Can I claim although my account is closed?

Can I claim a higher interest than 8% on the bank interest spreadsheet, because obviously credit cards charge you a few bob more on interest...?

Thanks in anticipation of your help guys

Yes you can claim on a closed account

There are some people claiming a contractual rate of interest

If you read around you can find some details about this.

I have been looking at the Credit Card templates (letter and spreadsheet) in the Templates Library and there only seems to be one letter giving the Credit Card company 14 days notice before court.

Do Credit Card companies and Store Card companies not have to have a first letter of notice giving 14 days, then a reminder giving another 14 days like banks do?

You can use the bank prelim letter for that.

Thanks for that

Still can't find anything on contractual rates of interest... Shall I just stick to the 8%?!

How much we talking if you did go for the CI ?

Only £90 that I know of, but I'm sure there were more charges. I called them to get my entire statement history, but they were charging £5 PER STATEMENT - That's approximately £75! I quoted Data Protection and Subject Access Request, but to no avail. How do I get my statements without forking out £75?

Its unclear why the card issuers appear to think that they can charge what they feel like for statements.

You could ask them for a schedule or other transactional data that gives this info.........one ot two of the other card issuers do supply this.

They dont however like to do it this way because the act says the info has to be clear intelligible etc.......so they have to attatch handwritten notes to decipher all the codes.

Usually a second non compliance letter does the trick have you tried that route ?

I've just phoned them and asked for that. They're sticking to £5 per statement and insists there's no other way to do it. Should I send them a letter requesting the transactional data of my account, dropping the phrases Data Protection, Subject Access Request, Fair Charge, Office of Fair Trading?

I am going to send off the Data Protection Act Subject Access Request letter.

I am worried that I will be on a losing battle as I have previously been hassled by two debt collection agencies regarding this account...

The first, I settled with. They knocked my bill down from four hundred and something to £360. This payment was 'full and final'.

The second came after me for the remainder. I contacted Style who stopped the debt collectors after realising their mistake.

Can they make me pay the remainder of that balence if I start after them for this £90+?

I'm also confused because of the 8% interest...

I have to include the spreadsheet (which adds up the 8%) in the preliminary letter. Also in the second letter. Definately at court.

But if they settle before court, do they not have to pay the 8%?

(Been reading Gargoil's thread)

Calm down...............

Forget the dca for now,and concentrate on the charges.

Whilst the account is in dispute.......no further action can be levied.

Send tha data protection act request.

And the meantime if they do hassle you for repaymnt just tell them they are reqiured to suspend action.

We can deal with the other issues including interest later.

Interest is only added at the court stage.

This is some time off yet!

OK

Sending the Data Protection letter today

So, I need to send the 8% Spreadsheet with the claim letters, so they know what they'll have to pay out at court, yeah?

What's CBA? I'm not getting all this shortened down stuff. There should be a section telling us what all the shortened down stuff is! It confuses me! A glossery! Yeah, one of those! (Unless there already is one, in which case, could you give me directions?!)

You know in the Data Protection Act 1998 Subject Access Request letter, where it says: I enclose the statutory maximum fee of £10. Who make that statutory? Was it the Office of Fair Trading? I just want to ensure they don't go off on one with this £5 per statement crap. (excuse my French)

Ooooo, I've just thought, the charges were only £15 a time... I can claim these back right? It's charges over £12 isn't it?

Sorry if I can't stop checking things... I worry and stress... It's hereditory... You should meet my mum!!! It gets more annoying as time goes on. I appoligise in advance for future stressing-outs!

I have another question!!! Ah-ha!

Can we charge the 8% interest on the Data Protection Act - S.A.R (Subject Access Request) fee?

Just getting my spreadsheet as ready as I can!

you can claim for anything whether its 12/15/38/10000000 as long as its a penalty charge. The OFT has not said that £12 is lawful.

It's the Data Protection Act itself (an Act of Parliament) which regulates the fee - I doubt very much that anyone would argue with it after receiving a valid request for information, which ours is.

I was just wondering about charging INTEREST on the DPASAR fee...

Well, I suppose if your claim gets to court and you include the fee as part of the overall claim, then you would be entitled to 8% interest on the daily rate until settlement part (section 69 interest), but this would be so tiny that you'd probably have to wait about 2 months before it reaches one penny.

Nothing wrong with claiming the £10 back though.

Fair enough. Just making sure my spreadsheet all tallys up and looks the dog's balls!

I've just received my Credit Record from Experian. Guess who put a gret stinking red DEFAULT notice on it... Style. I wondered why I was having trouble opening a current account with a debit card! All I can get is a poxy cash card. I feel naughty.

Well, I suppose if you need spanking...........

Anyway - have you a list of your charges on that account? If so, what were the level of charges at the date of the default, and how much were you defaulted for?

I was defaulted on 07/01/2006 for £488. My limit was £400. The total of Style's charges are £90 (6 X £15). If they'd have never charged me these charges, I'd have been £2 under my credit limit at the time I was defaulted.

Righty.... the usual 'rule of thumb' on these issues is that, if the level of charges imposed on the 'account' at the time of the default were equal to - or in excess of - the default value, then you would certainly have a good case to put forward. Even if the level of charges was fairly close, there would probably be a lot in your favour.

In this case, the level of charges imposed is £90 - quite some way off the default value.

In do understand the point in relation to your credit limit, however any creditor can demand the repayment of monies owed at any time and, if you are unable to repay them, they could then take further action (including a default notice).

It's important that we can distinguish between a very good chance and a slim one. Just because your case might only have a slim chance of producing the end result you require, it doesn't mean that you should give up... but we can't allow you to think you have a strong case and, in my opinion, you don't.

Sorry to bring bad news.....