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marsie_2

i thought about going to tv station, 1 just a mile away, wonder if i can just stroll in, can we be sacked for doing so, do we have any rights...

Scoobyagent

Maybe we can on an individual basis all go in or phone up . Tell them our situation,how we are all frightened for our jobs,see if they will help us.Got to be a good headline.

SnowTiger

wayne2786 wrote: »

if you would like, why dont you come round and i will make you a cuppa, you clearly think you must know everything about me and my situation a while ago? i can assure you that you would be wrong.

oh hold on, you must be one of those keyboard warriors who sit at home and think they know everything, if you know so much please tell me the lotto numbers.

Okay, PM me if you'd like to meet up. Perhaps I'll be able to show you how to manage your money over a cup of tea, although I'm more of a coffee person.

SnowTiger

Scoobyagent wrote: »

Just a thougt , can we not go to our t.v stations,?????????????

To be honest, I'd be surprised if the press were very interested. And even if it were, I can't see the masses getting enraged about it and calling for action.

Best bet is for one agent to go through the court system with a test case to determine whether or not the fines are fair and reasonable and, perhaps to determine what the employment status of agents really is. Are they (part time) employees or self employed? I suspect Provident would be reluctant to have that last issue settled by a court.

An alternative is direct action, but that would need a lot of organisation and it may carry some risk. But, if you could pull together and, perhaps, refuse to collect payments for a week or two Provident would probably sit up and take note.

SnowTiger

marsie wrote: »

yes you still get fined for part payments, i was 96p short from one customer, lost £10, i would like to know where all our money is going,

Must be tempting to make it up out of your own pocket. Perhaps that's what Provident wants?

teamspirit

SnowTiger wrote: »

Must be tempting to make it up out of your own pocket. Perhaps that's what Provident wants?

yes probably, then they've got yet another reason to get rid of you, if its not written in the customers book.....mmmmm

bret

empowerthepeople wrote: »

Wayne.....Wayne....Wayne....Wayne.....Wayne.....
A word to the wise OK!
The vast majority of agents have been Provident customers in the past.
This is why the agent has every sympathy and empathy for their customers because they have been there themselves.
An agent doesn't want to give you a loan that you will not be able to continue with the repayments because the agent will not make any commission from you consequently it's non productive isn't it?
The reason the agents are grieved is that if you as a customer can no longer afford to repay your loan regularly, then the agent is being fined out of their commission (wages) for your failure to keep up your payments.
Because agents are technically self employed, something which needs to be confirmed by HMRC, agents have no legal representative or body to confront the employer (Provident) with any issues or grievances, consequently agents are afraid to complain through fear of losing their jobs and in this economic climate with mortgages and families depending on wages agents are attempting to come together to confront the Provident so that a mutual conclusion can be attained.
No one is on here complaining about individual customers infact on the contrary, customers have been very supportive to their agents who incidentally are also friends.

OMG im so glad wayne isn't one of my customers we wouldn't get on at all mate, get a life.:p

prov

To be honest all this is totally pointless. No one is willing to stand up and organise some kind of action. Do you really think provident will start sacking agents after all the bad publicity they have had recently? That would look good in the mirror wouldnt it?

Someone needs to start organising something and we all need to put our names to it. To be fair to provident for all they know we could be a load of shoppacheck staff on a wind up, on here they have no idea who is posting on here and that is the excuse they will use for ignoring all the comments here.

After 37 pages of complaints i think it time to either put up or shut up

bashtheagents

Wait until Shopacheck start charging agents for all Cattles mis-sold insurance protection :rotfl:

How did the demo go at the shareholders meeting ?

shaftedbyprovi

bashtheagents wrote: »

Wait until Shopacheck start charging agents for all Cattles mis-sold insurance protection :rotfl:

How did the demo go at the shareholders meeting ?

Shopacheck have no plans to start charging agents at all. I see you are back bash, is that all you can come up with after all this time. just confirms your dm status as i would have thought a more constructive post had you been higher up the banana tree. Have you spoken to any ams,roms etc lately or are they all running scared or perhaps out collecting vacant debits. I believe you have a few or are you going to deny that as well.