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    • Received this letter today after all this time !! Doesn’t sound like just a threat any advice please  Thanks  Photo.pdf
    • Good evening. Hoping to keep this short and concise. Any help really appreciated! Sent originated from council tax in 2019.  I moved address for a new career 240miles away in December 2019 and have lived here ever since.  A distant friend resides at previous address.  A CCJ was filed regarding this debt in January 2020 but no correspondence was received my end or at the old address.  Move forward to this year; early April I learn of a letter received from Bailiff - Notice of Enforcement dated 13/03. Stated I had ten days to settle a payment/payment plan or £75 will be added after ten days from 13/03 and bailiff instructed to visit.  Obviously I was unaware of this letter till well after the time period passed. Attempted to contact Dukes via email but zero response. Asked for breathing space in order to check the original debt with the respective council (I wasn’t awarded a week of Housing despite being on UC for a short period due to a contract date given by the old employer).  29/04 a note was left at the old address stating a bailiff had visited. New balance £310 more than original outstanding.  I’ve since contacted both the council and the bailiff agent to state I’m more than happy to settle the original debt over a payment plan but at this stage they will not remove the fees despite all correspondence not being sent to me and obviously me only seeing them much later than one would have expected.  Tried live chat today with the company and firstly was told the fees will remain because I spoke to the enforcement agent - I have never spoken to him/her.  secondly told the fees would remain because “I tried to use their web chat service to complete an income form” - I have zero recollection of doing this and I also wonder if it’s another tactic? any help on where I stand with the fees added would be incredible. Thank you
    • the evidence you have from Mercedes is perfect. simply write to both the finance company and the dealership that sold you the car, stating under the consumer rights Act 2015 should a fault appear outside of 6mts, it's for the consumer to prove the fault was present at time of sale. Please find enclosed a copy of said report from Mercedes at XXXX stating quite clearly that the windscreen was replaced on Date , some xxx months/years BEFORE my purchase on DATE. there is a bill to pay of XXX to XXX , i expect you to sort this out between yourselves , i am not liable for this. something upon those lines anyway.  
    • Not really. I just wrote it based upon my credit file data with screenshots and stuff.  Also referring to multiple data points. You need to read before sending or writing it.    I have plenty of experience in this stuff so takes me half hour to write something like this. For you itll take an afternoon probably. An additional day with it on your CRA wont cause a problem.     Reference Material; ICO Credit File Guide - https://ico.org.uk/media/your-data-matters/documents/1282/credit-explained-dp- guidance.pdf ICO Main Page For Credit - https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/credit/ CMF Limitation Act 1980 - https://www.checkmyfile.com/articles/the-limitation-act-1980-and-debt-time-limits.htm Gov Limitations Act 1980 - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/58/2023-11-18 (Latest Version) Transunion 6 Years - https://www.transunion.co.uk/consumer/credit-report-help/how-long-does-information-stay-on-my-credit-report-for Equifax 6 Years - https://help.equifax.co.uk/EquifaxOnlineHelp/s/article/Howlongdoesadefaultedorsettledaccountstayinmyreport Experian 6 Years - https://www.experian.co.uk/consumer/guides/defaults.html#:~:text=A default will stay on,you still%20owe%20them%20money
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    • We have finally managed to obtain the transcript of this case.

      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

      Frankly I don't think that is any accident.

      One of the points that the judge made was that the customers contract with the broker specifically refers to the courier – and it is clear that the courier knows that they are acting for a third party. There is no need to name the third party. They just have to be recognisably part of a class of person – such as a sender or a recipient of the parcel.

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      This is good ethical practice.

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Tell him to sell the PS1 and Gamecube on ebay - the PS2 and Wii will play their games (respectively)... There, the Wii is now totally justified! :)

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Us blokes have got to stick together for some things... Beer, footy and Nintendo!

 

With you on everything else, though!

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Ah, they'll hate it...!! On the bright side, you'll get the pleasure of knowing that they will pay out eventually, cause they can't afford not to! :D

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Hi Sammy, how are you getting on - any progress yet?

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Began process with S.A.R - (Subject Access Request) on 5/7/06

Recieved payment on 21/4/07

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Well I got a huge stack of statements this morning and my £10 cheque returned. Just got to plow through them all now and find the charges:rolleyes:

 

Can you also claim the interest charged or is that different?

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Hi sorry me again with another question:rolleyes: I have gone through my statements and found about £170 of charges. How do I work out what interest to claim. I have been charged it every month but obviously it is more when they have added a charge to my account. I know this has been asked before but I am a bit thick and cant understand it:oops:

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You can only claim for interest charged relating to the charge levied. I personally thought this to be a bit daunting and only claimed for the 8% (at MCOL) stage. Go to vampiress spreadsheets in the bank templates library and it will show you how to calculate the interest bit.

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Right, I am off again. Have been in hospital so not got very far yet:(

 

I am really struggling with the interest spreadsheets, There seems to be columns missing in imported's one and I just cant get my head around it.

 

Had a look at vampiress's but is that just a demo one. I cant fill my details in:???:

 

Sorry if I am being thick

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You need to save Vampiress's spreadsheet onto your computer before you can use it.

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When you see the spreadsheet, click onto "file" then "export" then use .xls. It should then save it onto your machine

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I'm getting quite excited to find out what you're going to be claiming, sammy!

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I'm getting quite excited to find out what you're going to be claiming, sammy!

 

Dont think it will be much, think its about £200 or so. I always rang them and demanded it back when they took charges;)

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Ah, but even £200 is nice when it arrives - a lump sum you didn't know you'd have to spend :)

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