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Can we have a NERD online gathering to see how we're getting on?
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Hi,well here goes......
DFW Status: Still owe £37,968.37:eek: :eek: :eek:
DFW number: 352
Debt Busting: Ebay evrything that doesn't move!! Meal plan, never go shopping without a list. Visit here regularly for inspiration and support (Thanks guys)
Still to do: Get a job to use the money to throw at the debt (I'm a SAHM). Start my emergency savings fund.Debt Oct 2006 £42,215.21 at highest. Debt Today £0.000 -
DFW STATUS £15850 in debt but managed to pay off £6097.17
DFW # 337
DEBT BUSTING Serious budgeting and planning. Ebaying and Amazoning. Quidco, pigsback and greasypalm. Getting any overtime.
STILL TO DO A LOT more ebaying! Get a better paid job. Do a spending diary. Learn the difference between need and want. :rotfl:LBM 14/12/06 £21,947.17 DEBT FREE 12/04/09
MFW - December 2010 £76,199 - 4th February 2021 £37,360.900 -
DFW Status - Started with £3k in Jan 07, cleared Jul 07, £1.5k in Aug 07 (newer car), cleared Dec 07
DFW number - 233
Debt Busting - ebay, matched betting, surveys, mystery shopping
Still to do - £38 to claim back from ShatWestNo longer using this account for new posts from 20130 -
I've got an account with shatwest too, brilliant :rotfl: name.
Excellent so far, wish I could get my head round matched betting but I go a bit Father Dougal (Father Ted) when I look at it.:DDFW Nerd 267. DEBT FREE 11.06.08
Stick to It by R.B. Stanfield
It matters not if you try and fail, And fail, and try again; But it matters much if you try and fail, And fail to try again.0 -
DFW Status: No longer a DFW wannabe... progressing onto a MFW
Nerd Number: 131
Debt Busting: BANK CHARGES, Budgetting, Ebay, AQA, Bingo, MS, Clicks, Cashback etc
Still to do: More Matched betting, budgetting, AQA, clicks etc... little and often!DFW Nerd #1310 -
DFW Nerd 230 reporting in

Still in debt - but not as much as 18 months ago!
Debtbusting - ebay, extra work, reclaiming bank charges, free bingo, matched betting, piggypoints and quidco.....and loads more I can't remember right now!
Still to do - find £580 ways to raise £100, then I will be debt free :rotfl:Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0 -
Nerd number 573 reporting for duty
Debts currently at 42261.98
I have stopped overspending on rubbish and actually using my money instead of wasting it for a change. Pigsback, surveys, mystery shopping, etc
I am still to swap utility suppliers, reduce sky package., quit smoking, sell stuff and reclaim bank charges, apply for AQA - still a lot to do.Pay Debt by Xmas 16 - 0/12000
There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.0 -
DFW Status: Currently standing at £33,900, still doing damage limitation to stop it going higher. Once DH is sorted workwise, it's downhill all the way!!
Nerd Number: #20
Debt Busting: Budgetting, Ebay, Mystery Shopping, Cashback, Avon
Still to do: Get DH to start getting paid at work! (Too long a story for here)Official DFW Nerd Club #20 :cool: Proud To Be Dealing With My Debts
DFW Long Hauler #109 
Slowly, Slowly = Oct '09: £30693, Aug '15: £14820. Could Be Debt Free April 2020, but hoping for sooner!0 -
DFW no 293 reporting for duty, ma'am

Not sure of debt total
, but it's around £10-£11k
Debt Busting: Quidco and other cashback sites, Amazon, Ebay, Bingo, Surveys, Mystery Shopping, switching elec/gas/phone/BB suppliers, reclaiming MEAFs, spending diary, spreadsheets, dabbled in Matched betting, checking online banking obsessively, opening a second bank account for day to day expenses, SliceThePie, £10 a day challenge, not buying anyhtiing without checking about 10 different websites and checking if I can get it on freecycle first :rotfl:
Still to do: Conquer Matched Betting, look into reclaiming CC charges, PPi and possibly Bank charges, sell more [strike]tat[/strike], erm fab unwanted stuff on ebay, get rd of virgin card before they up the interest to 99% :rolleyes:
GOD BLESS DURAN DURAN
Official DFW Nerd Club - Member no 293 Proud to be dealing with my debtsMarch NSD 5/10 March Make £5 Day £99.28/£1550
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