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    • Hi I was being supplied my ovo after unknowingly being swapped from SSE.  My issues began when we had a smart meter fitted and our bills almost doubled overnight - we at the time assumed we were just paying not enough until then and just continued to pay the excess bills each. Month.    I would from time to time contact ovo and get faced with a call centre on South Africa of the most rude agents who would just hang up after hours of wait and I could not even get an acknowledgement of an issue with my meter.  At one point we were not in the property for like 4 months and the bills were coming just as high!  It was at this point I was sure something is not right and ovo only care to send bailiffs and started threatening us with a pay as you go meter despite me taking out a 3.5k loan to pay of my outstanding balance.  Around 1600 each on both gas and electricity.  This is where its gets really bad -  the very same day they sent me out a new bill saying the money paid already was only to cover up until the November previous and because its now Feb we owe another 1k.   By that August this had risen to over 3k and I still couldn't get anyone to even acknowledge a fault let alone fix it.    In despair I tried to swap suppliers and to my surprise octopus accepted us because even tho the debt is owed we are trying deal with.  During our time with them the bill was coming only on my wife's name as I was responsible for other bills and she this one - now that we owe them 3k they have magically started adding my name as well as my wife's to the same debt to apply double pressure and its showing on my experiwn report now with a question mark and 2700 showing in grey -  This was my wife's debt which we dispute we owe yet the have now sent me letter with both our names on from oriel and past due credit debt agencies - is this illegal and how can I get them to take my. Name of this and leave on wife's name as its so unfair they give us a both a defualt for wife's debt which we dispute anyway.    In the end about 3 weeks ago I wrote an email to their ceo and rishi sunak and low and behold for the first time in our history with ovo someone who spoke English contacted us and said she will look into our claim.    I explained to her that we feel our meter is faulty and despite me contacting them using WhatsApp email and phone I still have not got anyone to acknowledge a fault even. And that I dispute I Owe anything as my son was in hospital for 3 months and we stayed with him so house was empty and still. They were sending us super sized bills more than when we started at home.  She promised to investigate and a few days later replied that she is sorry for the poor customer service and offered us £50 compensation - however she also. Mentioned that she's attached statements for us confirming the payment for 3k I made was only up until Nov and in Feb despite me pay 3.5k nearly it's correct for them to bill. Me. Another £900 the very same day and she did not agree our meter was faulty and therfore the debt stands and she will not be calling it bcak from past due credit.  During my time with my new supplier post ovo, octopus I requested tehy check my. Meters because I felt they were faulty and over charging me and I got excellent response asking me for further details which I supplied and I got a. Response bcak within days to say my meter was indeed faulty and octopus have now remotely repaired it.   I then contacted the energy ombudsman and explained my situation how she at ovo tried to fob me off and demand I apy money we don't feel we owe due to faulty equipment we reported but ovo had to process or mechanism to deal with it or lodge complaint even without having to cc their ceo and our pm. And now I feel sick to think both husband and wife will get a 6  year default for debt which have a validity of a questionable nature.    I explained all this to the energy ombudsman and they accepted my case and I explained to them that my new supplier found my fault which ovo refueed to accept - I've uploaded the email from new supplier to ombudsman showing we had a fault.    My. Question is is there anything I can upload in defence of my case to ombudsman before they decide outcome ina few weeks    All advice greatly appreciated not only would I like advice on how to clear this debt but also how I can pursue ovo for compensation and deterrence for the future.  Thansk 
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(.....Not really a new member as such, joined ages ago, been reading thru the forums and collecting some very interesting facts, not just about bank charges either, WHAT A BRILLIANT FORUM, there are some very clued up People in here.... RosieCotton, Calvi36, (just to name a couple) who's wisdom and insight would give King Solomon a run for his sheckles!!:)....)

 

...Anyway I need a little bit of advice at the moment, I'm currently in the proccess of claiming my charges back from First Direct (FD), I sent of the SAR, received my statements and Martini Notes (so many shortened words on it, it looks like thier vowel keys on the keyboard dont work :confused:)

I've also DL'd the 'Preliminary approach' letter and the simple charges calculator, Do I add the 'Interest at 8%' to the total or not?.:confused:

 

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FD have suspended my account as of January, long story short - took out loan in 2005, left job due to Ill health Feb 2006, got behind in some payments so came to an agreement with FD to add FD credit card bill with Loan and Account overdraft and to pay a certain amount per month. this is not a problem, but the fact that they are still adding OD charges per month is!!:mad:. Can I get them to stop charging me? ... what really irks me is the fact that Ive been a customer of thiers for 10 yrs, never once over drawn etc, get into a little strife and the 'faceless entities' chase you down like I shot the President or something!. .. and the fact....blah blah blah,... everyones heard it all before...

 

thanks in advance

First Direct - Looking to claim back £3,759.11,

...THERE ARE 10 TYPES OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.... THOSE THAT UNDERSTAND BINARY AND THOSE THAT DONT...

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HI B1

 

You can't claim SI until you file with the court.

 

You can amend your claim at any time uptill the hearing of the case. However after the claim has been filed with the court, any amendment will cost you £35, non - refundable.

 

You are not at that stage yet, so I would send them another letter informing them that should stop addding charges. Enclose a new up to date spreadsheet with the additional charges added on.

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Hi B1nary,

 

Whats that line "there are only 10 types of people that understand binary, those that do and those that dont" it think.

 

On the 8% interest question, if you are talking about the section 69 interest this can only be applied when you file the claim at court.

 

At prelim and LBA stage the interest that can be claimed is that which was levied on the charges you incurrred. Needless to say the maths on this is a headache and many (myself included) don't bother, both for simplicity and also the numbers may not be that large ;).

 

Sorry I can't offer any advice on the loan siuation but i am sure there will be someone along shortly that can help out.

 

'faceless entities' chase you down like I shot the President or something!.

Best not wait by the grassy knoll though!!!

 

Very best of luck

 

BB

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Hi Nik & BB

thanks for the reply... that cleared that up for me, cheers :)..

bb, the "there are only 10 types of people that understand binary, those that do and those that dont" quote, was part of my signature! but it seems to have vanished.. relating to binary Numbers 10 = 2.. (I do network installations).. anyone know why my signature has gone awol?.... can I claim it back from the bank!! :rolleyes:

First Direct - Looking to claim back £3,759.11,

...THERE ARE 10 TYPES OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.... THOSE THAT UNDERSTAND BINARY AND THOSE THAT DONT...

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Lol B1nary,

 

I believe for server and load purposes the signatures only come onto posts when they exceed a certain leangth.

 

Would have thought it would have worked foryour first post though, lol.

 

I don't think you will need to file a claim to get it back

 

Cheers BB

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I wish i'd found this site a month ago!! I've submitted a claim to Lloyds TSB to reclaim charges but i simply added up all the overdraft interest, returned d/d items and overdraft excess fees from the statements i received! Having read the information on this site i realise that isn't what i should have done as some of the interest is as a result of spending and not charges alone. I submitted my second stage letter last week but haven't received any response from Lloyds yet. Is there anything i can do please as i've messed this process up completely. Have i jeopardised my chances of a refund altogether? I'd really appreciate some advice....

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Hey Jaffacup,

 

Welcome aboard,

 

Don't panic if you are still issuing letters to your bank we should be able to recover the situation, you might have to send a further leter to correct the amounts you are claiming and make sure everything is correct before the court stage.

 

First thing to do is start a thread of your own in Lloyds Forum callit Jaffacup V Lloyds, follow this link:

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=11

 

and detail what you have done to date.

 

You will probably have to send another letter before action LBA but that should set the record straight.

 

Hope it helps

 

BB

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