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Settled Debt or Sold Debt?
Hi, I started a DMP earlier this year, and I've just noticed that one of the Loans I had has gone from my Credit report.If I check Closed accounts, it's showing there as settled.Does this mean it's been sold on? Because I have had no contact from either the Bank that the Loan was with, or whoever has bought it, and there…
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Full and Final offer
Hello, I'm looking advice again. Most of my debts have fallen off my credit file, they have been sold on several times and I'm paying low monthly amounts. I would like to clear them over the next 2-3 years and have begun offering !!!!!!. My first reply is from Westcot. This debt is due to fall off my file in August, £1500…
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+6 Year Debt (actual 13 years) - started receiving demands from NEW COMPANY?
I had alot of debt, from various banks and credit cards around 2002, and I lost a job around 2006 and stopped paying the debts, 6 years quickly passed and I moved address After around 2012 I never got any debt letters But this last few weeks I got one from from a company called VERIFY, which is for just under 2000£ - its…
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Statute barred enquiry letter
Hi. I received a hand-delivered letter from a debt collector chasing an old debt which may or may not be over the 6-year statute-barring threshold. I think it should be over six years but cannot be certain, and have not communicated with them. However, if I were to send them a Without Prejudice letter asking for proof of…
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Lovetts letter of claim
Hi, could someone please advise me on this one? My partner received this letter from Lovetts solicitors as apparently HR at his previous company he worked for made a mistake in the final calculation of his pay before he left and now he owes them money. He's left 6 months ago and the first email from the HR was received 2…
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Debt and moving abroad
Hello, I’m sorry if this is the wrong board but, I couldn’t see a better match. I have a pretty unique and unfortunate circumstance and I’m just looking for advice to navigate what to do. My debt is: Loan 1: £9500~Loan 2: £3400~Loan 3: £6800~ CC1: £5600~ CC2: £6000~ Mobile: £260 PM (1 month left) Savings: £27,000 Up to…
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I need help with credit card debt while living abroad
After spending the last 6 years of my life in England, I relocated back home to Romania around 6 months ago. I have a few credit card debts totaling £11.5k, largest one of which is £6k and the other under £3k and 2.5k respectively, which i continued paying even after i left the country, but I have recently stopped my DD,…
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Living abroad with overwhelming UK debt
I'm not sure my best course of action? We moved to Bulgaria two and a half years ago when my job finished in the UK. We'd previously bought a cheap house (£7000) in Bulgaria with the intention of retiring there. I'm now 60, so a few years off yet. We didn't have a house in the UK as I was a farmer manager and we lived in a…
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Merged: Provit Letter with minimal details
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Credit Style - How to Handle
Hello all - I’ve had a series of texts from Credit Style asking me to call them to discuss an unknown debt. I can’t think what this debt could possibly be. Googling suggests this is likely to relate to either energy or a parking charge. I still have access to all my energy accounts going back seven years and can see no…
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What’s the best strategy to pay off high‑interest credit card debt?
Hi All, I'm xxxxxxxxxx, based in Geneva, Switzerland (Swiss) . Can anyone explain what is the best strategy is to pay off high-interest credit card debt? Thanks in Advance! xxxxxxxxxx Geneva , Switzerland edited to remove name.
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Be aware of mistakes when on a DMP and don't give up resolving a mistake
A long thread - sorry,but if I can help one person in this situation, I will be grateful. We finished our DMP in just under 4 years. It was hard to clear £10K of debt, but we did it. We used Step Change and they were fabulous in supporting us, but they did make one mistake that made it incredibly difficult to resolve - it…
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Link Financial offering £100 compensation after complaint - would there be any issue claiming this?
I complained to Link Financial, citing FSA guidelines, after they were sending me letters and emails that didn't make clear that a debt was unenforceable. They upheld my complaint and also said they would offer £100 in compensation if I contacted them to arrange this. I am wondering, if, were I to contact them (by email)…
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Payplan and clearing debts
Hi, I am currently in a DMP (balance around 30k) with Payplan, I have an investment maturing next February which I will use to clear the debts which Payplan are aware off, I am receiving default notices in the post. I am best to continue paying the full payment to next February and get Payplan to see if they can negotate…
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Intrum reporting to credit file
I have an old Lendable account which is held by Intrum it receives payments every month from my DMP. In 2023 I won an appeal for unaffordable lending with the FCA and as part of the finding it was instructed that all adverse markers should be removed from my credit file. This was done but in the last couple of days I have…
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Can I remortgage to pay debt
Evening all. Joint mortgage with husband, Halifax. I owe 39k over credit cards and unsecured loans. The amount is not going down at all! Over the past few years it creaps up. I had to change my job and reduce hours due to personal circumstances. Excellent credit score, no missed payments but paying minimum and constantly…
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Aged 50, in debt and unsure
I need to drastically take control of my finances. My partner and I have completely separate financial arrangements and commitments. I am not on the mortgage nor do I pay for any household bills apart from food shopping. I pay my own mobile phone bill, car tax, car insurance, fuel. I have always just earnt enough money to…
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Large amount of debt and don’t know what to do
I want to post this to get some advice. I currently have about 45,000 pounds in overdraft and credit card debt. I have swapped the credit cards to zero percent. I have tried to pay back some of the overdraft money but the bank won’t pause the interest charges so I face 140 a month on one account charges and several hundred…
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Joint Council tax debt after separation.
Hoping someone is able to give me some advice. My daughter has just come out of a relationship which only now we are getting news wasn’t great. They both rented a property for two years. While they both worked his credit wasn’t good so most of the bills were in her name. The only ones that were not were the water, rent and…
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