Bank Charges Success Stories II

tarkwin

First Direct
Amount Claimed: £356.53
Amount Repayed £340

I applied for the statements AGES ago. I was going to let it rest until I was charged a whopping £85 for going overdrawn this month. So I sat down and read through my statements. I have only gone overdrawn 5 times in six years (all of them in the past 16 months) so £356 soon adds up!!!! As soon as I had the final amount I sent a letter out (Thursday) and recieved my letter today (Tuesday). Easy as pie.

THANK YOU MSE

xFlake

Lloyds TSB
Amount claimed: £90.00
Amount received: £90.00

I sent my first letter at the start of April and received the refund just a few days ago, it took just two letters to get the money back. One requesting a refund as their unlawful charges (no pay out) and the second threatening court action (pay out).

Thanks you Martin!

pablohaggis

:money: thank you martin
:beer: with the £853 i got from the halifax
3 letters and one phone call i took the offer as only 200 short of the total amount:T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T cheers mate thats $1600 for spending n september thank you

mike_Montrose-Francis

amount Claimed £4'500

amount got back £3'500

The first few letters got no more than an acknowledgment, I put in a complaint to the ombusman, and within a week was offered all the charges (from the time I wrote the first letter, some charges had gone over the six year time limit).

Thanks Martin Lewis, the UK owes you one........ Me I'm off the check my mortgage fee's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :beer: :T

Goldfinchchick

Bank: Lloyds TSB
Claimed: £1,600
Recieved: £750

Money paid into my account today! Didn't go to court, just threatened that I would. I'm very happy with £750

Thank you Martin, I just followed your advice, sent the letters

chippin_2

Bank: HSBC
Amount Claimed: £4700 without interest
Amount offered: £3500

I am so grateful of this website and Martin Lewis :money: I wouldn't have known what to do otherwise so thank-you very much all.
I have decided to except the offer of £3500 as that is more than I expected and I now don't have to take them to court, which I would have done if they hadn't replied or had offered me any less. I have got to wait 14 days and the money should be in my bank account which will be nice to see, and I shall have a good weekend away at the end of August in Edinburgh, amongst a few other treats and save the rest for a rainy day.

Thank-you ever so much again and keep claiming everyone it works!!:T

Chippin :beer: :kisses:

Karina_Marshall

Amount Reclaimed: £7392.60
Amount Paid: £6845.00

I only had to go as far as sending off the request for repayment letter to Natwest when they paid us the amount I asked for (minus the 8% interest). As they had been charging my husband's account with £700 per month :eek: for quite a while, we were both thrilled with this result. I'm now in the process of claiming back £2000 on my account as well. I'm so grateful that I saw Martin Lewis on This Morning, because for us this has been a life changing amount of money. Thank you!

cbsexec

Bank - Halifax
Amount claimed - £700
Amount paid - £550

Wrote a letter asking for statements - sent a list of charges
Wrote asking for repayment of charges - letter saying charges correct etc
Telephoned saying not happy, two days later letter offering £400, telephoned again offer upped to £550 - accepted.

Thank you to all who gave me the push to reclaim. I have passed the message to reclaim to everyone I talk to.

Thanks again

billg_2

Bank: HSBC
Ammount Claimed: 1408:07
Settlement: 1187:88

Thanks for the advice Martin, an extremely profitable days work. HSBC did leave it almost the full 8 weeks before sending through the offer. Returned the acceptance this Monday and understand from HSBC that the money will be in my account within 2 weeks.

Recieved just under a £1000 for getting my council tax band re-listed so it's been a great couple of months.

Thanks again :beer:

staca

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asked for statements back in March waited over fifty days to recieve them wrote first and second letter to time scale then gave them a extra 14 days as i was on holiday completed mcol on 2nd of july entered judgement at midnight 24th july just spoke to a lady at mcol they have not even defended i have won congratulations she said
my question now is how would you lovely people break the news to ABBEY and what time scale would you give them before i issue the warrent against them and send in the bailiffs
i am so happy today its been a long slog but to anyone out there having doubts DONT keep going and to Martin Lewis you are the best man ever
VICTORY TO ME AT LAST:money: :money: :money: :beer: :j :j :j
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