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Yes you are right. They have only allowed you 14 days from the date of the DN. They have not allowed for delivery. By the way 24th March 2007 was a Saturday, so it would be deemed to have been served on you on the 27th March. The date for rectifying the breach should have been 10th April 2007.
Thanks very much for this alangee - any idea how I should proceed?
I pretty much get the DN stuff when they have it wrong (although I still like confirmation I'm not missing something obvious!), but I don't quite know what to do with the information!
Any help from anyone would be much appreciated
Time flies like an arrow... Fruit flies like a banana.
Tesco PF are not very good at the default thing, and it is not through lack of practice. My wife and I have been issued 3 each and all flawed like yours for one joint debt
Keep the DN in a safe place. When they terminate (with a defective DN) you will only be liable for the arrears mentioned in the DN. If they issue court proceedings, then even if they have a kosher Credit Agreement, they will fall down on the Default Notice.
When the Liberals and Conservatives were in opposition, they both agreed that banks should pay back high bank charges to customers. Nothing seems to have happened since they came into power as a coalition. PPI Insurance has been sorted. Now they should turn their attention to bank charges and help customers get exorbitant charges refunded.
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I think your next step is to request a SAR and/or a copy of your CCA. If you go for the SAR, and you find there are unlawful charges, this could be another reason that the DN is defective. You should also get a copy of your agreement with the SAR and if that is defective, that should make the DN irrelevant. Collect as much information as you can.
Tesco will not accept that the DN is defective, so you will just be in a to and fro situation if you tell them. If it ever comes to court, the DJ should side with you, and you may be able to make a counter claim for unlawful charges.
If it were me, I would just sit back and collect as much information as I could, so that if it does go to court I am in a good position to contest it.
I have just reread your OP and see that you have already sent for a SAR/CCA.
What irks me is that all the information needed to draft these documents correctly appears to be online. I reckon I could knock up a decent credit agreement followed by a watertight DN without too much of an issue, so why the hell can't they when they have the access to all the legal nonce that they do?
Bl**dy banks
Time flies like an arrow... Fruit flies like a banana.
When the Liberals and Conservatives were in opposition, they both agreed that banks should pay back high bank charges to customers. Nothing seems to have happened since they came into power as a coalition. PPI Insurance has been sorted. Now they should turn their attention to bank charges and help customers get exorbitant charges refunded.
Advice & opinions given by citizenb are personal, are not endorsed by Consumer Action Group or Bank Action Group, and are offered informally, without prejudice & without liability. Your decisions and actions are your own, and should you be in any doubt, you are advised to seek the opinion of a qualified professional.
PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME TO GIVE ADVICE BY PM - IF YOU PROVIDE A LINK TO YOUR THREAD THEN I WILL BE HAPPY TO OFFER ADVICE THERE