Iqor - Ebay - Debt Recovery

soolin

Try these threads :

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2817968

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1909757

BigCraigJohn

I promise if you go to ebay and login there will still be a link to pay by debit/credit card, might be hard to find and they will tell you to go to iqor. As for iqor adding there charges, they can stick them where the sun don't shine. And I'm sure any judge would tell them the same. I imagine any eBay or paypal debt would be extremely unenforceable and they'd be wasting there time by even thinking of it.

soolin

BigCraigJohn wrote: »

I promise if you go to ebay and login there will still be a link to pay by debit/credit card, might be hard to find and they will tell you to go to iqor. As for iqor adding there charges, they can stick them where the sun don't shine. And I'm sure any judge would tell them the same. I imagine any eBay or paypal debt would be extremely unenforceable and they'd be wasting there time by even thinking of it.

As I mentioned above I am no expert in this field. However why would a legitimate debt as a result from not paying ebay selling fees be unenforceable?

BigCraigJohn

That's not the issue, although a lot of paypal debts arise where people have had chargebacks made against them after sending the items, this in my eyes would be up to paypal to make sure this doesn't happen and if it does then they should not go after the seller.
But if iqor turned up with a £900 claim and you being the defendant had tried to pay the original debt of £33 but the claimant had been completely obstructive in allowing you to pay them surely only 1 party would look a fool.

I know someone who paid iqor £35 fees because they said he had to or they would take him to court despite him already paying bay directly. A mug a know but they scared him into paying, ofcourse this was done on the phone.

soolin

BigCraigJohn wrote: »

That's not the issue, although a lot of paypal debts arise where people have had chargebacks made against them after sending the items, this in my eyes would be up to paypal to make sure this doesn't happen and if it does then they should not go after the seller.
But if iqor turned up with a £900 claim and you being the defendant had tried to pay the original debt of £33 but the claimant had been completely obstructive in allowing you to pay them surely only 1 party would look a fool.

I know someone who paid iqor £35 fees because they said he had to or they would take him to court despite him already paying bay directly. A mug a know but they scared him into paying, ofcourse this was done on the phone.

This is an ebay claim and whilst OP has been urged to pay ebay direct to avoid this dragging on it would appear from their posts that they are unable to pay ebay even the original £33 debt.

I believe, from my limited knowledge, that paying ebay direct now would mean that this would not go any further and if it did then OP would be in a very strong position to persuade any court that there was no debt to answer. However I queried your statement:

I imagine any eBay or paypal debt would be extremely unenforceable and they'd be wasting there time by even thinking of it.

AS that was posted after OP stated they were not in a position to pay ebay and i wondered if you had seen another reason why, even if oP did not pay, that a court would throw out the debt.

As for paypal debts, which is not the issue here, they can be defended and won easily as long as seller complied with the terms and conditions. If it has got to the stage where debt collectors are involved it would suggest that a seller had not followed correct procedures and had ignored a debt.

BigCraigJohn

I don't think the genuine fees would be unenforceable just any extra fees that a dca added. Although i read on another known forum that an ebay debt has never been to court.
I just don't like the way that iqor treat a £30 debt the same as they would a £20k. Don't know if you've ever spoken to iqor but these people are pigs. Of the dcas I've ever dealt with I found these the rudest.

I am biased as I'm not a fan of iqor, ebay or paypal.

soolin

BigCraigJohn wrote: »

I don't think the genuine fees would be unenforceable just any extra fees that a dca added. Although i read on another known forum that an ebay debt has never been to court.
I just don't like the way that iqor treat a £30 debt the same as they would a £20k. Don't know if you've ever spoken to iqor but these people are pigs. Of the dcas I've ever dealt with I found these the rudest.

I am biased as I'm not a fan of iqor, ebay or paypal.

Iqor have had problems in the past for their scare tactics and although I don't have a link they have been fined for exceeding the rules (I'm not sure that is the correct term). However ebay debts have been to court although as they tend to be fairly small most people tend to just pay them off before they get that far.

For the sake of £33 I would continue to urge the oP to just pay this via ebay itself and see what happens. I do have concerns that levaing it to fester will make it worse as happened in the first thread i posted above.

ashy7

Hi,

I have a similar problem to the OP. I was late in paying my ebay fees of £42 (no excuses, my fault). I finally paid 2 weeks ago (Jan 6th), directly through eBay. My account has been reactivated and I am free to use it again.

However, I received a letter from Iqor yesterday (dated the 4th of January), stating that I owe eBay £50. It appears that they have added on £8 of fees to the debt, even though the debt does not exist anymore. They gave the usual 'you have 72 hours to pay' rubbish.

My question is, now that I have already paid the debt to eBay before receiving this letter, what is the best course of action to take. I would rather not contact Iqor directly, but would it be best to reply to their letter, or should I ignore it?

Will I be liable to pay their £8 charge, even if I have already settled the debt with eBay? Any help would be great, as it is actually a bit worrying, even though it probably shouldn't be!

Cheers