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Mrs Hide My Head in the Sand

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Well Hello There :)

After many many years of hiding my head in the sand, ignoring letters, phone calls and just not getting through to the end of the month I have decided to take some action. From looking at my credit report I am around £21,000 in debt :eek:and some of them I have no idea who to contact so I have started with the ones who have been contacting me. I am on quite a low salary and my partner knows nothing about it and I just can't tell him he, he suffers with depression so think it would tip him over the edge!

However I have agreed affordable payments and am hoping it will help to clear the debt slowly. I have already noticed that the phone has stopped ringing and there is no post. I will keep you updated as to how I am getting along.

P.S. I also got a refund from QQ which cleared off the outstanding balance of their loan and a payment of £2,191 so I am going to use some of that to clear bills and put it towards buying my lease car in Jan.

Looking forward to getting to know you all :beer:

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  • jwil
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    Good luck :)
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  • doingitanyway
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    Well done. Facing up to the situation is often the hardest part. Good luck with it all.
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    Happy shiny new diary :)
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