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Natwest say they haven't recieved my financial statement.......

Hi, I have been trying to claim back bank charges from natwest and recently sent tham my financial statement form and copies of wage slips etc. but on friday i got a letter saying they haven't recieved it and that my time has run out to claim. There is a number at the top of the letter but I can't phone them as my phone line has been cut off.
I tried phoning them on my mobile but they have a long winded speech about the test case and how they won and before I had even got through all that my credit ran out. There's no email address and now I don't know what to do.
I have copies of what I sent but is there any point in me sending it all again? How do I know they haven't recieved it or this is just another way out for them?

Thanks
Sarah

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  • Smasher
    Smasher Posts: 440 Forumite
    Did you send it recorded delivery?

    Your time has not run out to claim, that's nonsense. Is that exactly what they said?
  • sarah7610
    sarah7610 Posts: 148 Forumite
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    edited 11 January 2010 at 5:58PM
    Well, it actually says.....As we have not recieved your completed customer financial statement we have assumed that you no longer wish to be considered for financial hardship and have updated our records accordingly. Then they waffle on about the test case.

    I sent it normal first class as i didn't have enough money on me to send it recorded
  • Alpine_Star
    Alpine_Star Posts: 1,384 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    It is not untypical for banks to mislay financial statements in this situation.

    I would write back and assure them that you sent it, express your surprise and disappointment that they decided you no longer wished to be considered for financial hardship based purely on their own assumption without asking for confirmation first and that you would expect them to accept another financial statement.
  • Premier_2
    Premier_2 Posts: 15,141 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    sarah7610 wrote: »
    ...I sent it normal first class as i didn't have enough money on me to send it recorded
    How about a certificate of posting? That's free from the PO.

    If you did, you can claim from RM for the undelivered mail, and the compensation you get back will more than cover the cost of another stamp plus the RD charge :)
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  • Thanks for the replies, I will write to them aswell as sending copies of the statement and other paperwork.
    Sarah
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