Money problems

[slycat]

I got paid today.  Now that's normally a good thing.  However when I saw the amount, I was over £300 short of my normal pay.  When I called up to ask why, I was told it was for the Statutory Sick Pay while I was off work sick for 3 weeks.  I wasn't aware this was going to happen, I thought I'd just get full pay (maybe rather naively).  My contract is rather vague on the subject, it just says I'm entitled to SSP and doesn't detail it any further.  I don't know if there's anything I can do to reclaim my missing moneys as the more I look into it, the more it looks as though my work was entitled to do this.  It just came as quite a shock as when I was off for a week in my previous company, they still paid up for the time I was off.

So, this month will be a rather tight month.  It's not too bad as I don't pay £200 a month for my loan any more, it just means I can pay less than I wanted off my credit cards this month.  As such, my damaged camera is proving to be more a blessing than a curse as the company I bought it from only refund, not replace.  So once I get the money for that, it won't be so bad.  Also, the very camera I bought is now in Amazon's summer sale at the price of £159!  That's £21 less than what I paid so in a round about way, I'm saving money.

That said, it won't stop me from putting stuff on eBay over the coming weeks.  A selection of the stuff I'll be selling is as follows:

• Nokia 6600 (sim-free) with extra 128mb MMC
• Sony DVD / hi-fi combo
• Red Dwarf Re-mastered VHS series 1-3
• Johnny The Homocidal Maniac graphic novel (never read)
• Work of Director: Spike Jonze DVD (unopened)
• Rez for Dreamcast (still factory wrapped and never opened)
• Samsung VHS recorder (NTSC compatible)
• Zip Drive 100 and 10 discs
• Many used DVDs and games which will take a while to list

If anyone's interested in anything in the about list, give me an offer and I'll consider it.  I need to start putting stuff on eBay by Sunday however.

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[slycat.livejournal.com]

Sim free means it's not locked to any network, it's the same as if you bought the phone without a sim. I'm after around £80 for it, CEX are willing to pay £67 cash for it or £90 on exchange so I figured I should be able to get closer to £90 myself.