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  • Cancel the card. If you use it you will be jeopardising your DMP with Payplan.
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • OK really shouldn't suggest this but.... we did it a couple of times in emergencies....

    Have you any direct debits still to come out this month? When we were in dire straits a long time ago I used to cancel a DD (by internet banking) and then when it bounced just used to shrug my shoulders and deny all knowledge... I had to of course pay it a couple of weeks later AND pay bank fees on top but it gave us money for food & petrol in the meantime ...

    I would NEVER do this now, because we have a handle on our outgoings and I would NEVER recomend this to anyone usually.... but if you literally have nothing to live on and nothing to eat ....

    What about next month? Have you got everything sorted for then? Don't forget you can offer token payments whilst your DMP is being set up!
  • DVardysShadow
    DVardysShadow Posts: 18,949 Forumite
    I know what your saying but I dont really have a choice otherwise by the time my dmp is in place I will have so much interest on one of my debts it will be astronomical.
    If you did not have this card pop through your letter box, you would have done something - and said "I don't have a choice". So now you have this card, you do have a choice.
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  • greenbrucelee
    greenbrucelee Posts: 305 Forumite
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    edited 10 October 2011 at 4:18PM
    DizzyDizzy wrote: »
    OK really shouldn't suggest this but.... we did it a couple of times in emergencies....

    Have you any direct debits still to come out this month? When we were in dire straits a long time ago I used to cancel a DD (by internet banking) and then when it bounced just used to shrug my shoulders and deny all knowledge... I had to of course pay it a couple of weeks later AND pay bank fees on top but it gave us money for food & petrol in the meantime ...

    I would NEVER do this now, because we have a handle on our outgoings and I would NEVER recomend this to anyone usually.... but if you literally have nothing to live on and nothing to eat ....

    What about next month? Have you got everything sorted for then? Don't forget you can offer token payments whilst your DMP is being set up!

    Yes I havea direct debit to come out but I have absolutley no money even to pay it or cancel it or have anything to last me 18 days. I think I have a pound i coppers in a jar.
    If you did not have this card pop through your letter box, you would have done something - and said "I don't have a choice". So now you have this card, you do have a choice.

    yep but its a choice I dont want to do.

    EDIT I am also starting accrue intrest on loans and credit cards as payplan are taking a while to get in touch with people.
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