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3rd May 2006, 18:15
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| | Basic Account Customer | Request letter typed but worried *WON* After looking at this issue repeatedly over a couple of months I have finally bitten the bullet, dug out my bank statements and been shocked at the amount of charges I have incurred. I know I should request the full 6 years of statements, but think that if I do this I will end up not doing it at all so I have put in a request based on the information I have to hand, which comes to £3090.50 since October 02 despite having a years statements missing. The letter is sitting waiting to be taken to the Post Office to be sent recorded delivery tomorrow, but I am beginning to get worried that my claim may not be valid because I haven't got all the information.
I know I have to get over the guilt that I should be paying these charges, mainly bounced D/D, but I know that if I wait to apply for the bank statements I'll convince myself not to apply. I'm sirry to waffle but I'm really not sure what to do for the best.
Last edited by alijolly; 3rd November 2006 at 16:56.
Reason: Case now settled
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3rd May 2006, 18:19
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| | Site Team
Your bank owes you an awful lot more money than you realise See here Cagger since
: Mar 2006 I am in: ...the "get Lisa and Kris out" camp!!!
Posts: 6,471
| Re: Request letter typed but worried It is entirely up to you what you claim - it is your money, that has been taken out of your back pocket unlawfully.
Claiming for the period you have will not cause you any problems, other than the fact that you will be missing out on getting some of your money back.
Whatever you decide - be assured that you have thousands of people behind you. Please keep us updated with your progress.
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3rd May 2006, 20:32
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| | Platinum Account Customer
Your bank owes you an awful lot more money than you realise See here Cagger since
: Feb 2006 I am in: spired.
Posts: 20,750
| Re: Request letter typed but worried Well, think what you could do with the money... A nice holiday? Or maybe just enough to pay off some credit or store cards, and drop your overdraft to nothing? Would it be a drop in the ocean or a life-changing amount, or somewhere in between?
Maybe treat someone you love to a special outing. Maybe giving the car a top of the range service.
Forget about guilt. They're more guilty than you are. All these years, they took your money and made you feel bad about it. The cheek of them. You were guilty of carelessness. They were, and are, guilty of wilfully misleading you into thinking that you should be more careful when all along they WANTED you to go over so they could whack you great big unlawful charges. And you'd let them get away with it?
Go for it. You have NOTHING to lose, and over 3 k to gain. A bit of a no-brainer, isn't it? And for moral support, you have US. Go on. If you get into the spirit of it, it can even be fun. Trust me on that. And if you don't trust me, read my threads. I've had my money back. And I have had fun getting my own back, in more ways than one.
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Last edited by MARTIN3030; 25th November 2006 at 08:52.
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8th May 2006, 20:17
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| | Gold Account Customer
Your bank owes you an awful lot more money than you realise See here Cagger since
: Feb 2006 I am in: London
Posts: 444
| Re: Request letter typed but worried Keep strong... they will refund, don't worry. They refunded mine in three seperate amounts, always a goodwill gesture LOL. When one advisor can't handle it, they seem to pass it on to another, same standard crap |
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23rd May 2006, 02:06
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| | Basic Account Customer | Re: Request letter typed but worried LBA sent today (14 days after they said they received it rather than 14 days after I sent it).
The waiting game continues |
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23rd May 2006, 02:08
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| | Platinum Account Customer | Re: Request letter typed but worried Good. Steady as she goes...
Last edited by Robertxc; 23rd May 2006 at 02:10.
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23rd May 2006, 02:11
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| | Platinum Account Customer
Where else can you earn 8% interest on your money? Start your County Court claim NOW!!! Cagger since
: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,761
| Re: Request letter typed but worried Well done
Now go and get the rest.
Send off your Data Protection Act for the full 6 years. By the time the Data Protection Act information comes through, they will have coughed up your +3k  |
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1st June 2006, 10:32
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| | Basic Account Customer | Re: Request letter typed but worried Received two letters today, one from Openplan saying my complaint has been passed to head office, and one from Mike Brophy with the usual Sorry you are unhappy blah blah letter. They are dated the 23 and 24th May respectively so may have crossed with my LBA.
I have therefore copied my LBA and sent a covering letter with it saying that as the case is now been handled by HO I wanted to make sure they had a copy of my LBA but that I was willing to extend my deadline to 14 days from today. |
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1st June 2006, 10:37
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| | Platinum Account Customer | Re: Request letter typed but worried It's up to you, but having sent the LBA I would do absolutely nothing further. It's up to them to get their internal communication sorted out. The LBA is quite specific in its terms, so they know what they have to do to avoid court. If they do nothing and you send them a summons, they'll get the message pretty quickly. Remember, you're dealing with the 'organisation', not the individuals within it. The more you write to them and go to the trouble to make sure specific individuals within the organisation have seen your letters, the more opportunity you give them to debate it and cloud the issues.
Just a suggestion. 
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1st June 2006, 11:03
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| | Platinum Account Customer
Where else can you earn 8% interest on your money? Start your County Court claim NOW!!! Cagger since
: Jan 2006 I am in: The Independent Republic of Kelty
Posts: 3,848
| Re: Request letter typed but worried Well, speaking from experience, if you've sent the company an opening letter, followed two weeks later by an LBA, followed two weeks later by a summons, they're not in a position to turn round and say that thye weren't aware of it. I always address letters to the company, and send them to the Registered Office.
If you go into most shops that are part of a chain, you'll usually see a notice somewhere near the door which says something like "This shop is Owned by Dixons PLC, registered office Dixons House, 21 High Street, Leeds. This is the address at which documents can effectively be served". This means that if you want to send them something legal, you can send it to the registered office and it will definitely be dealt with. The danger with addressing a letter to an individual within the organisation is that it has a greater chance of going astray, because that person might not be the proper person to deal with it, or they might be on holiday, or have left, or whatever. If you just address it to the organisation then it's up to them to direct it to the proper person. |
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1st June 2006, 11:05
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| | Platinum Account Customer | Re: Request letter typed but worried If I were in your position, having sent the LBA I would be doing absolutely nothing until that deadline runs out. If and when it does, you follow the procedure exactly as laid out in the FAQs. Remember YOUR claim, YOUR timesacales. don't let them hijack it. |
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1st June 2006, 11:15
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| | Basic Account Customer | Re: Request letter typed but worried My original LBA was sent to Woolwich Openplan Customer Contact Centre in Clacton, which is the Openplan head office, I believe, although not the registered office since they were taken over by Barclays so I guess that should be enough. I think I will stick to my original timetable then which means I get to claim on 5th June if they don't respond beforehand.
Thanks for helping me toughen up a bit! |
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20th June 2006, 16:42
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| | Basic Account Customer
Where else can you earn 8% interest on your money? Start your County Court claim NOW!!! Cagger since
: Apr 2006
Posts: 42
| Re: Request letter typed but worried Various things have meant I dropped the ball on this after my LBA was sent and I haven't filed a claim yet, but today I received an offer of £932, and I am in a bit of a quandary. Money is tight at the moment and I am really tempted because I can have that money in my account within 7 days. Half of me wants to go ahead and pursue for the full amount which is more than 3 times this, and still doesn't actually cover all of the money I have paid as I have only claimed for the statements I had at home, the other half of me wants to accept, as this amount could be the difference between my mortgage getting paid this month or not.
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20th June 2006, 18:13
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| | Basic Account Customer | Re: Request letter typed but worried You must make your own decision on this as everyones problems are different. But I would hang in there write to them saying you will accept it as an interim payment and that you will be pursuing the full amount.
I have come to the conclusion now that it is time for us the little people to stand up and be counted. I have a claim for 3k going through with the halifax and yes when they offered me a goodwill gesture I really needed the money but just thought what the heck and went for the full amount.
The sweetest thing being that I used a goodwill gesture from Cap1 to pay MCOL against Halifax.
Keep up the fight they will give in. Its your money but also your decision.
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5th July 2006, 00:13
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| | Basic Account Customer
Your bank owes you an awful lot more money than you realise See here Cagger since
: Apr 2006
Posts: 42
| Re: Request letter typed but worried - I WON! I now feel physically sick because today, after much soul searching, I decided I wouldn't be happy to accept their offer and filed my moneyclaim for the full amount. It means things are going to be very tight financially for a few weeks but hopefully it will all be worth it in the end.
Last edited by alijolly; 3rd November 2006 at 16:47.
Reason: to change title cos I won!
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