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    • 05.05.24 Ever so sorry if I have entered this in the wrong part of this website.   My grandfather is in his 70's and retired.  He asked me to help him find a work pension that he was paying into when he was working. From 1967 - 1982 he worked for a Fabric Dying Company, Celanese, Spondon Derby UK. I have already used the GOV.uk Trace Pension Scheme. It listed a few pension companies : Akzo Nobel (CPS) Pension Scheme formerly Courtaulds Pension Scheme.  I do not fully understand how this works but I think this scheme is administer by a company called Willis Tower Watson. We have called this company, got through to the pension department submitted all my grandfather's details (D.O.B. , N.I. no. etc.) but that agent tells that they have no record of my grandfather and ask what is the name of the pension scheme. Here is the problem, his home was burgalled in 2005 and a briefcase which contained his legal documents was stolen. So he does not know who was the Pension Scheme company. I have a this phone number 01332 681 210 for Celanese but it just rings and never gets answered. So I am asking for help if anyone can tell us where we can try next. I am also hoping for a massive long shot that one of them members on this website, worked for or knows someone who worked for British Celanese Spondon Derby and could tell us of any pension company. Thanks for any help.
    • Well I sent them the letter of claim, the only responses so far was a few emails reopening the claims on the parcels where they asked for information such as proof of value (which I get) but other things like photos of the parcels, which I haven't got as I never took photos of them. It's been well over the 14 days since I sent the letter now anyway, so what do you think I should do now?
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    • Since you were stopped at the time there is no requirement for the police give you anything there and then or to send you anything before they have decided how to deal with the offence.  They have three choices: Offer you a course Offer you a fixed penalty (£100 and three points) Prosecute you in court  The only option that has a formal time limit is (3). They must begin court proceedings within six months of the date of the alleged offence. Options (1) and (2) have no time limit but since the only alternative the police have if you decline those offers is (3) they will not usually offer a course beyond three months from the date of the offence and will not usually offer a fixed penalty beyond four months from that date. This is so as to allow time for the driver to accept and comply with their offer and to give them the time to go to option (3) if he declines or ignores it.  Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, the action they take will usually be in accordance with the National Police Chiefs' Council's guidance on speeding enforcement. In a 40mph limit this is as follows Up to 45mph - no action. Between 46mph and 53mph - offer a course Between 54mph and 65mph - offer a fixed penalty Over 65mph - prosecution in court So you can see that 54mph should see you offered a fixed penalty. Three weeks is not overly long for a fixed penalty offer to arrive. As well as that, there has been Easter in that period which will have slowed things down a bit. However, I would suggest that if it gets to about two months from the offence date and you have still heard nohing, I would contact the ticket office for the area where you were stopped to see if anything has been sent to you. Of course this raises the danger that you might be "stirring the hornets' nest". But in all honesty, if the police have decided to take no action, you jogging their memory should not really influence them. The bigger danger, IMHO, is that your fixed penalty offer may have been sent but lost and if you do not respond it will lapse. This will see the police revert to option (3) above. Whilst there is a mechanism in these circumstances  to persuade the court to sentence you at the fixed penalty level (rather than in accordance with the normal guidelines which will see a harsher penalty), it relies on them believing you when you say you did not received an offer. In any case it is aggravation you could well do without so for the sake of a phone call, I'd enquire if it was me.  I think I've answered all your questions but if I can help further just let me know. Just a tip - if you are offered a fixed penalty be sure to submit your driving licence details as instructed. I've seen lots of instances where a driver has not done this. There will be no reminder and no second chance; your £100 will be refunded and the police will prosecute you through the courts.
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Hi guys

 

The APR has nothing to do with the Interest rate, the APR is the Annual percentage Rate and is there just to reflect the true cost of borrowing. The APR is shown on credit agreements (fixed sum or running account) on fixed sum the APR is calculated using the Interest charges and any other charges and is a known comodoty. On running account the APR is an assumed calculation. Credit card agreements and overdrafts are running account agreements, Loans HP, Conditional sale are fixed sum agreements.

 

Do not let the APR confuse you, you will find it difficult to work out the amount of interest using the APR because you may not know what charges have been factored into the calculation.

 

You need the rate of interest to work out the amount of interest. If the rate of interest is not shown on your agreement then the agreement is unenforcable.

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Hi Brad,

Im not sure about payment protection interest and cash interest so wouldnt like to quote on that as I have only ever been charged Purchase interest.

What spreadsheet are you using as it should do it all for you? I would also suggest you phone Cap 1 and ask what APR they are applying to your account (there is a way to check they give you the correct info).

 

You may find this thread useful if you havent already seen it. It is very long but worth it.

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/general/18313-why-no-one-claiming.html

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Morgan Stanley

**Won 31.01.07 with CCI**

Capital One

**Won 19.04.07 with CCI**

Halifax current & Joint

Verbal S.A.R 11.01.07, stats recd 18.01.07

Halifax Visa prelim sent 26.01.07. Reply 31.01.07 Filed N1 on 20.03.07 - Judgement granted, sent in the bailiffs

GE Capital

Frazercard Prelim sent with CCI 27.01.07

Burtons Prelim sent with CCI 22.01.07

 

RBOS Visa S.A.R sent 12.01.07

Partners JJB card (Creation) *Won* with part interest - 15.02.07

 

 

Partners LLOYDS Account S.A.R 13.12.06 - stats recd 30.01.07. Prelim sent with CCI 01.02.07

 

Partners BOS Mastercard Offered all charges except £12. Refused. N1 filed 20.03.07 - Judgement granted, sent in the bailiffs

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Hi Sonja, think I've finally got it...I'm using spreadsheet 16 (throughout claim with compounded interest). It's a bit funny, on the leaflet they sent me with my new card it said the interest they were charging is 34.9% (gulp!!!) and on their website it said the same, but on the statements it says the monthly interest is 1.67%, which obviously equates to 20%.

 

I've changed the interest rate at the top from 8% to 20%. Is that correct?

 

By jove I think I've cracked it....maybe

 

Thanks again for your help

"Banks are people that will lend you an umbrella when it's sunny, but demand it back the minute it starts raining"

 

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22/08/06 - Preliminary Letter sent requesting full repayment of charges

06/09/06 - LBA sent to bank

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Cheers Tanz, will Bill mind me pm'ing him out of the blue?

"Banks are people that will lend you an umbrella when it's sunny, but demand it back the minute it starts raining"

 

Brad v Halifax

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buggar...just eaten my banana

 

wonder if he'll let me owe him..i'm good for it...kinda

"Banks are people that will lend you an umbrella when it's sunny, but demand it back the minute it starts raining"

 

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Hi guys

 

The APR has nothing to do with the Interest rate, the APR is the Annual percentage Rate and is there just to reflect the true cost of borrowing. The APR is shown on credit agreements (fixed sum or running account) on fixed sum the APR is calculated using the Interest charges and any other charges and is a known comodoty. On running account the APR is an assumed calculation. Credit card agreements and overdrafts are running account agreements, Loans HP, Conditional sale are fixed sum agreements.

 

Do not let the APR confuse you, you will find it difficult to work out the amount of interest using the APR because you may not know what charges have been factored into the calculation.

 

You need the rate of interest to work out the amount of interest. If the rate of interest is not shown on your agreement then the agreement is unenforcable.

 

 

Ahh right...thanks Robert, that makes more sense. So basically, I ignore the APR and just calculate the interest from the monthly interest rate on the statement.

 

Cheers

"Banks are people that will lend you an umbrella when it's sunny, but demand it back the minute it starts raining"

 

Brad v Halifax

22/08/06 - Preliminary Letter sent requesting full repayment of charges

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Hi Brad,

Your APR will be 21.99% based on monthly rate of 1.67%. You cant just multiply the monthly rate by 12 as this does not give you the proper CCI figure. I have just typed your monthly figure in Mindzai's spreadsheet and it comes up as 21.99% so this will be the correct rate. Initially I multiplied monthly by 12 and Bill confirmed this wasnt correct.

HTH :)

Morgan Stanley

**Won 31.01.07 with CCI**

Capital One

**Won 19.04.07 with CCI**

Halifax current & Joint

Verbal S.A.R 11.01.07, stats recd 18.01.07

Halifax Visa prelim sent 26.01.07. Reply 31.01.07 Filed N1 on 20.03.07 - Judgement granted, sent in the bailiffs

GE Capital

Frazercard Prelim sent with CCI 27.01.07

Burtons Prelim sent with CCI 22.01.07

 

RBOS Visa S.A.R sent 12.01.07

Partners JJB card (Creation) *Won* with part interest - 15.02.07

 

 

Partners LLOYDS Account S.A.R 13.12.06 - stats recd 30.01.07. Prelim sent with CCI 01.02.07

 

Partners BOS Mastercard Offered all charges except £12. Refused. N1 filed 20.03.07 - Judgement granted, sent in the bailiffs

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Once again, thanks Sonja...your help has been invaluable :) could you post a link to mindzai's spreadsheet if you get a chance please?

 

I hate not being able to understand things...I've finally grasped how the CCI is calculated, so I'm getting there (very) slowly, but surely.

 

Cheers

"Banks are people that will lend you an umbrella when it's sunny, but demand it back the minute it starts raining"

 

Brad v Halifax

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06/09/06 - LBA sent to bank

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http://www.zen122856.zen.co.uk/CompoundSheet_v1.9.xls

 

This is only for claiming CCI from banks you cant use it for credit/store cards but it works out the APR from your monthly amount when you enter it, so is handy to have until you need to use it for banks.

 

P.S. Ive linked in to your current thread so probably best to stop hijacking this one or you may get told off! Feel free to PM me if you get stuck with the spreadsheet :)

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Morgan Stanley

**Won 31.01.07 with CCI**

Capital One

**Won 19.04.07 with CCI**

Halifax current & Joint

Verbal S.A.R 11.01.07, stats recd 18.01.07

Halifax Visa prelim sent 26.01.07. Reply 31.01.07 Filed N1 on 20.03.07 - Judgement granted, sent in the bailiffs

GE Capital

Frazercard Prelim sent with CCI 27.01.07

Burtons Prelim sent with CCI 22.01.07

 

RBOS Visa S.A.R sent 12.01.07

Partners JJB card (Creation) *Won* with part interest - 15.02.07

 

 

Partners LLOYDS Account S.A.R 13.12.06 - stats recd 30.01.07. Prelim sent with CCI 01.02.07

 

Partners BOS Mastercard Offered all charges except £12. Refused. N1 filed 20.03.07 - Judgement granted, sent in the bailiffs

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Hi guys, haven't been on line for a while but just flicking through to see how its all going. Looking at the threads I see that Redsonjia calculated Brads cci as 21.99%. That looks right as I worked mine out at more or less the same and claimed 21.9% with my MCOL using vampiresses spreadsheet 13. Latest from capital one is that they've again made the same offer of £107.00 to which I have n't replied as this second offer was made after I filed the MCOL. Capital One have replied indicating that they intend to fully defend the claim so i'm awaiting their 28 day response. Will update when I hear anymore - watch this space!!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

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HAPPY DAYS another result for the good guys. Received a letter from a Graham Daley from the executive office of Capital One today agreeing to pay £765.42 as a full settlement of the claim. Very pleased with this result particulary as the claim included the compound contractual interest at 21.9 % . My advice to other people considering to claim cci is go for it your entitled to claim it and using vampiresses spreadsheet 13 made the whole process relatively stressless. Thanks to everyone on here for their assistance, help, and advice throughout this claim a donation to this forum willl definately follow. :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

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Congratulations Neathboy!

Good for you for sticking to your guns!

Well deserved.

Just one quick question, did you fit all the POC on MCOL?

Im just completing my N1 ready to post to court tomorrow.

Morgan Stanley

**Won 31.01.07 with CCI**

Capital One

**Won 19.04.07 with CCI**

Halifax current & Joint

Verbal S.A.R 11.01.07, stats recd 18.01.07

Halifax Visa prelim sent 26.01.07. Reply 31.01.07 Filed N1 on 20.03.07 - Judgement granted, sent in the bailiffs

GE Capital

Frazercard Prelim sent with CCI 27.01.07

Burtons Prelim sent with CCI 22.01.07

 

RBOS Visa S.A.R sent 12.01.07

Partners JJB card (Creation) *Won* with part interest - 15.02.07

 

 

Partners LLOYDS Account S.A.R 13.12.06 - stats recd 30.01.07. Prelim sent with CCI 01.02.07

 

Partners BOS Mastercard Offered all charges except £12. Refused. N1 filed 20.03.07 - Judgement granted, sent in the bailiffs

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Thanks Redsonja i'm chuffed with that result . I did all the claim on the MCOL eveything was included kept it all quite basic and it worked well without any problems. I initially had the expected response from Capital One indicating that they intended to defend the claim but then paid up in full within a mater of 2 weeks or so. Stick with it and good luck with your claim GO GET EM :grin: :grin:

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neathboy, what a great result, hope mine goes as well as that, am also doing N1 Monday (hopefully) but mine includes default as well, so will probably take a bit longer. Gives us all hope when another succesful claim comes in.

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HAPPY DAYS another result for the good guys. Received a letter from a Graham Daley from the executive office of Capital One today agreeing to pay £765.42 as a full settlement of the claim. Very pleased with this result particulary as the claim included the compound contractual interest at 21.9 % . My advice to other people considering to claim cci is go for it your entitled to claim it and using vampiresses spreadsheet 13 made the whole process relatively stressless. Thanks to everyone on here for their assistance, help, and advice throughout this claim a donation to this forum willl definately follow.

 

Nice one neathboy result. Your :lol:

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Doo ,

stick with it your nearly there once they get the county court notice that your claiming against them they will pay up despite telling you all along that they are right and you are wrong. When it comes to face the music time they will cave in because they know they have been wrong all along. Good luck with your claim.

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thanks for that neathboy2, there have been a few negative comments lately on claiming CCI, but like you am giving it a try - always good to hear a successful claim.

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No problem DOO

we all need that little bit of reassurrance especially when we're embarking on something that is a little unfamiliar to us. Keep on going you will get the result. -- Go get em :cool:

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congratulations Neathboy

 

Enjoy the money

"Banks are people that will lend you an umbrella when it's sunny, but demand it back the minute it starts raining"

 

Brad v Halifax

22/08/06 - Preliminary Letter sent requesting full repayment of charges

06/09/06 - LBA sent to bank

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Hi all, ive just calculated all of my charges the and total is £400 dating back 3 years, ive done a spreadsheet for compound charges at 21.9% and the charges total £309.75 making a grand total of £709 75 is this right or am i doing something wrong.

 

 

Advice would be grateful

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sounds ok to me. Probably best to start your own thread though and maybe post a few lines from the spready on there and we can check it for you.

If you PM me a link to your thread I will have a look for you

Morgan Stanley

**Won 31.01.07 with CCI**

Capital One

**Won 19.04.07 with CCI**

Halifax current & Joint

Verbal S.A.R 11.01.07, stats recd 18.01.07

Halifax Visa prelim sent 26.01.07. Reply 31.01.07 Filed N1 on 20.03.07 - Judgement granted, sent in the bailiffs

GE Capital

Frazercard Prelim sent with CCI 27.01.07

Burtons Prelim sent with CCI 22.01.07

 

RBOS Visa S.A.R sent 12.01.07

Partners JJB card (Creation) *Won* with part interest - 15.02.07

 

 

Partners LLOYDS Account S.A.R 13.12.06 - stats recd 30.01.07. Prelim sent with CCI 01.02.07

 

Partners BOS Mastercard Offered all charges except £12. Refused. N1 filed 20.03.07 - Judgement granted, sent in the bailiffs

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