Thank you both for your replies, very helpful indeed. Unlike Mercers who continue to phone. I shall definitely be sending off for the CCA as soon as I get paid and then take it from there. As for sending everything to the organ grinder, I will be doing that. Thanks again.

Hi guys, following a succesful fight against Barclays last year, I've come to the conclusion that I enjoyed the fight and need the money. I'm getting the usual letters from Mercers demanding payment and a ridiculous amount of calls from them, even at work despite never having given them that number. I sent off the harrasment letter last week and received a reply from Barclaycard saying that they are upset that I'm unhappy And they promise to sort it out by Oct 23rd. However, in the same post, I also received another letter from Mercers with the usual threats followed a few minutes later by another call from them. I don't even bother having my house phone plugged in unless I'm making a call. Whilst the calls and theats don't bother me and whilst I fully acknowledge that I am in arrears, I'm not taking their rubbish. So what do I do now? Do I send off for the CCA, if so, how do I go about this? Or do I go straight to reclaiming unfair charges? Many thanks, Whits

I believe it is now a 4th technical fault when it is classed a write off, but don't quote me on that, I just remember seeing a red sticker on as faulty appliance with that wording

I seem to remember reading somewhere that vista requires that a hard drive has to have 3 partitions on it to run. I think that one of these is for the recovery utility but as has been said before, if you make a proper recovery disk then this could be removed. Like I say, I think I read this but for the life of me, I can't remember where. As a final point, the laptop was bought on the basis that it has a 80GB hard drive, which it does so therefore, there is no misrepresentation.

WOO-HOO!!!!!! They've finally gone and settled, I'm so flipping happy!!!!!! I sent an email to Krysta Campbell last week and she sent a settlement offer to the wrong address so I didn't get it. Sent her another email this evening and asked her if she would fax it to me and she replied. I wasn't expecting her to be working after 6 but after a bit of friendly banter, she finally conceded and has agreed to pay me just short of £3000 :D Now I just have to wait for it to appear in my bank and Whits is a happy bunny!! :D

I've been on the phone to Barclays but nothing to do with the Whistleblower prog. I spoke to them when I was having real trouble getting the money for my AQ, the guy I spoke to said "You know and I know that we'll settle but not until you've got a court date." So I found the money, filed the AQ and got my court date for 18th June. I phoned them again and got told that they won't enter negotiations until about 2 weeks before my court date Needless to say, I told them not to bother calling me then as I'd rather they have the displeasure of coming to sunny Yorkshire to meet me in court Bunch of timewasters they are

Barclays are really pi**ing me off now I rang them before I went to file my AQ as I was really struggling to get the money together to pay the court fees. The guy I spoke to on the phone said, "You know and I know that we will settle but not until you have a court date." So, I phoned them this morning as I have a court date for 18th June and this bloke tells me that they won't consider settling until 2 weeks before that court date I've just complained to the financial ombudsman about this so I'm waiting for a response. I put on my claim form that I'm certain no bank has ever won one of these cases so why can't they just admit they are wrong? Sorry for ranting, but I'm claiming nearly £3000 and I want it now. And breathe :grin:

I got a letter this morning from the court informing me that my preliminary allocation hearing has been set for 18th June I just wanted to check if this is the hearing date that you need before ringing Barclays to offer them the chance to settle TIA

Ain't that the truth It just feels like I should charge them for all the time I've spent pursuing them, I think I'll charge them £50 per hour

Whits' is not a happy bunny I had a look on MCOL as today was the last day for Barclays to elect to defend my claim and they've bloody well done it I am so angry, I know I'll get the standard letter from them and they know that they'll end up paying out so why don't they just do so now OK, that's my rant over, I just wanted to see what the next bit is. I'm opff for a look through the FAQ

Thanks Peter, I appreciate your time

Stone me, Barclays have acknowledged my claim and have decided to defend. I didn't see that coming I just want to clarify, it's now 28 days toatal, and not 28 working days for them to file their defence. Is that correct

Holy crap:eek: Got a letter this morning from Northampton County Court about my claim against Barclays. I know plenty of people have had this letter previously but I'm just finding it very surreal that I can take a massive organisation to court:eek: I'm just annoyed with myself that I had no internet access for a month, I now have to give them until Jan 31st to acknowledge my claim.

Two things Allan - first of all I'm going to patent the idea Secondly, surely you mean when you get your claim paid

I received the standard "are you sure you don't want £1000?" letter trying to make me reconsider. I wonder how many people have actually chickened out and accepted it because they're worried about going to court? Talking of which, my OH's ex has just started the ball rolling on his claim but is using a solicitor to do it for him. I get the feeling that we'll start seeing ads on TV from 'specialist' firms offering this service:mad: