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I guess you have a bath full of water? I didn’t leave mine long enough and it has gaps.South_coast said:Bath is sealed and ready for testing later 🤞 Thought I'd give it the full 24h to allow both me and it the best chance of success 😀4 -
No need for me. I'm on the ground floor, so it's sat on concrete and each foot is (somewhat bafflingly) resting on a brick. Not much chance of it dropping in those circs!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!4 -
Right, question:
I've earned a virtual Mastercard for doing a survey. I've used a chunk of the balance and there's £5.01 left to spend. So far, so straightforward. However, am I right in thinking that I wouldn't be able to use the rest of the balance as part payment for something? My assumption is that if I try and use it to buy something of a higher value, I'm just going to get declined for having insufficient funds available - I've never seen a checkout page where you can pay using more than one card?
All thoughts gratefully received, I've never had a pre-loaded card before so not 100% sure how they work!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!3 -
yeah from experience you can’t use two cards online to pay for something. I get virtual card payouts from profilic so just use them to buy Amazon gift card credit so they just sit in my Amazon account ready for when I need something from there.DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)4 -
Second, I use virtual cards to buy gift cards (mainly amazon) to make things easier as I know I can part pay with a gift card and then top up with "cash".debtfreeoneday said:yeah from experience you can’t use two cards online to pay for something. I get virtual card payouts from profilic so just use them to buy Amazon gift card credit so they just sit in my Amazon account ready for when I need something from there.Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 20175 -
Ah, good thinking ladies. I'll give that a go 😀
Speaking of Prolific, it really is crackers sometimes. I've just watched a man do a very lame magic trick for £1.20 🤣!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!5 -
Hurrrah, £5.01 successfully applied to my account 😀! I knew there had to be a sensible way round it!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!5 -
Some times I want to screen the crazy questions I get asked on surveys!!DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)4 -
Big revelation this morning. If I add up my EF, money set aside for 10% OP's in 2021 and 2022 and all my other savings pots - I am mortgage neutral 😀! Academic really, as I am NOT (putting it in caps so I listen to myself 🤣) going to raid all those sources to pay off the mortgage, but it's exciting to think that I could!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!14 -
That awesome, SC! 😀Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000. Mortgage Free November 2025!5
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