HFC / T.B.I financial services Ltd after 7 yrs

[5N4K3]

Dear Forum

I had taken out a credit with HFC bank (courts) £2075 which i pay'd back over 75%.

I left UK in 2001 to start a new life.

Then i get a letter in the post from T.B.I Ltd Stateing there collecting the debt which has been handed to them

I returned a email saying where's the evidence as i think its a hoax

Do i pay them? where do i start as there seems to be many places here to read Help me please.

[TJ.Daws]

Hi

 

We had a loan with HFC which we have paid back as per an agreement (along with quite a few others) at £18 per month for 12 years!!! Never heard a dickie bird. All of a sudden we recieved a letter from TBI wanting a periodic review. At the moment I am also not convinced this is genuine as last year we recieved another letter from a recognised debt collection company regarding an outstanding debt. But when we wrote to them we received no response and never have since. At the moment I'm ignoring this until I get another letter. Then I'll panic

[Ital Ian]

I am currently being chased by TBI. I have now lived in Italy for 6 years and not heard the proverbial dickie bird from HSBC. All of a sudden I get a summons to appear in my local court. I wrote to TBI's appointed lawyers for information. They sent nothing. I phoned TBI and the guy who signed the summons denied doing it. I also spoke to someone else at TBI and asked for documentative proof. by email and post. Nothing arrived. I am going to court next week. This should be interesting to say the least.

[Brit4464]

This is all very interesting. I have an old debt in UK from about 1999 for 5500 pounds from HFC Bank. At the time I made a voluntary agreement to pay 1 pound a month in return for no interest or fees being added. That agreement is still in force and is being paid (by my mother in UK). There was no way I could have paid 150 pound a month at that time which is what they were asking for.

 

I have been resident in the USA since 1996 and am now a US Citizen. Just last week my mother gets a phone call from TBI asking about me because they have taken over the debt and claim that the money hasn't been paid for some time. She gives them my email addy and address here in the USA. This week I get an email first saying why haven't you replied to the original email (which I never got). I replied I didn't get the first email. Then they resend the first one which states the payment on the account is up to date and they asked my mother to cancel the direct debt (it's a standing order) so that I can set up monthly payments (yeah right..from USA with variable exchange rates and wire-transfer fees!). I haven't replied to them yet and the email shows the account is paid up to date...so much for the lie about it not being paid for some time.

 

Is the debt legally enforcable now after 10yrs? I know about the rules on contact with the creditor meaning the 6yr clock is never started but was a CCJ ever issued against me by HFC in the first place? I never had a copy of it if it were. How would I find out if one was issued originally within that first 6yr period? I believe if a CCJ was never issued, they can't get one now.

 

Thanks.

[spartathisis]

Think you are a little confused over some points. A CCJ would have been issued if you went to court and lost, did you? They may have issued you with a default notice, which is not the same. If you have been making payments then it is not statute barred (6yrs) and they can ask for payment. By discussing the debt with your mother they have broken Data Protection Laws.

 

Send a request to HFC for a copy of the Consumer credit agreement (bet they wont have it), send a Data Subject Access Request to TBI for the info they hold on yo. This should also show if they have bought/been assigned the debt or just collecting on behalf of HFC. It makes a difference as to what they can legally do. The templates for these are on the site put a search in then send off asap.

 

Im currently battling it out with TBI over a debt they purchased from HFC in 1999, they only have an application form i filled in, no terms & conditions, the default notice issued by HFC was ineffective, they didnt serve me with a Notice of assignment and to top it off it looks like HFC securitised the debt before they sold it to TBI (that is sold it as an investment, they then dont legally own it and cant then sell it on again).

 

Have a read of the threads on here and you will soon pick up the basics

[dodgee]

Thankyou all for info as I am havinh problems with TBI/HFC.

Will let you know if I get it sorted.

[reg009]

I Ask For A True Copy Of The Agreement On The Loan I Supposed To Have Taken Out In 1993, The Answer Was Hfc Could Not Send A Exact Signed Copy Of The Agreement Due To The Length Of Time That As Expired Since The Said Loan. Hfc Have Provided The Information In Order To Reconstitute The Agreement And They For Provide Me With A True Copy Of The Agreement In Accordance With The Consumer Credit Cancellation Notices And Copies Of Documents Regulations 1983, Which Previously Advised Allows For The Signature To Be Omitted.they Also Go On To Say They Will Be Issuing Legal Proceedings Against Me If They Dont Receive My Payment By The 24th Of Feb 10.

Can Anyone Help As Time Is A Important Factor As They Have Said

They Will Proceed With Court Judgement.

Can Anyone Answer Me Asap , Dont Know What To Do Next.

THE LOAN IS ACCORDING TO THEM 17 YEARS OLD AND I WAS AT THE SAME ADRESSE UNTIL 2004, NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THIS BANK TO SAY THIS SUPPOSE LOAN WAS NOT GETTING PAID I AM TOTALLY CONFUSED WITH IT ALL.

Edited February 13, 2010 by reg009
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