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Can we have a NERD online gathering to see how we're getting on?

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  • Jumps
    Jumps Posts: 150 Forumite
    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 £0.00
  • saver03
    saver03 Posts: 651 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    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 £37,360.90
  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    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 ShatWest
    No longer using this account for new posts from 2013
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Gemmzie wrote: »
    ....ShatWest
    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
  • Triker
    Triker Posts: 7,247 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    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.:D
    DFW 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.
  • 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 #131
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    DFW Nerd 230 reporting in :D

    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)
  • penguin83
    penguin83 Posts: 4,817 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    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.
  • Queen.Bess
    Queen.Bess Posts: 1,062 Forumite
    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 :D DFW Long Hauler #109 :o

    Slowly, Slowly = Oct '09: £30693, Aug '15: £14820. Could Be Debt Free April 2020, but hoping for sooner!
  • DFW no 293 reporting for duty, ma'am :D

    Not sure of debt total :o , 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:
    :D GOD BLESS DURAN DURAN :D
    Official DFW Nerd Club - Member no 293 Proud to be dealing with my debts
    March NSD 5/10 March Make £5 Day £99.28/£155
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