dro update

strawberryfields

well i rang baines and ernest this morning to tell them that i had paid the money and the send the info off there and then, so fingers crossed it will be granted, thanks to godiva who pointed me in their direction

DON79

are you doing your DRO through Baines and Ernst then? If so good luck with it and hope it goes through smoothly for you.

elfieb

DON79 wrote: »

are you doing your DRO through Baines and Ernst then? If so good luck with it and hope it goes through smoothly for you.

Baines and Ernst are a useful way of getting a DRO through without having to wait in a long queue.
NDL are currently peaking a 6 weeks for an appointment with an intermediary!!

strawberryfields

yes i am going with baines and ernest becuase there was no waiting, my creditors are already getting restless and i wanted to done with, besides the quicker i got it the sooner the year starts!!

DON79

strawberryfields wrote: »

yes i am going with baines and ernest becuase there was no waiting, my creditors are already getting restless and i wanted to done with, besides the quicker i got it the sooner the year starts!!

I just didn't realise that they had moved on from the standard dmp arrangement side of things! I agree - sooner it starts then sooner it is over with! Best of luck with it.

Donna

tigerfeet2006

Don, it's quite a cunning wheeze actually. Get all your proper advice from the CAB/CCCS/NDL and then when you are ready, go through B&E as they have no waiting list . Wonder if they would recomend a DRO if you hadn't taken the advice from some one else in the first place, or am I just cynical

DON79

Well to be honest, my only dealings with Baines and Ernst where when they had not long started off doing dmp's for people and they would write to where I used to work with financial stmt's etc - but it was a bit of a nightmare back then having to deal with them. Hopefully they are much better now though. I doubt if you haven't already taken advice regarding DRO whether they would recommend one, there's money to be made from dmp's after all. :rolleyes: see, I am cynical too!

blind-as-a-bat_2

if i understand it correctly they get the 90 quid for each DRO, for doing not a lot to be honest, i have a feeling they may not spend as much time on them as the debt charities do, plus as has been said they may convert a DRO to something more profitable on the odd ocasion, but either way they make money;)

tigerfeet2006

I must admit I would never usually touch them with a 100ft barge pole and was extremely shocked when I heard they were signed up my first thought was I wonder how many would be suitable and them not tell about it.:rolleyes:

But love this wheeze as they don't get anything for it

elfieb

blind-as-a-bat wrote: »

if i understand it correctly they get the 90 quid for each DRO, for doing not a lot to be honest, i have a feeling they may not spend as much time on them as the debt charities do, plus as has been said they may convert a DRO to something more profitable on the odd ocasion, but either way they make money;)

As far as I know, the intermediaries only recieve £10 from the original £90

blind-as-a-bat_2

elfieb wrote: »

As far as I know, the intermediaries only recieve £10 from the original £90

I think debt docter said they got it all, but i could be wrong, it was a while ago, and the old memory aint what it used to be:o