payment took when told not to ( wonga )

douglas80

advice needed my partner took out a wonga loan and due to work changes and pay we couldnt repay when wonga wanted paid back we are in meeting with a financial advisor and was told to tell wonga NOT to take anything from our account as we had a financial meeting set up now i told wonga on the 25th feb and to my horror they 170.10 from my account yesterday 7th march i only had 200.00 in my account ive been on the phone to them and they have agreed they have made a mistake and i will be refunded that 170.10 but now have to waite till monday morning for their finance team to deal with it, i have explained 30.00 wont do a family of 5 all weekend what am i ment to feed my children im totally disgusted if i allpied for a loan funds would be in my account within minutes but because they made a mistake my family have to do without all weekend
any advice would be great
thanks
and sorry for the long post :

JKSandy

I think your being over dramatic to be fair. It's only two days and if you can't make £30 stretch for this time then you should really take stock of your finances and what you spend money on.

douglas80

sorry i should have mentioned i forgot to add once the finance team check this out on monday morning it can take 3 working days for me to get the refund thats what im mean 30.00 aint gonna last a family of 5 for long

DD265

Do you not have any food in your cupboards/freezer at all?

Head over to the Old Style board as they can help you make decent meals out of anything!

ViolaLass

What does your 'family of 5' require so urgently that they can't manage without for a few days? Yes, it's not ideal but unless you have absolutely no food in the house, it should be doable.

dealer_wins

I wouldn't bank on Wonga returning the money to you. Rightly or wrongly it is their money after all!

tinkerbell28

£30 for a family of 5 is plenty for the weekend. I'm not sure why you'd say in your op, £30 won't do a family of 5 all weekend.

Providing you don't need to but fags and booze or takeaways or expensive ready meals. It should be loads.

Start using everything in your cupboards.

Apples2

What's gone so wrong with your finances that you have decided they are not permitted to take their money back?

Surely you aren't disgusted at receiving the money so quickly, only disgusted at paying out back on time

somethingcorporate

How do you think they feel about you defaulting on your loan?

In all seriousness, £30 is plenty to last a family for a couple of days.

themull1

The OP is stating its for the weekend, and the length of time it takes for a refund which is approx three days, so its £30 for five days not just the weekend.

tinkerbell28

themull1 wrote: »

The OP is stating its for the weekend, and the length of time it takes for a refund which is approx three days, so its £30 for five days not just the weekend.

He says in the op.

i have explained 30.00 wont do a family of 5 all weekend what am i ment to feed my children im totally disgusted if i allpied for a loan funds would be in my account within minutes but because they made a mistake my family have to do without all weekend

He seems more concerned about the weekend.

However if he's really careful £30 is do able. Even with 5. It may actually show him how to manage on a tight budget so he doesn't have to use wonga again. Every cloud and that!