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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,892 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Realised that a handbag that I keep clothes pegs in would be much more useful being listed on vinted!
    Listing done, after only about ten years of regularly seeing the handbag 🤦‍♀️
    Clothes pegs  :lol:
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  • Rhyddid2026
    Rhyddid2026 Posts: 644 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    The problem is @Wanna_bee_free it's my father's stuff not mine, he's in NZ and getting him to make decisions is proving rather tricky. We managed to downsize from 50sq ft to 25sq ft at the start of the year. Boxes get taken out of storage, sit in my house for months, very few decisions are made, and half of it goes back in the storage unit eventually. BUT!! Focus!! Determination!!! I can get this done!!!
    Debts                04/01/25         01/11/25   
    Natwest2           £6,509.97       £5,700 
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74       £6,755
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £4,815
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £0
    CC total             £20,411.34     £17,270
    TSB OD             £500              £0
    1st Direct OD     £600              £0
    Car loan             £4,000           £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44    £8,710
    Total                   £36,195.78    £29,980
  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,452 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 4 October at 9:02AM
    Oh wow Rachmac, that's a whole different level you have to deal with. Is it worth pricing up a UPS shipment to deliver it out to him in NZ and then back again? I wonder how many months storeage charges that would be.  I bet more would go if he could see and touch it. 

    I am delighted with a second Vinted sale overnight from this week's flurry of activity and lots of stuff favourited so I am impatient to see it leave the house now. 
  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,452 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 4 October at 9:05AM
    Forgot to say get well soon @greent and PiP loving that you keep your clothes pegs in a hand bag! (Best Lady Bracknell voice!)
  • Rhyddid2026
    Rhyddid2026 Posts: 644 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Yesterday I bought mortar mix and a pointing tool to fix the leaks in the wall of the gully that diverts rain water from my (and every house higher than me) garden.
    It's the gully I pulled 3 buckets of soil out of last weekend.
    I'm hoping that now I can see where it's leaking, if I seal those bits I'll have a less boggy garden and possibly less frequently a paddling pool on my patio.
    I've watched a few YouTube videos.
    Now I just need a few dry days in a row to get it done.
    Did I mention I live on a hill in Wales?😂
    So more OAT prep than completion but putting it here to help me stay motivated.
    Debts                04/01/25         01/11/25   
    Natwest2           £6,509.97       £5,700 
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74       £6,755
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £4,815
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £0
    CC total             £20,411.34     £17,270
    TSB OD             £500              £0
    1st Direct OD     £600              £0
    Car loan             £4,000           £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44    £8,710
    Total                   £36,195.78    £29,980
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