Debt Collection Awards Ceremony Categories

[PGH7447]

How about the DCA who will go out of business this year - hope there a are loads

 

BCW for starters bought out by Gothia - another stupidly named bunch of jonny foreigners, who assume they can fleece the british

[Bazooka Boo]

Bryan 'Bloody' Carter for two! Well Freds....

[coledog]

HFO - Fleecers - I will censor the rest of this post myself ******************************************** FFFF

[FORMISTER]

Award for turning 16k full & final into nothing via the court system - HFO (a la Tony C's thread)

[citizenB]

For silliest letter of the year, I'd like to nominate this: http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?84928-Fred-Bassett-v-Egg-Credit-Solutions&p=2843488&viewfull=1#post2843488

 

Also, I think there should be a category for 'Thickest DCA of the Year'. Now I realise that the competition for this would be very stiff indeed, but nonetheless, I recommend CapQuest for outstanding achievements in this field.

 

Regards.

 

Fred

 

Fred, I just noticed that letter was dated 22 March and they wanted it completed and returned to them by the 26th ? If they used their usual pigeon post, it wouldnt even have been with you by the 26th ?? - Although to be fair.. they did give you the option of paying by CREDIT card !!

[Bazooka Boo]

Ah yes, how nice of them to think of everything and make it even easier to pay a debt with more debt! What utter idiots, OFT&TS is a MUST!

[FORMISTER]

The Baron Munchausen by (P)Roxy award for creative collecting- HFO

Edited January 16, 2011 by FORMISTER

[coledog]

That last one is too intellectual for me!

[FORMISTER]

That last one is too intellectual for me!

 

I can't believe I wrote it

[Bazooka Boo]

That last one is too intellectual for me!

 

For you? Do you think they would ever understand it either??

[FORMISTER]

Ok, I'll rename it "The Billy Liar Award" for fiction

[DonkeyB]

I’d like to see the Blue Peter Award – “Here’s a letter before action/NoA we made earlier but never actually sent”.

[sillygirl1]

How about the 'Legally Blonde' award for the worst particulars of claim.... just watching the film at the moment.

[coledog]

That would be a hotly contested award!

[Halibutt]

I like all those suggested so far. May I contribute with:

 

 

• Longest period to elapse while supposedly providing a valid CCA
  
• Rudest telephone staff
  
• Most phone calls (harassment) in a 24 hour period
  
• Most self-contradictory letters sent
  
• Least likely to accurately comply with a CCA request
  
• Easiest to wind up in a telephone call
  
• Poorest knowledge of regulations and law
  
• Most ridiculously over-elaborate letter heads (i.e. "Pre-Court Division", "We are Solicitors - But We're Not Really" etc.)
  
• Most likely to shoot themselves in both feet
  
• Most amateurish organisation
  
• Most pompous letter
  
• Worst bullies
  
• Most grammatical/spelling mistakes in a single letter
  
• Bought the highest number of non-collectable accounts (lemons)
  
• Stupidest (unrealistic/illegal) threat ever made
  

 

H. x

[coledog]

The competition is getting fierce!

[Fred Bassett]

Could we also have a 'least likely to get hold of Fred Bassett on the telephone' award. Once again I nominate Capquest for their fortitude, persistence and utter stupidity.

[Fred Bassett]

Also, I'd like to see categories of 'Easiest to get rid of' for which I would like to nominate Scotcall, AiC and Credit Security, each of which I saw of with one letter, and 'Most fun to deal with' for which I would like to make 2 nominations - Iqor and Wescot who are both marvellously good sports.

[citizenB]

I like all those suggested so far. May I contribute with:

 

 

• Longest period to elapse while supposedly providing a valid CCA
  
• Rudest telephone staff
  
• Most phone calls (harassment) in a 24 hour period
  
• Most self-contradictory letters sent
  
• Least likely to accurately comply with a CCA request
  
• Easiest to wind up in a telephone call
  
• Poorest knowledge of regulations and law
  
• Most ridiculously over-elaborate letter heads (i.e. "Pre-Court Division", "We are Solicitors - But We're Not Really" etc.)
  
• Most likely to shoot themselves in both feet
  
• Most amateurish organisation
  
• Most pompous letter
  
• Worst bullies
  
• Most grammatical/spelling mistakes in a single letter
  
• Bought the highest number of non-collectable accounts (lemons)
  
• Stupidest (unrealistic/illegal) threat ever made
  

 

H. x

 

Hmm, nice list.. but I reckon there will be a 3 way tie (or maybe even more)

[FORMISTER]

I nominate Zinc collections for the "Not knowing who currently owns the debt they are trying to collect award"

[FORMISTER]

The most likey to ask your neighbour to throw a brick through your window for them - HFO (award handed over by Tony Hetherington)

[iamintrouble]

Most ridiculous job title I came across this year was Debt Purchase Correspondence Manager, her name was Ms Cooper, she must have been proud of her appointment at Rotters way! The most amateurish DCA had to be RW again who thanked me for my recent payment and then sent me a letter saying I had not paid. Allied Internatonal had to be the least persistent who gave up collecting my debt after 2 yellow cards! Rudest telephone staff has to go to Sechiari, Clark and Mitchell. Ah waht fun!

[FORMISTER]

I like this thread

[sillygirl1]

I'm nominating Power2Contact for two awards, 1 for the silliest name, and one for sending a letter on a Friday and a 'representative' on a Monday. Letter dated week before postmark on envelope award will go to them.

 

I will sort out the categories later this month and make a list, then we can have a 'voting session' when I get back from my hols...

[sillygirl1]

We mustn't forget the 'Fuzzybobble award for the best telephone wind up by a CAG member'