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    • god they've got at you haven't they. told you all the usual utter BS. a CCJ vanishes from your credit file on it's 6th B'Day regardless to being paid off or not or paying or not. same with any debt with a registered defaulted date - it vanishes from your file on the DN's 6th B'day regardless. creditfix are Knightsbridge, (they renamed) there are 100's of threads here on Knightsbridge, if i remember rightly 2 of the directors of a certain very big IVA provider were struck off for embezzling £1m's out of debtors. pers i'd stop paying now.  end of . just ignore them all. 99% of your debts are to utterly powerless DCA's and probably were never owed in the first place only goes to firm up my belief from post one..you got had blind. its very easy to deal with the debts even those with CCJ's. can you copy and paste what you credit file says regarding the IVA please?   
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    • Sorry I meant credit fix - I really wish I'd known this before - kicking myself right now  If they come back to me asking for more money I'll cancel it and start trying to deal with the debt myself let's see what they say  Feeling tempted to cancel it now but scared that some of the debts will do more CCJ's on me and I'll have to wait 6 years again.  2 of the CCJ come of this year and then I'll only have the iva in credit file - effectively if I'd have not took out the iva in 2021 I'd have clear score by now - but then again would I because I would have been hounded the last 3 years, as bad as it is it's saves me lots of headaches whilst my debt was still within the 6 year mark.  I think most of them are near there but in all honesty no point chasing them if I do cancel iva I'd jjst wait for the ones who contact me and then start the relevant letter process on them.  Of over 6 years easy if not still possible to write off. My true victory would be having the iva wiped off my credit file as mis sold or something that way I Don't have to wait till 2027 Other option is to fight back and ask for them to offer the creditors to accept payments so far and use the following method    Will your IVA firm agree to complete your IVA on the basic of funds paid to date? The Guidance lists a lot of factors to be considered in deciding whether a settlement on the basis of funds paid to date should be proposed. You should read the list. But that may not give you any feel for whether they apply to you or not. The following are my thoughts on when an IVA should be treated as settled, not failed. They assume that you have £75 or less to pay a month: if you would currently qualify for a Debt Relief Order, then your IVA should be settled now  There is no point in making your IVA fail and you have to apply for a DRO – it will not generate another penny for your creditors. If you are renting and owe less than £50,000, check the DRO criteria now and talk to National Debtline on 0808 808 4000 about whether you qualify. You may have been told at the start of your IVA that you aren’t eligible – still check now as the DRO criteria have changed, your situation has got worse, and some people were given incorrect information about DROs at the start. if you have no assets that would be realised in bankruptcy (eg a house with equity, car worth over £2000), then your IVA should be settled now Same as (1), there is no point in making you apply for bankruptcy after your IVA fails. if your only asset is a car that is worth less than £8000, then your IVA should be settled now A car that is worth say £5000 would normally be sold in bankruptcy and you would be given a small amount to buy a cheaper car. But your creditors would not get any benefit from this as the Insolvency Service takes the first £8000 raised to cover its own costs. if you have significant assets, the closer you are to the end of the IVA, the less reasonable it is to fail it If you have been paying your IVA for 4 years, you have done your best over a long period. It isn’t your fault you can no longer continue. The fact you may have had equity to release isn’t relevant as that simply isn’t going to be possible. if your situation will clearly improve soon, then it’s unlikely your IVA will be settled I mean real improvements, not hoping that prices fall. If I can get them to accept payment to date or threaten with cancellation hopefully they may accept it -  Other option is to try and borrow money and pay make a full and final offer  Or I can just ignore and hope for the best which I'm very tempted to do especially if they respond to my review with bullying tactics despite me being skint as a fart with no mortgage as renting  It's so stressful but I've just checked the iva agreement from 2021 and it's Cabot 2 accounts Lowell about 5 accounts and then lots of repeats of the same debt with for example zopa and Cabot same amount listed twice -  also loyyds banks but I'm sure that's older than 6 years and not on credit file anyway  If I can somehow remove the iva from my credit file I'd be happy 
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i am also in reciept of incapacity benefits as im unable to work due to epeleptic seizures.mini credit keep saying they are sending me to court then they just send another letter to my mums house as i no longer live there saying i owe an additional 100 pounds

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They will NOT send you to court, and even if they did the case would more than likely be thrown out, or you will be told to pay £1 a month, as you have a serious medical condition which prevents you from working. This is a very low priority debt. Don't let it stress you out.

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Have you asked them for a complete breakdown of how they arrive at that figure....? Be careful they don't plunder your bank account too...

 

Drop them an email to ask them and make a proposal - also quote this from the OFT's guidelines -

 

• be transparent in their dealings with debtors and others – information provided should be clear and should not be confusing or misleading

 

• Charging for debt recovery: charges should not be levied inappropriately or unfairly

 

• exercise forbearance and consideration – in particular towards debtors experiencing difficulty - we would expect businesses to work with debtors with a view to providing them with reasonable time and opportunity to repay debts

 

i. pressurising debtors to pay more than they can reasonably afford32 without experiencing undue difficulty33 or to pay within an unreasonably short period

 

If they fail to respond to a payment plan or ignore your emails get in contact with the FOS.....Just the fact that the FOS will charge them £500 to investigate your complaint should make them comply....

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Guys,

 

I had a loan with these people and had the same problems, my loan was for £100. Apparently I didnt set up my request to extend the loan properly and before I knew it, they said I owed them in excess of £600.

 

They never answered their phones or responded to the emails I sent them, all I got was an automated call every day saying how much I owed. Check the letters they send the amount never corresponds with the amount on the site and does not reflect the charges they say they have applied for letters etc. I waited in on the days a debt collector was 'apparently' going to visit and funnily enough this never happened!!

 

My debt was passed to OPOS in the end (im sure this is just a sister company of minicredit). I stood my ground and explained all the above. I told them I would happily go to court and fight my case - no company like this would risk the cost of losing over such small loans. They gave me three outrageous repayment plans, all of which I rejected. I told them that I was willing to repay the loan amount plus the interest as agreed at the time an that was it..... They accepted. The debt is paid and ive heard nothing else.

 

Persevere with these mugs. If they agree to a setlllement get account details where you can pay the money into, DO NOT give them your details!! Good luck!

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Ryan,

Well done, it shows what perseverance can do!

 

Emma,

Keep us informed of your progress with FOS, I've an open complaint with FOS from 2011 awaiting formal adjudicator handling, it will be interesting to see how the respective opinions compare.

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I took out a £150 loan with these nogoodniks in January and the balance now stands at £951! If the total wasn't so farcical I would probably be more concerned.

I have complained to Trading Standards, OFT & FOS and await their respective responses. Minicredit always reply with the same old blurb - I have challenged them to issue a claim via MCOL or issue a statutory demand... so far nothing.

In all seriousness, I routinely contact them via their 'Send us a question' requesting bank details for making payment via standing order, but no joy.

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Minicredit are one of the worst PDL's. Just keep the pressure on them and theyll buckle. They wont take anyone to court, because they know a judge would see the obscene charges and throw them out. Most of the time, they use one of their sister companies to take you to court, but as soon as they see you submit a defense ( meaning you know what you are doing), they back off and then inundate you with letters or request to settle out of court for a very small amount of the original debt.

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