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I have had my Sky Digibox for many years and I have got recordings saved on them that I have had a long time - it would break my heart if I had lost them forever.       I contacted Sky but I almost made the mistake of accepting an offer where I would have to pay £31.50 and wait a whole month without television in my front room for it. I am in debt at the moment and I don't want all this on top of everything else - thankfully I have since cancelled it two weeks later when I told the person on the phone that it is the dish which is at fault as well as the fact that I live in a communal Housing Association property, and so that is one of very few weights off my mind. I emailed the Housing Association's Repairs department and they said that they will contact an electrical company to come out and see to the dish outside. I received a telephone call on Friday 24th May from the man to say that he will arrive on Wednesday 29th May 2024 to do the job. He arrived at around 9.40 am on Wednesday as promised; he went into my flat and had a look at the Sky box and saw the blue screen on my front room TV set, indicating no signal. He also looked outside as to where the dish was.  The main problem was that the ladders that he had with him were not enough to reach the dish outside as the dish was towards the top of the building - obviously the Health and Safety aspect of the job didn't allow him to do this. He then mentioned that whether he could do the job as a result of getting onto the roof and doing it like that as the dish is closer to the top. He said that he needed the key to enter the loft part of the building in order to reach this, and he needed to contact the Housing Officer at the Housing Association who had key to this, but lo and behold, he came on the Wednesday to do the job, and guess what? Wednesday was the Housing Officer's day off and so therefore he was unable to contact him for the key so that he could do the job! I just couldn't believe it myself. I am personally annoyed because this has not been sorted, and the man who came to do this is also annoyed because he came all the way to Nottingham from Peterborough, and he said to me that he won't get paid if he cannot do the job, so you see, we are both angry about this for different reasons. We are both in the same boat with regards to frustration, and we both want to see a conclusion to this, once and for all. Sometimes I wish that I didn't live in a flat which is in a communal building and I am thinking of getting a transfer to a one bedroom flat that isn't in that sort of place. I pay around £85 a month in a Direct Debit to Sky to receive their TV services which I cannot use at the moment, and I don't have much money in my bank account as it is due to one thing and another. I also pay nearly £14 a month to TV Licensing so that I can legally watch TV in my front room. I pay for Sky hence the fact that I want the Sky service in my front room and not Freeview. Also, as the General Election is coming up in five weeks' time, I want the satellite TV to be working properly so that I can catch up with what is on the news channels, and I feel rather "cut off" from that at the moment, and I want it working in time for Thursday 4th July 2024 for ovbious reasons . I have Freeview in my bedroom, but that is not the point  - I don't want to be limited to my bedroom every time I want to watch TV. I have tried putting the Freeview in te front room but it doesn't seem compatable for the same uses that I usually have Sky for.  Sunday 9th June 2024 is Day 27 of the satellite TV not working in my flat, and I feel that something needs to be done about this. You can take this message as a complaint if you like, but nevertheless, I want this message to be acknowledged and also something to be done about what has happened. I have enough on my plate with regards to health problems and depression without things like this making things worse. I would appreciate it if something was done.  I don't like naming and shaming but it is Matthews and Tannert's fault that I am in this situation in the first place, and sometimes I wish that I could sue them. In a nutshell, I have had more than enough after being without TV in the my front room for nearly four weeks. Also, at a time like this, I am missing so much of interest on TV what with the General Election comning up in just a few weeks.
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Congratulations PrincessAphrodite!

 

Can't talk eh? Perhaps they've heard you have a few supporters ;) .

 

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Bean

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Lloyds TSB - 27/11/06 - £6377 paidrest with FOS

 

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Lloyds TSB (MC) - 20/10/06 (BY DEF) £372

Hitachi Cap - Nov. 06 - £207

Citi Cards - 28/12//06 - £220

Monument - 23/1/07 - £889

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Settled in full and out of court. Charges + Costs + Interest. Unfortunately I cannot discuss the exact terms.

 

Thank you to all of your support, help and interest and I truly hope others will continue to fight for the money that is rightfully theirs and see it through to the bitter end.

 

Good luck and PM's are welcome as always! x

 

Well done, but why can't you discuss the terms? Have they made you sign something?

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4190 - Rjh v Lloyds Tsb.

Dpa Sent (13/04/06).

Statements Recevied (04/05/06).

Preliminary Letter Sent £775 owed! (12/05/06).

Received Standard Reply from Lloyds. (17/05/06).

Posted LBA (31/05/06).

Received Lloyds "Final Response" Letter (03/06/06).

Filed Claim with Moneyclaim for £775+£192.19 interest. (21/07/06)

Lloyds defend claim (23/08/06)

**Lloyds pay up, at last. £1078 (14/11/06)**

 

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Well done, but why can't you discuss the terms? Have they made you sign something?

 

If she answers that, she's discussing the terms. So she breaches her agreement. Please draw your own conclusions?

 

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well done. gives us all more incentive to keep persuing :smile:

The following was done on behalf of my mother:

First letter send 20th April 2006. Reply recieved 22nd April 2006.

Second letter sent 24th April 2006. Reply recieved 26th April 2006.

Accepted at small claims court.

Defendant filed an acknowledgment of service on 25th July 2006.

Allocation Questionaire recieved 16th August 2006.

Court date set for 22nd February 2007.

12th FEBRUARY 2007 SETTLED IN FULL! :D

4th April 2007 - Court orders Lloyds to pay costs. :D:D

23rd April - Bank pays costs :grin::grin::grin:

 

This claim took a total of 298 days to reach settlement. Further charges were taken, an email was sent to Lloyds, at the conclusion of this 1st claim and settled in full in only 16 days.

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Settled in full and out of court. Charges + Costs + Interest. Unfortunately I cannot discuss the exact terms.

 

Excellent result - congratulations :)

 

Cheers

 

Michael

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hi.

just wondering which template you used to email lloyds. I'm about to do the same thing.

I went through searching my charges online last night and its amounted to £2354 and thats only for the last 3 years! and in one month alone last year my charges were almost £500.....sickening !

 

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One week later - the settlement money has finally been received into my account (still were buggers right to the end!). Please remember people to request your terms of WHEN you want your money returned when going through settlement agreements, etc.

 

The money was in my account last night - hooray!

 

I won!!!!! and all of you can too.

 

Any one is welcome to PM / Post if you need help or to air your worries.

 

War on Bank Charges lol!

 

PrincessAphrodite

xxx

 

(P.S. please do not ask me of the specifics of my particular settlement as I can't answer you - I'm sorry.)

Princess of Power!

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Hi Princess

what is the latest on your case?

i am just starting my 1st letter but having trouble with my spreadsheet, when i came accross your history

look forward to hearing from you

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After winning my charges back for my current account (out of court) I just sent two letters to them again asking for my credit card charges back. Usual letter but added a reminder that I had already successfully gone after and reclaimed my current account charges.

 

I sent them 2 letters in 2 weeks and today without a word I have had the charges refunded onto my credit card account.

 

Guess they know its a losing battle now!

 

Woohoo, I feel empowered!

Princess of Power!

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haha

 

Well done Princess. Your a shining light to us all

 

:)

The following was done on behalf of my mother:

First letter send 20th April 2006. Reply recieved 22nd April 2006.

Second letter sent 24th April 2006. Reply recieved 26th April 2006.

Accepted at small claims court.

Defendant filed an acknowledgment of service on 25th July 2006.

Allocation Questionaire recieved 16th August 2006.

Court date set for 22nd February 2007.

12th FEBRUARY 2007 SETTLED IN FULL! :D

4th April 2007 - Court orders Lloyds to pay costs. :D:D

23rd April - Bank pays costs :grin::grin::grin:

 

This claim took a total of 298 days to reach settlement. Further charges were taken, an email was sent to Lloyds, at the conclusion of this 1st claim and settled in full in only 16 days.

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Hi Princess

Lovely to see you posting again.

 

lloyds are dragging there feet as usual they are using new soliitors Sechari Clark and Mitchell.

 

There are a few of us in the later stages. I recieved a court date today for 26thSeptember and no word at all from them, although I have just seen tonight somebody has recieves a settlement letter straight after sendind there AQ back.

 

Well done once again .

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Hi,

 

Thanks for your messages!! I haven't been around as much (works got really busy!) but have been checking in and seeing everyones progress.

 

I have been spreading the love over at MoneySavingExpert and helping friends and neighbours with their cases lol! (My sister in Law has just successfully won back £3500 form Lloyds TSB!!)

 

I still see not one case has made it to court though....xx

 

Good luck in getting back your money everyone!

Princess of Power!

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Well done recovering your credit card charges Princess, good to hear from you,

Best Wishes,

Regards,

Bean

Lloyds TSB - 27/11/06 - £6377 paidrest with FOS

 

SETTLED

Cap One - 6/10/06 - £875

Lloyds TSB (MC) - 20/10/06 (BY DEF) £372

Hitachi Cap - Nov. 06 - £207

Citi Cards - 28/12//06 - £220

Monument - 23/1/07 - £889

Barclaycard (Mrs. Bean) - 19/2/07 £376

Opinions / advice of Bean are independent, informal, without prejudice, without liability, not CAG endorsed. If in doubt, ask a qualified professional.

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