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  1. MrMinaj13
    When they limit (ban) accounts, they hold the money for between 30-180 days in case of 'chargebacks' after the 180 days have passed the money is supposed to be available for withdrawal.
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    i hope i have posted this in the right section. Paypal in January limited my account (for god knows what reason), and have been holding onto £900 ever since. They said it would be released after 180 days, however it still has not been released, are they legally allowed to do this? I have been conversing with them on facebook but they take forever to respond to messages, there seems to be no other way of getting hold of them! i have tried calling a couple of time to no avail. i just want to know what to do in the instance they tell me they will not release the funds. because its very strange that after this long period of time has passed they are STILL on hold.
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    yes, its pretty much been a nightmare from the start. i just get very worried so come on here to moan so an exit review is not referring to leaving the programme anytime soon? i am hoping to be self employed by xmas-ish time anyway. but they will not relieve their commission and instead carry on pushing and prodding me till i have no energy left.
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    i just tend to go along with whatever they say during each meeting depending on how i am feeling, the last one as i mentioned i was very agitated and could not concentrate. but yes from the start the whole thing is making me worse. it ****es me off as i am doing what i can to get better for myself, yet i have these people dragging me down. i am looking into self employment, i have paid out of the benefit money to do a course. i also see a therapist. im at a loss to understand what the work programme is going to do for me ? also, i am pretty certain i have not been there 2 years yet as my medical was in 2014 . so are you saying the exit review will be my final appointment ?? its not with my adviser its with someone else.
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    and dont know what to do. currently in the ESA work related activity group. i had an episode months back, where i collapsed near the building where i have to visit for the work programme after a horrible meeting with my adviser. i called the job centre to explain what was happening with the company who does the work programme and how it was infact making my anxiety worse, they called them and had a word. and the work provider seemed a little more understanding. but now things have gone up about 10 notches, i am having to go there once or twice A WEEK. sometimes i am in such an anxious state during these adviser meetings that i have no idea what my name has been put down for. i have some sort of workshop next weds, but have no idea what it is for i am recieiving letters every few days now with ''mandetory'' plastered all over them in bold letters. my last meeting i got abit worked up afterwards, so asked to speak to someone else there, who i know is trained in mental health, she took me into a room and spent about half an hour slagging off the company and telling me how they have no understanding of mental health conditions at all. i also believe her hours had been cut back, so maybe she was abit cheesed off aswell. but she actually works there ! on the one hand its good to know you have someone on the inside who could fight your corner, on the other she is slagging off the place she works to a 'customer'. but one thing that has got me very worked up is a letter i recieved today saying i must attend on monday for an ''exit review'', with a different adviser for 2 hours!! this is along with all the other appointments they are dragging me to over the next couple of weeks . can anyone shed any light on what an exit review is ?!
  6. MrMinaj13
    you appear to be in a similar situation to me in the sense that the WRAG group is actually making matter worse thus hindering my chance of working again. i have decided that if and when i am able to earn my own money again, i shall be making sure the DWP know it had nothing to do with the work programme so they get zero 'commission'.
  7. MrMinaj13
    which provider?
  8. MrMinaj13
    well i called 0345 608 8545 and the lady on the phone said i had to be put through to the 'job centre' (apparently) but it was an automated service, which then asked me to call 0345 608 8545 again!! :mad2::mad2:
  9. MrMinaj13
    Thankyou, how do I go about doing this ?
  10. MrMinaj13
    I believe it was February last year
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    may i ask how i do this? i would not say the condition had worsened, its still the same. its just when i first questioned appealing they said the WRAG group was not anything to worry about and i would be fine. i didnt want the added stress so just went along with it.
  12. MrMinaj13
    No I haven't challenged it anywhere. It wasn't so bad at first like I said. But now I have been on it a few months they seem to have changed things and it feels like a pressure on me which I really don't need. I can't see what I can do now.
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    yes i was referred to the WRAG a while ago, but it was initially only two meetings, and i was told not to appeal as it 'would be fine' and i would only have to go in once every 6 weeks or so. and it was ok, i emailed the adviser i had at the time every few weeks with updates and what my plans were, she was also very nice. its only now they have changed everything round, new advisor 'new rules' as they put it. i am getting in a right panic about it. now everytime i picture myself in that building, i start getting a cold sweat and feeling dizzy its ridiculous but its just how i am unfortunately. its driving me loopy. i cant see how i am going to be able to go back there so often. what are they going to do to help me?
  14. MrMinaj13
    Well I am on the 'work related activity group' rather than 'work programme' not sure of there's a difference? I am going to look into what you have said about business grants etc. But I also want to get qualified in something specialised as well. I wanted to start a sports massage therapy course and the one I have seen is distance learning with a couple of weekends practical , I also know who the teacher is and she is very understanding to my situation so it would be perfect. Unfortunately there's no way I can afford it even paying in installments . The company does not qualify for the 24+ government 'advanced learning loan' either which I was pinning my hopes on. So its back to square one. The WRAG company can't help with it, they seem to know absolutely nothing other than how to shove me on pointless confidence courses ffs. I have a therapist, who it very helpful and I don't want them interfering with that. I am also confused now over how many times they can ask me in for appointments and what they can ask me to do. I have seem so much stuff on the internet about only needing to go in 6 times a year! I still have at least another year in the group. (If I stay on benefits) I can see me being bullied off regardless as I find it difficult to stand my ground. As displayed when into full on panic mode in the middle of the offices
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    Today i finally met my new advisor for the first time, and the whole experience was just hideous. First i was sat down the 'main room' which was very warm with people all around me tapping on computers. I was waiting for about 10 minutes, at this point starting to feel dizzy and as if i was going to pass out. Then my advisor approaches me and hands me a multiple choice thing, which i feel like i have filled out a hundred times, but i do it again anyway. He then starts rambling on about courses and starts booking me into all these different courses 'interview skills, confidence building' and so on. At this point i am feeling extremely nauseous and cannot absorb anything he is saying. He then takes me off to his work point, which again is not a private room and there are people everywhere. He starts tapping away on his computer saying am i ok with what he is doing, so i said 'no!', he then asks may i ask what is stopping you? My heart sinks as i know i have to go through explaining my whole anxiety panic attack issue AGAIN, for the zillionth time, a lifetime of explaining myself to random people. I start getting very short on breath, and ask if we can go elsewhere! We go to a private room, i explain everything, (nausea, vomiting, panic attacks, depression). He seemed understanding, and apologised saying he 'didnt know'. He then booked me in for another appointment in 2 weeks time, and requested i go to the library next week where there is a talk on 'self employment', this actually interests me and could be beneficial, so i hope i am well enough to go. Now he was nice enough, but i still feel very much like i am going to be pressured into things everytime i go. Its actually making me worse. And i really really really want to be better!!! As this is no life for anybody. As i have mentioned before on this forum, i have a therapist, i am on medication, i am seeking loans and funding for courses which will give me my own specialist qualification. The work programme is not going to help me in any way shape or form, and it has not helped me thus far, i just feel like another number to them. They have absolutely no understanding of any sort of condition, or why people are on ESA in the first place. I am at a loss to understand why the government think this is a good idea, and whether its actually just wasting more money. I have set myself a deadline to be in self employment by summer and get off this sodding work programme. But with this added pressure which i do not need, i feel i am up against it. Going in every 2 weeks seems excessive aswell (considering the job centre said it would be once every 4-6 weeks) and being bullied into go on different courses - which might i add would likely be no help at all. Has anyone had any similar experience and how did you get through it?
  16. MrMinaj13
    with my chronic anxiety im starting to worry. earlier today i got a 'reminder' text out of the blue about an appointment tomorrow morning and to refer to my 'appointment card' for details. in other words the appointment letter..... which i have never received ! to be honest this WRAG is sending me to the brink. the apparent 'appointment' coincides with a telephone appointment with my therapist, which i am not changing at less than 24 hours notice. i called the work programme provider and told the receptionist that i have recieved no letter and i have a therapy appointment, she took the message and said my advisor would call me back. he has not called me back. i am probably worrying about nothing, but would i possibly be sanctioned for not going. if so, maybe the advisers wages should be 'sanctioned' seeing as he did not turn up to our last appointment and i wasted £7 on a taxi fare. i hate this :evil:
  17. MrMinaj13
    the fact the OP is going through this is absolutely disgusting. what on earth has this country come to ?
  18. MrMinaj13
    well i turned up to my appointment. and surprise surprise. the advisor was not even there :-x:-x infact thats exactly what happened at my first appointment a few months ago ! so thats £7 on a taxi down the drain. (they dont reimburse taxis) and it was my only option this morning as i was feeling bloody hideous, especially after a sleepless night worrying about the appointment. WHY dont they just call all his appointments and tell them it will be rearranged?! instead some woman got me to fill in another form to 'update my records' whilst she told me the new rules are that i MUST come in every 2 weeks to see my adviser. and i had signed a documents saying i would do so at the job centre when i first got put in WRAG. did i ??? the job centre adviser told me WRAG was nothing to 'worry about' and i would only have to go in once every month/6weeks. she then also tried to tell me the job centre and the work programme are always at odds with eachother. this woman also helped a little with the form filling asking if i was able to catch a bus. i said that i last tried getting a bus in the summer and was sick on the back seat. she then tried to get me to write that i was able to catch a bus anyway. i said that would be lieing, but she said i would be fine. WTF?? seriously this whole thing is just bizarre. it reminded me of being in Phones4u and almost getting hassled into buying a phone just so the seller would get his commission.
  19. MrMinaj13
    I know exactly how you feel. Oh to be in work and independent, even if is just part time, would be a dream for me. But these people the government / the DWP just don't get it. They are wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers money trying to bully people off benefits !!! They would actually save money just letting the country fester on benefits for life! (Though obviously I do not agree with that idea!) But there must be some sort of common sense system which would work better than the current one
  20. MrMinaj13
    i am guessing its just the rules within that company, or the guy was just making it up to suit him (which is what i think). and yes patronize is the right word. i am dreading it. i sent my CV to my previous adviser as she requested it, and she emailed back saying it was the best she had seen while working there. i dont see why that matters, as i am not out of work because i choose to be or because i cant find a job, i am out of work because i literally cannot work or keep to a schedule! i could probably do their job with my eyes closed if i was mentally fit. i absolutely hate this world of benefits and the constant feeling of bullying and pressure to come off them just so some pointless crappy company can grab some commission. hence why i am doing everything in my power to get better myself. because they sure as hell arent helping!! just what was the governments trail of thought when coming up with this bizarre ESA idea.
  21. MrMinaj13
    I called up to rearrange the appointment as I found out it clashes with a hospital appointment. So I have to go a week later instead, I spoke to the new 'advisor' and he said he couldn't understand why I had been given 'email' appointments and not proper one to ones and that the 'rules are changing' and all ESA claimants have to go to regular appointments on the premises. So I am still again at a loss as to what exactly I am going there for and what they are supposed to do ??? I also think I should call back and ask for a private room for the appointment rather than the open space with all the workers and other clients there as it makes me nervous and i don't say what I need to say. Will they allow that ?
  22. MrMinaj13
    well its mainly what i have read - about people being forced into 'workshops' and group meetings and other such nonsense, with threats of sanctions etc. thats what worries me.
  23. MrMinaj13
    what are they meant to do for you, and what does it achieve? so far i am at a loss, and its done nothing for me other than bring on a few panic attacks. i know it makes me sound crazy to have an attack over a letter dropping through the door, but it happens, if i knew how to stop it i would be cured by now! basically i started this work programme thing back sometime in April of this year after one of those medicals deemed me unfit for work. (quick background: VERY depressed, but the main issue for me is the chronic anxiety - literally vomiting at the slightest thing.) i had one appointment with the advisor, then from then on she started emailing me - and every month of so since i have just had to email back with 'updates' on where i am at with my health and what i am doing to get better. now everything that i am doing, i have taken on myself. i have regular telephone appointments with a Therapist, i also do a weekly course of CBT - which is completed online. I also have occasional visits to the hospital and doctors. and i am also desperately seeking ways of getting financial help for home study - in a desperate bid to become self employed and get out of this ghastly world of benefits. i should also mention i attempted a group therapy last week, unfortunately i had a anxiety flare up just before going into the room as there were about 30 people in there! i have done ALL of this off my own back, nothing to do with the ''work programme''. now i am worried as i have had an email saying i now have a new 'advisor' and i recieved a letter today for an appointment with this adviser in a couple of weeks time. what could it be about? it has given me one of my sickness attacks. its probably nothing, but i just still after all these months do not know what the work programme is and what the purpose is of me going there. i am terrified they are going to force me into something. i am lucky enough to live with my parents so dont need housing benefit or any such thing. incase the worst comes to the worst and i lose my benefits if i cannot complete what they ask of me. this just gives me more stress!!!!
  24. MrMinaj13
    Thanks, but I think that's just the open university
  25. MrMinaj13
    so what happens, you just carry on on ESA as normal?

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