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Persistent debts built up, 0% periods ending on cards mean its unaffordable - DMP
Good evening folks, I did post in the DMP thread but figured this is possibly worth having my own thread for, so here goes. This month is when I finally stepped back and took stock of my financial situation. Total unsecured debt is circa 70k across a couple of loans and numerous credit cards. I've been managing fine until…
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Broadband provider final bill sent to collection agency
Hi all, Need some advice on how best to proceed with a outstanding balance with my previous broadband provider being sent to a collection agency. I have several defaulted credit card balances split across 3 or 4 debt collection agencies. I’m a resident in Scotland and they are all due to become prescribed within the next 6…
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Improved situation but still unstable income — best next steps? Self-managed DMP?
Hi everyone, I posted about six months ago after being been made redundant and my debt was mounting up quickly. At that point I was in a really difficult position, pretty much having to choose between paying debts or keeping a roof over my head, so I stopped paying most of my creditors. I did continue paying a few of the…
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Some advice on debt management and secured loan
Hi all, hope this is the correct place to post. I am looking for some advice on what to do before making a decision. I work as a self employed handyman and have had a tumultuous few years. I lost my mum in 2020 and was left with some inheritance that I didn’t really use wisely, I then sold my house in London which again…
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Advice and help with £28k debts
Hello all. Long time lurker here. I've read and taken in a lot of advice from all you lovely people and have finally decided to admit to myself I need help and advice. To cut a long story short; I've had some form of debt since the age of 18 when banks threw credit around for fun (40 now, time flies). 2009 moved in with ex…
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Bereaved, and now debt collector has written.
I hope this is the best forum for this question. I'm an ex debt free wannabe under a different username who is now debt free. Or i was... My partner died last year, I was the executor of his will and there wasn't even enough to cover his funeral costs. He wasn't named on the deeds and had no savings or anything. He had…
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Which one do I do?
I would appreciate some help. Background In 2007 (or it might have been the year before) I got a credit card with M&S.To try to help with my debts that were starting to build, in 2008 I applied for a credit card with Halifax and they sent a card and then another card days later. I don't recall asking for a second card but…
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Quick advise please
Looking for help from someone more knowledgeable than myself on behalf of my daughter She bought a flat 18 months ago with a deposit gifted from us and a sub prime mortgage as she has a debt management plan in place (unfortunately via a paid company) The mortgage is due to be re-negotiated in 6 month and although the DMP…
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Credit card transfer
I currently have an M&S credit card with a £5,500 balance that I am paying interest on. I would ideally like to do a 0% balance transfer so all payment paying down balance. Even though I have a high credit score I currently am not working as a carer for my son receiving carers allowance/UC. So thought that it may be better…
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Awkward: Advice please
Morning all 2.5yrs ago our only car was written off in an accident that wasn't our fault. We got the value of the car, £3000. As we needed a reliable family car, we looked at a car loan to boost the funds. My parents offered ( I never asked) to lend us £10,000, with no time scale to pay them back. We set up a (we thought)…
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Mortimer Clark / Ratesetter
I was wondering if anyone else has had the above lovely combination? I found this one interesting as Ratesetter got bought by Metro during all this and I often wonder how likely it is to get paperwork. Cabot have been quite quick to go for CCJ route, makes me think actually there is no paperwork for them and are trying it…
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CCA request
Hi everyone, I posted a few months back regarding making full and final settlement offers on some of my debts and received the advice from members here to send CCA requests to my creditors first to check whether the debts are actually enforceable. I’ve now had a couple of replies back. The responses mostly included…
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Sleepless in Liverpool - worried about debt
Hi folks, I am a bit embarrassed by the situation I have got myself into, and whilst I see from the forum there are other people with much more larger debts than me, it is keeping me awake at night and causing a lot of anxiety for me. So, I am a single guy who lives in a three-bedroom house on the outskirts of Liverpool. I…
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Concerns over creditor contact
This discussion was created from comments split from: DMP mutual support thread part 13 !!.
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CC Debt Existing Mortgage
Hi All Would just like to ask a question. I have a number of credit card debts, yet to default on any but payments becoming unmanageable and thinking about a dmp. After reading lot of the advice on here I understand it is best to default first before setting up any payment arrangements. I am worried as I have an existing…
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Please help £75k debt!
Hello everyone, I found this forum and have been reading different stories the last couple of weeks because find myself at breaking point, 35/M I have a history of gambling addiction which is the root cause and for the first time in my life ( it has been approx 2 months where i feel in control of it and honest with it to…
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Partners debt and spending issue
Hi all, I am really just looking for some advice on how to address this situation. me and partner live together, but are not married and share no assets (as such) or children. we both have some debt, the difference is that mine is somewhat out in the open. I have a loan which was got for a car and some home improvements…
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£75k debt. Where to start?
I have ended up in a difficult situation. £71000 in debt across 8 credit cards, three loans, overdraft and store cards, PayPal etc. I was just about managing to get by until I was hit with £4500 HMRC bill and emergency tax code that swiped £1000 from my income until April. I can post this all again with the SOA but…
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Car PCP, Bereavement and an Ombudsman's failure?
Hi all. First‑time poster here, and sorry this is long. I need help from somewhere because I’m completely lost with a situation involving a car finance PCP, a bereavement, probate, and what I believe is a very flawed Financial Ombudsman decision. I’ve tried to summarise the story as clearly as possible. Background My…
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Help with Statute barred (Lowell)
I had 2 credit cards in 2015, one was Vanquis and the other Capital One, both were low limits, I was in a secure job and things were fine. in 2018/19 I lost a family member, my job and things got really bad and I had to move house then COVID etc… I couldn't afford the balances on either and to be honest forgot about them.…
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