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Teetering on the brink

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  • ellenvan
    ellenvan Posts: 380 Forumite
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    Well done you are getting so close!

  • Cherryfudge
    Cherryfudge Posts: 15,158 Forumite
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    Well done for not only listing but getting an amazingly quick sale! I've heard that regular listing is the way to get a flow of sakes, but I don't manage that - however, my sales generally come after fresh listing(s) have boosted my place in the viewings.

    I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
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  • EatingBeans
    EatingBeans Posts: 746 Forumite
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    In the end I managed to list a handful more items on Vinted, as well as doing another survey for £3. dd2 sold a few more and has now got £67 worth sales, but still has to actually receive the cash of course. We decided to do a late drop to inpost for everything being sent that way, so fingers crossed money from them will be in soon.

    Since we were already out of the house, dd2 had a look at Olio and found some donuts being offered. The least I could do was drive and get her free donuts, so off we went and as usual, whilst I drove, she went through the other listings from the same person and requested anything we could use. In the end we came home which 12 donuts, two salad bags, some beansprouts, two different pots of humus and a fruit pot that was a bit far gone for me but some bits were still good enough for the guinea pig.

    I’m pretty impressed with that given how awful I’ve felt. 😴


    End of
    Sep-25
    Oct-25
    Brother 7,800.00 7,650.00
    Overdraft owed 0.00 0.00
    MBNA CC 11,481.53 11,504.06
    Barclaycard CC 9,662.17 9,558.10
    Fluid CC 1,046.44 1,036.29
    NatWest CC 11,705.36 11,693.03
    Aqua 1,127.94 1,107.94

    Total debt

    42,823.44

    42,549.42
    Paid off in the month 211.33 274.02

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