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Threatening letter from insurance company
Hi,
I recently had to cancel my car insurance as I no longer had access to the car. The company I was with asked me to pay a cancellation charge of over a hundred pounds! I thought this was too much, but I paid it anyway to avoid any hassle. Now, I've been landed with a letter asking me to pay an outstanding amount of "£0.00", (yes, that's right £0.00) or they will pass my details on to debt collection agency and this will result in an additonal £20 charge! Is there any way I can get back at this greedy insurance company?
Thanks.
I recently had to cancel my car insurance as I no longer had access to the car. The company I was with asked me to pay a cancellation charge of over a hundred pounds! I thought this was too much, but I paid it anyway to avoid any hassle. Now, I've been landed with a letter asking me to pay an outstanding amount of "£0.00", (yes, that's right £0.00) or they will pass my details on to debt collection agency and this will result in an additonal £20 charge! Is there any way I can get back at this greedy insurance company?
Thanks.
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Send them a cheque for £0.00 ask for a receipt and see what happens.0
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just call them, it's a computer error.0
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As above, you have to pay it.
Donkeys ago, I had an electric bill for £0.00 (can't recall why now)
Anyway I ignored it, like you would, then got a red bill, with dire warnings of disconnection :eek:
As this was in The Olden Days I took it to the MEB shop to "pay" and the cashier put it through the system, which cleared the "arrears" and "non-payment".
Apparently, an unpaid bill is an unpaid bill, even if it is for £0.00
I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
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Please do name the company - they deserve to be shamed in public!0
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send them a cheque for £0.01 and see what they do
You could then hassle them for a £20 non refund fee if they don't refund your over payment.
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Name and shame please.
That's awful, after they've already had a hundred quid out of u, buffoons!0 -
To be honest I'd ignore it & let them carry on... be funny if they took as far as court Always try to be at least half the person your dog thinks you are!0
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Yes it will be laughed out of court- except you will owe debt collection fees etc- sort it out unless you like unnecessary hassle.I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
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Yes it will be laughed out of court- except you will owe debt collection fees etc- sort it out unless you like unnecessary hassle.
Why would you owe debt collection fees if there is no debt?0
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