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    • "We suffer more in imagination than in reality" - really pleased this all happened. Settled by TO, full amount save as to costs and without interest claimed. I consider this a success but feel free to move this thread to wherever it's appropriate. I say it's a success because when I started this journey I was in a position of looking to pay interest on all these accounts, allowing them to default stopped that and so even though I am paying the full amount, it is without a doubt reduced from my position 3 years ago and I feel knowing this outcome was possible, happy to gotten this far, defended myself in person and left with a loan with terms I could only dream of, written into law as interest free! I will make better decisions in the future on other accounts, knowing key stages of this whole process. We had the opportunity to speak in court, Judge (feels like just before a ruling) was clear in such that he 'had all the relevant paperwork to make a judgement'. He wasn't pleased I hadn't settled before Court.. but then stated due to WS and verbal arguments on why I haven't settled, from my WS conclusion as follows: "11. The Defendant was not given ample evidence to prove the debt and therefore was not required to enter settlement negotiations. Should the debt be proved in the future, the Defendant is willing to enter such negotiations with the Claimant. "  He offered to stand down the case to give us chance to settle and that that was for my benefit specifically - their Sols didn't want to, he asked me whether I wanted to proceed to judgement or be given the opportunity to settle. Naturally, I snapped his hand off and we entered negotiations (took about 45 minutes). He added I should get legal advice for matters such as these. They were unwilling to agree to a TO unless it was full amount claimed, plus costs, plus interest. Which I rejected as I felt that was unfair in light of the circumstances and the judges comments, I then countered with full amount minus all costs and interest over 84 months. They accepted that. I believe the Judge wouldn't have been happy if they didn't accept a payment plan for the full amount, at this late stage. The judge was very impressed by my articulate defence and WS (Thanks CAG!) he respected that I was wiling to engage with the process but commented only I  can know whether this debt is mine, but stated that Civil cases were based on balance of probabilities, not without shadow of a doubt, and all he needs to determine is whether the account existed. Verbal arguments aside; he has enough evidence in paperwork for that. He clarified that a copy of a DN and NOA is sufficient proof based on balance of probabilities that they were served. I still disagree, but hey, I'm just me.. It's definitely not strict proof as basically I have to prove the negative (I didn't receive them/they were not served), which is impossible. Overall, a great result I think! BT  
    • Seeking further advice now. The 33 days in which the defendant has to submit a defence expires at 16:00 tomorrow. The defendant has submitted an acknowledgement of service but looking to get the claim awarded by default in failure to submit the defence. This is MoneyClaim Online and can see an option to request a default judgement but believe that is for failure to acknowledge the claim within 14 days??  So being MoneyClaim Online, how do I request the claim be awarded in my favour?
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Hi,

 

I'm new to this forum and was wondering if anyone has successfully claimed a refund for irresponsible lending, even if it was over 6 years previous?

 

I've e-mailed a complaint to Wonga as I was taking out a loan month after month from May 2010 - June 2013. The majority of loans I had taken out were on the same day as the previous loan was repaid - usually in the region of £500.

 

I made a spreadsheet with dates my loans were taken out, credit amount, amount repaid, total in interest/fees and dates I repaid them. There were 3 occasions I had to set up a payment plan and the day the final payment was taken, I had taken out a new loan with them. The total I had paid in interest and fees is a staggering £2563!!

 

Around the same time I also had several other loans with other companies - one of them with Payday Express which was around the same timescale as Wonga and it was again month after month, I haven't yet worked out how much exactly but have sent them an email aswell.

 

I'm aware the majority of cases on the forum were within the last 6 years but can anyone tell me if I have a good chance of getting some money back although it started 8 years ago?

 

I've read a thread from a few years ago and saw some people were offering excellent advice (fkofilee being one of them) so thought I'd write a post and see what advice I would get.

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Welcome to CAG

 

£2563 is the one of the smallest seen.

Im the resident IRR Lending specialist...

 

Hold fire for a little while as we have just finished a new revision of the guide...

 

We could do with some help from you.

 

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Thanks for your reply! That amount is just Wonga alone but with other companies I reckon it's closer to 6k. I've just managed to stop taking out loans with Sunny aswell - I've also e-mailed them. I've worked out I've paid them £2300 in interest & fees from September 2013 to February 2018 so I'm going to see where I get with them.

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Thanks for your reply! That amount is just Wonga alone but with other companies I reckon it's closer to 6k. I've just managed to stop taking out loans with Sunny aswell - I've also e-mailed them. I've worked out I've paid them £2300 in interest & fees from September 2013 to February 2018 so I'm going to see where I get with them.

 

Well you have a special honour then of being the first to use the updated guide / reformatted...

 

Its below for you... any questions plz ask :)

 

Finally - Over 6 years can be reclaimed - FOS rule on it a lot in favour of the debtor / customer :)

 

https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?472423-CAG-PDL-Reclaim-Guide-Indepth-Step-By-Step

 

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Wow, that's a long guide. Thanks very much - I'll have a read tomorrow morning after I've had a decent sleep.

 

Will keep you up to date with how things are going and be sure to post any questions I have.

 

I will definitely leave a donation once all this is over with :) Thanks again.

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Thats good :) Please do - Its End 2 End...

However i have an idea

 

Why dont you list all of your loans and companies in a spreadsheet / pdf and lets see how bad its been :)

Trust me - Its the first step of fully understanding a reclaim :)

 

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The main companies I have borrowed from are Wonga, Payday Express & Sunny. I've used several other companies but those were just for the short term as they obviously declined any further loan applications due to them being a more responsible lender.. so I'm only going to chase the 3 named above.

 

I went through all my Wonga emails and have listed every loan I took with them, the credit amount plus the fees and repayment dates. I'm certain there are a couple of late fees which have been added on top of this but I'm willing to drop those so haven't included them in the spreadsheet.

 

Payday Express - I have used my bank statements and listed every transaction in & out of my bank account. The last loan (& last 2 payments) were from Pay Day UK so unsure if I can get that back, though I do understand they are both part of the same company. My first loan I received from Payday Express I had to roll over several times before paying the full amount.

 

Sunny - Again, I have listed all transactions from my bank account and added the total.

 

I'm not expecting that exact figure back from all the fees and interest but surely it can't be that far off it? I understand the first 2 or 3 loans aren't necessary irresponsible lending though they should have really seen I was paying other loans off at the time of applying.:|

Wonga Loans.pdf

Payday express loans.pdf

Sunny Loans.pdf

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Thanks for posting this Ste - If you have any questions please shout - Please push on with your reclaim :)

Thanks for your help fko,

 

I emailed Sunny, Wonga & Payday Express as those were the ones I borrowed the most from. I've received the standard "we are investigating your complaint, please give us 8 weeks" response from all 3.

 

I then thought I may aswell try and get a refund from My Jar so I emailed them asking for SOA and made it clear I was looking to make a irresponsible lending complaint, I got a reply the following day (27th March) with the attached. They said they are looking into my complaint and to give them 4-8 weeks. Not expecting to get much back from them and wasn't even going to bother, but better in my pocket than theirs eh? All but the last loan are past the 6 year point so reckon they'll only offer a refund for that one (not sure if second last loan counts? repaid date is just under 6 years but date I took it out was over 6 years)

Account Summary MyJar.pdf

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7 loans in 8 months ...

Some paid late and you were constantly borrowing within a 2 weeks period of it being paid off.

Screams Irresponsible in my head...

 

If they have the info then i would say that it should be counted.

 

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