Barclays Bank (merged)

elainelastik

hello
i'm claiming £3068 from barclays (this includes interest. its £2460 without) got a letter today offering £1845 as a gesture of goodwill & a full & final offer. this will be credited to my account within 14-28 days if i accept. as a full time single parent very skint student i'm so tempted to take this offer. i really dont know what to do. i sent the second letter to them yesterday giving them 14 days to settle in full before i go to court. do i take the offer and run or carry on? how long does it take if i take things further?
thanks for your help
elaine

LozBingley

elainelastik wrote: »

hello
i'm claiming £3068 from barclays (this includes interest. its £2460 without) got a letter today offering £1845 as a gesture of goodwill & a full & final offer. this will be credited to my account within 14-28 days if i accept. as a full time single parent very skint student i'm so tempted to take this offer. i really dont know what to do. i sent the second letter to them yesterday giving them 14 days to settle in full before i go to court. do i take the offer and run or carry on? how long does it take if i take things further?
thanks for your help
elaine

Reject this offer and they will give you more! Tell them how much it will cost if you have to take it to court, they will soon increase their offer

see my letter and statement (you can all copy)
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=5711043&postcount=1123

MartialArtMan

You will get more but it takes forever! I was made an offer in March which I tried to negotiate to get a bit more but to no avail, so I rejected it and proceeded with court action. However being completely skint and on the redline every month I'm starting to wish I had accepted that offer.....

So bare in mind if you pursue the court route to get it all you're in for the long haul with a certain amount of extra stress added.

Just some food for thought....

Smileysunflower

neillyb wrote: »

Hi there,
I hope this thread includes Barclaycard (apologies if it dosnt).
I sent off letter asking for £1500 including interest and got a letter back saying they were going to credit my account with £459. If I continue with my claim can or will they take this back
Any advice Pease
Thanks

They shouldn't, but what Barclaycard WILL do is reduce your credit limit quite substantially ..........

katiekittykat

i am still waiting for my statements to arrive, they haven't even acknowledged my request yet.

Debbie1969

Is it better to write to them, at least this way you have proof for the court to show you are trying to settle. Or doesn't it really matter?

ShowMeThe££

Hi folks, decided to register with the site to see if I could get some advice, I like most on here I guess am in the middle of trying to claim, my claim is £2,093.00 from Barclays, they offered me £1,145.00 as a "Good Will Gesture" and have said that this offer is final and non-negotiable. I recieved this offer a week ago and have been deciding weather to Deal or No Deal. What would you do......or is that a silly question?

Thanks SMT£:beer:

mariahussain

Hi i have made a claim against barclays for £1566.77, i received a letter from them offering £990.00 as a goodwill gesture. I wish to reject this offer. Can anyone help me or give me a template letter rejecting this offer. Many thanks

hennups

Hi

I just phoned Robert, the guy in cahrge of my case at litigation, and he says they're not going to settle but instead proceed with the hearing. It's a Directions Hearing. I'm incredibly nervous!

I have to change the court date cos it's during my honeymoon mind you!

Is there still a chance they will settle before the actual date or is the hearing likely?

:rolleyes: What do I need to prepare for a directions hearing?

Do I need to send anything to them now?

What are my overall chances do you reckon?!!

missy13

mariahussain wrote: »

Hi i have made a claim against barclays for £1566.77, i received a letter from them offering £990.00 as a goodwill gesture. I wish to reject this offer. Can anyone help me or give me a template letter rejecting this offer. Many thanks

I had a similar letter today. I rang the number on the letter to try and negotiate the figure and was told that it is non-negotiable but I could take it to the financial ombudsman. I was given the FO's tel number of 0845 0801 800. When I rang I spoke to a nice lady who said Barclays could/should have negotiated but she took down my details and said that she would send me a form to sign and return and she would take it on and deal with them. It may be worth giving this a try? I'm not sure if anyone else has done the same as me and if so how far they got or what happened next - I can't see anything on any of the other threads?