We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Sample letters

Can someone please tell me where I can find template letters to write to Credit card and loan companies telling them I cannot afford to pay them and send them token payments

thakns
[STRIKE]September 2009 - £11000 owed, its gonna be hard going[/STRIKE]!:T

[STRIKE]Halifax - £500[/STRIKE] :T
[STRIKE]Halifax - £2500[/STRIKE] :T
Halifax - [STRIKE]£8000[/STRIKE]. £4000 as of March 2014

Comments

  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Rampant Recycler
    Free/impartial debt advice: National Debtline | StepChange Debt Charity | Find your local CAB

    IVA & fee charging DMP companies: Profits from misery, motivated ONLY by greed
  • GeorgeUK
    GeorgeUK Posts: 7,737 Forumite
    The Loan Company
    Company House,
    Church Street,
    Newtown,
    Kent,
    R1 7HG

    Dear Sir/Madam

    Re Account No/Reference No:- 4563210025897412

    Since making that above agreement with you, our circumstances have changed.
    We cannot now afford to agreed monthly payments because ... [your paragraph added here]

    We enclose a Personal Budget sheet which shows our total income from all sources, and the total outgoings of our household. As you can see we have no money left to make offers of payment to my creditors.

    In view of our circumstances, would you please accept no payment at present to be reviewed in six months. If interest or other charges are being added to the account, we would be grateful if you would freeze these so our
    debt does not increase.

    Should my circumstances improve we will contact you again.
    Thank you for your assistance. We look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.

    Yours faithfully
    Mr A N Other

    Taken from the dropdown box at bottom of national debtline page (sample letters)
    http://www.nationaldebtline.co.uk/england_wales/debt_advice.php#6
    After falling off the gambling wagon (twice): £33,600 (24,000+ 9,600) - Original CC Debt: £7,885.91

    Dad Gift 6k ¦ Savings & Inv Tst: £2,500
    Loan 10k: £0 ¦ Dad 5.5k: £2,270 ¦ LTSB: £0 ¦ RBS: £0 ¦ Virgin £0 ¦ Egg £0

    Total Owed: £2,270 (+6k) 11/08/2011
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 352.5K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.7K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 454.5K Spending & Discounts
  • 245.5K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 601.4K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.6K Life & Family
  • 259.4K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.