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Debt questions around DMP
Hi All, I've had a good read on the forums and feel more clued up on what I need to be doing, so thanks for the knowledge shared. I do have a few questions though if some kind soul could help with. 1) I see most saying run your own DMP rather than someone else and understand why regarding defaults/building funds and…
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debt caseworker interview
Please I have made it to the interview stage of debt caseworker job, does anybody have an idea of likely questions to expects from interviewers. thanks
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Formal letter of claim issued - What would be my next steps?
Hi,I'm very confused at the moment and was wondering if someone could help. I just received an email from the solicitors representing the credit card company I owe £14,000+ that a formal letter of claim has been issued in the post. I lost my business earlier this year and earn nothing. I also have a 5 month old baby so I…
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PiggyBank loans and credit file abuse
I defaulted on a piggybank loan in 2013 which to be honest I was in the process of moving was only £100 I thought it had gone through as was linked to my bank card . Fast foward 7 years later out of the blue piggybank contacted me asking for the money and I noticed they had put hard searches on my creditFile a year after…
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Credit file not updated
Hi, I have a loan with Updraft ( Fairscore). I have just checked my credit report and they haven't updated transunion since 1st january - is this normal?? All of my other account on my credit file are updated.
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Income and Expenditure
Hi, I am being asked by a Debt Recovery Company to provide my income and expenditure information but can I refuse as this is my personal information? I have began paying them a fixed amount each month but they still keep hassling me for my income and expenditure information. I really don't want to share my private…
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New to DAS DPP
Good evening all, I'm hoping to sleep for the first time in a long time tonight after having started to address things via SC. It was sobering to see the extent of my debts. Every month I was having to transfer myself money off my cc to stay afloat so it was easy to bury my head in the sand. When I totted things up I…
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Link Financial want to know the source of my money.
I have a self managed dmp and so does wife, for about last 2.5 years , and about 6 months ago, my only creditor that never defaulted me , link financial who was assigned my aqua credit card debt, I asked for a manual default, they promised, but didn't do it . anyway cca requests were written to creditors at the same time,…
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Loan to pay off cards
Hi I have 3k credit card debt. Three different cards different interest rates, 30.4%, 39.9% and 30% According to clear score I could be eligible for a loan which would be enough to pay these cards off (rate 39.95%) Would you do this? I want to be rid of the cards. I can cut 2 of them and keep 1 for absolute emergencies!…
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Making a dent in overdraft
Hi all, It’s been a difficult few months I took a few loans out to pay for my dads care (he’s now palliative with not long left) I also have rent and my sons nursery. I have gone through my savings paying for care. With all the above, even when I get paid and don’t really spend on anything crazy, I find myself in…
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DMP for £60k worth of debt...ready to tackle this!
Hi Everyone – long time lurker about to embark on my self-managed
DMP journey. The main point of my post is to explain how I’m going to go about this, for you
guys to tell me if there’s something I can do better or in a different way and
questions that I have. Are their any tips you may have to help this all go smoother? I…
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Arrangement to pay markers
Hi, Question about AR markers. I understand that these stay on credit file for 6 years from when the account is settled, however does their impact lessen over time? For example…. 3 AR markers on account due to a 3 month money issue. Account brought back up to date and account out of AR but markers still showing in payment…
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Debt Stressed
Getting a bit worked up and stressed has led me to this forum. 33 and married, and as of 4 weeks ago have a 4 year old and a 4 week old. We have around 15,000 worth of debt which has slowly been accumulating over the last four years, this is generally spread across a Tesco credit card which has the balance cleared off…
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Moorcroft (RBS)being awkward full and final settlement
i wrote to 2 creditors, one being moorcroft who manage my RBS Credit card debt. I asked would they accept 25% and if not what would they accept moorcroft replied today saying RBS refused and they want to know if I will still be making my monthly regular payments on my dmp, plus what is the reason for my settlement, and…
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Starting out getting debt free - feeling scared
Hello, I posted on someone else's thread of becoming debt free and their advice for starting out and got some great advice including starting my own thread so here goes: Due to my own stupid money management I got myself into a debt spiral where I now can't afford my monthly minimum payments even though I have a full-time…
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Santander and DMP
I have recently taken out a DMP which is due to start on 1st April. Included in the DMP is my £750 overdraft with Santander, of which I had used just over £700). The bank have now removed the overdraft option but is still showing as being overdrawn. I have applied for another basic bank account with Co-op but was wondering…
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Seeking advice for my disastrous debt
I started a thread elsewhere on MSE and somebody recommended I come and post on here for advice. In short, I have c£60k in credit cards and loan debt - I know, it's a lot. This is personal debt that I've accrued through what I've realised is a trading addiction (if anyone can recommend a charity who can help with this kind…
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End of my DMP ! Debt free tips tricks and advice from someone who’s done it !
It’s official, as of 08.36 this morning my debt management plan is complete. My stepchange dashboard is zero across the board & it is all gone ! I have some final thoughts and some tips and tricks I’ve learnt along the way. I want to preface this by saying I am not a financial expert , I would just like to share my…
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Being taken to court for 18 year old debt.
Bit of an odd one... my wife and I got into a load of debt back between 2004-2006 - personal loans, credit cards, etc.I'm pretty sure that most of the debt ended up as CCJ's. We were burying our heads so have no record of what happened with each debt. Over this period, my wife and I separated for a few years due to the…
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Opos
Hello apologies if I’m not posting this in the right place. I received a letter today from Opos saying that they have been trying to contact me regarding a debt to RBS for a credit card outstanding balance of £360. They have contacted once me a couple of months back to inform me that they’d taken on a debt but I did not…