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    • when did they (who) inform you there was a 'police case' and when was this attained? i will guess the debt is now SB'd as it's UAE 15yrs. have you informed the bsnk ever by email/letter of your correct and current address? you can always ignore anyone else accept the bank,  Block and bounce back all emails. Block any text messages  Ignore any letters unless it's: - a Statutory Demand - a Letter Of Claim - a Court Claimform via Northants bulk.  
    • I left Dubai 8 years ago and intended to return. However a job prospect fell through. I’d been there for 15 years. I decided to pay my credit card and the bank had frozen my account. There is no means to pay the CC so completely unable to pay when I wanted to other than the bank advising me to ask a friend in the UAE to pay it on my behalf!  fast forward bank informs there is a police case against me for non payment. Years later IDR chased me and after months/ years they stopped. Now Judge & Priestley are trying their luck. Now I have received an email in English and Arabic from JP saying the bank has authorised them to collect debts. Is this the same as IDR although I didn’t receive anything like this from them. Just says they are authorised?
    • The neighbour's house is built right on the boundary so the side of their house is effectively the 'wall' in our garden separating the two properties. It's a three storey house and so the mortar poses a potential danger to us. Because of the danger, we have put up an interior fence in our garden to ensure we don't risk mortar dropping on us. That reduces the garden by 25% which is not only an inconvenience, but it's the part of the garden where we had lined up contractors to install a patio and gazebo which we will use for our wedding reception in less than 2 months. We have spoken to the neighbour's caretaker who is on the case, has spoken with a roofer and possibly a scaffolding company, but there are several issues. They don't seem to understand the urgency. As long as there is a risk of falling mortar, we can't carry out any work in the garden, and unless they hurry up, we're looking at cancelling our wedding as it's not viable to book a venue because we can't use our own garden! Also, they want to put the scaffolding up in our garden which would be ok with us if it was a matter of a few days and they hurried up, but there is a tree (most likely protected by the conservation area), so most likely they can only reach part of the roof with the scaffolding if they put it up in our garden. We suggested a roofer with a cherry picker but they seem to want to use a company they've used before. Any and all comments, suggestions, advice is more than welcome.  PS. does it make any difference that the neighbour is a business (ltd) and not a private dwelling?
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1st paragraph is priceless from the bold Merrick

 

http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/publications/ombudsman-news/64/64.htm

I'm not an expert so check everything I tell you, however click me scales if I've been useful.

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And I have just sent to them:

 

Good Morning Sir/Madam

 

I have a question regarding a post on your website:

 

issue 64 - September/October 2007

 

and the first paragraph, which is in regards to the following 1st paragraph Quote:

 

"I have often remarked on how well the ombudsman model has stood the test of time – largely unchanged since 1981 when the Insurance Ombudsman was first established as a voluntary scheme.

 

a] "how well" - This is according to who? What independent survey was taken to back up this claim? When did this take place? Done by Who? Where is the data to support this claim? I have never seen a indendent survey asking the straight question were you happy about the way that the FoS questioned the Banks about their behaviour?

 

b] "largely unchanged" - society/business models and especially laws have changed in that time but the rules which govern how the FoS have not - is that not something that should be worrying the considering the fact that the services offered by the banks which the FoS is supposed to reguilate have has also changed?

 

c] The fact that the service is funded by the same people that it is investigating opens up all sorts of questions about impartiality I don't need to go into especially considering the current waiver the FoS have given the banks in the OFT peanalty charge case, which no doubt would raise another set of questions concerning FoS role as the Ombudsmun considering a large number of people are no doubt suffering as a direct resiult of the Actions of the Banks.

 

I look forward to your reply

 

Yours scincerly

 

It will be interesting to see what they reply with

 

Gazza01

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Nice one Gazzo - lets see if they reply

I'm not an expert so check everything I tell you, however click me scales if I've been useful.

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

 

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smutley

 

I think it'll go something like this mate...

 

Due to the overarching business concerns we are now experiencing from the unforunate events vis a vis Northern Rock, where we gave a full and excellent service, we are realligning our service model to more closely match the market as we see it heading towards, with the reduction of the banking sector by 1 bank due to Northern Rock going Bust or being taken over, we feel this is the time to re-adjust our staffing numbers to reflect what we see will be a reduction in future of complaints about the banking sector as we are doing such a fine job....

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Hi,

 

Tifo just saw your post - I was joking!!! How wrong can I be? I think I will cut down on my jokes as they have a bad habit of turning out to be true...

 

Now we move onto the comedy aspect of my previous post...

 

The Reply:

 

Dear Mr Gazza01

 

Thank you for your email. It was unclear who your email was intended for

and it has been passed to me, as I work in the communications department

at the Financial Ombudsman Service. I hope the following information is

useful to you:

 

By writing about 'how well the ombudsman model has stood the test of

time' Walter Merricks was referring to the fact that the nature of the

service and our core aims and values have not changed from the time that

the first financial ombudsman scheme, The Insurance Ombudsman Bureau,

was set up in 1982. We are still a free service for consumers, we are

impartial and resolve disputes by considering what is 'fair and

reasonable' in the individual circumstances of a case.

 

As you point out, obviously some things do change: new areas of

complaint come up, while others subside; the law and what constitutes

good industry practice evolves; our service has grown and we are always

looking at ways to further enhance the service we provide.

 

Finally, to reassure you on a couple of the points you raised in your

email:

- we carry out regular customer satisfaction surveys

- and our funding structure was consulted on with a number of consumer

organisations. It was thought that the financial services should pay for

the organisation - rather than passing the costs on to the consumer or

the tax payer. Additionally, financial businesses have to pay our

case-fee, regardless of the outcome of a case.

 

I hope this is helpful to you.

 

Kind regards

 

End Reply.

 

My own thoughts are that this is a prize example of C%$p, or if it had been on paper, toilet paper.

 

1st para summary: Who can you send it too if there is no named complaints address? As for it being useful...

 

2nd Para summary: core aims & value is to screw over the custom,mer on the sides of the bank more like... Who cares when it was set up, has it changed to meet the changing market? Nope it hasn't. Impartial? where? When did this sudden event take place? 'fair and reasonable' should account for a persons treatment & their circumstances which I have seen no sign of.

 

para 3 summary: I notice the reply does not list/layout/explain how the service they provide has changed. Strange that. I'll make no comment on the last sentance.

 

para 4 summary: Notice no detailing of the surveys of who carried them out & how independent they were and whether people were happy about the actual questions they put to the bank. Funding question is also unclear as does not list who was consulted so who is being talked about? I wonder coud it be the banks by some chance?

 

Well on a dull day it brought a smile..... sorry I have to correct that last sentance, it brought an ironic smile to my face as I am sure it will to yours.

 

Enjoy

 

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Tifo just saw your post - I was joking!!! How wrong can I be? I think I will cut down on my jokes as they have a bad habit of turning out to be true...

 

I wasn't commenting on your 'joke' as i saw the pure sarcasm in that post :)

 

It was the link which i said is not a surprise as they all seem to be sitting about scratching their asses :mad:

 

I have about 5 credit cards claims with the FOS which are 'close' to being settled, if only they'd get their fingers out. They've given the banks far too much time to respond (2 months at a time) and it's very frustrating as i cannot do anything about it. The FOS seem reluctant to take matters further other than allowing the banks time to respond, and it shouldn't take a bank 2 months to send a measly offer, then another 2 months to increase this. Yet it's happening. Every time i call and ask them to escalate the case, i'm told "we did state it can take 6-9 months to resolve a case, so sit tight".

 

I want to settle ASAP as obviously it would be a pity if suddenly they stopped looking at these as well and i lose out purely because of the banks delaying tactics and the FOS letting them do this, as i have lost on some personal and business claims before for the same reasons.

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