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  • sickasachip13
    sickasachip13 Posts: 1,190 Forumite
    OMG:beer::beer::beer:
    Sofa-Bean that is absolutely amazing - you must be thrilled. It's inspired me to get back on the PPI claim horse.

    WELL DONE!!!!:D:j:T
  • FabuLass
    FabuLass Posts: 568 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hello everyone, can I join you please?
    Now that I have my DAS underway, ppi reclaiming is next on my 'get my life in order' list.
    I am self employed amd dont think the ppi would have covered me? Anyone know for sure?
    I had looooads of ccs and two loans....(well basically I ran up debts with anyone who'd take me) So Lloyds, mint, barclaycard, egg, morgan stanley....im coming....!!

    What fab inspiration and results sofa_bean, Im delighted for you!! ;););)
    You'll make my day if I know I've been helpful to you in some small way,
    so please press my :T thanks :Tbutton x
  • sofa_bean
    sofa_bean Posts: 60 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker PPI Party Pooper
    Thanks for your kind words and congratulations, Rochdale_Guy, SAAC and Fabulass :T

    I'm still kind of expecting another letter from Lloyds to say it was all a big joke... I mean, I'm never usually lucky enough even to win a raffle prize ;)

    I know that PPI reclaiming isn't the same as winning something through sheer luck, but I spent a long time thinking it wasn't worth trying to reclaim because I'm not the sort of person to get good breaks like this... :o

    So for anyone reading this - get the PPI claims in motion... next time it could be you with the brilliant news! :beer:

    sofa_bean
  • sickasachip13
    sickasachip13 Posts: 1,190 Forumite
    Excellent story thanks Sofa-Bean and welcome Fabulass. Come join us!
  • BlushingRose
    BlushingRose Posts: 1,621 Forumite
    I can't believe I still haven't got round to looking into this. I think it's cos I'm not expecting to be able to get anything back.
    However, now, thanks to Sofa-Bean's brilliant result, I might get get my bum into gear!
    Our LBM: Dec 2011. DMP started: Jan 2012. Debt at LBM: £41,568

    Oct 2012 = Current debt: £40,548.93
    Oct 2013 = Current debt: £39.054.70


    DMP Support number 424 - Long haul number 308
  • Hello, not sure if i had ppi or if i should be here. i can't find original paperwork and some of my loans and cards have been sold on. Will that make a difference???
    What do i do?? Do i just send the above letter to them all and see what happens??
    Sorry numb brain tonight.
    L2B.x
    LBM 2008 [STRIKE]£45,091.23[/STRIKE] eek: now £7889:T Debt free date 18/07/2018 :)
  • rubyjam
    rubyjam Posts: 79 Forumite
    Please can I join in?

    I can't ever remember signing up for PPI for any of the millions (slight exaggeration) of loans we've had over the years but I have decided to find out. With the amount of money we've borrowed, surely there must be one that slipped through the net. So last night I got Mr Jam to dig out our old computer. We've had that many loans I can't even remember half of them :o but fortunately I've been using Microsoft Money for as long as I can remember so any loan payments will be on there. I do vaguely remember PPI mysteriously appearing on Mr Jam's Virgin CC statement - it took several phone calls and several more months for them to remove it so I'm going to start with that one.

    Good news is I have found records of transactions from our bank account going back 10 years :D LLoyds TSB, Bank of Scotland, Alliance & Leicester, Cahoot .... the list goes on.

    Bad news ... I don't have a scrap of paperwork to prove it. At least now I know the names of the banks we borrowed from so tomorrow I'm going to sit down and read Martin's guide on what to do next.
  • wakeupcall
    wakeupcall Posts: 27 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    WOW ....Well done Sofa_Bean :beer: over the moon for you...its a great feeling getting a chunk of your debt repaid....I am still chasing one PPI up ...the other two paid my refund straight to my debt and I sent a copy of the letters to the CCCS and they adjusted my figures... was great seeing my debt free date coming forward by 2 years ...

    Good luck to everyone else..x
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