,362 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    5 more Avon items sold via facebook today so now up to 28/31 and £153 better off :)
    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02
  • Orange_Ena
    Orange_Ena Posts: 1,297 Forumite
    Evening :)

    10 eb@y items were listed but only 4 have sold for a total profit of £16.45. I'll relist the rest tomorrow.

    I've lost track of how much I've got rid of all together but I think I'm past 31 items now. I'm just going to keep going :rotfl:
    Debt Apr 15 - £6895.44 :( Apr 17 - £2500 :) Dec 17 - £560 :) July 18 - £199 :D
    CHEFS challenge (Cruise Holiday Entirely Funded by Surveys) - £685.79
    Every penny is a prisoner :D
  • Bit of a disappointment here as I am still waiting for payment from two of my eBay items that sold on the 6th of March!! They are higher value items as well.

    On a better note, two more items sold yesterday so they are ready to post - gets me up to 8 things sold. I don't know if I will make the 31 sold, but I am decluttering by the day ready for my move. Looking to sell my old hoover as well as I took advantage of the MSE Vax sale. Also got rid of some paper organisers that were cluttering up my kitchen - starting to look a bit clearer!
    Trying to make my way on my MSE adventure.. Debt free since June 2018:j

    December GC £32.58/£130
    November GC £101.14/£135 :: another month under budget! :: another m
    Emergency Fund £104.77/£1000:(
  • I think I'm doing ok, technically I have got rid of 82 things! But some of it I have done in bundles (31 DVD's / 30 padded envelopes etc) so my total when you look at it that way is only 10! I've got another 9 things listed on ebay and have some more things lined up ready to try and sell next week.
    I've made £98.17 which is brilliant and best of all I have got rid of some big items such an extra dining room table and 4 chairs and a TV unit, so my house is looking much better for it!
  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Have posted three items today. Have also posted 2 items on facebook sale sites rather than ebay.
    Back for the No Buying Toiletries challenge. I pledge to only buy when I run out of a product that is not already in my stash no matter what wonderful emails land in in my Inbox or threads I read on MSE re: glitches!

    SPC Member 046
    £2. Challenge member 55
  • note3
    note3 Posts: 291 Forumite
    Posted some bits on Ebay today. One thing from earlier listings sold and paid for so I'm on 26/31
  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Threw away an eyeshadow trio today.
    Back for the No Buying Toiletries challenge. I pledge to only buy when I run out of a product that is not already in my stash no matter what wonderful emails land in in my Inbox or threads I read on MSE re: glitches!

    SPC Member 046
    £2. Challenge member 55
  • I threw away 4 body butter / moisturiser things I've had for years, all used once and then ignored because I just don't like the icky feeling of sludgy things on my skin. Bit of a waste but I can't sell or give them away and they're just gathering dust.
    :staradmin :staradmin Emergency Fund @ £300 Non CCJ Debts x 7 @ £2782/ £4055 PAID! CCJs x4 Unpaid Total @£5103 Christmas 2016 Fund @£116 Holiday Fund £300/ £550 Wedding Fund Goal: £2500 /// Total Remaining: £9409 / £12,900 (£3498- 27.11%Paid) :staradmin:staradmin
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