Fantastic, hope you are enjoying the long weekend with a beer or 6....

Conni Thats the same chappie that I had, seems a decent bloke and was helpfull, even when we had to re-calculate the interest in our favour as we had made a mistake. I phoned him 3 working days prior to the court date and agreed the fig, letter for me to sign was delivered the following day. The cheque followed on the day of the court hearing..

Conni Sorry I havent got back sooner been away with work. They are the worst to deal with, no doubt someone will come back and say their bank is harder to deal with, but Barclays are hard work and will take it to the bitter end as they are busy with loads of claims. Stick it out and you will get your money, your date is the 8th, in my case they didnt send an offer 'till I phoned the name on the court sheet 6 days prior to our court date, two of those days were sat/sun. He said an offer would be in the mail, it arrived, we had made an error in the interest, I phoned, he agreed the amended fig, money was placed in the Barclays account the following day, which was the Thur prior to a monday court date. We posted a letter tothe court on Fri, I guess they got it Mon morning. So please play their game and wait till you get a little closer to your date and then phone the name on your piece of paper. Moggs

I guess after reading Dunnie's posting the one thing that everyone who is still waiting for their settlement should note is to get your court bundles in and make sure they are correct, if you do it early it saves so much hassle and also decreases the chance of it being, either stayed, or thrown out.

Any news on the hearing today ?

Hi Just got home from a weekend break and waiting on the mat was the cheque. Have posted the letter to the court but they wont get it till after the hearing is set, wonder what will happen ? Not my faukt that they waited till the bitter end before paying up. Paul & Heather

Nadia Spoke to Mr Unwin this morning, we agreed about the difference in interest, so I posted the letter today and the cheque will be sent to my house, not into the defunct account. Been a long wait but well worth it. Thanks to everyone for their help Paul & Heather

Hi Conni My court date is 26th March, next Mon, after a reminder they sent me an offer today, so I wouldnt expect anything to soon. they seem to be making offers about one - two weeks prior to the date. Moggs

Hi Well the letter was waiting with an offer, very nearly correct but not quite, the interest was wrong will be on the phone in the morning. Paul

Hi I e-mailed Mr Unwin y'day and informed him that we were inside the 7days before we go to court (26th), and I was expecting to see him or his representatives in court next week. I had a reply within 10 mins apologising for the delay in getting back to me as they were inandated with cases. He said that they were sending a letter with an offer for the full amount y'day. We wil see what has dropped throught the letter box when I get home. One question he mentioned that they would credit our Barclays account I would prefer them to credit our new bank account, can I tell them to do that ? Paul

We are hopefully on our last few days, court date 26th March, maybe we will go there but I hope not. Keep going and u will win

Hi Anyone else who is on for this court date been settled ? Paul

Hi Just spoke to my chappie and he said that for people like me.. not sure what that means it will be in the next few days...

Hi Congrats to you Dene, hopefully I will get my offer soon. was it via the phone or by post ?

Hi Spoke to Mr Paul Unwin who is dealing with our claim y'day. They are checking that our claim is in order and will be making an offer within the next 7 days. We are confident that our claim is correct so all I will have to do is add the court fees and the % since the claim started. Paul

Thanks for the info hopefully we wont need to turn up in Cardiff.. It was much easier with the alliance & Leicester, but they have now told me that the account will be closed by the end of next month, no problem got a new account with Smile, and I'm smiling as I had 3,300 pounds back from the alliance.... Hope we all get our cheques soon...

Hi thanks for that info, just wondering have you sent in your court package yet or are you like me hoping they will cough up first. Paul

sorry one other point I notice higher up the threat someone mentioned phoning Barclays. Would that be asking if they want to settle out of court ? if so has anyone had any luck doing this ?

We are there as well, looks like its going to be a long day. Paul & Heather

Hi Just had a letter from the court saying that the hearing is being changed from where we live, Aberystwyth, to Cardiff 120 miles away, does'nt make sense to me, I guess Cardiff is a bigger court. Can we complain and get it transfered back ? Paul

Thanks very much for all the advice posted y'day. Form will be delivered today. Moggs

Hi Just had a message from the courts with Barclays defence attached, also an allocation questionnaire which I have to complete. A few questions I would like some help on please... The claim has been transfered to my local court in Aberystwyth, not a problem, but in the top left of the questionnaire there is a "last date for filing with court office" box with a date of 21/1/07, that is not the court date is it ? surely that is only the date I need to send the form back ? Also is this the point that I send a copy of my claim schedule back, namely all the listed charges that I have already sent to Barclays , and copies of all the letters sent and recd ? Also all the stuff in the court bundle or does that come later ? Does all this information including a copy of the court questionnaire go to Adrian Ruffhead at barclays as well ? Finally for now, in the questionnaire there is an "Other Information" box is it there I can refer to the "attached" scedule of charges, I say schedule as I guess the court would not want copies of 6 yrs worth of statements. This was so much easier with the Alliance once they got the court notice I recd their cheque in the post. Thanks Paul Morgan

WE WON !!!!! Had a letter on Saturday from the A&L with an attached cheque for, bank charges of 3212.00, interest of 256.96, and the court fee of 120.00, total amount £3588.96. Usual stuff about about closing the account etc. They also told me to write to the court informing them of the settlement, there's no need to write, all you have to do, in my case it was Northampton, is give them a ring and confirm settlement has been recd. In short you have to keep going and they will settle. Thanks Paul & Heather Morgan

WE WON !!!!! Had a letter on Saturday from the A&L with an attached cheque for, bank charges of 3212.00, interest of 256.96, and the court fee of 120.00, total amount £3588.96. Usual stuff about about closing the account etc. They also told me to write to the court informing them of the settlement, there's no need to write, all you have to do, in my case it was Northampton, is give them a ring and confirm settlement has been recd. In short you have to keep going and they will settle. Thanks Paul & Heather Morgan

wills No need to worry yet, I have been on roughly the same timeline as you and they have strung it right out to the last day, so hang in there I am. Moggs