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  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,010 Forumite
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    I think if it was a focus group I would be more enthused, but it's a Zoom call so I would need to be engaged and interactive with them for the whole hour. That's a lot of talking about "healthy food" 😮!
    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!!!
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,028 Forumite
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    Agree that that’s not enough for an hour’s one to one, so you can keep your MSE stripes! After all, you’re on that MF roll of honour, so how you spend your time is entirely up to you - no creditors involved!
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,079 Forumite
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    Yeah, not sure I'd want to talk to people for an hour for £15. I'd happily spend an hour completing a survey for that, just not engaging with other humans, would need danger money ;)
  • killerpeaty
    killerpeaty Posts: 2,663 Forumite
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    KP, I've just done a survey about ice cream 🍦!

    (Actually, I got screened out - BUT IT WAS ABOUT ICE CREAM 🍨🍦🍨🍦!!!)
    Ahh man, you are living the life!

    Also I fell off the survey wagon about 8-9 years ago. 
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,070 Forumite
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    I too abandoned surveys
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/25
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,010 Forumite
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    I'd happily spend an hour completing a survey for that, just not engaging with other humans, would need danger money ;)
    I need to use this line on my boss, big up my position as the one who has to deal with the general public 🤣!
    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!!!
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