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    • Let me start by saying I feel tremendous regret, shame and remorse. I have some debt and personal life has fallen apart over the last year which has caused me to be careless. Doesn’t make it okay I know. In a positive way, i will never take anything in life for granted ever again. I want to volunteer and go back to being a good person. I need some advice/reassurance on the below so I can move on better from this experience. A few days ago I was caught at sainsburys, I paid for part of the food (about £5) and didn’t pay for the other (about £8-10) at self checkout. when I got to the exit someone in plain clothes asked to see my receipt and bag and that they worked for mitie. I told him the receipt was in the store bin (true) and he said he followed me round and knows I didn’t pay for all of it. he very sternly but calmly said he just needs my name then I can leave with the shopping. I said i am in a bad day and can’t do this and was on the verge of breaking down. So I handed him the shopping and slowly walked out. No name given (I read elsewhere this is good and makes it unlikely to develop) and I have no way knowing if police contacted. I overthink a lot and I wonder if they can track me via debit card or nectar card on the transaction. I also wonder if they saw me do it last month and have been waiting for me. I know someone who works at their head office and terrified somehow it will get back. I’m also terrified of being recognised in the street.    I don’t know what’s going to happen. I see a lot in the news today about shoplifting 
    • Hi, I’ve just spotted an Arrangement to Pay marker (TransUnion) on my Barclays Mortgage account for 1 month in March 2022. I’ve spoken to Barclays Customer Service and Complaints about this and they’ve given me some background but have closed my complaint: Direct Debit for mortgage bounced in February and I didn’t notice this at the time. Realised there were arrears in March and called customer service straight away. Offered to pay half the arrears on the call with the other half of the arrears the following month. I prob suggested or accepted this as had done that many years previously when I was a poor student with no adverse consequences. Paid in accordance with this. Barclays call notes report they informed me credit reference agencies would be notified and I indicated I understood. However, complaints team couldn’t access the call because it was too old. They advised I could request a transcript through GDPR and complain via ombudsman if still unhappy - I’ll process the GDPR request this week. Whilst it may be factual that I entered into some kind of arrangement regarding the arrears, it wasn’t clear to me that they would be treating it and reporting it as a formal payment plan along with the potential consequences of this. At no point did I agree to or request to “reducing my contractual payments” - I paid my contractual amount for March and April with 50% more on top. I guess it’s likely they did say something vague about credit reference agencies and it’s also possible that I may have agreed without fully understanding it would be different to a late payment marker. I’m not 100% sure of the impact of the AP but I believe it did tighten up balance transfer and new card offers (Lloyds group in particular) even though the rest of my report is spotless and I have many years managing multiple high balance cards. Although it may have been less comfortable, I also believe I had the means to pay the balance in full if I’d realised the impact at the time. Finally, it feels like Ive been penalised for speaking to customer services directly rather than just upping my payments to cover the arrears. Historically, I was under the impression that Barclays mortgages weren’t even reporting arrears of less than 2-3 months as late payments - although this may have changed since the last time I was in arrears. I’ve had a browse through threads about AP markers and it seems like removal is unlikely if it’s deemed factual but it may be worthwhile escalating to FOS or ICO? Will update with transcript details once I’ve raised and received a response to my request. I suppose the upside of this is that I’ll be even more cautious about negative markers in the future. Thanks, J
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    • We have finally managed to obtain the transcript of this case.

      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

      Frankly I don't think that is any accident.

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Just been on the phone with our friends from a particular in-house DCA, nice people...

 

A lady I'm helping has been getting loads of phone calls from unknown numbers to her home, mobile and work phones. She's never given out her mobile or work numbers to these muppets and even when her boss got on the phone to say she was not to be called, the asian lady he spoke to just hung up on him.

 

Anyway, I called them and spoke to someone today, and actually got an English (sounding ) bloke who did not hang up straight away. He wanted to know I was, I said I was from an advice centre and was trying to help this lady as she was too distressed to talk to them herself.

 

He didn't go through security, or ask for her to confirm that I was allowed to speak for her, naughty! He wanted her address, so he could find the account details, and I just got silly:

 

Him: Can you give me the first line of her address please

Me: Sure, it's www.

Him: hold on, that's not...

Me: Do you HAVE to interrupt?

Him: But...

Me: It's www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk

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Aw - he hung up on me...!

 

I did call back, got a lady this time, and sorted out the phone calls at least. Asked her for a copy of complaints procedure to be sent to lady's boss, as he was very annoyed at the attitude of the company concerned.

 

Strange how they can only find letters sent to them when you phone, and that they can't respond to one within 21 days. That was the 'harassement' letter, explaining that she was not allowed to take their calls at work and reminded them that she had requested her CCA some time ago.

 

CCA letter found too, asked why it had not been actioned, she said they were short staffed. Told them this would be reported to OFT. I had her backpeddling all the way, nice.

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That soooo sounds like a outing with Capital One. :D

 

I couldn't possibly say - client confidentiallity and all that :-D

 

Actually, DebitArse - but close enough to win the lollipop...

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Did you not see that DebitArse actually sent us a real bit of DebitArse, in a silver Mercedes too :eek: AA99 v Capital One Acc.2

Yep - I read that thread http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/capital-one/177738-aa99-capital-one-acc.html

 

I've had enough of Crap One and their muppets, see my thread at http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/debt-collection-industry/173426-cap-one-get-bashing.html

 

I've been ill again and have not been able to concentrate on doing the court stuff, but I'm starting to feel a bit better so will be digging into that again shortly.

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Oops! I've been neglecting my duties again, tut...

 

Today I'm wearing black shorti thingies with fusia pink lace trim :D

 

What was the link to the photos again...?

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Some cheeky little pictures of staff at the Lewis office in Cleckheaton...

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/debt-collection-industry/245609-lewis-group-cohens.html#post2747503

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Here's the challenge then - who can find more Facebook pages for the Debt Collecting companies of this country ?

 

For a starter...

Hull & East Yorkshire Debt Recovery Ltd | Facebook

 

I wonder who's idea this one was - http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Debt-Recovery-Services-You-not-now-or-ever-getting-my-money/244816027932

 

Some interesting comments on an American one - NCS Plus Inc. Debt Collection, Recovery and Cash Management | Facebook - "... Accounts are 10% less recoverable 4 each month they remain delinquent..." - so before a year is out, they write them off! Is Bryan or Howard reading this ?

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WOW! Eversheds are really scary solicitors...

 

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(That's linked form their Facebook page Eversheds LLP | Facebook to Birmingham Charity Calendar - a set on Flickr)

 

I fear the calendar girls have been heavily Photoshopped, they can't afford more than one brolly, surely ?

 

If you do get a call from this lot, tell 'em to go jump...

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