bankcomplaints firm

[wills1]

Hi there,

 

I was wondering if any of you had, had dealins with a company called 'Bank Complaints' run by a man called Martin Knipe?

 

If so, what are they like?

 

With kind regards,

 

Wills x

[Seahorse]

I wouldn't have anything to do with this lot. Or any of the other no win/no fee brigade.

 

Their website seems intent on compounding your fears about the process of reclaiming YOUR charges back. THIS site does exactly the opposite. It shows you that YOU are now in control, and CAN do it all yourself.

 

Start a thread in the forum for your own bank, tell your story, and above all, spend time reading around the site to see what others have achieved. And how YOU can do it too.

 

SELF HELP IS GREAT FOR YOUR SELF ESTEEM.

[dave]

Nver had any dealings, but as they are obviously a profit making firm, I would suggest that if you want your charges back (without champertous (does that word exist?) dealings), I would just read the info here and get them back - for free!

[redsonja]

Quite right! you dont want the bank to profit from YOUR money so why should these companies profit from YOUR money!

[wills1]

Hey everyone,

 

Thank you so much for all your replies. I do appreciate your support. I took the bull by the horns last year and spent in excess of 4 months battling with my bank, to only be told in short 'get lost!' I followed your processes to the T but they just kept saying no. Maybe it's time I started again. The problem is the charges mount up to over 5K and they just don't want to give it back.

 

Have any of you managed to successfully claim back this amount of close to it? If so I'd really appreciate any advice you have to give.

 

With kind regards, thanks again.

 

Wills x :???: :???:

[Seahorse]

Hey everyone,

 

Thank you so much for all your replies. I do appreciate your support. I took the bull by the horns last year and spent in excess of 4 months battling with my bank, to only be told in short 'get lost!' I followed your processes to the T but they just kept saying no. Maybe it's time I started again. The problem is the charges mount up to over 5K and they just don't want to give it back.

 

Have any of you managed to successfully claim back this amount of close to it? If so I'd really appreciate any advice you have to give.

 

With kind regards, thanks again.

 

Wills x :???: :???:

 

Where were you trying to claim Wills, Scotland or England? If it was England, you really shouldn't have had any problems, and should really have seen this go to court to get it sorted. NO just isn't an option for them if you really did follow the advice all the way through here.

 

If your final reply from the bank was less than 6 months ago, you are entitled to complain to the Financial Ombudsman in relation to your initial claim. That's the way I would go now if your bank hasn't paid up. Despite the scare story on the site you have mentioned.

 

Don't give up. They just can't win. I'm over 3 months into my claim, and there's no way I'm giving up. It's MY money, NOT theirs.

[trudd]

I have just discovered my sister is using them to reclaim (no idea why though) she started the claim about the time i did at the end of 2006! i got my money in 3 months. She is still waiting. Surely this company are a [problem]? If they stuck to the timetable she would've got the money before the OFT case started as I did.

She now doesn't know what to do, they have her bank statements for a start.

[i_ate_all_the_pies]

Now then, I received £1500 back off HSBC last year through this company. YES they do charge, but if like me you dont have the time, ability, knowledge or patience to battle your bank yourself, it's still a small price to pay. WHAT?? 25% SMALL? well i got over a grand back that I thought I didn't have at all - still a bonus to me.

 

For those stating that it has taken ages: all bank charge claims were suspended last year and will not resume until the court cases have been completed and an outcome reached (which, by the way, is in OUR favour - Martin Knipe's company does provide all its subscribers with regular updates as to all of the necessary information regarding this).

 

Again, yes 25% fee may seem steep but it does cut out a lot of time and hassle if you can't stomach it. However, their services ARE very effective, and due to my experiences, I won't have a bad word said against them UNLESS you have personally had bad experience. Too many people comment on things they have not experienced, and it makes it much harder to find a product or service that we WILL trust. Please let people judge this company for theirselves (Bank Charges & Martin Knipe), unless someone has had a bad run (which i'd like to hear about).

 

Regards

 

Chris

[Lula]

now why would you be coming here, digging up old threads, and posting an ad for a no win no fee crew on a self help site? perchance you work for them?

[Rooster-UK]

now why would you be coming here, digging up old threads, and posting an ad for a no win no fee crew on a self help site? perchance you work for them?

If you want to pay someone to do what you could easily do yourself, then that's upto you.

Our users, however, joined this site to get the information, etc. to do the job themselves.

 

They can and do reclaim their money, probably faster than the ambulance-chasers.

The difference is that they get to keep EVERY PENNY themselves.

[i_ate_all_the_pies]

NO I DON'T work for the company. I am merely tring to point out that you can't go around discrediting businesses that offer a service without a basis or your complaints.

 

I run an IT business, and I provide some basic services that many of my customers could perform themselves. Does this mean that I'm wrong for advertising these services? Is it wrong for public transport to offer short distance services where people could easily walk? Is it wrong for greengrocers to sell vegetables when most people could grow their own? NO.

 

Yes, I agree that it can be done on your own for free, and yes it's great that the help and information is here to assist people in doing just that, and yes, I wholeheartedly believe in recommending that people go about it in this way. But, regardless of who you are, you CAN NOT slate a service offered without reason. It is up to the people who need these services which route they take, and recommending they do it themselves by trying to discredit the services someone else offers without basis other than cost, is no way to go about it.

[nicsussex]

Yes, I agree that it can be done on your own for free, and yes it's great that the help and information is here to assist people in doing just that, and yes, I wholeheartedly believe in recommending that people go about it in this way. But, regardless of who you are, you CAN NOT slate a service offered without reason. It is up to the people who need these services which route they take, and recommending they do it themselves by trying to discredit the services someone else offers without basis other than cost, is no way to go about it.

 

I think you may have just answered your own argument here - nobody is 'slating' the company and the only argument against using them has been the cost (well the only one mentioned so far!). I agree that people have the choice which route to take but they must be in full possession of the 'facts' before they do so - so to point out that this can all be done without charge is scarcely 'slating' the company.

[legalpickle]

I have just discovered my sister is using them to reclaim (no idea why though) she started the claim about the time i did at the end of 2006! i got my money in 3 months. She is still waiting. Surely this company are a [problem]? If they stuck to the timetable she would've got the money before the OFT case started as I did.

She now doesn't know what to do, they have her bank statements for a start.

 

All claims management companies must be regulated by the Ministry of Justice - Claims Management Regulation, Monitoring & Compliance Unit - CMR: Claims Management Regulation. If your sister has a complaint, she should raise it first with them and then with with the unit.

 

They released guidance a while back that all companies dealing with bank charges must advise their clients what is going on with the test case and the ongoing issues. They must also keep their clients informed.

 

There has been a problem that these claims touts [and I mean the touts who call you up at home] have been putting their address in the service address for claims against banks. This is against the Civil Procedure Rules [CPR] & Practice Directions [PD's]. The only addresses that can be put on court documents for service of documents are the Claimant's / Defendant's and their Solicitor's [or with an underage claimant/defendant or mentally incapacitated claimant/defendant the parent or guardian as a 'litigation friend' normally - except where the rules dictate - with permission from the court]. The claims were therefore struck out and the touts claiming the costs from the customers.

 

Check first that they are approved and still in existence. If you have any problems call them - number on website - and they will help.