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Loan company saying I made an over-payment?!

gracesmummy08
gracesmummy08 Posts: 20 Forumite
Hiya.

I have a loan with santander and recieved a letter today to say that I have made an over-payment of £5.5k and they would refund it :eek:

I called to find out where it came from and they were VERY quick to get me off the phone and said thier admin team will look into it and write to me. So looks like they now don't want to pay it hehe.

Anyone experienced this?

Thank you

From a Newbie

Comments

  • jonesMUFCforever
    jonesMUFCforever Posts: 28,898 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Probably realised that someone has made an error.
    Well done for alerting them.
  • duggie1982
    duggie1982 Posts: 717 Forumite
    I would have let them refund it!

    Probably come back and bite me in the !!!! though lol
  • Judith_W
    Judith_W Posts: 754 Forumite
    Hold onto that letter!!! I have no idea if the case but there may be a chance they have to honour it/ agree to lower your final outstanding debt...
  • Judith_W wrote: »
    Hold onto that letter!!! I have no idea if the case but there may be a chance they have to honour it/ agree to lower your final outstanding debt...

    and that chance is 0. Obviously an error
    Thinking critically since 1996....
  • husemin
    husemin Posts: 80 Forumite
    I would not of told them, Imagin the intrest on that amount if you transfered it to a good savings account. And if they say we made a mistake we want it back, then thats fine.

    H
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