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  1. Many thanks to you both. I think you're right about stopping the Collect Direct one. It's the easiest way to find out what it was and whether I really need to pay it. The CCJ was defended and the court agreed I (well it was 'we' then but not any more) should pay £57 a month. I think the debt was around £20000 but I would have to try and find the paperwork for it. I don't really know who to contact or how to find out how much is owed. I've moved house several times and I guess they've lost track of me in terms of updating with statements.
  2. Hi Everyone, I had a debt management plan about 10 years ago, which is long since pretty much paid off / written off etc aside from two things which I would like to ask advice on. Firstly, I pay Collect Direct £45.00 a month on a standing order. I no longer have any idea what it is for but believe it may have been for an Egg credit card I have received no correspondence whatsoever from Collect Direct for about 8 years and I have no idea how to contact them or find out how much I may still owe. Nor do I really want to open that can of worms really as life has moved on. I would ideally like to stop paying them because I feel I could continue paying £45.00 forever and I don't know how much I really may owe. Is it advisable to stop paying them or just continue? If I stop paying them, what might the implications be? Secondly, I also have a CCJ from Tesco finance. This was a CCJ given in 2005 and no longer shows on my credit file. I pay £57.00 a month and at that rate it will take me longer than my entire working life to pay back what the debt was. Again my question is, what would the implications be of failing to pay a CCJ or should I just carry on. I could never afford to pay off the full amount. Is there anything else that I could do to try and get rid of this noose? Many thanks in advance for any advice.
  3. OK here's another thought... and I'm sorry for posting more.... and I'm sure there might be more people around tomorrow to add some of their thoughts... But .... when a company (say a mortgage company) check my credit file. Do they look only at open accounts or all accounts? Because this below is the summary of accounts on my CRA file. I've blanked out names and amounts for currently active credits.... but the MBNA one is in the closed list. As you can see - accounts in the closed list don't have a 'D' or anything after them. So are they effectively ignored by anyone looking to assess credit worthiness? Or again am I perhaps hoping too much? Aside from that one 'D' (which will be gone early 2011) and the '6' from the CCJ account on my open accounts then the rest looks 'OK'!
  4. Well...I just went back to the CRA report to check this and interestingly the picture below is what it says down the left hand side.... where all my other accounts show amounts but this doesn't. How can I default on an account that's closed with nothing owing . Am I just clutching at straws here? However the balance was fairly high if I remember correctly last time I saw any kind of statment - quite a few thousand. Don't really understand the implications of this.... Also - they did offer me a range of full and final and partial settlements throughout the CCA dispute. I couldn't afford what they wanted at the time though... and also felt beligerant as they didn't have the CCA - they only ever sent me a poxy poor incomplete application form..
  5. Yes that's true.... but they wouldn't be likely to get a CCJ without a default notice or a CCA would they? And does it make any difference that the account is marked as Closed on my CRA report. I'm not sure what that means really - does it mean they've washed their hands of it and if so surely they can't pursue me for it....agghh it's all so confusing. Just when everything was beginning to seem to be on the road to recovery
  6. Yes you're right - I'd considered the wait and see versus the 'poke the beehvie' options and now they've gone quiet I am a little reluctant to stir it up again. However I'm fuming about the default notice and don't want it to affect things down the line... I'm reading some threads including the one you posted - gosh they are long threads! But it seems this is a fairly common issue with MBNA. Re: the statute of limitations - by that do you mean the rule whereby if you don't acknowledge or pay a debt for 6 years it becomes statute barred? If so I guess I would ideally like to do that - but that would still take us way beyond 2011 and I'll have already spent 6 years paying penance for my debts by 2011 and ideally want to sort all this out and get straight
  7. Just a little update. I've definitely not got a default notice from MBNA who are 2nd company I mention who had the arrangment to pay notice for ages and then suddenly a default notice last year. The last correspondence pretty much that I had from them was this time last year when they said they 'may' have to take further action (e.g. CCJ/default) if I didn't contact them. I've definitely not got a default notice though. I've got 2 years to sort this before I need to look at mortgages - does anyone know if I'd be able to contest this and if so how? I'll have a look around the forum too and see if I can find some information.
  8. Thank you again. I've had a rummage and all my paperwork is pretty neatly filed and I only have the CCJ notices nothing else from this creditor. I'm wondering if I may have sent it to the CCCS and I bet if I did they won't still have it I will ring them and see though. Assuming this is correct and there is no default, does anyone know what the implications might be in say 2011, if I have 6 'good' records (mortgage, bank accounts x 2, mobile phone, catalogue, credit card with low balance) and then just this one '6' ? Re: the 2nd query - you're right in that we didn't go to court. They just seem to have 'given up' and obviously have marked the account closed. But I'm not assuming they haven't or won't pass it on to some lovely DCA at some point. They've never actually admitted it's unenforceable and agreed to write it off. Also - I definitely didn't get a default notice in the post from this company in Sept 2008. I'm not sure if I've ever had one but will go on a rummage again.....hmmmm...
  9. Hi Again Nope - other accounts have this info about default but this one doesn't. Bit strange really as I'm wondering how they got a CCJ if they didn't register a default, but the CCCS were dealing with it at the time and we just signed the bits of paper . I'm going to dig out our records in a bit and see if there is a written default notice from them anywhere. Any advice on the other query?
  10. OK...I'm back again and thank you for the advice so far. I used the link and did a check. I've not used this before although I have had an experian check before. This was interesting in that it didn't show as many default accounts as I thought it might. One or two seem to have just disappeared. It has though, thrown up a couple of questions which I'm hoping someone may be able to help me with. Firstly - the CCJ I have. It is registered on the credit file under CCJs. as per this picture: However, in the main account it is also listed, but this time with a (6) next to it: This seems like it may cause me issues. Should it not read 'default'? If it is normal for it to have a 6 could this cause me issues come 2011 as presumably this won't also 'fall off' my record? The other question is similar. It's about another account I have/had. This was a credit card which I defaulted at about the same time as all the others. I paid a token amount per month for a couple of years on my CCCS DMP but when I took it over myself I CCA'd them and they provided nothing so I stopped paying. It got passed around a little to DCAs but eventually I stopped hearing anything at all about it. What is annoying on this one is that it says 'AR' for ages and then shows missed payment before finally a D in Sept 2008 and then DA to show it's gone to a collection agency. Clearly this is a problem as the default will now take 6 years from Sept 2008 to drop off. Is there anything I can do about this? EDIT: I don't know if it's relevant, but this account above is also listed as being 'Closed' so it's in my Closed account list...
  11. That's useful - thank you. I have a credit card with a weeny balance which I pay off almost immediately - it's certainly never late or anything. And also a catalogue I reguarly pay off. I got these with the intention of 'repairing' my record so I would have some 'good' history when the time comes. Is this likely to help? I must check if my defaults are all registered as such and not late payments. If they are continuous late payments can I do anything about those? Would they cause problems?
  12. I wonder if anyone can advise. I've had a search and can't find the specific answer to my question although I know there are similar questions on here. Basically (long story short) I entered a DMP in 2005 and have a number of defaults from around Aug 2005. I also have a CCJ which I'm paying off monthly (and will take forever) listed in the same month. I took over my DMP about 2 years back and through CCA letters and various other means I've either got rid of, paid back or am paying back monthly the debts, including the CCJ. If I'm correct, the defaults and CCJs will 'drop off' my file in Aug 2011 (6 years after registered). Is this correct? I'm really wondering what the implications are - mainly in terms of getting credit after that - I don't want credit except a new mortgage that's a better rate than now. In addition, is there any effect (good or bad) in the fact that I will in Aug 2011 still be paying back some of these debts? Presumably I can't stop paying them then as they would default again - is that correct?! Not that I really want to. I really plan to just get a new mortgage if possible and then set about clearing the remaining debts ASAP. Any advice and clarification would be much appreciated.
  13. Once again thank you 42 Man. One final question for now (sorry!): When a DCA files a Statutory Demand do they just have to fill out the 6.1 form and send it off to whoever they are sending it to or do they have to register it with a court at that point? The reason I ask is that my mum wasn't sure which court to file her defence papers with - we have located from one of your other links - which her local court is that deals with SDs but I'm guessing if the DCA has to 'file' the SD with a court it won't be the same court? The place on thr SD for them to write the name of the court with whom to file a claim to have it set aside is left blank! Hope that makes sense...
  14. Hi I'm back again with a query on this since speaking to my mum and looking at the paperwork. She has spoken with the CCCS as her DMP is with them and they have told her to send a CCA request to 1st Credit. However they said nothing about getting the Stat Demand set aside and implied she shouldn't do anything on that score as it was probably just a threatogram. The Stat Demand looks like a photocopied cut and paste job to me, but then I've never seen one before. It has no court stamp on it at all (should it??). My feeling is that we should still file a 6.4 and 6.5 form but am unsure given the CCCS didn't advise that... have they just overlooked it.? Can anyone just confirm if we should just go ahead with the CCA and in the meantime file the forms to have the Stat Demand set aside? Advice much appreciated.
  15. Thank you so much 42 man. That is superb! And obviously a million times better worded than anything I could have come up with! My mum will obviously need to spend lots of time reading this and learning about what it all means - so the expenses would only be fair I may be back with more questions when I've seen her tomorrow - but thank you so much in the meantime - you're wonderful
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