Jump to content


  • Tweets

  • Posts

    • Another one. Apparently this has been hushed up for about three months. They're working through their majority quite fast with all the sackings. Not that they've done anything about Menzies yet but he sounds like a blackmail risk. Here's the original article.   Revealed: Tory MP allegedly demanded campaign cash to pay ‘bad people’ ARCHIVE.PH archived 18 Apr 2024 07:32:33 UTC  
    • and another one   MP Mark Menzies loses Tory whip as party investigates claims he misused funds The Fylde MP is alleged to have used campaign funds to pay off ‘bad people’ and cover medical expenses Never mind losing whip - how about criminal charges   MP Mark Menzies loses Tory whip as party investigates claims he misused funds WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK The Fylde MP is alleged to have used campaign funds to pay off ‘bad people’ and cover medical expenses According to the The Times, £14,000 given by donors for use on Tory campaign activities was transferred to Mr Menzies’ personal bank accounts and used for private medical expenses. The MP, who is one of Rishi Sunak’s trade envoys, is also said to have called his 78-year-old former campaign manager at 3.15am one day in December, claiming he was locked in a flat and needed £5,000 as a matter of “life and death”. The sum, which rose to £6,500, was eventually paid by his office manager from her personal bank account and subsequently reimbursed from funds raised from donors   "According to a source close to Mr Menzies, the MP had met a man on an online dating website and gone to the man’s flat, before subsequently going with another man to a second address where he continued drinking. He was sick at one point and several people at the address demanded £5,000, claiming it was for cleaning up and other expenses."   Hes supposed to use funding from Taxpayers and doners for a life of service, not funding a life of drink and debauchery Hope his parliamentary expenses are also investigated.   In fact, perhaps Mr Bates next role in life should be as an independent investigator of Parliamentary expenses?
    • He asked for that one, didn't he?
    • Trump was unable to make it through the first day of court without falling asleep on Monday, which sparked a whole host of jokes, memes and even a new nickname, 'Dozy Don'    
    • The shift to card and contactless technology in the past decade has been rapid - not just in Britain, but in all sorts of remote pockets of the world. This is yet a further sign of it.View the full article
  • Recommended Topics

  • Our picks

    • If you are buying a used car – you need to read this survival guide.
      • 1 reply
    • Hello,

      On 15/1/24 booked appointment with Big Motoring World (BMW) to view a mini on 17/1/24 at 8pm at their Enfield dealership.  

      Car was dirty and test drive was two circuits of roundabout on entry to the showroom.  Was p/x my car and rushed by sales exec and a manager into buying the mini and a 3yr warranty that night, sale all wrapped up by 10pm.  They strongly advised me taking warranty out on car that age (2017) and confirmed it was honoured at over 500 UK registered garages.

      The next day, 18/1/24 noticed amber engine warning light on dashboard , immediately phoned BMW aftercare team to ask for it to be investigated asap at nearest garage to me. After 15 mins on hold was told only their 5 service centres across the UK can deal with car issues with earliest date for inspection in March ! Said I’m not happy with that given what sales team advised or driving car. Told an amber warning light only advisory so to drive with caution and call back when light goes red.

      I’m not happy to do this, drive the car or with the after care experience (a sign of further stresses to come) so want a refund and to return the car asap.

      Please can you advise what I need to do today to get this done. 
       

      Many thanks 
      • 81 replies
    • Housing Association property flooding. https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/topic/438641-housing-association-property-flooding/&do=findComment&comment=5124299
      • 161 replies
    • We have finally managed to obtain the transcript of this case.

      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

      Frankly I don't think that is any accident.

      One of the points that the judge made was that the customers contract with the broker specifically refers to the courier – and it is clear that the courier knows that they are acting for a third party. There is no need to name the third party. They just have to be recognisably part of a class of person – such as a sender or a recipient of the parcel.

      Please note that a recent case against UPS failed on exactly the same issue with the judge held that the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 did not apply.

      We will be getting that transcript very soon. We will look at it and we will understand how the judge made such catastrophic mistakes. It was a very poor judgement.
      We will be recommending that people do include this adverse judgement in their bundle so that when they go to county court the judge will see both sides and see the arguments against this adverse judgement.
      Also, we will be to demonstrate to the judge that we are fair-minded and that we don't mind bringing everything to the attention of the judge even if it is against our own interests.
      This is good ethical practice.

      It would be very nice if the parcel delivery companies – including EVRi – practised this kind of thing as well.

       

      OT APPROVED, 365MC637, FAROOQ, EVRi, 12.07.23 (BRENT) - J v4.pdf
        • Like

Threats from 1st Crud/LCS


Chickenlegs
style="text-align: center;">  

Thread Locked

because no one has posted on it for the last 3089 days.

If you need to add something to this thread then

 

Please click the "Report " link

 

at the bottom of one of the posts.

 

If you want to post a new story then

Please

Start your own new thread

That way you will attract more attention to your story and get more visitors and more help 

 

Thanks

Recommended Posts

Hi all

 

,Have been paying off a loan debt to 1st Crud every month for the past 4 years.

 

Have had letters from them in the past offering discounts if I pay off the debt

and even letters from them thanking me for making regular payments.

 

Now, suddenly, I'm getting threatening letters from LCS Solicitors

telling me I have to pay the full amount within 9 days or they will take it to Court!!

 

As I'm a pensioner living on £67 per week they are lucky to have been receiving anything.

 

Can I have suggestions as to my next step please.

 

Do I ignore the letter or write back??

 

Kind regards

 

Chickenlegs

Link to post
Share on other sites

Hmm, wonder what rattled their cage?

 

I doubt very much in the circumstances that they would get much joy from litigation against you.

 

Just one question, do you own your own home ?

 

Do not under any circumstances, telephone them :)

Have we helped you ...?         Please Donate button to the Consumer Action Group

Uploading documents to CAG ** Instructions **

Looking for a draft letter? Use the CAG Library

Dealing with Customer Service Departments? - read the CAG Guide first

1: Making a PPI claim ? - Q & A's and spreadsheets for single premium policy - HERE

2: Take back control of your finances - Debt Diaries

3: Feel Bullied by Creditors or Debt Collectors? Read Here

4: Staying Calm About Debt  Read Here

5: Forum rules - These have been updated - Please Read

BCOBS

1: How can BCOBS protect you from your Banks unfair treatment

2: Does your Bank play fair - You can force your Bank to play Fair with you

3: Banking Conduct of Business Regulations - The Hidden Rules

4: BCOBS and Unfair Treatment - Common Examples of Banks Behaving Badly

5: Fair Treatment for Credit Card Holders and Borrowers - COBS

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:D

Link to post
Share on other sites

This, to me, is harassment. You are paying them, they threaten to set the hounds on you. NOT ON-Complain

If you are asked to deal with any matter via private message, PLEASE report it.

Everything I say is opinion only. If you are unsure on any comment made, you should see a qualified solicitor

Please help CAG. Order this ebook. Now available on Amazon. Please click HERE

Link to post
Share on other sites

Your complaint should be heading 1st Cruds way.

 

I would be saying that as you are a pensioner on a limited income and that they should know this, that to set their tame legal bods on to you is tantamount to harassment. You have been paying quite happily for the past few years and suddenly to get this type of letter is very stressful to you. If you have disabilities/illnesses you could use that too.

 

Don't suppose there are any charges on the loan that you could reclaim? PPI?

If you are asked to deal with any matter via private message, PLEASE report it.

Everything I say is opinion only. If you are unsure on any comment made, you should see a qualified solicitor

Please help CAG. Order this ebook. Now available on Amazon. Please click HERE

Link to post
Share on other sites

you say you have had discount letters

 

something smells here

 

check this debt shows on your cra file

 

dx

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

Link to post
Share on other sites

  • 2 months later...

Hi all, To update you all on this.............

 

..I wrote to 1st Credit telling them the situation,

that I am a pensioner living on a miserable State Pension,

have health problems and that their letters aren't helping my stress levels!!

 

I have now had a reply saying they

"require medical evidence regarding your condition(s) from a Consultant, GP or healthcare professional".

 

My initial response was to tell them to p.... off but that doesn't help my stress levels either!

 

Come on guys, suggestions please???

 

Kind regardsChickenlegs

Link to post
Share on other sites

please can you check your CRA file to see if this debt shows.

 

they are NOT OR NEVER

are entitled to know ANY of your medical history

neither

are they entitled to see ANY of your pers financial details.

 

no DCA has ANY LEGAL POWERS to demand ANYTHING

let alone MONEY.

 

dx

 

dx

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

Link to post
Share on other sites

dx100uk thanks so much for your reply -

 

however, I have never ever checked my CRA and quite honestly, I don't want to.

 

I've read over the years of the caggers who have done so and these dcas come out of the woodwork suddenly.

 

We both have a lot of debt and at the moment, fingers crossed, only this dca is being awkward

 

- I couldn't take the rest of them joining in too!!

 

Hope you understand.

 

If you have any suggestions as to a letter in reply I will certainly do that though.

 

Kind regards

Chickenlegs

Link to post
Share on other sites

old wives tale.

 

they already know where you are from voters and mobiles phone accounts etc.

 

up to you.

 

if you want to keep paying a debt that they have NO LEGAL RIGHT to collect on.

 

if its SB'ed then you owe NOTHING

i bet it was SB'ed before they spoofed you into starting to pay it again

 

dx

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

Link to post
Share on other sites

Hi dx,

it wouldn't be sb'd because I've been paying it continuously for the past 4 years, every month.

 

This is why I'm so aggrieved to have got a threatening letter from them

and then this further letter asking for proof of my bad health.

 

You know, I think I'll just very politely tell them to p....... off!! K

 

ind regards Chickenlegs

Link to post
Share on other sites

just because you have paid,

it could have been SB'ed BEFORE you started paying them.

 

or the money you have been paying them has NOT gone off the debt but to THEIR POCKET

 

so the clock has been ticking since your LAST payment to the OC, who wrote the debt off years ago.

 

hence the discount letters

 

there are only ever two reasons for that letter

 

the debt is SB'ed and they want to get as much money out of you before you find out you've been cash cowed.

or

its all PPI or penalty/no paperwork exists.

 

get your cra file and check it shows

 

bet it doesn't!!

 

dx

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

Link to post
Share on other sites

  • 3 years later...

Hi all,

 

Have been paying 1st Credit for years on a Sainsburys Bank credit card debt!

 

 

Earlier this year I had a letter from Sainsburys Bank admitting to overcharging me in 2007 on this account

and notifying me that they were contacting 1st Credit and crediting my account with the amount overcharged.

 

Two weeks ago I received an annual statement from 1st Credit and guess what!!

no mention of the credit from Sainsbury Bank on it.

 

 

I immediately wrote to them requesting an updated annual statement showing the missing information.

Nothing!! no response from them at all!

 

 

So what's my next move folks??

 

 

I feel inclined to write again to them saying I will not pay another penny off the debt until they send me a correct updated annual statement.

 

 

Any suggestions???

rgds Chickenlegs

Link to post
Share on other sites

If they sold the debt, I'm pretty sure that they cant offset... Dont hold me to that though.

 

Well its your choice what you want to do. Id write to Sainbury's asking if it was paid to 1st Credit.

 

We could do with some help from you.

 

Have we helped you ...?         Please Donate button to the Consumer Action Group

 

**Fko-Filee**

Receptaculum Ignis

 

Link to post
Share on other sites

If they sold the debt, I'm pretty sure that they cant offset... Dont hold me to that though.

 

Well its your choice what you want to do. Id write to Sainbury's asking if it was paid to 1st Credit.

 

 

I think you will find they can offset as when the account was assigned all rights and duties go with it, including any liabilities

 

1st Crud will now be the creditor

 

Jones v. Link Financial

Edited by obiter dictum
Link to post
Share on other sites

Thanks for your replies folks. Offset???? Surely not!!! I can't believe that although I'm struggling to pay off this debt, they can simply 'offset' anything else paid against the account! But SB's letter clearly says that as the account is still open they will send the payment to 1st Credit for it to be credited to the account!! I think, as you suggest fkofilee, the first thing I must do is write to SB.

 

 

rgds CL

Link to post
Share on other sites

about time you sent all these DCA's you are blindly paying a CCA request.

 

 

as pointed out last time

 

 

I bet they are unenforceable

esp as your had discount letters

 

 

dx

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

Link to post
Share on other sites

Well you never came back

You prob could have stopped paying years ago

 

Is this a loan or a credit card ??

 

Dx

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

Link to post
Share on other sites

  • Recently Browsing   0 Caggers

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Have we helped you ...?


×
×
  • Create New...