Thread: Didge v Barclaycard

Fresh from my major settlement from the Halifax, I'm now coming after the Barclay Boys...
SAR written, cheque enclosed and will be posted today.

Only thing is, as I live on an island and the ferries have been cancelled today due to the high winds, do I still count just two days for BC to receive it? My answer is - yep!

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Today received letter confirming receipt of my SAR.

Apparently copies of my statements have been requested from their Records Storage dept. and will be sent to me within the 40 day legal limit.

As it's taken them over three weeks to respond, I'm not holding my breath...

Surprise, surprise... no list of charges :o

Non-compliance letter typed and will be in post today - did they really think I was going to let them dictate the timetable and count 40 days from their letter?

Shock, horror...
Just received the 'there's a delay in getting copy statements out because of the very large numbers of identical requests' letter.
So Barclaycard lied to me in their last letter...
:o :o :o :o surely not.

Didge, surely the lovely people at Sharklaycard are above such behaviour? Make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office.

Just as I was compiling my complaint to the ICO, what should thunk onto my doormat this morning?

Hurrah!

I have my copy statements - as a 'gesture of goodwill', of course, because 'statements held prior to May 2004 are stored...microfilm...does not fall within..."relevant filing system"...nor within bounds...obliged to provide in response to my data SAR...' Still trying with that, then.

So I whip out my hilighter, and for what? Five charges in four years. Still, that's 90 quid I'll be going for.

Right - strawberry-blonde questions coming up;
I've read about it and want to go for contractural interest. There is a monthly purchase interest on each of the statements where I have charges - is this what I would be going for? and is it as simple as multiplying that monthly figure by 12 to get the APR? Or is there a 'standard' APR that everyone has been going for? As I'm asking these questions, should I be going for contractural? Am I even spelling it correctly?

I've answered a couple of my questions - found a calculator to work out the APR from the monthly interest figure, and I guess it's spelled contractual - must be my accent making it sound more like 'con-traactor-al'
So, I've worked out the interest on my spreadsheet, printed out a schedule of charges along with my prelim and off we go on the rocky path that is Barclaycard...

Letter has just popped through my letterbox. It's from BCard. Absolutely bog-standard response - 'sorry you feel charges...unfair...we believe...fair and transparent...T&Cs...disa gree with legal analysis...'
As a 'goodwill and without any admission of liability', they're prepared to credit my account (after I asked for a cheque because my account's been closed since 2004) with £30 - the difference between the charges and the OFT recommendation (bless them - still trying with that).
As they've responded so quickly, I feel a 'thanks but I'm going for the rest' letter being written before the lba.

lba posted yesterday.

Had better dust down my N1 forms...though I may MCOL it this time.

Yep, looks like MCOL on the way...
Had a letter waiting for me when I got home - this time from a PO box in Manchester, still not offering me any more than £30 (I'm claiming £90 charges + contractual), their position is they 'believe it fair when customers break the terms of their agreement they recover the costs.' Me too - and when they can show me it costs 20 quid to process such a transaction, I'll willingly pay it.
They also want my bank details so they can transfer the money. I have asked for a cheque because I do not want to give my bank details to an account I consider 'dead'.

Oh, ho,ho...
Yesterday had another envelope. Open it up and it's a statement from BCard for April 2007. With £30 credit. And a note telling me my account (to which I haven't been issued with a card since 2004, has a credit limit of zero and haven't had a statement since June 2004 because that's when I settled it and I'm sure Barclaycard closed it - damn I wish I'd kept all my paperwork) is in credit and if I require a refund please contact Customer Services.
Now all of my letters have asked to be settled in the form of a cheque as I thought the account was closed. BCard have asked for my bank details so they can transfer the amount.
But being unwilling (in the interests of minimising fraud) to give my details to everyone who asks for them (especially as this is hopefully only going to be a one-time thing), am I being unreasonable asking for a cheque? I'm certainly not going to back down until I absolutely positively have to.

Looks like Barclaycard want to do it the hard way.
Received response to my lba yesterday - noting that I was dissatisfied with their offer to refund £30 however their position remains that they believe it's fair when customers break the terms of their agreement, they recover the costs. Me too - totally agree with that.

So it looks like once I've returned home from visiting England this week, I'll be down the court with my N1.

I would just like some advice please - as I am claiming contractual interest, I would like to put in some way in the Particulars of Claim that although I'm claiming C.I., that I'll accept the 8% statutory if that's what the sticking point is. Or do I just do that in discussions with the legal guys if they contact me?