My Challenge: To Pay £1000 off Credit Cards

squealy

Hi all,

been depressed about debts for a while now (10k), but this site and forum have inspired me.

My aim is to raise £1000 and pay it directly off one of my credit cards as quick as possible. Just posting this has made me feel better already:j .

Any support is much appreciated and may need some advice when I run out of ebay stuff to sell!

**Amy**

:hello:

Sounds like a great plan!

Why not try joining the Make £10 a day challenge (if you havent already). They have some great ideas on how to make extra cash.

Also if you havent signed up try Gala Bingo. Its free bingo all day on Thursdays.

:beer:

shopaholic2008

hello, well done for setting yourself a challenge. there are so many ideas on here which will help you. Im doing as much as i can to pay off my cards aswell, why dont you try quidco ive raised a bit of extra cash on there. You have to wait a while to be payed out but it is free cash that will help you pay off the card.:D

keep us updated on how your getting on and any tips you find useful let us know!

hideous_kinky

Hey squealy, I've been playing free bingo recently and won over £100 doing it! Read my post and maybe you can give it a go.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=896559&highlight=bingo

I'm a bit stuck now though on how to make any more and I wouldn't mind paying off a grand either! So as they say above, any ideas let us know!

squealy

Hi Guys,

thanks for the support, as I've said much appreciated.

Made a couple of positive steps last night. Went and changed my penny jar at the machine in Tesco's and put some things I hadn't touched in ages on Amazon marketplace.

I'm not going to calculate any monies until I've sent the money to the Credit card companies, so I'll update later!

jenjade

hi how are you intending on making the money? i am looking to raise a simular sum then go on to make some money towards xmas!! i am doing daily click, selling e bay and amazon, not sure what else to do

squealy

Details, details!

Not sure yet Jenjade, this is all a bit of a learning experience for me.

First I think I'll be using ebay and Amazon to get rid of some stuff, then a car boot sale after that I'm not sure!

squealy

Hi all,

just a quick update. I sneaked out of work to pay the proceeds of my penny jar in and then was able to send £50 off to one of the cc's.

I'm off the mark!

And going to see about an evening/weekend driving job tonight (although I can't find my driving licence :mad: ) Hopefully a bit more money coming in to throw at my debt mountain!

squealy

Sold some stuff on Amazon, managed to throw another £50 at the worst credit card.

Actually looking forward to seeing my statement at the end of the month (how ironic!).:laugh:

Also joined Gala bingo through Quidco yesterday- but not sure what to do. Any tips anyone?

novagirl

Get on there on Thursdays and play the free games. I think for your Quidco to track though you have to deposit and play through some cash but it might be worth checking that.

Main tip : DON'T GET ADDICTED!

squealy

Deposited some money and won £40 on the slots!

(Not sure how, I didn't have a clue what I was doing) Also now have £20 in my Quidco account.

Not bad-especially since I'm supposed to be working!

Thanks for the tips guys:T