Summer vs First Direct

[Matheos95]

Wow seems there is a bunch of us here all at the same time I also did my moneyclaim yesterday for £5596 + court fees of £250 so fingers crossed for us all!!

[hannah8686]

I rec'd a letter with an offer for half my claim on saturday...........wrote back that day so they should have got my responce saying i only accept as partial settlement etc

 

My account was closed already.....i dont think they will close your account but its safer to open an account just in case

[hannah8686]

hiya - hows your claim going - first direct offered me the full amount today so yours shouldngt be long now

[Matheos95]

Hi Summer

 

No change on moneyclaim for you today I guess as not seen a post - mine not changed either they probably gonna make us sweat being that we have gone over the 5k.

[tina_cool]

Hi guys - just checked moneyclaim site and my claim has been acknowledged as of today's date..here's hoping for some good news soon. With any luck your claims should be acknowledged in the next day or so.

[Summer]

Still no acknowledgement of the claim and their time is running out as they only have until 6th August (yes it is a Sunday!) to reply. Perhaps I'll have the opportunity to enter Judgement by Default :

 

"The defendant has not filed an admission or defence to my claim

(Judgment by Default)

You will need to decide, how and when you want the defendant to pay. You can ask for the Judgment to be paid by instalment or in one payment."

 

I wonder if anyone from FD reads these forums?

[Matheos95]

Mine neither Summer although your a few days infront of me so yours should change first - I was considering ringing DG just to ask if they had recieved it but not sure whether to or not!!

[tina_cool]

Hold out guys - my claim was acknowledged on the money claim site yesterday and today I had the standard letter from DG offering me half.

[Matheos95]

Hi Tina the reason for the concern for me and Summer is we have claimed over the £5k mark thats possibly the reason why they have not yet acknowledged them

[Matheos95]

Hi Summer - hating this bl**dy waiting game so I rang DG solicitors this morning to see if they had got my claim - apparantly it had only arrived this morning with them :o they wouldnt give me any more details unfortunatley cause as she stated she is dealing for the bank - dunno whether I did the right thing or not I guess time will tell but this is doing my nut in lol will let u know if anything changes

[Summer]

Hi, at least you know DG solicitors have your paperwork so you should expect acknowledgement and an offer for 50% very soon. I thought mine would have been there by now as it was filed a few days before yours but I guess with staff being away at this time of year they might just be batching them all together and sending them once a week. Just checked Moneyclaim (again!) but still nothing.

[Matheos95]

Have you tried ringing DG just to see if it is there - or would that be tempting fate being as you are so close to judgement by default?

[DazNorthants]

If it's close to judgement by default I would not call. (You might sound deserate ) If you call and they acknowledge they then have a further 28 days, which would make it much longer.

I know the waiting is nail biting. My case was only issued yesterday and already I check the Moneyclaim site every hour in case it is acknowledged.

Patients is a virtue! apparently

[Summer]

I'm hoping they've overlooked it so that I can enter a Judgement by Default. There will be a certain amount of pleasure in being able to decide ".... how and when you want the defendant to pay. You can ask for the Judgment to be paid by instalment or in one payment."

 

Knowing my luck they'll acknowledge it on the last day and then take the full 28 days before doing anything else.

[Summer]

I'm hoping they've overlooked it so that I can enter a Judgement by Default. There will be a certain amount of pleasure in being able to decide ".... how and when you want the defendant to pay. You can ask for the Judgment to be paid by instalment or in one payment."

 

Knowing my luck they'll acknowledge it on the last day and then take the full 28 days before doing anything else.

 

The worst part is that I'm going to be away from Friday morning until Sunday afternoon and won't be able to access the internet to check what's happening.

[Summer]

At long last my claim has been acknowledged so I guess I should expect a letter very soon from DG Solicitors offering 50%? Reply has already been drafted and ready to fax.

[Matheos95]

Woohoo about time - just checked mine and it also has been acknowledged this afternoon be interesting to now see what happens.

[hannah8686]

you should get your letter in the morning then ......about time to lol

 

not long to go now:-)

 

i think money claim are a bit behind at updating at the momemnt thou, i withdrew my claim when yesterday and it was still showing as acknowledged. today instead of saying cancelled etc it says defence filled 17/07/06 which is odd as i only logged my claim on the 16th july lol

 

oh well

[Summer]

Well would you believe it ... letter from DG Solicitors received this morning offering 50% of claim. Of course I shall fax a reply as follows:

 

FAO: Deborah D’Aubney

DG Solicitors

2 Calthorpe Road

Edgbaston

Birmingham

B15 1QZ

Dear Sirs

 

Thank you for your offer of £xxxxx. as part settlement of my claim.

 

Your offer is not satisfactory, although I am prepared to accept this sum, unconditionally, in part-settlement of my FULL claim of:

Total Charges = £xxxxx

Legal Fees = £xxxxx

Interest = £xxxxxx (this is as of today’s date)

 

I shall continue to proceed with my action to recover the remainder of my claim.

I wonder what will happen next?

[Matheos95]

Yay well done Summer perfect timming or what - still waiting for my post to come congratulations on yours though

[Summer]

:p HOORAY!!!!!! :p

 

Full offer received in the post this morning and faxed back with confidentiality clause crossed out. Donation will be made as soon as money is received in my acount.

 

A big THANK YOU to everyone on this site - keep up the good work.

 

I think Argos will be next .......

[Matheos95]

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! !

[Summer]

Fantastic news as money was in account when I checked this morning. Donation on it's way.

 

This site is definitely the best and I've been telling everyone about it. THANK YOU.

[Matheos95]

Well done summer way to go - hope you go out today and treat yourself lol. My full offer went back yesterday so I am really hoping to see the same you saw this morning sometime on Monday

[Summer]

Help! I've been clicking on the 'donate' link and although it's taking me to Paypal it's not giving an email address to make the payment to. Does anyone know?