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Well,after reading this site,the time has come for the wife and me,to reclaim the stand and deliver fees,that the Natwest have levied upon us,in all the years that we have had an account with them.
The S.A.R - (Subject access request) letter has been drafted,and will be posted,recorded delivery,tomorrow,and the process will then begin.
An update will of course be posted,in accordance to the events as they unfold.
Could be an interesting one though,as we have had an account with them for 20 years.
S.A.R sent today by recorded delivery,so I wll update once I know they've signed for it.
There's no going back now!!!!
Just been talking to a friend of mine,who was totally oblivious about all this,and he has asked for the link to the site,so I will be sending it to him.
Ken.
S.A.R sent Monday 21/8/06,by recorded delivery. S.A.R delivered Tuesday 22/8/06. Statements arrived today,1/9/06 Prelim letter sent by recorded delivery 16/9/06 'Get lost' letter received 21/9/06 LBA sent 25/9/06 14 day LBA deadline expires 9/10/06 2nd 'Get lost' letter received 29/9/06 MCOL completed and sent 16/10/06 Notice of Issue arrived 18/10/06 AQ sent back to court,and letter sent to Cobbetts 25/11/06 Cobbets AQ received 7/12/06 Offer made 14/12/06,and declined 16/01/07 Still awaiting a better offer Success.£1425.42 delivered this morning.
My S.A.R was delivered today,according to the Royal Mail website.
I quote:
Your item with reference DH*********GB was delivered from our EAST LONDON Delivery Office on 22/08/06.
The 40 days,start from now.
Ken.
S.A.R sent Monday 21/8/06,by recorded delivery. S.A.R delivered Tuesday 22/8/06. Statements arrived today,1/9/06 Prelim letter sent by recorded delivery 16/9/06 'Get lost' letter received 21/9/06 LBA sent 25/9/06 14 day LBA deadline expires 9/10/06 2nd 'Get lost' letter received 29/9/06 MCOL completed and sent 16/10/06 Notice of Issue arrived 18/10/06 AQ sent back to court,and letter sent to Cobbetts 25/11/06 Cobbets AQ received 7/12/06 Offer made 14/12/06,and declined 16/01/07 Still awaiting a better offer Success.£1425.42 delivered this morning.
Copies of the statements for the bank account arrived today,so fair play to them for getting them to our house in such a short space of time.
Unfortunately,because I'm working over the weekend,it will be Monday before the wife and I can go through them.
I'll let you know once we have done so,what amount they may owe us.
Ken.
S.A.R sent Monday 21/8/06,by recorded delivery. S.A.R delivered Tuesday 22/8/06. Statements arrived today,1/9/06 Prelim letter sent by recorded delivery 16/9/06 'Get lost' letter received 21/9/06 LBA sent 25/9/06 14 day LBA deadline expires 9/10/06 2nd 'Get lost' letter received 29/9/06 MCOL completed and sent 16/10/06 Notice of Issue arrived 18/10/06 AQ sent back to court,and letter sent to Cobbetts 25/11/06 Cobbets AQ received 7/12/06 Offer made 14/12/06,and declined 16/01/07 Still awaiting a better offer Success.£1425.42 delivered this morning.
She who must be obeyed,decided she wanted to go through them this evening,and we've come across £1195 in charges.
However,we now have to go back and re-check,and deduct the AG fees that we had,as at one point,the Nat West started to lump them together,and we will have to seperate them from the O/D fees,but we still reckon on them owing us circa £1000.
More later.........
Ken.
S.A.R sent Monday 21/8/06,by recorded delivery. S.A.R delivered Tuesday 22/8/06. Statements arrived today,1/9/06 Prelim letter sent by recorded delivery 16/9/06 'Get lost' letter received 21/9/06 LBA sent 25/9/06 14 day LBA deadline expires 9/10/06 2nd 'Get lost' letter received 29/9/06 MCOL completed and sent 16/10/06 Notice of Issue arrived 18/10/06 AQ sent back to court,and letter sent to Cobbetts 25/11/06 Cobbets AQ received 7/12/06 Offer made 14/12/06,and declined 16/01/07 Still awaiting a better offer Success.£1425.42 delivered this morning.
We've now sat down and calculated it all properly,and according to our figures,they owe us £985.
We've put it all together,using the spreadsheets,and will send it to Bishopgate tomorrow,and see what happens.
Ken.
S.A.R sent Monday 21/8/06,by recorded delivery. S.A.R delivered Tuesday 22/8/06. Statements arrived today,1/9/06 Prelim letter sent by recorded delivery 16/9/06 'Get lost' letter received 21/9/06 LBA sent 25/9/06 14 day LBA deadline expires 9/10/06 2nd 'Get lost' letter received 29/9/06 MCOL completed and sent 16/10/06 Notice of Issue arrived 18/10/06 AQ sent back to court,and letter sent to Cobbetts 25/11/06 Cobbets AQ received 7/12/06 Offer made 14/12/06,and declined 16/01/07 Still awaiting a better offer Success.£1425.42 delivered this morning.
Got the,'We are not to blame' letter today,and interestingly,one of the paragraphs in it reads:
'Having reviewed your accounts,I can find no instance where charges have been applied when they were not properly due.They have all beena ssociated with a lack of covering fundsin the accounts at the time items were presented with payment.Accordingly,the charges applied to your accounts,must stand.'
Furthermore:
'In your letter you have claimed that we have been acting as your fiduciary,yet I am unsure of the basis of your contention.This does not form part of the normal banker/customer relationship.'
I also note that they do not accept the OFT's findings,of the 5th of April.
So what is my next step,people?
Ken.
S.A.R sent Monday 21/8/06,by recorded delivery. S.A.R delivered Tuesday 22/8/06. Statements arrived today,1/9/06 Prelim letter sent by recorded delivery 16/9/06 'Get lost' letter received 21/9/06 LBA sent 25/9/06 14 day LBA deadline expires 9/10/06 2nd 'Get lost' letter received 29/9/06 MCOL completed and sent 16/10/06 Notice of Issue arrived 18/10/06 AQ sent back to court,and letter sent to Cobbetts 25/11/06 Cobbets AQ received 7/12/06 Offer made 14/12/06,and declined 16/01/07 Still awaiting a better offer Success.£1425.42 delivered this morning.
Ok, get the letter together and send in the lba letter which can be found in the templates library in my signature at the bottom of this post. Send that in inluding the spreadsheet including all your calculations but not the 8% interest as this is only claimable at court. You can send this LBA letter from now as they have responded to your intial letter.
My advice is only my opinion, I am not a legal expert.
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S.A.R sent Monday 21/8/06,by recorded delivery. S.A.R delivered Tuesday 22/8/06. Statements arrived today,1/9/06 Prelim letter sent by recorded delivery 16/9/06 'Get lost' letter received 21/9/06 LBA sent 25/9/06 14 day LBA deadline expires 9/10/06 2nd 'Get lost' letter received 29/9/06 MCOL completed and sent 16/10/06 Notice of Issue arrived 18/10/06 AQ sent back to court,and letter sent to Cobbetts 25/11/06 Cobbets AQ received 7/12/06 Offer made 14/12/06,and declined 16/01/07 Still awaiting a better offer Success.£1425.42 delivered this morning.
Got the 2nd 'Get lost' letter today form Stuart Higley again,and it reads like this:
Dear Mr Q.
Thank you for your letter of 25 September 2006.
I regret that there is little I can add constructively to my last letter and note your proposed course of action.I have alerted our lawyers and litigation department accordingly.May I please remind you that the address to use when initiating legal documents is that of our registered office below.
Thank you for letting me know of your intentions.
Yours sincerely
Stuart Higley.
Customer relations.
So now we've got to this point,what is my next course of action?
Ken.
S.A.R sent Monday 21/8/06,by recorded delivery. S.A.R delivered Tuesday 22/8/06. Statements arrived today,1/9/06 Prelim letter sent by recorded delivery 16/9/06 'Get lost' letter received 21/9/06 LBA sent 25/9/06 14 day LBA deadline expires 9/10/06 2nd 'Get lost' letter received 29/9/06 MCOL completed and sent 16/10/06 Notice of Issue arrived 18/10/06 AQ sent back to court,and letter sent to Cobbetts 25/11/06 Cobbets AQ received 7/12/06 Offer made 14/12/06,and declined 16/01/07 Still awaiting a better offer Success.£1425.42 delivered this morning.
S.A.R sent Monday 21/8/06,by recorded delivery. S.A.R delivered Tuesday 22/8/06. Statements arrived today,1/9/06 Prelim letter sent by recorded delivery 16/9/06 'Get lost' letter received 21/9/06 LBA sent 25/9/06 14 day LBA deadline expires 9/10/06 2nd 'Get lost' letter received 29/9/06 MCOL completed and sent 16/10/06 Notice of Issue arrived 18/10/06 AQ sent back to court,and letter sent to Cobbetts 25/11/06 Cobbets AQ received 7/12/06 Offer made 14/12/06,and declined 16/01/07 Still awaiting a better offer Success.£1425.42 delivered this morning.
Had a look at it,and it's so confusing,and mind boggling.
Can anyone assist me with it?
Thanks in anticipation.
Ken.
S.A.R sent Monday 21/8/06,by recorded delivery. S.A.R delivered Tuesday 22/8/06. Statements arrived today,1/9/06 Prelim letter sent by recorded delivery 16/9/06 'Get lost' letter received 21/9/06 LBA sent 25/9/06 14 day LBA deadline expires 9/10/06 2nd 'Get lost' letter received 29/9/06 MCOL completed and sent 16/10/06 Notice of Issue arrived 18/10/06 AQ sent back to court,and letter sent to Cobbetts 25/11/06 Cobbets AQ received 7/12/06 Offer made 14/12/06,and declined 16/01/07 Still awaiting a better offer Success.£1425.42 delivered this morning.
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Fill it in anything you're unsure of come back and ask
S.A.R sent Monday 21/8/06,by recorded delivery. S.A.R delivered Tuesday 22/8/06. Statements arrived today,1/9/06 Prelim letter sent by recorded delivery 16/9/06 'Get lost' letter received 21/9/06 LBA sent 25/9/06 14 day LBA deadline expires 9/10/06 2nd 'Get lost' letter received 29/9/06 MCOL completed and sent 16/10/06 Notice of Issue arrived 18/10/06 AQ sent back to court,and letter sent to Cobbetts 25/11/06 Cobbets AQ received 7/12/06 Offer made 14/12/06,and declined 16/01/07 Still awaiting a better offer Success.£1425.42 delivered this morning.
When sending my original request to the bank,I did the spreadsheet,without the days accrued,and intrest charges,as advised,but when I now go to copy and paste the details to a new spreadsheet to include the days and interest,it doesn't calculate them.Why?
Also,can I copy and paste this information to the MCOL page when I'm making the claim?
Ken.
S.A.R sent Monday 21/8/06,by recorded delivery. S.A.R delivered Tuesday 22/8/06. Statements arrived today,1/9/06 Prelim letter sent by recorded delivery 16/9/06 'Get lost' letter received 21/9/06 LBA sent 25/9/06 14 day LBA deadline expires 9/10/06 2nd 'Get lost' letter received 29/9/06 MCOL completed and sent 16/10/06 Notice of Issue arrived 18/10/06 AQ sent back to court,and letter sent to Cobbetts 25/11/06 Cobbets AQ received 7/12/06 Offer made 14/12/06,and declined 16/01/07 Still awaiting a better offer Success.£1425.42 delivered this morning.