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High credit card utilisation following house build
Ok, long story short, for the last 18 months or so my wife and I have been building our new home from scratch. Architecturally speaking, it’s not quite at the level of your average episode of Grand Designs, but just as those episodes typically play out, the project has been fraught with unexpected issues - and costs. Due…
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Old Debt and Credit File?
A Credit Card was defaulted (i.e. I started to offer less than the statutory payment) back in 2014. I have made regular payments since then directly to the Credit Card company. They have now sold it on to a DCA. I am happy to shift the payments to the DCA or make an offer to settle, but, as I am concerned that they may…
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Should I re[ay defaulted credit card debt from 12+ years ago
Hi...due to my own stupidity i racked up around £15k in credit card debts around 2010 with no way of paying back. I ofc defaulted on repayments and spoke to Step Change who suggested making a token payment per month. The debt has been moved to various companies over the years and is now with Lowell. I have been paying £1 a…
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Ongoing default
Hello, My husband had an Argos card back in 2015, he purchased some furniture for our new house on a buy now pay later then obviously (and stupidly) forgot about the pay later part. He isn't very tech savvy and never thinks to check emails. It wasn't intentional to miss the payments but stupid none the less. In Feb 2019…
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Capquest and Opos
I have received a random letter today saying that Capquest have taken over a debt owed to Shop Direct Finance Company Limited and that the account is being managed by Opos Ltd. I haven’t taken out a credit agreement in over a quarter of a century. Opos stated on the phone that they couldn’t find my “account” and the…
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Purchased from an online shop that is a scam site how to protect from ID and credit fraud.
I purchased an item from an online shop that now appears to be a scam site. I have contacted my credit card and reported to Action Fraud. As the store/people have all my information how do I go about protecting myself from identity and credit fraud?
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Indigo Michael
Hi I have had an issue with indigo Michael and my credit report showing an increase in credit to 3.5k I don't know anything about this and need to know how to sort it...I am working so hard to get my credit score up and this is going to destroy my hard work ... please can you advise on what I need to do. I can see other…
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Credit reports & linked addresses
So I thought I had gone through my credit reports (statutory) correctly - on a number of occasions - but I have gone through them again with a fine toothed comb and it appears that there are still some minor data inaccuracies. *a word of warning* - if you are going through your credit files (all 3 cra's) ahead of an…
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Credit score - 6 years after bankruptcy
Good Morning, my bankruptcy from 2017 is due to be deleted from my file in less than a week. There have been no further failed payments or negative impacts on my file. How much should I expect my credit score to increase once this is removed? I know this isn’t exact as there are other factors impacting my score, however…
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Fraud and loans
It came to my attention today that scammers have got hold of my name , address, date of birth and email address + phone numbers. Utility supplier alerted me they tried to verbally gain access to my DD details and failed. Then mobile phone provider sent me a text and email to say they had tried to verbally access my account…
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Default Dispute
Hi, I have a long story so I'll condense it as much as possible. I had a BT account which I closed in 2021 when I moved out of a house. They requested the return of the wifi and TV boxes which I did. I then got a letter saying I hadn't returned a Smart Hub 2 and there was a £50 charge. I phoned them and they said I had…
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Not sure how to explain
I took a look on my credit report today, I noticed something odd on my file, my three account report says £-8, every other month it £0 should I worry?
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Registering as Sole Trader to Pay Non-Domestic Bill??
I've rented a workshop on a farm for the last ten years with a friend, the rates have been in my name and electricity bill in his. This is purely as part of a hobby and not used for business in any way, I have a full time PAYE job. Now my friend is moving out so the electricity bill will go into my name, but SSE tell me…
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Renting a flat with defaults on credit file
Hi all, really hope someone can help. I’m trying to get up-to-date advice on the impact of defaults/payment arrangement markers on passing a credit check to rent a flat. This subject has been discussed on here before but not very recently, and I think things may have changed… I know that it’s always previously been the…
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CCJ for incorrect party
Hi, Me and my partner are both first time buyers. When checking our credit report it came up that my boyfriend has a CCJ. I have paid to look at the CCJ on the registry and it's incorrect. In short my boyfriend was owed money from wages which were not paid. He took the company to court and won! They paid the full amount a…
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Credit card company not updating credit record
Hi, One of my credit card companies stopped updating credit reference agencies with my card balance in June. As there is a relatively large balance of 3K showing against the card from that time it is affecting my credit rating as it looks like it's still owing and so there's a high utilisation of my available credit. I pay…
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Default reported twice
Hi, hoping can shed some light on this. Won’t go into the ins and outs but unfortunately had an old overdraft default and this debt was bought by a debt management company. Dealt with promptly and now paid off. The default is reported twice on my credit report- once by the bank and then by the debt management company. I’ve…
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Experian Credit Lock blocked genuine credit check
So I'm annoyed with myself, having applied for a new current account and remembered that I had used the Experian "credit lock" facility just as I hit the final submit on the bank website. The hard credit check failed due to this, and now I'm not sure of the consequences or what I can do. The website said they need to do…
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Being taken to court by BWLegal
We have had several letters from a company called BW Legal over an apparent thames water bill they have seemingly brought. The only issue that the address of supply on the bill is not an address we have ever lived at (though we did once live on that street it was a completely different number) the date of supply is also a…
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Cifas marker from tenant referencing
Hi all, I have a question about a Cifas marker I have been made aware of, its validity, and my recourse options. Last year my lease was up and I had to search for a new place. This is in London so the options are not always the best and the process not the smoothest with availability etc. I found a place I would have liked…