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TalkTalk Speedy Payment Discount

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  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 34,579 Forumite
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    They will take your account outstanding balance by DD on the due date, as the balance is £0.00 they will not take anything.
  • zagfles
    zagfles Posts: 21,433 Forumite
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    linni wrote: »
    I've just paid mine and I got a confirmation email saying '

    I hope they don't take it...
    They haven't with me - they just mean future payments (if you don't use the speedy discount next time).
  • beansy
    beansy Posts: 410 Forumite
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    molerat wrote: »
    My bill e-mail arrived this afternoon and there is a link for 15% speedy payment discount if you pay within 24 hours of the e-mail arrival. Cracking deal as it can be paid with a credit card. Happy to forego my 123 3% from Santander of 24p to get a 15% discount of £1.20 +1% on my card plus the money sitting in my 123 account earning 2.7% for another 20 days, a total saving of £1.04p over paying by DD.

    Now the bad bit. The e-mail was timed at 1415 today. I clicked the link at 1615 and got the message that I had missed the speedy payment deadline. :mad:

    Now the good bit. Phoned TT customer care and was told that the bill was issued yesterday but as I received the e-mail today he would give me £3 off my bill and take the reduced DD at the normal time. It looks like they may be aware that they have a system issue but are covering it well if you bother to complain.

    My first contact their cs and very well handled, now I wonder how my EE broadband cancellation billing fiasco is getting on :(

    Hi, another one who doesn't read her bills !!! Will certainly be watching out for my next bill at the end of this month LOL.

    Thank you.
    :T:j:beer:
  • jbuchanangb
    jbuchanangb Posts: 1,338 Forumite
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    I have used this process successfully twice. To be sure that the transactions have worked OK, I logged on to "My Account" and looked at the transaction history. Here the discount is shown as a payment towards the monthly bill, and the card payment of the balance (discounted amount) is clearly shown also.

    The bill notification e-mail does come a couple of days after the bill becomes visible on-line, but the discount "window" is based on the timing of the e-mail.
  • I noticed this when I received my bill this month...I thought it was a joke or scam!!will definately pay early next month!!!
  • BreamoreBoy
    BreamoreBoy Posts: 70 Forumite
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    They've had some sort of problem or system work or something so I didn't get notification that my bill was ready. Phoned and complained and got a £5 credit.
  • johnniegif
    johnniegif Posts: 127 Forumite
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    Good for you Breamoreboy.


    I have used Speedy Payments for the last two months and smiled every time I saved £3-ish.
  • Steve059
    Steve059 Posts: 2,686 Forumite
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    edited 2 May 2014 at 2:04PM
    I've just used this (albeit for the first time, as they haven't exactly gone out of their way to advertise it) and, much to my surprise, it seems to have worked without any evidence of their talent for never failing to disappoint.

    But, what is going to happen when your Direct Debit isn't used for 13 months and the bank cancels it? See http://www.directdebit.co.uk/DirectDebitExplained/FAQs/Pages/InactiveDirectDebits.aspx

    Or, is TalkTalk getting 13 consecutive things right too much to expect?
    If you fold it in half, will an Audi A4 fit in a Citroen C5? :)
  • Steve059
    Steve059 Posts: 2,686 Forumite
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    edited 10 May 2014 at 11:33PM
    There is also a potential problem for customers with Halifax Reward current account, or similar.

    One of the conditions is that you pay two different Direct Debits during the previous month.

    So, if you only have two DDs, one of which is to TalkTalk, and use the SPD instead of this DD, you won't get your £5 "Reward".

    However, there is a solution. Set up a third DD to yourself, ie. a savings or even a Paypal account, for a minimum of £1.00.
    If you fold it in half, will an Audi A4 fit in a Citroen C5? :)
  • Steve059
    Steve059 Posts: 2,686 Forumite
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    edited 10 May 2014 at 11:32PM
    Update.

    The BACS/DD people have confirmed that, if a DD is inactive for at least 13 months, the bank/building society can cancel it. There is no requirement for them to advise the customer. They should advise the originator, ie.TalkTalk. The originator should then check whether the account involved is still active. If it is, then the originator should re-activate the DD.

    Also, if the relative timings of all this mean that a DD is requested and refused because it's been cancelled, then the originator shouldn't raise an "unpaid item fee".

    So, if the SPD works as well as we all want it to, TT are going to have to do this for every participating customers' DD at least every 13 months.

    What could possibly go wrong?

    TT are now aware of this "time bomb". I'll keep you posted.
    If you fold it in half, will an Audi A4 fit in a Citroen C5? :)
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