can no longer afford to pay of credit card debt

[gnrmac]

Due to a hit and run accident some years ago I have been plagued by ill health.

 

I finally got to a point where I could no longer work.

 

Now Atos in their infinite wisdom have deemed me fit for work no matter what the hospital and my doctors say.

I now do not recieve any benefits at all.

My wife is retired and on DLA and claims pension credit for me.

 

My debt is with

Capital One £2,500

 

Premier Man I have now agreed to pay of 17.00 a month,

 

aam now going through the rigmaroll of starting another dialogue with Capital.

 

I did have a payment plan in place but was paying £100 a month

 

£35 of that was taken by the company that did the payment plan.

 

Now due to increases in rent, other bills including food and so on our money is no longer enough to live on

never mind pay everything that needs to be paid.

 

Any help and advice would be appreciated.

[rebel11]

Hi gnr

 

Welcome to CAG

 

Have a read of 1,2,3,7 and 8 in my signature. Pay what you can afford to pay, if it's £1 then so be it. Priorities like food,

utilities etc come first. If the matter ever went to court, a court would only order you to pay what you could afford after taking priority debts into account. Only communicate with creditors via letter, so you have a record.

Your creditors would look silly and be wasting court time.

 

Please let us know how your problem has been resolved, it could help fellow Caggers.

[padja]

stop paying it, its not a priority debt, those are rent/mortgage, council tax, gas, electric, water.

 

As for ATOS have you appealed the decision?

 

As its running at 60% of appeals are upheld.

 

These will threaten all sorts but even if they go for CCJ after income & expenditure is done you will probably be paying £1 a month.

 

was there any PPI on capital one that can be claimed,

was there penalty charges added to capital one debt?

 

Premier Man is that a catalogue?

 

well I would write and offer both of them a nominal fee of £1 for the foeseeable future. and see what they say?

 

Basically what Reb. has said really covers my reply too

Edited August 11, 2012 by padja
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[Bazooka Boo]

£1 a month is the MAXIMUM you are able to pay, NO judge would make you pay more than that.

 

Set up a standing order to pay them £1 a month,

 

You DO NOT need their permission to do this, just do it.

 

How long ago did you take these agreements out?

 

Keep OFF the phone,

Keep everything in writing only.

 

DO NOT fill in any of their childish I&E forms, they are not entitled to this information.

[dx100uk]

and dump the dmp company

 

never ever use them

 

as advised

 

get reclaiming

 

that cat debt will all be PENALTY FEES

 

so will the cap1 card i bet!!

 

£1PCM , thats all they should get

 

if you've now got all the statements

 

then sar each one.

 

dx

[gnrmac]

Thank you for all your help and advice.

I took out Capital One in 2001,

due to a previous divorce left me with nothing apart from my clothes , a beat up car and a bad credit rating.

 

The perils of a joint bank account.

 

There is no PPI to claim back that has been confirmed by a company that added to my debt on the credit card.

 

they are now investigating other avenues of interest.

 

This has taken over 12 months and still non the wiser.

 

Forget that bit, I am now a lot wiser. Hindsight what an interesting concept.

[Bazooka Boo]

As DX says, dump whatever company you are using that claim to be 'helping' you, they're NOT, you can do everything they are doing for free, and in most cases you will be able to do a lot more than them.

[citizenB]

Hindsight what an interesting concept.

 

Yep, Hindsight is a wonderful thing.. if only there was time travel as well !!

[gnrmac]

Hi, just an update on this thread.

 

CapQust have now agreed for me to pay by Standing Order the sum of £1.00 a month until 2054 when it will be reviewed,

by this time I may no longer be compos mentis or 6 foot under.

 

Had a few problems with out of hours phone calls but that went away after putting the phone down repeatedly after I found out who it was.

 

I am paying Premier Man the sum agreed which was £17.00 or so. I followed all your advice which was gratefully received and thank you all for your help

[citizenB]

THis is good news

 

Who is Premier Man ??

 

Have you also started a thread in the Health/Employment forums regarding this situation with ATOS ?

[gnrmac]

citizenB

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

Premier Man are a catalogue company,

I have not started a thread in the Health/Employment forums.

 

I have had my Atos interview reconsidered but to no avail,

they have agreed I have a disability and heath problems but still no points have been awarded.

 

To be honest I just cannot be bothered anymore to go through all the hassle and red tape that they try to put you through.

 

I took the easy route out it may not be the right way but my wife was told by one of the Pension Service staff

that a relative of hers has had the same problem and this was the route that they took.

 

Anyway thanks again for your help.

[Bazooka Boo]

It is a great shame you don't feel able to fight the callous criminal activity of ATOS, I'm due to start the fight with them in the next couple of months, they will be sorry to have rattled my cage if they miraculously cure me!

 

Premier Man, you ONLY need pay them £1 a month, it is NOT a priority debt, just set up the standing order to pay it, when they start bleating then just tell them that that is all you can pay and that they will accept it.

[gnrmac]

Bazooka Boo

 

Thank you for your comments and good luck to you. I shall let you know about Premier Man.

[citizenB]

citizenB

 

Thanks for your reply. Premier Man are a catalogue company, I have not started a thread in the Health/Employment forums. I have had my Atos interview reconsidered but to no avail, they have agreed I have a disability and heath problems but still no points have been awarded. To be honest I just cannot be bothered anymore to go through all the hassle and red tape that they try to put you through. I took the easy route out it may not be the right way but my wife was told by one of the Pension Service staff that a relative of hers has had the same problem and this was the route that they took. Anyway thanks again for your help.

 

 

Right.. the Catalogue company are way down your list of priorities so it might be worth reducing what you pay to them in order to increase payments to those debts with more priority.. !

 

Have you any PPI or default charges on any of these debts ? If so, then it might be worth reclaiming to reduce liablity.

[dx100uk]

cancelled the DMP yet?

 

start a thread in the mail order forum on that premier man catalogue debt

and get reclaiming their £12 fees too!!

 

dx

[gnrmac]

Thanks for your all your advice. I did cancel the dmp but as of yet have not cancelled the agreed payment to Premier Man

Edited October 28, 2012 by gnrmac
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