Hi all. Have been inactive for a month on this front, mainly due to a family bereavement, but potential job loss isn't helping either! So, as you can imagine, I'm not in the best mental state to take on a shifty bunch like Barclays. But sod it, I've downloaded the template and will be checking my calculations tomorrow. Anyone who feels like cheering me up with encouraging words, feel free, cheers...

OK, cheers for that! Good luck with yours...

OK, just awaiting statements now. Got usual letter from Barclays pretending they don't know what's coming, plus they returned my £ 10 cheque. All revved up with my marker pen......

thanks!

I've just realised I sent my letter to the One Churchill Place address, in London, but others have been sending direct to Peter Townsend in Leicester. Have I slipped up already?? 22/08/06 - sent S.A.R - (Subject Access Request) to Barclay

thank you, and to you!

OK (deep breath) - I'm off! S.A.R - (Subject Access Request) sent to Barclays today. Bricking it to be honest, as I'm one of these people who is rubbish at keeping tabs of his money, and so have always been terrified of the bank. Here's hoping I can reverse these roles! Have applied for parachute bank account elsewhere today, as I have an overdraft on there and I'm aware Barclays may demand it back, get nasty down the line, etc. Wish me luck! 22/08/06 - sent SAR to Barclays

hi everyone, this website is truly inspiring, the downtrodden consumer fights back! i come to this as a married dad of two, earning well but truly cr@p at keeping tabs on money and fed up with struggling when i shouldn't. said scenario hardly helped by my bank's staggering charges which i have dumbly taken on the chin for years! (bit nervous) - but not any more!! thanks to you all on here, i've been reading the forums for a few days and, although worried about it, i am sending the dpa form monday. ps - i pledge to give 5% back once i win...