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Omg they bare face lied to you! Unbelievable.
yes 20% isn’t great but I thought in my position as a first offer from them and them being notoriously tight it wasn’t a bad start For link. Counter offered £2800 and said I have a week etc0 -
Halfwaythere said:Got a response from Link re my settlement offer of approx £2090 for £8152 and offered me
£6,525.32
20% discount
Can you afford to suggest you meet them at 40%? I mean 40p in the £0 -
fatbelly said:Halfwaythere said:Got a response from Link re my settlement offer of approx £2090 for £8152 and offered me
£6,525.32
20% discount
Can you afford to suggest you meet them at 40%? I mean 40p in the £0 -
Update I offered £2800 and link responded with a 25% discount. 5% improvement. Told them I can’t pay above £3000 and have been advised to apply for a DRO1
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Hi ,
Looking for some advice. I just spoke to Cabot to see if I could get a F&F amount. And the best she said they could do was 30%, has anyone had anything lower? Ideally I would like a 70% discount, am I dreaming?
I have 3 accounts with them
£3737
£419
£1374
Total £5530
All defaulted late 2015 early 2016. I am paying them through Stepchange at the moment. She said the 30% would never change. only that the amount would go down the further along my dmp goes through. My partner has some funds he would gift me. but it wasn't as high as the £3871 she was offering.
Thank you kindly.
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kelslayer said:Hi ,
Looking for some advice. I just spoke to Cabot to see if I could get a F&F amount. And the best she said they could do was 30%, has anyone had anything lower? Ideally I would like a 70% discount, am I dreaming?
I have 3 accounts with them
£3737
£419
£1374
Total £5530
All defaulted late 2015 early 2016. I am paying them through Stepchange at the moment. She said the 30% would never change. only that the amount would go down the further along my dmp goes through. My partner has some funds he would gift me. but it wasn't as high as the £3871 she was offering.
Thank you kindly.
Probably just a case of waiting for you, currently.1 -
bennyhill_2 said:kelslayer said:Hi ,
Looking for some advice. I just spoke to Cabot to see if I could get a F&F amount. And the best she said they could do was 30%, has anyone had anything lower? Ideally I would like a 70% discount, am I dreaming?
I have 3 accounts with them
£3737
£419
£1374
Total £5530
All defaulted late 2015 early 2016. I am paying them through Stepchange at the moment. She said the 30% would never change. only that the amount would go down the further along my dmp goes through. My partner has some funds he would gift me. but it wasn't as high as the £3871 she was offering.
Thank you kindly.
Probably just a case of waiting for you, currently.
should i reduce my dmp so they arent getting so much?0 -
I am doing this exercise at the moment, Cabot have offered 50%, Lowell agreed 70% on a small balance, and I havent heard from the others yet. I am doing this personally not via stepchange. From my conversation so far it would appear that some are holding out for higher settlement sums if you have so far paying regularly.
I have decided that if they dont accept my 25 \ 30% offers I will pay a £1 a month via stepchange and hope that next year they realise on that basis it will take years to clear and accept a lump sum
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I owe RBS £270. Their collectors, Robinson Way, emailed me a settlement offer for £175. I counter offered £135 but before they will consider it they want to know everything, like all my other debts, what I'm paying to them etc, and where the money is coming from to pay the settlement.
Is this right? they were happy take £175 no questions asked but now they want know everything because I counter offered.0 -
I'd probably give them some answers - not necessarily true ones.1
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