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Halifax credit card mishandling complaint. No statements for 31 months


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A bit of a long one. Sorry!

 

I took out a credit card with halifax about 9 years ago

stupidly ramped up £14k debt.

I've paid off as much as I could since this time.

No defaults but paid late 5 times (by 2 or 3 days.)

 

 

in April 2014 halifax closed my account with no contact or reason.

At this time I phoned and said my statements had disappeared online and was just told my account was closed so I wouldn't be able to see them anymore. (I assumed they were allowed to do this. )

 

Since then I've phoned a number of time telling them I had no statements anymore and they gave me info on balance.

 

Last month a debt specialist told me they couldn't refuse me statements and were breaking credit agreements.

 

 

I've sent off a complaint

they came back saying they'd done no wrong

but sent me 3 years of photocopy statements showing that despite paying off at least 320 a month my balance is still shrinking by approx £5 a month.

My APR is 29.9 and minimum payment doesn't always cover the interest.

 

Halifax say they have not miss handled and offered ey £180.

 

 

I turned it down and they are considering my case.

 

 

Does anyone know Whether I have grounds to claim compensation?

 

Thanks for taking the time to read.

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Hello welcome to CAG.

 

Good ole shallowfax!!

 

Firstly STOP discussing this over the phone, you need to get a paper trail of evidence.

 

Secondly, check your credit file, see what is on there ref this account.

 

Send Halifax a SAR (£10) and get the complete history of this account, when they send you the SAR you can tot up all of the banks charges, levied on this account, and go about reclaiming them.

 

Are you in financial difficulty?

Who ever heard of someone getting a job at the Jobcentre? The unemployed are sent there as penance for their sins, not to help them find work!

 

 

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You dont have grounds for compensation but if they have levied any late payment or failed direct debit or overlimit charges, these are typically £12 a time, then you do have grounds for re claiming them, plus restitutional interest at the contractual rate (29.9%).

 

So, as BB advises, get a SAR sent to Shallowfax and dont forget a £10 postal order to cover the fee, they must send you everything inside 40+2 days

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if they did not send statements

they cant charge interest for that period.

 

 

were you getting regular notice of sums in arrears letters?

 

 

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under section 78 of the consumer credit act they are obliged to send periodic statements

 

 

failure to do so means that they cannot charge interest during the period of non compliance.

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... 

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Thank you. That's really useful.

 

2 days after receiving my complaint, they rang and said they had broken no rules and would not be refunding anything.

 

 

She asked me

'what difference would statements have made to my handling of the account anyway?'

And offered me £180.

 

 

I refused and told her I that all communication should be in writing from this point.

 

I'm now just trying to arm myself for their inevitable refusal letter, so this is very useful.

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So, I've had a final response from halifax,

they've admitted that they withheld statements and that I phoned 'numerous' times and was wrongly told that I was not eligible to see a statement

 

. But they've said that this has made no impact on my ability to pay the debt and they will not repay any interest or charges.

They've offered £200.

 

(They have charged me £12,300 interest alone over the months of withholding any statements or account info)

 

do I have any case for furthering my complaint with the aFOS, or do I accept their offer?

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The fact theyve offered you anything so far shows they know theyre wrong, but they think offering you something will absolve them of all responsibility and make you go away. Sadly it works for the majority of people that issue complaints.

 

I mean think of it. They give you 200 and you stop complaining, or they have to wipe 12.5k off your debt ( or refund you) and suffer a massive loss.

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The fact theyve offered you anything so far shows they know theyre wrong, but they think offering you something will absolve them of all responsibility and make you go away. Sadly it works for the majority of people that issue complaints.

 

I mean think of it. They give you 200 and you stop complaining, or they have to wipe 12.5k off your debt ( or refund you) and suffer a massive loss.

 

So would my next step be FOS? They've admitted in writing they did mishandle, but basically say they don't believe that I had the ability to clear the debt anyway. Does that make me look bad?

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Might be an idea to ring and ask

Might alco be FCA too under the CCA conc rules too

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... 

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Have they actually issued a final response?

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Have they actually issued a final response?

Yes, this letter states I can escalate to the FOS but they don't believe that I could have paid anymore anyway so statements would not have benefitted me. they offer £200 as final settlement. They have admitted telling me I couldn't have statements on many occasions and wrongly marking my card as stolen and closing it/blocking statements without informing me.)

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But they can't charge into if they don't send account statements

Tell the fos

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... 

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But they can't charge into if they don't send account statements

Tell the fos

I am getting all my paperwork together all will fill out the FOS form this week. (I have an autistic child who I probably need to be back at school to make sure I get this done properly.)

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Relax, the ball is firmly in your court, and AFAIK you have up to six months in which to escalate this to the FOS.

 

Shallowfax have IMO admitted fault, and know they're culpable, and are hoping you'll be gullible enough to accept their very insulting offer.

 

There's plenty of legs in this yet, and I think you can at least put another zero on the end of that for compo alone, least of all, have a huge chunk, if not all, of their fees wiped.

Who ever heard of someone getting a job at the Jobcentre? The unemployed are sent there as penance for their sins, not to help them find work!

 

 

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Relax, the ball is firmly in your court, and AFAIK you have up to six months in which to escalate this to the FOS.

 

Shallowfax have IMO admitted fault, and know they're culpable, and are hoping you'll be gullible enough to accept their very insulting offer.

 

There's plenty of legs in this yet, and I think you can at least put another zero on the end of that for compo alone, least of all, have a huge chunk, if not all, of their fees wiped.

Thanks, I really hope you're right, it would be nice to not be giving halifax all my didposable income.

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Are you now getting regular statements ? Are you still paying monthly ?

 

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Yes,

I have kept up payments through 31 months of no statements.

They restarted last month.

 

 

The thing is,

I'm not sure the FOS has listened at all because she's explained to me how and why they never set a minimum payment of less than the interest added that month,

but I have copy statements that clearly show this.

 

Also this article

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/money/2014/aug/09/banks-scandal-personal-loan-errors-payout-refund?client=safari

Shows banks having to repay interest for wrongly worded statements,

yet FOS say halifax have don't nothing wrong in allowing me no statements and £200 for inconvenience is reasonable.

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Do you still have use of the credit facility or is it payment only status now ?

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