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The 2008 Olympic Challenge thread

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  • you forgotten to add me to the list :(

    aim for bronze and i've just sold my wedding dress on ebay made a bit of money (nowhere near as much as i paid for it :mad: )
    :money:Proud to be dealing with my debts :money:
    IA's lose the belly & bum 0/28lbs in 08
    Live on 4k #107 - £106.45/£4k
    £20k by Xmas £781.90/£20k
    Olympic #74 Bronze - £120.06/£1008
    Lunch Log #50 - £7.90
    GC 2008
    Jan £200/£54.59
  • doodledo_2
    doodledo_2 Posts: 4,676 Forumite
    Evening everyone. Glad it has all begun really looking forward to this challenge.

    So today its time to get listing on ebay and get some money coming in.

    Good luck everyone :T
    Proud to be dealing with my debts - DFW No: 712

    03/09/09 - DEBT FREE AT LAST :D
    Racing Hypno to Save - £10/£5000
  • Woo hoo! Good luck everyone (GL GL! Can you tell I've been spending too long playing the free bingo?!)

    Anyway, my lowest success this week was £1.79 on amazon, had a load of stuff sell on ebay though it hasn't hit my bank account yet. Made £20 on slicethepie, hit paypal today, banked in various coppers and coins that have been sitting round the house for four years (:eek:) and won twice on the bingo, one hit my account today and another win won't for a few weeks as I think I'll be getting a cheque! Anyway, going to update my siggy as all of these are in my budget spreadsheet with a little cumulative totaller, so current total is £175.07 :D

    ... It won't last!!
    1st LBM (Pre-Career Change): 01 March 2006 Debt Free Date: 28 April 2008 | Worst Debt: £7244.36

    2nd LBM: 10 December 2019 Current Debt £25,322 [April 2020] | Worst Debt: £27,444
  • oops_a_daisy
    oops_a_daisy Posts: 2,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Name Dropper Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    :j Day 1 and I am going to update my signature to start of with......... drum roll please :D £2.38 :D which is what was left over in my Olympic Challenge account from the last one.
    :cool: Official DFW Nerd Club Member #37 Debt free Feb 07 :cool:
  • Hey a good start for me:

    Quidco: £6.94
    Topcashback: £4.35

    So total on day one is £11.29.

    Away to update my signature!
    Summer Sizzler Challenge 2009 bronze level = £387.25 (23/06/2009)
  • pandapaws
    pandapaws Posts: 2,119 Forumite
    Yay! Finally started!!!

    I'll get exact figures soon, but I think I'm off to a really good start as I got a couple of credit vouchers that didn't cost anything and I sold on Ebay for £120 and £225. I've been playing free bingo all weekend, and so far won £135 which hasn't been paid into bank yet - assuming that counts? Sold a som stuff on Ebay as well (non-business transactions) which are really high value, probably about £300 worth. Will update my sig when all the cash arrives in my bank, but feeling really positive with the good start!

    Good luck everyone!!!

    P.S. Sorry if I've missed a previous post - have we been buddied up or are we doing it ourselves?
  • VickyA_2
    VickyA_2 Posts: 4,579 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I've been waiting for this day since I signed up for the challenge! I've just requested the £6.65 from my TopCashBack account! Signature duly updated in anticipation of it arriving in my bank account. :D

    :beer:
    Sealed Pot Challenge #021 #8 975.71 #9 £881.44 #10 £961.13 #11 £782.13 #12 £741.83 #13 £2135.22 #14 £895.53 #15 £1240.40 #16 £1805.87 #17 £1820.01 declared
  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    Added you in ihatedebt :)
    No longer using this account for new posts from 2013
  • well day one and i have £73.20 waiting to finish on ebay, most end tommorow evening and the remainder thursday morning. I also have £98.09 waiting to go into my current account from free bingo (and i still have more sites to play).

    Now i dont know about all of you but are you spending it as you go on debts/treats? or are you saving it all to have your 'pot' at the end of the challenge?
  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    I'm putting it as I go off the debts PAP :) Do with it as you will
    No longer using this account for new posts from 2013
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