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    • Ok how about this to the CEO? I know it sounds super desperate but lets call a spade a spade here, I am super desperate: Dear Sir, On 29th November 2023 I took out a loan of £5000 with you. Unfortunately very early into 2024 I found myself in financial difficulty (unexpected bills and two episodes of sickness and the tax office getting my tax code wrong resulting in less pay for two months) and I contacted you (MCB) on 13th February 2024 asking if there was any way I could extend the length of my loan to 36 months. I fully explained why I was requesting this and asked for your help. I did not receive a reply to that email so I again contacted you on 7th March 2024 to advise you of a change in my circumstances which resulted in me having to take out a DMP and asking you to confirm that the direct debit had been cancelled. You would have also received confirmation of this DMP from StepChange but you did not acknowledge receipt of my email. I have only managed to make one payment from my loan but did try and contact MCB to discuss extending my loan, help etc.  I have now therefore fallen behind on several of my debts, yours included, and as a result you have lodged a Cifas marker against my name for "evasion of payment", which has resulted in me having to change banks, which has been an extremely difficult process because of the Cifas marker. I do not feel you have been fair or given me the opportunity to fully explain my situation to you before you lodged the marker against my name. I appreciate it is a business and you have acted accordingly, but I did try to make contact to arrange alternative arrangements and at no point, not even to this day, did I ever intend to not repay my loan. I cannot stress to you enough how much this has affected my mental health. I am having trouble sleeping and my existing health condition has been exacerbated by all of this. What I would like you to do is to please, please remove the Cifas marker and let me make arrangements to pay the loan back through a DMP.  Please sir, I am begging for your help here. I am not a dishonest person and I have never been in a situation like this before. I am desperately trying to make things right but this marker is killing me. Please can you help me? I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully,
    • Just be careful with your language on what you post here - Keep it above board Lets see what you send to the big boss. 
    • I made that payment on 13th Feb, then it all went down hill. 
    • Massive potentially that payment has been made in some form as accompanying evidence to your financial difficulties.  And yes, but add some more zing to the email if it goes to the CEO - You need to make them understand what they have done. And telling the CEO  / MD of the biz what their actions have done to you - It adds to the complaint weighting.    
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  1. 1. How would you choose to be paid?

    • Cash - I would not use a bank again.
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    • Cheque - I would pay it into a basic account.
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    • Direct Transfer - I like it the way it is.
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Ok, so we all know that banks stall, send other peoples personal information to other customers, have been acting unlawfully for years, have no respect for their customers, etc...etc...

 

Now the banks are claiming that the end of 'free banking' is coming if they are no longer 'allowed' to make these charges, should the choice of how employees are paid be given back to the employee rather than be forced to take a paid 'service'? - the service being allowing the bank to have your money to earn more money from.

 

So, if there was a change in the law that enabled employees to choose how they were paid, which way would you decide upon?

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Hello Dave, i have just voted for cash,nice and simple.

 

After the bank action/claims have taken place.If i tell my employer that i no longer have a bank account and i am unable to get one(not true) would they be forced to change the way they pay me in future?

 

Just a thought

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I took the other option - the way it is!!

 

I much prefer handling cash myself, so it was a blessing in disguise when I had to switch to a Basic bank account some time back, but as far as a company issuing wages is concerned, I would not like to see a return to the days of large cash deliveries in secure vans in order to pay staff - it's costly and open to other obvious dangers.

 

Not such a problem for very small firms, but mid or large sized ones would be met with much larger operating costs.

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it's costly and open to other obvious dangers.

 

....like theft?

 

 

...er...hang on....

 

;-)

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....like theft?

 

 

...er...hang on....

 

;-)

 

Yes, but this time by people who we might struggle to take to court!! :p

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....like theft?

 

 

...er...hang on....

 

;-)

...aaahhh...but you mention elsewhere that they would be honest thieves, and at least they don't pretend that they aren't stealing your money...unlike some other professions who claim it is all our own fault...

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True, true.

 

Seriously, I would rather keep it in a shoebox - obviously my youngest daughters shoebox - I don't earn the sort of money that would fill a 'man-size' shoebox!!

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True, true.

 

Seriously, I would rather keep it in a shoebox - obviously my youngest daughters shoebox - I don't earn the sort of money that would fill a 'man-size' shoebox!!

...and Dave adds himself to the list of people who are NOT funny...(groan!!!)

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Me too.

 

The banks are trying to woo people with the amount of interest they can earn on their account/savings.

 

Most people i know cant afford to save and i probably earn pence in a year interest.

The only time my money stays in the bank is when i loose my cashcard.

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Cash too!

 

You realise the value of money when you get your wages in cash, and if feels worse when you buy something with cash as you have to hand over the notes instead of just paying by card...

 

I never use my Bank account anymore, and everything gets paid into my OH account, so I always use cash now, and its made a big difference!

 

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Lupins
Pardon ?

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As in 'I want all the lupins you got!' Term for cash in Monty Python's Flying Circus

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As in 'I want all the lupins you got!' Term for cash in Monty Python's Flying Circus
I remember - but I had forgotten all about that form of currency...

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Lupins are far more reliable than banks that's for sure :D

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Lupins are far more reliable than banks that's for sure :D
...and paradoxically they are less seedy too...

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...and paradoxically they are less seedy too...
First LOL of the day!! (And I'm in class right now)..

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First LOL of the day!! (And I'm in class right now)..
In class? Ah, I forgot, you do teachery stuff...have fun with the little darlings :-)

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No I'm a student in class for my S/Dev Learnery Course :D

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No I'm a student in class for my S/Dev Course :D
Doh - I forgot...I have teachers on the brain for obvious reasons...(work)

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Cash too!

 

You realise the value of money when you get your wages in cash, and if feels worse when you buy something with cash as you have to hand over the notes instead of just paying by card...

 

Totally agree. If I take cash into the supermarket as opposed to debit card I don't spend half as much. Plastic alters your perception.

 

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Well, personally I've been much happier since I got rid of credit cards and overdrafts (while giving a couple of banks a good kicking in the process). My wife and I operate two basic accounts. My salary goes into one and is used for bills and saving (absolutly everything on direct debit - card chopped up), and the other for my wife's salary which is spending money for food clothes etc. Nice and simple, no hassle - much less stressful.

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Prefer direct bank transfer - mainly because I'm a geek, and like to be able to manage my account online. I usually only use cash however - nip a quick £20 out of the cashpoint when down the pub, etc etc.

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