Decline in Pay

Real pay decline making money problems for squeezed middle

You may feel like you are working harder than ever before and yet are still finding that you are struggle just to maintain the standard of living that you have always enjoyed. Putting more effort in should result in getting more rewards, but in a tough economic climate this is not necessarily the case. The [...]

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Light at the end of the debt tunnel.

Back on top of the Debt Management Plan and some reflection

It is the month of May now and I am pleased to say that all of my repayment offers have been accepted. What a lot of work that was, phew but at least the Debt Management plan is back on track. I start my new Job in little over a week and I feel a [...]

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How blogging can help get you out of debt

Though it sounds too good to be true, blogging can seriously help you out of debt. If you ask any personal finance blogger they will tell you that maintaining a finance blog has helped them on their way to sorting out their finances. You see blogging offers you help on so many levels, it’s an [...]

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Lowell Financial and Debt Collection

Lowell Financial Debt Collection, thoughts so far

Lowell Financial have been or are collecting some of my debts. One of the debts which I settled with Lowell was for Three Mobile. The next two debts are still outstanding and are for my O2 and Aqua Card debts. Lowell have purchased these debts, most likely for a fraction of what was owed. I [...]

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Telling My Partner about My Debt

How I told my Partner about my Debt Problem

One of the most important aspects of a relationship is trust. Without trust a relationship can be very difficult and in a number of cases will fail. When it comes to money, the actions I have taken have been very foolish. I have ended up in debt twice now and my partner has been with [...]

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Capquest Telephone Call

Another Call to CapQuest

I have received some letters from Capquest chasing an overdue payment for this month. This must be because they haven’t yet received my letter with a revised offer of repayment. As you may or may not know, I have reset my Debt Management plan due to changing jobs and earning less. After the letter from [...]

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Debt

Debt Balance Overview for April 2013

Finally it is time to update you all on my debt situation. I have changed how I present the information so it should be much easier to read. The figures below are correct for April 2013. All the balances have been confirmed as correct and on the 1st May 2013, my payments will start again [...]

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Examples of Bad Credit

Bad Credit

In this post I take a look at Bad Credit, what Bad Credit is and also provide links to further information. There are lots of reasons why you can end up with Bad Credit and in this post I look at it from the point of view of a debtor. What is Bad Credit? Essentially [...]

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Questions searched for on this Blog

Debt Questions for February 2013

Here are collection of the most common debt questions searched for on this Blog for February 2013. See, I said I would keep doing them although I do realise we are nearly at the end of March. If you have any questions in the mean time, please feel free to contact me. I will do [...]

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Progres on my Debt Management Plan

An update on my Debt Management Plan

I recently wrote about the fact I am changing my job and I am having to effectively set up my debt management plan again. I thought I would write a quick update about the progress I am making. I have sent off all the repayment offer letters now in order to update my creditors on [...]

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