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Mr SA has no luck with his scooters
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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He doesn’t look after them and crashes into things, that’s why I’d never buy him one. At least Motability will pick up the repair costs.beanielou said:Mr SA has no luck with his scootersI get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)2 -
I’m pleased you got a lift home after the scooter broke. I’m pleased he’s getting a smaller one…..hope it’s sturdy though and doesn’t tip easily.January spends - £587.583
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Happy Friday!
There's more wrong with Mr SA's scooter than the snapped back axle and rear wheel so it's a bigger repair job. He'll be without a scooter for a few days, he's going stir crazy already.
Worked in the office this morning and just going to do another hour and a bit to make up my hours.
A low spends day just £2.50 for an on demand FitSteps class.
I've opened another regular saver account today that pays 5% interest. I need to do some shuffling about with savings accounts as I have two with low interest rates that need closing and using for the better paying accounts. I do need an easy access one though for emergencies so don't want to tie all the savings up. That's my next job to look for a decent-ish rate easy access one. I don't have large amounts of money to play around with unfortunately so am trying to make what I have work. I've never been fortunate enough to be left an inheritance and there are no prospects of that happening either.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)5 -
Have you looked at Zopa for savings - I have a couple of accounts there for my sinking funds, and my boys have them for their savings account too - you can do no-notice, 1 week, 1 month or 3 months for easy access - and they have 1yr+ accounts too. Very easy to use - it's online or on your phone. We got them when Martin recommended them when they were the only ones paying above 1% but they've been going up and up with interest rate rises.
LD 12.25 £1600.00/£0700.00 Fn £274.00 LTFn £525 LLTFn £300
Renewal 25 £500.00/£500.00 InsH 12.25 £600/£600.00 InsP 03.26 £150/£150.00
NPt 12.25 £150.00/£051.50 Ins/TC 02.26 £550/£470.00
YX25 £1500/£0750 FD £3600/£0600
PX25 £1500/£0625 P6m £1200/£0800 PEa £100/£0605 -
Thank you, will take a look. At the moment my sinking funds are in instant savers attached to my current account but the interest rate is dire.joeyjimbles said:Have you looked at Zopa for savings - I have a couple of accounts there for my sinking funds, and my boys have them for their savings account too - you can do no-notice, 1 week, 1 month or 3 months for easy access - and they have 1yr+ accounts too. Very easy to use - it's online or on your phone. We got them when Martin recommended them when they were the only ones paying above 1% but they've been going up and up with interest rate rises.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)2 -
Zopa starts at 2.40% for no notice and 2.80% for 95 days with the others in between, and that was before the latest increase so they will likely go up again soon. 1 yr fixed is 4.25 but again that will increase soon.LD 12.25 £1600.00/£0700.00 Fn £274.00 LTFn £525 LLTFn £300
Renewal 25 £500.00/£500.00 InsH 12.25 £600/£600.00 InsP 03.26 £150/£150.00
NPt 12.25 £150.00/£051.50 Ins/TC 02.26 £550/£470.00
YX25 £1500/£0750 FD £3600/£0600
PX25 £1500/£0625 P6m £1200/£0800 PEa £100/£0604 -
Happy Friday SA
I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.2 -
My son was telling me today that he does on average 20k steps a day and has an app that rewards him, called sweat steps. I immediately thought of you with your impressive step count. https://sweatco.in/
I haven't looked at how it worksWhat would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?4 -
Will take a look at that, thank you. I used to do something similar years ago but it finished, I was probably costing them too much 😆satchmo1 said:My son was telling me today that he does on average 20k steps a day and has an app that rewards him, called sweat steps. I immediately thought of you with your impressive step count. https://sweatco.in/
I haven't looked at how it worksI get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)4
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