MeandO's money-shuffling

Newstartforme

Aw I am so annoyed for you regarding vinted but have to say they are getting a very bad name at the moment , hopefully you can challenge the ban or at least get your funds back xx

MeandO

Thank you for your kindness and cheerleading DFW321, ArtyJ931, enthusiasticsaver & Newstartforme. A kind word goes a long way and your replies have cheered me up this morning, thank you. xx

The dizziness and generally feeling a bit weird got really bad yesterday, to the point where I felt I wasn't safe to drive, so I called the Dr and they gave me an appointment for the same day. 😮 This never happens, I thought I must be dying! 😆😉 A lovely (12-year-old-looking-making-me-feel-like-an-old-woman) GP named some inner ear issue and prescribed some medication which has helped no end already, so I'm very grateful.

I took a portion of the steak pasta out of the freezer for DS before I left for the appointment which he heated up and scoffed. Another portion also disappeared whilst I was out, so it must have been good! He has training tonight so I've taken some chicken out of the freezer to defrost and will get a meal ready for him before taking him there.

I sold some lego for DS on FB this week and he's made £60 from that so far with another £20 today if the buyer turns up. I still have a huge pile of clothes next to me in my office after the vinted fiasco, so I've decided to list them as bundles on ebay tonight. I need to get some space back and any money made will be a plus. Annoyingly, I'd just made a £16 sale on vinted when they decided to ban me so they automatically cancelled that. 😡
I also have quite a lot of 'retro' china and glassware that I should really look at selling now. I love it, but never use it and it just collects dust and takes up space so it needs to go. The money will help right now, too. I don't particularly want to post breakables so will try fb first. If not, I may approach a retro/antique shop but I don't think I'll get great prices that way as they obviously need to make a good profit on items too.

Last night I painted the area in DS's room that needed going over. I also touched up lots of marks in the hallway/stairs/landing but now it's dried I can see the newer areas of paint clearly and it looks awful, so I'll have to re-paint the whole area. I have the paint, I just don't have the enthusiasm to do it. 😣 I also repainted a pillar in the kitchen and several areas of skirting and woodwork including the large fireplace surround in our lounge, so it all looks a bit fresher. I still need to do the stair spindles and handrail but still can't face that job. It'll have to be done when DS isn't here too as if I tell him there's wet paint to avoid he usually accidentally gravitates straight towards it within minutes. 🤦‍♀️

I was thankful the washing dried on the line yesterday so there were pennies/pounds saved on not using the TD. It also seems to shrink things so I hate using it.
Some of the items washed were in readiness to list, so I have no excuse now not to do them.
I still also haven't tackled the ironing pile which is building daily. I couldn't stand for long yesterday as I was so dizzy.

The first job today is to re-look at the budget and amount I need to make/find. I need to update my piece of paper now I have more or less paid the CC debt and I'll feel a lot better if I can find where I can make some savings even if it's a few £'s. I have taken your advice enthusasticsaver and am forgetting about the mortgage OP's for now. I just can't cover everything all at once so need to concentrate on one thing at a time for now, as hard as I find it. :(

Lots of love to you all xx

foxgloves

I have that inner ear issue every so often, @MeandO. The first time I had it about 25 years ago, I was behind the wheel in the middle of a 5-lane section of a city centre junction. I was on my own & seriously thought I was having a stroke. It usually just lasts a week or two for me so hopefully yours will soon pass.

F x

MeandO

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82125290#Comment_82125290

Sorry to hear you suffer from it too, @foxgloves. The stroke thing did cross my mind with my huge family history of them, so I was relieved the Dr ruled that out.

debtfreewannabe321

I was having dizzy spells for a year on and off it is not nice. Much sympathy. Mine mostly disappeared when I quit taking HRT. Big stroke risks in our family history too so I'm glad to say most of mine have gone now. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Mrs_Money_Penny

So glad you are feeling better. Well done on the painting I’ve cleaned part of a wall made dirty by the dogs and I can see the paint difference. I need to get some enthusiasm to get painting as wee. x

MeandO

I’m so angry, I feel absolutely conned.

The vinted buyer of DS’s £40 item has received the goods (brand new expensive trainers worth around £79 that he never wore as he wasn’t keen on them), obviously seen that my account has been banned, so has opened a ‘not as described’ case and immediately been refunded. So now I have no money and they don’t need to return the trainers because my account has been banned. I am so, so angry. How can vinted get away with this, it’s theft. It’s worse because they belonged to DS and that was his money. I will somehow find a spare £40 to give him, I’m not telling him what’s happened.

I’ve lodged a complaint via resolver but I won’t hold my breath for anything to be resolved. I’ve just cried, it feels like the last straw at the moment. Now to find £40 to give him. I have no idea where I’ll be able to skim that from though as all money is needed elsewhere. :(

Mrs_Money_Penny

Oh I’m so sorry this has happened. The buyer now has a pair of trainers for free I assume.That can’t be fair.You don’t deserve all these things happening to you. Sending you a hug x

Newstartforme

How despicable can someone be , really do feel for you , hits worse when it's your child . I hear more and more folk are leaving vinted and no wonder xx

debtfreewannabe321

Wow I'm gobsmacked that this is allowed. I had a similar problem years ago with an eBay buyer complaining about something I'd sold and she managed to get my account blocked for ages I never got the item sent back to me and she kept her money as they refunded her ...I never went back. I've been hearing similar about vinted ☹️ I'd be livid. So sorry it's not what you need right now x