Well, here we are at Day 2, and I’ve got a few updates:
My eBay Auction for my Blackberry Bold is up to $178.49 with 5 days to go yet on the auction. And to think I had this thing sitting in my closet unused for at least six months. It doesn’t matter what I paid for it, or what it’s ‘worth’. The fact is I can use the proceeds to knock down my debt, which the entire goal.
My VISA balance dropped to $21,840. That’s down from $22,041.96 that we started with. This is due to a very small payment of $250 I made which basically is the minimum payment at this point. I’m going to work on MasterCard as it’s both the lower amount and also the higher interest amount.
The bad news is my cellular phone/internet bill came in the mail and it’s over $300!. This is due to my move here to Toronto and hookup fees and the fact that Rogers bills you for the month prior too. Next month should get me closer to the $150 mark. I also plan on seeing if I can shrink the bill – do I really need $20/month for the “iPhone Value Pack”. Value for Rogers methinks. The sad part: I have NO idea what this is, or includes – but I’m paying for it.
Stupid Move of the Day
Oh here we go: this is a good one – Back in 2002/2003 I was living/eating/breathing Tennis. I played every day, made great friends and was having a blast. So..I thought I’d buy a Stringing Machine so I could string my own racquets and try out different strings (which,will soon be for sale). I think I used this machine about six times. I might have strung a dozen racquets – tops. The cost for this beauty: 454.36 add interest over six years and this silly stringing machine is now up to $845.00 – almost double! But wait, it gets better: I’ve moved more than once over the years and this stringing machine which weighs a ton and has been sitting in storage (which, I’ve also had to pay for) and during the last move, has lost some parts, so now I’ve got this thing sitting in storage and it’s worth nothing.
Sacrifice of the Day
Today it’s an Ortofon OMB-10 turntable cartridge.It’s been in my closet for years and I’m never going to use it – so it goes. This won’t get a whole bunch of dough for this but every little bit helps. This is really good cartridge that has excellent value as you can just slide a new stylus on the cartridge if you wish to upgrade. You don’t have to replace the cartridge – just the stylus.
If I had your money..
I’d buy a kindle.
If you do the math and say, read a book a week. The books l like are business/personal finance books or computer books and they average about $30 a pop. 52×30=1500ish on books per year. But, if you get a kindle and then buy books at about $10 each the kindle pays for itself. You spend $500 on digital books and $250 or so for the kindle. You save about $750 over the course of a year.
This is definitely on my wishlist.
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