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    • I'm still pondering/ trying to find docs re the above issue. Moving on - same saga; different issue I'm trying to understand what I can do: The lender/ mortgagee-in-possession has a claim v me for alleged debt. But the debt has only been incurred due to them failing to sell property in >5y. I'm fighting them on this.   I've been trying to get an order for sale for 2y.  I got it legally added into my counterclaim - but that will only be dealt with at trial.  This is really frustrating. The otherside's lawyers made an application to adjourn trial for a few more months - allegedly wanting to try sort some kind of settlement with me and to use the stay to sell.  At the hearing I asked Judge to expedite the order for sale. I pointed out they need a court-imposed deadline or this adjournment is just another time wasting tactic (with interest still accruing) as they have no buyer.  But the judge said he could legally only deal with the order at trial. The otherside don't want to be forced to sell the property.. Disclosure has presented so many emails which prove they want to keep it. I raised some points with the judge including misconduct of the receiver. The judge suggested I may have a separate claim against the receiver?   On this point - earlier paid-for lawyers said my counterclaim should be directed at the lender for interference with the receiver and the lender should be held responsible for the receiver's actions/ inactions.   I don't clearly understand that, but their legal advice was something to do with the role a receiver has acting as an agent for a borrower which makes it hard for a borrower to make a claim against a receiver ???.  However the judge's comment has got me thinking.  He made it clear the current claim is lender v me - it's not receiver v me.  Yet it is the receiver who is appointed to sell the property. (The receiver is mentioned/ involved in my counterclaim only from the lender collusion/ interference perspective).  So would I be able to make a separate application for an order for sale against the receiver?  Disclosure shows receiver has constantly rejected offers. He gave a contract to one buyer 4y ago. But colluded with the lender's lawyer to withdraw the contract after 2w to instead give it to the ceo of the lender (his own ltd co) (using same lawyer).  Emails show it was their joint strategy for lender/ ceo to keep the property.  The receiver didn't put the ceo under any pressure to exchange quickly.  After 1 month they all colluded again to follow a very destructive path - to gut the property.  My account was apparently switched into a "different fund" to "enable them to do works" (probably something to do with the ceo as he switched his ltd co accountant to in-house).   Interestingly the receiver told lender not to incur significant works costs and to hold interest.  The costs were huge (added to my account) and interest was not held.   The receiver rejected a good offer put forward by me 1.5y ago.  And he rejected a high offer 1y ago - to the dismay of the agent.  Would reasons like this be good enough to make a separate application to the court against the receiver for an order for sale ??  Or due to the main proceedings and/or the weird relationship a borrower has with a receiver I cannot ?
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    • You could send an SAR to DCbl on the pretext that you are going for a breach of your GDPR . They should then send the purported letter of discontinuance which may show why it ended up in Gloucester and see if you can get your  costs back on the day. It obviously won't be much but  at least perhaps a small recompense for your wasted day. Not exactly wasted since you had a great win  albeit much sweeter if you had beat them in Court. But a win is a win so well done. We will miss you as it has been almost two years since you first started out on this mission. { I would n't be surprised if the wrong Court was down to DCBL}. I see you said "till the next time" but I am guessing you will be avoiding private patrolled car parks for a while.🙂
    • It is extremely disappointing that you haven't told us anything about the result of the hearing. You came here at the very last minute and the regulars - all unpaid volunteers - sweated blood trying to get an acceptable Witness Statement prepared in an extremely short time. The least you could have done is tell us how the hearing went, information invaluable for future users. Evidently not.
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Hello. In early November i took out a £100 loan from MinniCredit.

 

Sadly in late November i lost my family, so as i needed every penny i had, i put the debt of £150 pounds into my girlfriends debt management plan.

 

I was not contacted by anyone up untill january.... when Opos called me saying i owed them £2,000 as i have committed fraud.

They would not listen as i attempted to inform them that i lost my house. Only they kept going on about how, when i handed them over to a Debt Management plan so fast means i have committed fraud. My girlfriend took a £100 loan out on the same day i did. and it was handed over to Debt Management on the same day also.... Yet isnt being accused??

 

I have a feeling they have just pulled my name out of a hat and hoped id panic and pay them?

Surely this is illegal.... Do i just let them take me to court as im pretty confident they dont have a leg to stand on?

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No. I refuse to pay £2,000 to them. thats way over their interest rates. I said if they drop it down to £600 (which is still over their rates) i would pay back £50 and month, which is more than enough. But they refused and demanding the £2,000 in full

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Hi this is very common for minicredit and opos. I have lost count of the number of posts i have seen where they have accused someone of fraud.

They did it to me because i stated i was single (been separated for 10 years) then wrote to them saying sorry i haven't been in touch as i found my wife dead.

 

Minicredit will be one of the pdls who have been given 12 weeks to clean up their act by the Oft.

Any opinion I give is from personal experience .

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Tell them they are accusing you of criminal activity and you have recored the call. You are going to sue them for defamation.

 

A) They haven't (directly) accused the OP of criminal activity

B) It's only defamation if they had told a third-party a mistruth about the OP.

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I am in the same situation and today I have received a letter from Opos with a NOTICE OF INTENDED ACTION. My original £200 loan has now increased to £1,946.00 and they are demanding full payment otherwise failure to adhered to the notice will result in my account beiing passed to a DRS for further action where enforcement action will be considered in the event of a decree/county court judgement being secured against me, which will include my employer receiving an arrestment/attachement order or an inhibition/charging order on my property. I am passing the letter onto my Debt Management Company but I am still concerned/worried. I have no intention of paying back the amount they are asking for, but I don't know how to go about informing them of this as although I am with a DMC, I don't think they will fight my battle with Opos/Minicredit and get my balance reduced. So do I deal with them myself and tell them I will only pay the amount of the initial loan + 1months charges and will pay this back over so many months e.g. set up a repayment plan. This whole situation is really stressing me out and if I knew when I applied for the loan, how much I would end up paying, I would never have used Mini Credit. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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They will never pass it on to a court. Ever. if they even tried, you can shut them straight down with a simple defence.

 

Everything else they said is empty threat designed to make you pay them.

 

Notice the liberal use of may/consider etc.

 

Get it to the OFT in a full complaint, as in 3 months they could be shutting down a lot of PDL's.

Any advice i give is my own and is based solely on personal experience. If in any doubt about a situation , please contact a certified legal representative or debt counsellor..

 

 

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Many dmp's are refusing to deal with certain PDL's due to the business practices the OFT are talking about.

Any advice i give is my own and is based solely on personal experience. If in any doubt about a situation , please contact a certified legal representative or debt counsellor..

 

 

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My own (Gregory Pennington) dealt with most of my PDL debts, they tried telling me to deal with PDE on my own. I took their advice.... Left the plan and dealt with the rest myself also saving me £xx a month!

It never rains but it pours...

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My own (Gregory Pennington) dealt with most of my PDL debts, they tried telling me to deal with PDE on my own. I took their advice.... Left the plan and dealt with the rest myself also saving me £xx a month!

 

My dmc are dealing with opos/mini credit to a certain degree but I don't know if they'll get them to reduce the balance and there's no way I'm giviung them nearly €2000 when the loan was only for €200

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They will never pass it on to a court. Ever. if they even tried, you can shut them straight down with a simple defence.

 

Everything else they said is empty threat designed to make you pay them.

 

Notice the liberal use of may/consider etc.

 

Get it to the OFT in a full complaint, as in 3 months they could be shutting down a lot of PDL's.

 

How do I go about complaining?

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Many DMC s will deal with PDLs but will just pay what the pdls say is owed. I have a bunch of emails from minimuppets but i don't want to go to the fos at the moment as they have gone very quiet since i sent kristel a love letter threatening to have her in court. Might send an email to the OFT though.

Any opinion I give is from personal experience .

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Only because they have gone quiet and i am not sure i can stand more of their harassment. I do have all of the emails saved.

Usually i am quite strong and have taken Mem to fos. Just not at the moment.

Any opinion I give is from personal experience .

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fletch,

 

Your call entirely about going to FOS. That said, in my limited experience Minicredit/Opos are unlikely to listen to an individual and although they've gone quiet for now, are you sure it'll last?

 

38 complaint cases were submitted to FOS from 1st July - 31st December 2012. Of these, 87% were upheld in favour of the complainant - the customer. Minicredit will be charged the investigation fee, and are solely responsible for any redress they make to consumers. No charge to you, the only cost is your time.

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I know what you are saying. The desired outcome would be that they petition me for BR. I currently have no money etc. Saying that maybe i should print off all the emails and start a complaint. The allegations they made were totally unfounded. Of course if i was offering opinion to anyone else i would say go for it.

Any opinion I give is from personal experience .

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