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> Unless they don't plan on ever getting a job that pays over the limit
> where they start taking loan payments back. Then they're living for
> free!
Unfortunatly, even my apprenticeship pays over that limit (£10,500), although I can handle £20 a month...
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> I never said I was!
Then why the preaching about saving. Yes, I did get caught out during uni with unexpected expenses (To site two, a retainer for my house and a new pair of glasses after I drunkenly fell off of the bed onto them).
Most of my friuends did get into debt with credit card companies, I left Uni with a single £50 overdraft (swiftly paid off I may add). It sounds as if your a sensible guy who won't spend money he hasn't got, rather than saving.
> P@sta and Bor@t, you're both missing the point - students should be
> saving, it's a lot of money to pay back. But in my cse I'd been
> saving my money for ages for some other things, and I finally had
> some free (from various sources) to buy some CDs and DVDs that I'd
> been wanting for ages. In a way it's true that it is your money, to
> spend on whatever you want, but within reason.
Unless they don't plan on ever getting a job that pays over the limit where they start taking loan payments back. Then they're living for free!
> Monkey, if your worried about the debt after you've got your degree,
> don't it's really not that bad.
I never said I was!
For a start, your never forced to pay lump sums back (unless you want to)
Also, you never really miss it as it comes straight from your pay packet, so its gone before its in your bank account.
I pay back £20 a month at the moment, and the debts reducing.
Average earnings from work for me a month whilst at Uni..
£320
30 days supply of baked beans @ 12p a can = £3.60
30 days supply of Bread @ 24p a loaf = £1.92
30 days supply of Butter = 99p
30 days supply of Marmite = £4.97
Total spent on food over month = £11.97
TWIST TWIST TWIST
> When my loans did come thorugh I paid most of my tuition and
> accomodation fees, so why shouldn't I spend the rest of the loan on a
> widescreen telly?
my sentiments exactly. Why should I live like a pov just because I want to gain further qualifications?